l Colorado - triadoption

Denver. COLORADO 39 

l Colorado 

ARVADA 

(IN JEFFERSON COUNTY) 

ool NORTH AREA MOTHERS' CLUB. 

1975 ADDRESS: C/O MRS. JUDY MARTINE. -. 

6238 INGALLS ST., 80002; PERHAPS AN ADOPT- 

IVE PARENTS GROUP. 

AURORA 

ooz SEARCH. 1970's: SEARCH, [DENVER 

BRANCH], p.o.6. 31606, 8001 I; APPARENTLY 

DEFUNCT; IT WAS ALSO KNOWN AS "ADOPT- 

EES IN SEARCH," A NAME WHICH ALSO OC- 

CURRED IN CHEVY CHASE. MD.. BETHESDA, 

MD., AND BRONXVILLE, NY.; ALSO SEE 

LONGMONT, CO. 

BOULDER 

(IN BOULDER COUNTY) 

003 ATTENTION, INC. 1978 MAILING AD- 

DRESS: P.O.B. 907, 80302; RESIDENTIAL CARE 

FOR CHILDREN AND FOSTER PLACEMENTS. 

004 COLORADO PARENTS FOR ALL 

CHILDREN. I975 MAILING ADDRESS: P.O. 

BOX 4132, 80303; AN ADOPTIVE PARENTS OR- 

GANIZATION; ALSO SEE PARENTS FOR ALL 

CHILDREN, DENVER, CO. 

005 COUNTY. 1979 To 1977: THE BOULDER 

COUNTY DEPT. OF SOCIAL SERVICES, CHIL- 

DREN'S UNIT. 3400 BROADWAY. 80302. 1968: 

BOULDER COUNTY DEPT. OF PUBLIC WELF- 

ARE. NO ADDRESS; ADOPTION SERVICE. 

006 FOREIGN ADOPTION CENTER. 

ALSO SEE DENVER, CO.; 1975: FOREIGN AD- 

OPTION CENTER, P.O.B. 2158. 80302; A LIC- 

ENSED ADOPTION AGENCY; PERHAPS AKIN 

TO FOREIGN ADOPTION RESOURCES, P.O.B. 

774, 80302, WHICH IS A SOURCE OF INFORM- 

ATION ON THE ADOPTION OF CHILDREN. 

007 FRIENDS FOR ALL CHILDREN. 

1975 ADDRESS: 445 S. 68TH ST., 80303: A LIC- 

ENSED ADOPTION AGENCY; HAS CONTACTS 

IN VIETNAM AND CAMBODIA, INCLUDING 

THE ORPHANAGES OF ROSEMARY TAYLOR 

IN SAIGON; AFFILIATED WITH FAMILIES FOR 

CHILDREN IN POINTE-CLAIRE, QUEBEC. IN 

1973. THERE WAS AN ORGANIZATION TITLED 

"FRIENDS OF CHILDREN OF VIETNAM." 

WHICH WAS AN ADOPTION AGENCY AUTHOR- 

IZED BY THE VIETNAMESE GOVERNMENT. 

008 HUMAN SERVICES, INC. 1977 ADDR- 

ESS: 4500 19TH AYE., SUITE 412, 80302; RES- 

IDENTIAL CARE FOR CHILDREN AND UNWED 

MOTHER SERVICE. ALSO SEE CRlTTENTON 

HOME, DENVER. CO. 

009 ALMA (ADOPTEES' LIBERTY MOVE- 

MENT ASSN.) THlS CHAPTER CLOSED CIRCA 

1976; NATIONAL HQ ARE IN NEW YORK CITY. 

BROOMFI ELD 


010 WALLACE VILLAGE. 1978: WALLACE 

VILLAGE FOR CHILDREN, P.O.B. 345, 80020; 

RESIDENTIAL CARE AND FOSTER PLACING. 

CANON ClTY 

(IN FREMONT COUNTY) 

011 THE COLORADO ODD FELLOWS' 

HOME. 1933 CENSUS: THE COLDRADO ODD 

FELLOWS' HOME, NO ADDRESS; RESIDENT- 

IAL CARE FOR DEPENDENT CHILDREN. 1923 

CENSUS: ODD FELLOWS' HOME, NO ADDR- 

ESS; FOR WHlTE CHILDREN; UNDER THE 

AUSPICES OF THE I.O.O.F.; ESTABLISHED IN 

1914. SEE NOTE 083. 

012 COUNTY. 1979: FREMONT COUNTY 

DEPT. OF SOCIAL SERVICES, P.O. Box 631, 

81212. 1968: FREMONT COUNTY DEPT. OF 

PUBLIC WELFARE, NO ADDRESS; ADOPTION 

SERVICE. 

CEDAREDGE 

(IN DELTA COUNTY) 

01s ORPHAN VOYAGE. 1979 TO 1975: OR- 

PHAN VOYAGE [NATIONAL OFFICE], C/O 

JEAN PATON, 81413. [NO STREET ADDRESS IS 

REQUIRED.] THlS IS CONSIDERED TO BE 

THE OLDEST ADOPTEES' RIGHTS GROUP IN 

THE UNITED STATES. 

COLORADO SPRINGS 

(IN EL PASO COUNTY) 

014 CHRISTIAN HOME FOR CHILD- 

REN & FAMILY LIFE SERVICES. 1978 

ADDRESS: 6 W. CHEYENNE RD., 80906; ADOP- 

TION AND UNZED MOTHER SERVICES; SAME 

ADDRESS AS FAMILY LIFE SERVICES." 19- 

77 TO 1968: CHRISTIAN HOME FOR CHILD- 

REN, SAME ADDRESS. 

015 COLORADO SPRINGS CATHOLIC 

COMMUNITY SERVICE. 1978 ADDRESS: 

2508'1i W. COLORADO AYE., 80904; ADOPTION 

SERVICES (INCLUDING CHICANOS). 1976: 

CATHOLIC COMMUNITY SERVICES, SOUTH- 

ERN COLORADO OFFICE, 29 W. KIOWA ST.. 

80902; IN ARCHDIOCESE OF DENVER. 

016 COLORADO SPRINGS DAY NUR- 

SERY. 1933 CENSUS: COLORADO SPRINGS 

DAY NURSERY, NO ADDRESS; RESIDENTIAL 

CARE FOR DEPENDENT CHILDREN. UNDER 

PRIVATE AUSPICES. 

017 COUNTY. 1979: EL PAS0 COUNTY DEPT. 

OF SOCIAL SERVICES, P.O.B. 2692. 80901. 1977: 

SAME NAME. 105 N. SPRUCE. 80905; ADOPT- 

ION SERVICE. 1968: EL PAS0 COUNTY DEPT. 

OF PUBLIC WELFARE, NO ADDRESS. 

ole STRATTON HOME. 1837: MYRON 

STRATTON HOME AND HOSPITAL. BOX 2000; 

A HOME FORCHILDREN ANDAGEDPERSONS 

OPENED IN 1913. 1933 CENSUS: THE MYRON 

STRATTON HOME, CHILDREN'S DEPT., NO 

ADDRESS; RESIDENTIAL CARE FOR DEPEND- 

ENT CHILDREN UNDER PRIVATE AUSPICES. 

