page_title: Mooseheart, Illinois
hierarchical_section_title: Mooseheart, Illinois
caption_attribution_description: English: Loyalty Hall, boys dormitories at Mooseheart, the home and school for children of deceased members of the Loyal Order of Moose, Mooseheart, Ill. Identifier: baltimoreohioemp09balt (find matches) Title: Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine Year: 1920 (1920s) Authors: Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company Subjects: Railroads -- Employees -- Periodicals Railroads -- United States -- Employees Publisher: (Baltimore, Baltimore and Ohio Railroad) Contributing Library: University of Maryland, College Park Digitizing Sponsor: LYRASIS Members and Sloan Foundation View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: you. I have broth-ers also, but I have not seen thernsince boyhood. I have not the slight-est idea where they are or what theirnames are. They are strangers to me. The sight of these orphan children,forced into the world to work at atender age and unequipped to com-pete with the educated, so impressedme that I determined that if the timeand opportunity ever permitted, Iwovild interest public-spirited peoplein the founding of some communityplanned to take care of just suchcases as these helpless orphans. Nowthat enterprise, established in amodest way some years ago, hasgrown to a usefulness that gives usone of the great satisfactions of life.Here we welcome the children ofMoose members who have died with-out the means to provide an educa-tion for their children. Year by yearthis enterprise grows in equipmentand resources. Yearly the number oforphans coming to us increases. Weare planning to establish in the nea-ifuture, similar enterprises in variousparts of the country. And I believe Text Appearing After Image: Loyalty Hall, boys dormitories at Mooseheart, the home and school for children of deceased members of the Loyal Order of Moose, Mooseheart, III. Baltimore and Ohio Magazine, January, iq22 13 Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.
context_page_description: Mooseheart, located in Kane County, Illinois, is an unincorporated community and a home for children administered by the Loyal Order of Moose. Also known as the City of Children, the community is featured as a 1949 episode of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's short film series Passing Parade, which was written and narrated by John Nesbitt. In 2013 Mooseheart celebrated its 100th anniversary with a rededication ceremony, public tours, fireworks, and other festivities.
  Like the Moose Lodge, Mooseheart was originally only open to Caucasians. The facility was created to be a home for the widows and the children of members of the Loyal Order of Moose. Later, any child who had a family member who was a member of the moose could be admitted. In 1994, admission policies were changed to allow any child in need to apply for admission, regardless of the family's affiliation or lack thereof with the Moose.
  In the 1950s, a pediatrician conducting a longitudinal study of children's growth at Mooseheart recalled there was tension since he felt that the board of directors was conducting the study to prove the superiority of the white race.
context_section_description: Mooseheart, located in Kane County, Illinois, is an unincorporated community and a home for children administered by the Loyal Order of Moose. Also known as the City of Children, the community is featured as a 1949 episode of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's short film series Passing Parade, which was written and narrated by John Nesbitt. In 2013 Mooseheart celebrated its 100th anniversary with a rededication ceremony, public tours, fireworks, and other festivities.
  Like the Moose Lodge, Mooseheart was originally only open to Caucasians. The facility was created to be a home for the widows and the children of members of the Loyal Order of Moose. Later, any child who had a family member who was a member of the moose could be admitted. In 1994, admission policies were changed to allow any child in need to apply for admission, regardless of the family's affiliation or lack thereof with the Moose.
  In the 1950s, a pediatrician conducting a longitudinal study of children's growth at Mooseheart recalled there was tension since he felt that the board of directors was conducting the study to prove the superiority of the white race. By the 1990s, Mooseheart was open to children of all races and predominantly enrolled minority children.
  In 1996, five Mooseheart employees were criminally charged with sexually abusing children.
caption: Dormitory at Mooseheart in 1920
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