1923 CENSUS: SAME NAME, NO ADDRESS; 

FOR WHlTE CHILDREN; ESTABLISHED 1909. 

COMMERCE ClTY 

(IN ADAMS COUNTY; INC. 1952) 

019 COUNTY. 1979 TO 1977: ADAMS COUNTY 

DEPT. OF SOCIAL SERVICES, 4200 E. 72ND 

AVE., 80022. 

DENVER 

(IN DENVER COUNTY) 

020 ADOPTEES IN SEARCH. IN 1977, THE 

FOLLOWING ADDRESS WAS ERRONEOUS OR 

OBSOLETE: P.O.B. 27294, 80227. THIS TITLE 

HAS OCCURRED IN THE CITIES LISTED IN 

ENTRY 002. 

021 AFFILIATED CHILDREN'S FAM- 

ILY SERVICES, INC. 1977 ADDRESS: 4901 

MONTVlEW BLVD., 80207; FUNCTION IS UN- 

KNOWN. 

022 AMERICAN HUMANE ASSN. 1977: 

AMERICAN HUMANE ASSOCIATION, CHILD- 

REN'S DIVISION. P.O.B. 1266, 80201; ESTAB- 

LISHED IN 1877. 

023 AMERICAN LEGION CHILD WEL- 

FARE DEPT. 1933 CENSUS: AMERICAN 

LEGION CHILD WELFARE DEPT., NO ADDR- 

ESS: RESIDENTIAL CARE FOR DEPENDENT 

CHILDREN UNDER FRATERNAL AUSPICES. 

NOTE: HQ IN INDIANAPOLIS, IN. 

024 BOOTH MEMORIAL HOME. 1978: 

BOOTH MEMORIAL HOME, 1001 JASMINE ST.. 

P.O.B. 20098, 80220; UNWED MOTHER SERV- 

ICE UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE SALVAT- 

ION ARMY. 1966: SALVATION ARMY BOOTH 

MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, SAME ADDRESS; PRE- 

NATAL CARE FOR UNWED MOTHERS WITH 

CHILDBIRTH ON PREMISES (BUT DIFFICULT 

DELIVERIES ARE AT COLORADO GENERAL 

HOSPITAL). 1963: BOOTH MEMORIAL HOSP- 

ITAL. 1001 JASMINE ST., P.O.B. 9198. 1958: 

SAME NAME AND STREET ADDRESS; MAT- 

ERNITY HOME ESTABLISHED IN 1927. 1940 TO 

1937: SALVATION ARMY WOMEN'S HOME AND 

HOSPITAL. 1001 JASMINE ST.: NONSECTARIAN 

AND INTERRACIAL MATERNITY HOME FOR 

THE "UNFORTUNATE MOTHER AND HER 

CHILD." 90 BIRTHS IN 1936. 1929: WOMEN'S 

HOME AND HOSPITAL, SAME ADDRESS. SEE 

NOTES 017 AND 096. 

CASE HISTORIES: A NATURAL MOTHER 

GAVE BIRTH IN 1957 AT BOOTH MEMORIAL 

HOSPITAL AND SURRENDERED HER CHILD 

TO THE COLORADO STATE CHILDREN'S 

HOME IN DENVER. A NATURAL MOTHER 

GAVE BIRTH IN 1956 AT SALVATION ARMY 

HOME FOR UNWED MOTHERS eu+ BELIEVES 

THE BIRTH CERTIFICATE WILL SHOW COLO- 

RADO GENERAL HOSPITAL AS THE BlRTH 

PLACE; SHE SURRENDERED HER CHILD TO 

COLORADO CHILDREN'S HOME OR TO COLO- 

RADO CHILDREN'S SERVICES. AN ADOPTEE 

WAS BORN IN 1938-PERHAPS AT SALVATION 

ARMY HOME-AND WAS PLACED BY SAINT 

JOSEPH'S HOME. 

025 BYERS HOME FOR BOYS. 1933 AND 

1923 CENSUSES: E.M. BYERS HOME FOR 

Boys. NO ADDRESS; A PRIVATE INSTITUTION 

FOR DEPENDENT WHITE BOYS ESTABLISHED 

IN 1903. NAMESAKE UNKNOWN, BUT COULD 

BE ELIZABETH M. BYERS, THE WIFE OF WIL- 

LIAM NEWTON BYERS (1831-1903). 

026 CATHOLIC COMMUNITY SVCES. 

1979 TO 1977: DENVER CATHOLIC COMMUN- 

ITY SERVICES. 200 JOSEPHINE ST., 80206; UN- 

WED MOTHER SERVICE IS OFFERED AT THE 

MULROY COMMUNITY CENTER. 3550 W. l3TH

40 COLORADO, Denver 

AYE., 80204. 1976: CATHOLIC COMMUNITY 

SERVICES. 938 BANNOCK ST. [ALSO 1865 

GRANT ST.); OTHER OFFICES IN THE ARCH- 

DIOCESE OF DENVER ARE IN COLORADO 

SPRINGS AND GREELEY. 1968 TO 1956: DEN- 

VER CATHOLIC CHARITIES. 1665 GRANT ST.; 

1948 TO 1944: CATHOLIC CHARITIES, SAME 

ADDRESS. 1941: SAME NAME AND ADDRESS: - -..-- -. 

SERVES THE DIOCESE OF DENVER; UNWED 

MOTHER SERVICE AND FOSTER PLACING: 

HAS MADE INSTITUTIONAL PLACEMENTS ON 

BEHALF OF THE CATHOLIC WELFARE BUR- 

EAU IN AMARILLO, TX.; ITS CHILDREN'S IN- 

STITUTIONS BRANCH IS IN FORT COLLINS, 

CO.; ESTABLISHED IN 1927. 1933 CENSUS: 

DENVER CATHOLIC CHARITIES, CHILDREN'S 

DEPT., NO ADDRESS; RESIDENTIAL CARE 

FOR DEPENDENT CHILDREN. 

CASE HISTORIES: AN ADOPTEE WAS 

BORN IN 1943 AT ST. ANTHONY HOSPITAL 

AND WAS PLACED BY CATHOLIC - CHARITIES 

AND/OR THE STATE HOME FOR DEPENDENT 

CHILDREN; THE ADOPTION WAS FINALIZED 

AT DENVER COUNTY JUVENILE COURT AND 

NO ATTORNEY WAS REQUIRED [ACCORDING 

TO THE ADOPTEE]. FIVE OTHER CASES IN- 

VOLVED THESE BIRTH PLACES: COLORADO 

GENERAL HOSPITAL, FLORENCE CRITTEN- 

TON HOME, MERCY MEDICAL CENTER, AND 

ST. JOSEPH HOSPITAL. 

027 CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY. SEE 

COLORADO CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY. 

028 CLAYTON COLLEGE. 1978: CLAYTON 

COLLEGE FOR BOYS, 3801 E. 32ND AVENUE. 

80205; RESIDENTIAL CARE FOR BOYS AGE 6 

TO 18. 1933 AND 1923 CENSUS: GEORGE W. 

CLAYTON COLLEGE, NO ADDRESS; RESID- 

ENTIAL CARE FOR DEPENDENT WHITE BOYS 

UNDER PRIVATE AUSPICES; ESTABLISHED 

IN 1911. 

029 COLORADO ADOPTIVE PARENTS 

ASSN. 1975 ADDRESS: C/O MRS. SAM DAL- 

TON, 1331 W. EVANS AYE.. 80223. 

oao COLORADO CHILDREN'S AID 

SOCIETY. 1948 ADDRESS: 314 I~TH ST.; 

ADOPTION SERVICE; SAME ADDRESS AS 

FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICE SOCI- 

ETY [WHICH MAY BE ITS SUCCESSOR]. 1933 

CENSUS: SAME NAME. NO ADDRESS; RESID 

ENTIAL CARE FOR DEPENDENT CHILDREN 

UNDER PRIVATE AUSPICES. 

031 COLORADO CHILDREN'S SVCE. 

ITS EXISTENCE HAS NOT BEEN DOCUMENT- 

ED. ALSO SEE FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S 

SERVICE SOCIETY, WHICH MAY BE AKIN. 

CASE HISTORIES: AN ADOPTEE WAS BORN 

IN 1956 AT THE SALVATION ARMY HOME AND 

WAS PLACED BY COLORADO CHILDREN'S 

SERVICE OR COLORADO CHILDREN'S HOME. 

ANOTHER ADOPTEE WAS BORN IN 1951 AT 

THE FLORENCE CRITTENTON HOME AND 

WAS PLACED BY COLORADO CHILDREN'S 

SERVICE. 

032 COLORADO CHRISTIAN HOME. 

1978 ADDRESS: 4325 W. 29TH AYE.. 80212; RES 

-1DENTIAL CARE FOR 50 CHILDREN. AGE 8- 

12, INCLUDING EMOTIONALLY DISTURBED. 

1955: SAME NAME. NO ADDRESS; LICENSED 

FOR ADOPTION. 1933 CENSUS: SAME NAME. 

NO ADDRESS: RESIDENTIAL CARE FOR DEP- 

ENDENT CHILDREN. 1923 CENSUS: SAME 

NAME, NO ADDRESS; FOR WHITE CHILDREN; 

oas COLORADO GENERAL HOSPITAL 

1979 TO 1973 ADDRESS: 4200 E. 9TH AVENUE. 

80220. 1958 TO 1937: SAME NAME AND ADDR- 

ESS; UNDER STATE OWNERSHIP; 368 BIRTHS 

IN 1935; ESTABLISHED IN 1924. 1925: SAME 

NAME AND ADDRESS; OWNED BY THE STATE 

BUT CONTROLLED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF 

COLORADO; 150 BEDS. 

034 COLORADO STATE HOME. SEE 

STATE HOME FOR DEPENDENT AND NEG- 

LECTED CHILDREN. 

03s COLORADO YOUTH CENTER. SEE 



036 CONVENT OF THE GOOD SHEP- 

HERD. SEE HOUSE OF THE GOOD SHEP- 

HERD. 

037 COTTAGE HOME. 19ze TO 192s: COTT- 

AGE HOME, 427 FAIRFAX ST.; A 16-BED MAT- 

ERNITY HOME "FOR UNFORTUNATE GIRLS" 

UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE W.C.T.U.; ESP 

ABLISHED IN 1885. SEE NOTE 107. 

osa COUNTY. 197s: DENVER DEPT. OF SOC- 

IAL SERVICES. 1247 SANTA FE ST.. 80204. 19- 

78: SAME NAME. 320 W. 8TH AYE.. 80204; AD- 

OPTION SERVICES. 1977: SAME NAME. 456 

BANNOCK ST.; 1963 TO 1954: DENVER DEPT. 

OF WELFARE. - - CHILD WELFARE DIVISION. 

777 CHEROKEE ST.; BOTH LOCAL AND INTER- 

COUNTRY ADOPTIONS UNDER PUBLIC AUS- 

PICES. CASE HISTORY: AN ADOPTEE WAS 

BORN IN 1950 AT AN UNKNOWN HOSPITAL IN 

THlS ClTY AND WAS PLACED BY THE DEN- 

VER DEPT. OF WELFARE; ADOPTION WAS 

FINALIZED AT THE JUVENILE AND FAMILY 

COURT OF THE ClTY AND COUNTY OF DEN- 

VER. IN SEVERAL OTHER CASES, THE BIRTH 

PLACES WERE DENVER GENERAL HOSPITAL, 

PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL. AND ST. LUKE'S 

HOSPITAL. IN ONE CASE, THlS AGENCY PRO' 

VlDED NON-IDENTIFYING INFORMATION FOR 

AN ADULT ADOPTEE WHO HAD BEEN ADOP' 

TED FROM THE [STATE] HOME FOR DEP- 

ENDENT CHILDREN. 

03s CRITTENTON HOME. 1978: FLOR- 

ENCE CRITTENTON SERVICES (DIVISION OF 

HUMAN SERVICES, INC.), 1565 XAVlER ST.. 

80219: UNWED MOTHER SERVICE AND RESID- 

ENTIAL CARE FOR CHILDREN. 1976: HUMAN 

SERVICES. INC., SAME ADDRESS; PRENATAL 

CARE FOR UNWED MOTHERS: AFFILIATED 

WITH THE FLORENCE CRITTENTON DIVISION 

OF THE CHILD WELFARE LEAGUE OF AMER- 

ICA. I9B6: FLORENCE CRITTENTON HOME. 

1555 XAVIER ST.; DELIVERY ON PREMISES. 

1963: SAME NAME. 4901 WEST COLFAX 

AYE.: - 1958 TO 1952: FLORENCE CRITTENTON 

HOME AND MARY DONALDSON HOSPITAL. 

SAME ADDRESS; A MATERNITY HOME FOR IS 

UNWED MOTHERS; ESTABLISHED IN I896 OR 

1893. 1925: FLORENCE CRITTENTON HOME 

(MARY H. DONALDSON WOMAN'S HOSPITAL), 

4901 W. COLFAX AYE.; SEE NOTE 029. A PHO- 

TOGRAPH OF THlS HOME WAS PUBLISHED IN 

THE 1929 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE NATIONAL 

FLORENCE CRITTENTON MISSION. 


HAD PRENATAL CARE AT THlS HOME AND 

GAVE BlRTH IN 1965 AT COLORADO GENER- 

AL HOSPITAL; SHE DOES NOT KNOW WHICH 

AGENCY TOOK CUSTODY OF HER BABY. AN 

ADOPTEE WAS BORN IN 1951 AT FLORENCE 

CRITTENTON HOME AND WAS PLACED BY 

THE COLORADO STATE HOME FOR DEPEND- 

ENT CHILDREN: ADOPTION WAS FINALIZED 

IN DENVER COUNTY. I2 OTHER REPORTS. 

ALL FROM NATURAL MOTHERS, FOR THE 

PERIOD 1951-1968 INVOLVED THE FOLLOW- 

ING ADOPTION AGENCIES: CATHOLIC CHAR- 

ITIES, COLORADO CHILDREN'S S~PVICE. 

LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICE, AND STATE 

ADOPTION AGENCY." 

oro DENVER CHILDREN'S HOME. 1978: 

DENVER CHILDREN'S HOME. 1501 ALBION ST.. 

80220. 1955: DENVER ORPHANS' HOME ASSN., 

NO ADDRESS; ADOPTION SERVICE. 1933 CEN- 

SUS: SAME NAME. NO ADDRESS; RESIDENT- 

IAL CARE FOR DEPENDENT CHILDREN UN- 

DER PRIVATE AUSPICES. 19Zb: DENVER O R 

PHANS' HOME, E. COLFAX AND ALBION STS.; 

160 CHILDREN; ESTABLISHED 1874 OR 1880. 

1923 CENSUS: SAME NAME, NO ADDRESS. 

041 DENVER GENERAL HOSPITAL. 

1979 ADDRESS: 301 7TH AYE. W.. 80204. 1977 

ADDRESS: W. 8TH AVE. AND CHEROKEE ST.; 

1973 ADDRESS: W. 6TH AYE. AND CHEROKEE 

ST.; 1958 TO 1937: DENVER GENERAL HOSP- 

ITAL, 6TH AYE. AND CHEROKEE ST.; PRES- 

ENT TITLE SINCE 1923; A GENERAL HOSPITAL 

OWNED BY THE ClTY AND COUNTY OF DEN- 

VER; 726 BIRTHS IN 1935; OPENED IN 1880. 

1926: DENVER GENERAL HOSPITAL (CITY 

AND COUNTY HOSPITAL). W. 6TH AVE. AND 

CHEROKEE ST.; 450 BEDS; INCLUDES THE 

STEELE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. 

CASE HISTORIES: .~- -- ONLY THREE CASES 

WERE STUDIED; THE THREE ADOPTION AG- 

ENCIES MENTIONED WERE: THE WELFARE, 

THE CHILD WELFARE, AND THE STATE 

HOME FOR DEPENDENT CHILDREN. 

042 DENVER ORPHANS' HOME ASSN. 

SEE DENVER CHILDREN'S HOME. 

043 DENVER SHELTERING HOME 

FOR JEWISH CHILDREN. ALSO SEE: 

NATIONAL HOME FOR JEWISH CHILDREN. 

1923 CENSUS: DENVER SHELTERING HOME 

FOR JEWISH CHILDREN, NO ADDRESS; RES- 

IDENTIAL CARE FOR DEPENDENT WHITE 

CHILDREN; ESTABLISHED IN 1908. 1919: 

SAME NAME, l9TH AYE. AND JULIEN. 

044 DEPARTMENT OF INSTITUTIONS 

NO INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE, BUT CF. 



045 DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELF- 

ARE. SE?, "STATE." FOR DEPT. OF WELF- 

ARE. SEE COUNTY." 

oas DONALDSON HOSPITAL. SEE GRIT- 

TENTON HOME. 

047 FAIRHAVEN MATERNITY HOME. 

IT5 EXISTENCE IN DENVER HAS NOT BEEN 

DOCUMENTED. A NATURAL MOTHER GAVE 

BIRTH IN 1947 AT FAIRHAVEN MATERNITY 

HOME AND SURRENDERED HER CHILD TO 

THE STATE HOME FOR DEPENDENT CHILD- 

REN. NOTE: "FAIRHAVEN" DOES OCCUR IN 

SACRAMENTO, CA. 

048 FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICE 

SOCIETY. 1968: FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S 

SERVICE SOCIETY, 1375 DELAWARE STREET; 

A PRIVATE ADOPTION AGENCY SERVING THE 

ENTIRE STATE; SAME ADDRESS AS LUTHER- 

AN SERVICE SOCIETY. 1957 TO 1954: FAMILY 

AND CHILDREN'S SERVICE [OF COLORADO]. 

314 14TH ST.

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Denver, COLORADO 41 

04s FOREIGN ADOPTION CENTER. 

1977 ADDRESS: 158 FILMORE ST., 80206; ALSO 

IN BOULDER, CO. 

050 FRIENDS OF CHILDREN OF VIET- 

NAM. 1977 TO 1975 ADDRESS: 600 GlLPlN ST.. 

80218: A LICENSED ADOPTION AGENCY WlTH 

CHAPTERS IN VARIOUS STATES; IT COOPER- 

ATES WlTH ORPHANGES IN VIETNAM. 

051 GRlFFlTH BOYS' HOME. 1978: THE 

EMILY GRlFFlTH BOYS' HOME. INC.. 1260 

FRANKLIN ST.. 80218. 

052 HOME FOR FOUNDLINGS. SEE: 

SAINT JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL. 

05s HOUSE OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD 

-~~ ~ 

1978: THE NEUVILLE CENTER. 15151 E. QUIN- 

CY AYE.. 80232; A CATHOLIC INSTITUTION 

FOR PROBLEM AND DELINQUENT TEENAGE 

GIRLS. 1976: CONVENT OF THE GOOD SHEP- 

HERD (NEUVILLE CENTER), 14999 E. UINCY 

AVE.; A SPECIAL EDUCATION FACILITY OP- 

ERATED BY THE SISTERS OF THE GOOD 

SHEPHERD; LEGAL TITLE: GOOD SHEPHERD 

HOME. 1964: CONVENT OF THE GOOD SHEP- 

HERD, 1401 S. COLORADO BLVD.; A CATH- 

OLIC PROTECTIVE INSTITUTION OPERATED 

BY THE SISTERS OF OUR LADY OF CHARITY 

OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD; AFFILIATED WlTH 

ST. MARY EUPHRASIA HIGH SCHOOL. 1944: 

CONVENT OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD, LOUIS- 

IANA AYE. AND COLORADO BLVD.; 118 IN- 

MATES. 1933 CENSUS: HOUSE OF THE GOOD 

SHEPHERD, NO ADDRESS; FOR DEPENDENT 

GIRLS AGE 9+. 1922: SAME NAME AND ADDR- 

ESS AS 1944: 250 DELINQUENT GIRLS AND 

WOMEN IN RESIDENCE; ESTABLISHED IN 

1885. SEE NOTE 044. 

054 HUGHES HOME. 1933 CENSUS: CLIF- 

TON HUGHES HOME, NO ADDRESS; RESID- 

ENTIAL CARE FOR DEPENDENT CHILDREN 

UNDER PRIVATE AUSPICES. 1923 CENSUS: 

CLIFTON HUGHES TRAINING SCHOOL FOR 

GIRLS. NO ADDRESS; FOR WHITES; UNDER 

THE AUSPICES OF THE CITY INSTITUTIONAL 

SOCIETY [ORGANIZED 18921 WHICH ALSO 

CONDUCTS THE BELLE LENOX [SIC] HOME 

FOR GIRLS. 

055 HUMAN SERVICES, INC. SEE CRIT- 

TENTON HOME. 

056 INFANT OF PRAGUE NURSERY. 

1976: INFANT OF PRAGUE NURSERY, 1128 

Z8TH ST.. 80205; SAME ADDRESS AS MARG- 

ERY REED DAY NURSERY. 1964: INFANT OF 

PRAGUE NURSERY, 2790 W. 33RD AVE.; A 

CATHOLIC HOME FOR 40 ORPHANS. ALSO 

SEE NOTE 060. 

057 JEWISH FAMILY & CHILDREN'S 

SERVICE. 1978: JEWISH FAMILY AND CHIL- 

DREN'S SERVICE [OF COLORADO], SUITE 

101 ALLIED JEWISH FEDERATION BLDG., 300 

S. DAHLIA ST.. 80222; ADOPTION AND UNWED 

MOTHER SERVICES. 1968 TO 1963: JEWISH 

FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICE [OF 

DENVER]. UNITED FUND SERVICE CENTER, 

1375 DELAWARE ST.; 1956: SAME NAME, 314 

14TH ST.; ADOPTION SERVICE. 

058 LENNOX HOME. 193s CENSUS: BELLE 

LENNOX SCHOOL, NO ADDRESS; ONLY 3 DEP- 

ENDENT CHILDREN CARED FOR. 1925: THE 

BELLE LENNOX HOME AND LENNOX HALL. 

2949 W. 37TH AVE.; PRIVATE INSTITUTION 

WlTH CAPACITY OF 57 CHILDREN. 1923 CEN- 

SUS: BELLE LENOX [SIC] HOME FOR CHILD- 

REN, NO ADDRESS; RESIDENTIAL CARE FOR 

WHITE CHILDREN UNDER THE AUSPICES OF 

THE CITY INSTITLTIONAL SOCIETY [WHICH 

ALSO CONDUCTS THE CLIFTON HUGHES 

TRAINING SCHOOL FOR GIRLS]. 

059 LUCKY MOTHER'S CLUB. t975 AD- 

DRESS: 1712 S. PACIFIC, 80222 [THIS ADDR- 

ESS MAY BE IMPERFECT]. ESTABLISHED IN 

1951; APPARENTLY AN ADOPTIVE PARENTS 

GROUP. 

060 LUTHERAN SERVICE SOCIETY. 

1978 TO 1968 ADDRESS: 1375 DELAWARE ST. 

[SUITE 7051. 80204; ADOPTION AND UNWED 

MOTHER SERVICES. 1956 ADDRESS: 314 14TH 

ST.; CASE HISTORIES: TWO NATURAL MOTH- 

ERS GAVE BIRTH [IN 1968 AND 1961 ] AT THE 

FLORENCE CRITTENTON HOME AND BOTH 

SURRENDERED THEIR BABIES TO A LUTH- 

ERAN AGENCY FOR ADOPTION. 

06% McDONALD'S MATERNITY HOSP. 

1925 ADDRESS: 9 PEARL ST.; A 12-BED MAT- 

ERNITY HOSPITAL ESTABLISHED IN 1922: ~. ITS 

~ 

IMPORTANCE TO ADOPTEES HAS NOT BEEN 

DETERMINED. NAMESAKE: MRS. MARY M. 

MCDONALD. 

062 MEEKER HOME ASSN. 1933 CENSUS: 

MEEKER HOME ASSOCIATION. NO ADDRESS; 

PRIVATE FACILITY FOR DEPENDENT CHILD- 

REN AGE 3+. 

063 MERCY HOSPITAL. 1977 TO 1958 AD- 

DRESS: 1619 MILWAUKEE ST., 80206; A CATH- 

OLIC GENERAL HOSPITAL OPERATED er THE 

SISTERS OF MERCY; ESTABLISHED IN 1900. 

1937: SAME NAME AND ADDRESS; 459 BIRTHS 

IN 1935; OUTPATIENT DEPT. AT AYE MARIA 

CLINIC, 735 CURTIS ST.; 1925 TO 1922: MERCY 

HOSPITAL, 1619 MILWAUKEE ST. 

064 MOTHER CABRlNl MEMORIAL 

SCHOOL. SEE QUEEN OF HEAVEN ORPH- 

ANAGE. 

065 MOUNT SAlNT VINCENT HOME. 

1978 TO 1976: MOUNT SAlNT VINCENT'S HOME. 

4159 LOWELL BLVD.. 80211; RESIDENTIAL 

CARE AND SPECIAL EDUCATION, UNDER 

CATHOLIC AUSPICES, FOR 45 EMOTIONALLY 

DISTURBED BOYS AND GIRLS; SISTERS OF 

CHARITY OF LEAVENWORTH, KANSAS. 1964: 

SAME NAME AND ADDRESS; FOR 75 ORPHAN 

BOYS. 1944: SAME NAME, 42ND AND LOWELL 

BLVD.; FOR 98 ORPHAN BOYS. 1933 CENSUS: 

MOUNT ST. VINCENT HOME, NO ADDRESS; 

RESIDENCE FOR BOYS. 1923 CENSUS: SAME 

NAME; FOR WHITE AND INDIAN CHILDREN; 

ESTABLISHED IN 1882. 1922: MOUNT SAlNT 

VINCENT'S HOME, W. PZND ST. AND LOWELL 

BLVD.; 550 DEPENDENT CHILDREN; UNDER 

THE AUSPICES OF ST. VINCENT'S AID SOCI- 

ETY; THE SISTERS OF CHARITY OF LEAVEN- 

WORTH, KANSAS. 

066 MULLEN HOME FOR BOYS. SEE 

FORT LOGAN, CO. 

067 NATIONAL HOME FOR JEWISH 

CHILDREN. ALSO SEE DENVER SHELTER- 

ING HOME. 1933 CENSUS: NATIONAL HOME 

FOR JEWISH CHILDREN, NO ADDRESS. PER- 

HAPS AKIN TO THE NATIONAL JEWISH HOSP- 

ITAL IN DENVER, WHICH FLOURISHED 1979 

AT 3800 COLFAX AVE. EAST. 

068 PARENTS FOR ALL CHILDREN. 

1975 TO 1973 ADDRESS: C/O MRS. SKIP FOS- 

ETER [OR FOSTER], 355 BALSAM ST.. 80226; 

PROBABLY AN ADOPTIVE PARENTS GROUP; 

TITLE IS SIMILAR TO: COLORADO PARENTS 

FOR ALL CHILDREN. BOULDER. CO. 

069 QUEEN OF HEAVEN ORPHANAGE 

1964: QUEEN OF HEAVEN HOME. 4825 FED- 

ERAL BLVD.. 80221: A CATHOLIC HOME FOR 

125 ORPHAN GIRLS CONDUCTED BY THE MIS- 

SIONARY SISTERS OF THE SACRED HEART. 

1944: QUEEN OF HEAVEN, MOTHER CABRINI 

MEMORIAL SCHOOL, SAME ADDRESS; 106 OR- 

PHANS. 1933 AND 1923 CENSUSES: QUEEN OF 

HEAVEN ORPHANAGE, NO ADDRESS; FOR 

WHITE GIRLS; ESTABLISHED IN 1904. 1922: 

SAME NAME. 4825 FEDERAL BLVD.; FOR 300 

GIRLS AGE 2-14: MISSIONARY SISTERS OF 

THE SACRED HEART. NAMESAKE: QUEEN 

OF HEAVEN REFERS TO THE BLESSED VIR- 

GIN MARY. 

070 SAlNT ANTHONY'S HOSPITAL. 

1979: ST. ANTHONY'S HOSPITAL. 4231 W. 16TH 

AYE.. 80204. 1976: ST. ANTHONY HOSPITAL 

SYSTEM: CONSISTS OF: ST. ANTHONY CEN- 

TRAL, 4231 W. 16TH AVE., 80204; AND ST. AN- 

THONY NORTH, 2551 [?] W. 84TH ST.[SIC] ; 

THE LAlTER OPENED IN 1971; ST. ANTHONY 

IS A CATHOLIC GENERAL HOSPITAL OPER- 

ATED BY THE SISTERS OF ST. FRANCIS OF 

COLORADO SPRINGS. 1973 TO 1964: ST. ANTH- 

ONY HOSPITAL, W. I6TH AVE. AND RALEIGH 

ST.; POOR SISTERS OF ST. FRANCIS SERAPH; 

ESTABLISHED IN 1887 OR 1892. 1958: SAME 

NAME, W. 16TH AVE. AND QUITMAN ST.: 235 

BEDS AND 40 BASSINETS. 1937: SAINT AN- 

THONY'S HOSPITAL. 16TH AV. AND QUITMAN 

ST.; 610 BIRTHS IN 1935: OWNER: POOR SIS- 

TERS OF ST. FRANCIS SERAPH OF PERPET- 

UAL ADORATION. 1925: SAME NAME, W. COL- 

FAX AYE. AND QUITMAN ST.: 1922: SAME 

NAME, W. 16TH AYE. AND QUITMAN ST.; SIS- 

TERS OF ST. FRANCIS OF THE PERPETUAL 

ADORATION. 

CASE HISTORIES: AN ADOPTEE WHO WAS 

BORN HERE IN 1953 WAS PLACED FOR ADOP- 

TION BY THE STATE HOME FOR DEPENDENT 

CHILDREN WlTH THE COOPERATION OF THE 

CATHOLIC CHARITIES. AN ADOPTEE WHO 

WAS BORN HERE IN 1943 WAS ALSO PLACED 

BY THE STATE HOME FOR DEPENDENT CHIL- 

DREN. A THIRD ADOPTEE WAS BORN HERE 

IN 1940 AND WAS PLACED FROM THE NURS- 

ERY ANNEX OF ST. JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL; THE 

ADOPTION AGENCY WAS THE CALIFORNIA 

STATE OEPT. OF SOCIAL WELFARE (PER 

HAPS IN LOS ANGELES). 

071 SAlNT CLARA ORPHANAGE. 1964 

TO 1944: ST. CLARA'S ORPHANAGE, 3800 W. 

29TH AYE., 80211; A CATHOLIC INSTITUTION 

FOR 1381202 ORPHANS; THE FRANCISCAN 

SISTERS, DAUGHTERS OF THE SACRED 

HEARTS OF JESUS AN0 MARY. 1933 AND 1923 

CENSUSES: SAME NAME. NO ADDRESS; FOR 

WHITE CHILDREN; ESTABLISHED IN 1891. 1925 

TO 1922: ST. CLARA ORPHANAGE, 3800 WEST 

29TH AYE.; 350 CHILDREN. AGE Z+; SISTERS 

OF ST. FRANCIS. 

072 SAlNT JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL. 1979 

TO ~. 1973: -- SAlNT -~~~~ JOSEPH'S 

~~ 

HOSPITAL. 

~ 

I835 

FRANKLIN ST., 80218; A 551-BED CATHOLIC 

HOSPITAL OPERATED BY THE SISTERS OF 

CHARITY OF LEAVENWORTH, KANSAS. 1964: 

SAME NAME, 18TH AVE. AND HUMBOLDT ST. 

1958: SAME NAME, 1818 HUMBOLDT ST.; EST- 

ABLISHED IN 1873. 1944: ST. JOSEPH'S HOSP- 

ITAL. 18TH AYE. AND HUMBOLDT ST.; HOME 

FOR FOUNDLINGS NEARBY AND PROBABLY 

AFFILIATED WlTH THE HOSPITAL. 1937: ST. 

JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL, l8TH AND HUMBOLDT

42 COLORADO, Denver 

STS.: 414 BIRTHS IN 1935. 1933 CENSUS: - ST. -~ 

JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL, BABY ANNEX, NO AD- 

DRESS; RESIDENTIAL CARE FOR DEPEND- 

ENT CHILDREN. 1925 TO 1922: ST. JOSEPH'S 

HOSPITAL, 18TH AVE. AND HUMBOLDT ST.; 

SISTERS OF CHARITY OF LEAVENWORTH, 

KANSAS. 


GAVE BIRTH HERE THREE TIMES (1960-62) 

AND SURRENDRED THE CHILDREN TO THE 

DEPT. OF SOCIAL WELFARE IN SAN JOSE, 

CA.; AN ADOPTEE WAS BORN IN 1940 AT ST. 

ANTHONY HOSPITAL BUT WAS PLACED FROM 

THE NURSERY ANNEX OF ST. JOSEPH'S ANO 

ADOPTED VIA THE CALIFORNIA STATE DEPT. 

OF SOCIAL WELFARE. AN ADOPTEE WAS 

BORN IN 1938, PERHAPS AT THE SALVATION 

ARMY HOME, AND THINKS THAT ST. JOSEPHS 

WAS THE ADOPTION AGENCY. AN ADOPTEE 

WAS BORN HERE IN 1932 AND PLACED BY 

CATHOLIC CHARITIES. AN ADOPTIVE PAR- 

ENT RECEIVED A CHlLD FROM THE STATE 

HOME FOR DEPENDENT CHILDREN WHO HAD 

BEEN BORN HERE IN 1944. 

073 SALVATION ARMY. SEE BOOTH 

MEMORIAL HOME. 

074 SAVlO HOUSE. 1978 ADDRESS: 325 

KING ST.. 80219; RESIDENTIAL CARE FOR 27 

TEENAGE BOYS, PERHAPS UNDER CATHOLIC 

AUSPICES; IN 1964. THIS ADDRESS WAS USED 

BY ST. FRANCIS CONVALESCENT HOSPITAL. 

075 STATE. 1979 TO 1974: STATE OF COLO- 

RADO. DEPT. OF SOCIAL SERVICES, FAMILY 

AND CHILDREN'S SERVICES. STATE SOCIAL 

SERVICES BLDG., 1575 SHERMAN ST., 80203; 

ITS DIVISION OF TITLE XX SERVICES APPAR- 

ENTLY HANDLES CHILD WELFARE NOW; HAS 

POSSESSION OF ADOPTION RECORDS PROC- 

ESSED BY COUNTY WELFARE DEPARTMENTS. 

SEE ALSO ENTRY 076 BELOW. 1965 TO 1963: 

STATE DEPT. OF PUBLIC WELFARE, CHILD 

WELFARE DIV., 1600 [OR 15251 SHERMAN ST. 

WILL PARTICIPATE IN INTERCOUNTRY AOOP- 

TIONS AN0 MAINTAINS AN ADOPTION EX- 

CHANGE, BUT APPARENTLY DOES NOT DO 

CHILD-PLACING. 1956 TO 1948: SAME NAME, 

STATE CAPITOL ANNEX. 

~ 

1947: 

~ 

STATE DEPT. 

~ ~~ 

OF PUBLIC WELFARE, NO ADDRESS. 1923 

CENSUS: COLORADO CHILD WELFARE BUR- 

EAU, NO AOORESS; UNDER STATE AUSPICES; 

RESIDENTIAL CARE FOR 160 DEPENDENT 

CHILDREN [INCLUDING REPORTS OF COUN- 

TY BRANCHES]; ESTABLISHED IN 1919. 

076 STATE HOME FOR DEPENDENT & 

NEGLECTED CHILDREN. 1979: ORAL 

INFORMATION INDICATES A CHANGE OF 

NAME FROM COLORAOO STATE CHILDREN'S 

HOME TO THE COLORADO YOUTH CENTER, 

WHICH MAY BE AKIN TO SUBJECT INSTITUT- 

ION. THERE IS ALSO A HINT THAT THE COLO- 

RADO STATE CHILDREN'S HOME IS AKIN TO 

THE DEPT. OF INSTITUTIONS. 

1956: THE COLORADO STATE CHILDREN'S 

HOME. 2305 S. WASHINGTON ST.; RESIDENT- 

IAL CARE AND ADOPTIONS. 1948: COLORADO 

STATE HOME FOR DEPENDENT AND NEGL- 

ECTED CHILDREN. SAME AODRESS. 1933 CEN 

-SUS: SAME NAME, NO ADDRESS; A STATE 

HOME FOR 1,222 DEPENDENT CHILDREN. (923 

CENSUS: COLORADO STATE HOME FOR CHIL 

-DREN, NO ADDRESS; UNDER STATE AUSP- 

ICES; ESTABLISHED IN 1895. 1921: STATE 

HOME FOR DEPENDENT AND NEGLECTED 

CHILDREN, 2305 5. WASHINGTON; MAINTAINS 

TEMPORARY HOME AND ASYLUM; ITS BOARD 

OF CONTROL CONSENTS TO ADOPTIONS. 

CASE HISTORIES: 16 CASES FOR THE 

PERIOD 1920-1961 WERE STUDIED. THEY IN- 

VOLVED ADOPTIONS WHICH WERE FINALIZ- 

ED IN THE COUNTIES OF ARAPAHOE CURRY 

[NEW MEXICO], DELTA, DENVER ['AT JUV- 

ENILE COURT], EL PASO, LARIMER, MON- 

TROSE, PUEBLO, AND WELD. 

THE FOLLOWING BIRTHPLACES WERE IN- 

VOLVED IN THESE CASES: BOOTH MEMOR- 

IAL HOSPITAL, COLORADO GENERAL HOSP- 

ITAL, CRITTENTON HOME, DENVER HOSP' 

ITAL. FAIRHAVEN MATERNITY HOME. PUEB- 

LO HOSPITAL IN PUEBLO [UNVERIFIED], ST. 

ANTHONY HOSPITAL, ST. JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL. 

AND ONE BIRTH IN THE MOTHER'S OWN 

HOME. 

077 TUCKAWAY HOME FOR HOME- 

LESS CHILDREN. 1933 CENSUS: TUCKA- 

WAY HOME FOR HOMELESS CHILDREN, NO 

ADORESS; RESIDENTIAL CARE FOR DEPEND- 

ENT CHILDREN UNDER PRIVATE AUSPICES. 

DURANGO 

(IN LA PLATA COUNTY) 

078 COUNTY. 1979/1977: LA PLATA COUNTY 

DEPT. OF SOCIAL SERVICES, P.O. BOX 1471, 

81301. 1968: LA PLATA COUNTY DEPT. OF PUB- 

LIC WELFARE, NO ADDRESS; ADOPTIONS. 

ENGLEWOOD . 

(IN ARAPAHOE COUNTY) 

086 COUNTY. 1s'le/1077: MESA COUNTY 


81501. 1968: MESA COUNTY DEPT. OF PUBLIC 

WELFARE, NO ADDRESS; ADOPTIONS. 

GREELEY 

(IN WELD COUNTY) 

087 CATHOLIC COMMUNITY SVCES. 

1978: CATHOLIC COMMUNITY SERVICES- 

NORTH, 1311 llTH ST., 80631; RESIDENTIAL 

CARE FOR CHILDREN. 1976: CATHOLIC COM- 

MUNITY SERVICES, NORTHERN COLORADO 

OFFICE, SAME ADDRESS; IN ARCHDIOCESE 

OF DENVER. 

088 COUNTY. 1979/1977: WELD COUNTY 

OEPT. OF SOCIAL SERVICES, P.O. BOX "A," 

80631. 1968: WELD COUNTY DEPT. OF PUBLIC 

WELFARE, NO ADDRESS; ADOPTIONS. 

GREEN MOUNTAIN FALLS 

(IN EL PASO COUNTY) 

08s BROCKHURST BOYS RANCH, INC. 

079 COLORADO CHRISTIAN SVCES. 1978 MAILING ADDRESS: P.O.B. 7, 80819. 

1978 TO 1968 ADDRESS: 4690 5. LOGAN ST., 

80110: ADOPTION AND UNWED MOTHER SER- LA JUNTA 

VICES. 

(IN OTERO COUNTY) 

FORT COLLINS 

oso COUNTY. OTERO COUNTY DEPT. OF 

[IN LARIMER COUNTY) SOCIAL SERVICES, P.O.B. 494, 81050. 1968: 

OTERO COUNTY DEPT. OF PUBLIC WELFARE. 

080 CATHOLIC CHARITIES. FLOURISH- NO ADDRESS. ADOPTIONS. 

ED 1941 AS A BRANCH OF CATHOLIC CHAR- 

ITIES IN DENVER. ITS IMPORTANCE FOR AD- 

LAKEWOOD 

OPTEES HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED. (IN JEFFERSON COUNTY; INC. 1969. 

BRANCH POST OFFICE OF DENVER) 

oax COUNTY. 1979/1977: LARIMER COUNTY 

DEPT. OF SOCIAL SERVICES, 363 JEFFERSON 091 COUNTY. 1979/1977: THE JEFFERSON 

ST., ROOM 103, 80521. 1968: LARIMER COUNTY COUNTY DEPT. OF SOCIAL SERVICES, 8550 

OEPT. OF PUBLIC WELFARE, NO ADDRESS; W. 14TH AVE.. 80215. 

ADOPTIONS. 

092 FOOTHILLS MOTHERS' CLUB. 1975 

FORT LOGAN 

ADDRESS: C/O MRS. SANDRA TRUE. 120 

(IN ARAPAHOE COUNTY; BRANCH 

FLOWER ST., 80026; PROBABLY AN ADOPTIVE 

POST OFFICE OF DENVER) 

PARENTS GROUP. 

oaz J.K. MULLEN HOME FOR BOYS. 09s LATTER-DAY SAINTS SOCIAL 

1976: MULLEN HlGH SCHOOL, 3601 S. LOWELL SERVICES. 1977 ADDRESS: 9590 W. 14TH 

BLVD.. DENVER 80236; A CATHOLIC DAY AVE., 80215; A MORMON AGENCY; ITS IM- 

SCHOOL FOR 450 BOYS, CONDUCTED BY PORTANCE FOR ADOPTEES HAS NOT WEEN 

BROTHERS OF THE CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS. 19- DETERMINED. ALSO SEE: LDS SOCIAL SER- 

64: J.K. MULLEN HlGH SCHOOL. SAME ADDR- VICES. SALT LAKE CITY. UTAH. 

ESS; 18 ORPHANS IN RESIDENCE. 1944: J.K. 

MULLEN HOME FOR BOYS, P.O.B. 56. FORT 

LOGAN; 48 BOYS. 1933 CENSUS: SAME NAME, 

NO ADDRESS; RESIDENTIAL CARE FOR DEP- 

ENDENT BOYS. 

FORT MORGAN 

(IN MORGAN COUNTY) 

083 COUNTY. 1979/1977: MORGAN COUNTY 

DEPT. OF SOCIAL SERVICES, P.O. Box 220, 

80701. 

GOLDEN 


084 STATE INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL. 1937 

TO 1925: STATE INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL FOR 

BOYS, NO AOORESS; A REFORMATORY FOR 

350 BOYS UNDER PUBLlC AUSPICES; OPENED 

IN 1881. 

GRAND JUNCTION 

(IN MESA COUNTY) 

08s COMMUNITY SOCIAL SERVICES. 

1978: COMMUNITY SERVICES, INC..309 GRAND 

AVE. [OR ST.], 81501; ADOPTION AND UN- 

WED SERVICES; PROBABLY AKIN TO THE 

FOLLOWING: 1978: COMMUNITY SOCIAL SER- 

VICES-COLORADO WEST, 2518 N. 7TH ST.. 

P.O.B. 2390, 81601. 1977: SAME NAME. 309 

GRAND ST.; 1976: SAME NAME, 2518 N. 5TH 

ST.; A BRANCH OFFICE OF CATHOLIC SOC- 

IAL SERVICE, PUEBLO. CO. 

LARKSPUR 

(IN DOUGLAS COUNTY) 

094 FRONTIER BOYS' VILLAGE. 1978 

MAILING ADDRESS: P.O.B. 158, 80118; RESID- 

ENTIAL CARE FOR BOYS. 

LEADVI LLE 

(IN LAKE COUNTY) 

095 COUNTY. 1979: LAKE COUNTY DEPT. 

OF SOCIAL SERVICES. P.O.B. 884, 80461. 1968: 

LAKE COUNTY DEPT. OF PUBLIC WELFARE, 

NO ADDRESS; ADOPTIONS. 

LITTLETO N 

(IN ARAPAHOE COUNTY) 

096 COUNTY. 1979: ARAPAHOE COUNTY 

DEPT. OF SOCIAL SERVICES, 5334 5. PRINCE 

ST., 80166. 1977: SAME NAME, 5606 S. COURT 

PL., 80120. 1968: ARAPAHOE COUNTY DEPT. 

OF PUBLIC WELFARE, NO ADDRESS; ADOPT- 

IONS. CASE HISTORY: AN ADOPTEE WAS 

BORN IN 1954 AT COLORADO GENERAL HOSP' 

ITAL IN DENVER; RELINQUISHMENT WAS 

PROCESSED AT THE JUVENILE COURT OF 

DENVER COUNTY; PLACEMENT WAS BY THE 

ARAPAHOE COUNTY DEPT. OF PUBLlC WEL- 

FARE, AND THE ADOPTION WAS FINALIZED 

ATTHE CHEYENNE COUNTYCOURT. 

097 HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AND RE- 

SEARCH CENTER. FUNCTION UNKNOWN.

Westminster, COLORADO 43 

09s SOUTH SUBURBAN MOTHERS' 

CLUB. 1975 ADDRESS: C/O MRS. ART MET- 

TING, 4541 5. UTICA, 80120; PROBABLY AN 

ADOPTIVE PARENTS GROUP. 

LONGMONT 


099 SEARCH. FLOURISHED 1970's: P.O.B. 

424, 80501; AN ADOPTEES' RIGHTS GROUP; ITS 

DENVER BRANCH WAS ACTUALLY IN AUR- 

ORA, CO., AND WAS ALSO KNOWN AS "ADOP- 

TEES IN SEARCH." 

MONTROSE 

(IN MONTROSE COUNTY) 

I00 COUNTY. 1979: MONTROSE COUNTY 

DEPT. OF SOCIAL SERVICES. P.O. Box r16. 

81401. 1968: MONTROSE COUNTY DEPT. OF 

PUBLIC WELFARE, NO ADDRESS; ADOPTION. 

MOUNT MORRISON 


r o ~ STATE INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL. 19- 

25: STATE INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL FOR GIRLS. 

NO ADDRESS; 160 GIRLS IN RESIDENCE. 

ESTABLISHED IN 1896. 

PUEBLO 

(IN PUEBLO COUNTY) 

102 CATHOLIC SOCIAL SERVICE. 1978 

TO 1976: CATHOLIC SOCIAL SERVICE, INC., 

302 JEFFERSON ST., 81004; ADOPTION AND 

UNWED MOTHER SERVICES IN THE DIOCESE 

OF PUEBLO [WHICH WAS SET UP IN 1941); 

SAME ADDRESS AS "FAMILY SOCIAL SERV- 

ICES." BRANCH OFFICE IN GRAND JUNC- 

TION. 1968 TO 1964: PUEBLO CATHOLIC CHAR- 

ITIES, 326 W. 15TH ST.; 195711956: SAME NAME 

AND ADDRESS; ADOPTION OF WHITE CHILD- 

REN (INCLUDING MEXICAN-AMERICAN) AND 

A FEW KOREANS. 1947: CATHOLIC CHARIT- 

IES OF THE DIOCESE OF PUEBLO, NO ADDR- 

ESS; ADOPTIONS. 

103 COUNTY. 197911977: PUEBLO COUNTY 

DEPT. OF SOCIAL SERVICES, 212 W. IZTH ST.. 

81003. 1968: PUEBLO COUNTY DEPT. OF PUB- 

LIC WELFARE, NO ADDRESS; ADOPTIONS. 

EMANUEL FAITH HOME. TOO 

!on 

SMALL FOR INCLUSION. 

10s FAMILY SOCIAL SERVICES. 1978: 

FAMILY SOCIAL SERVICES, 302 JEFFERSON 

ST., 81004; ADOPTION SERVICES; SAME ADO- 

RESS AS CATHOLIC SOCIAL SERVICE. NAME 

IS SIMILAR TO THE FOLLOWING [WHICH MAY 

NOT BE AKIN]: 1968: FAMILY SERVICE OF 

PUEBLO. 322 W. 5TH ST.; A PRIVATE ADOPT- 

ION AGENCY. 1957/1956: FAMILY WELFARE 

SERVICE [OF PUEBLO]. SAME ADDRESS. 

106 HOLY FAMILY ORPHANAGE. 1923 

CENSUS11822: HOLY FAMILY ORPHANAGE, 

816 ELM ST.: A CATHOLIC INSTITUTION FOR 

70 WHITE CHILDREN, CONDUCTED BY THE 

CAPUCHIN SISTERS; ESTABLISHED IN 1912. 

SEE NOTE 052. 

107 LINCOLN HOME. 1933 CENSUS: LIN- 

COLN HOME, NO ADDRESS; A PRIVATE INST- 

ITUTION FOR 18 DEPENDENT NEGRO CHILD- 

REN. 1923 CENSUS: LINCOLN HOME FOR COL 

-0RED OLD FOLKS AND ORPHANS, NO ADDR- 

ESS; RESIDENTIAL CARE FOR NEGRO AND 

INDIAN CHILDREN; ESTABLISHED 1905. 

10s McCLELLEN CHILDREN'S HOME. 

1970: MCCLELLEN [SIC] CHILDREN'S HOME. 

520 W. 13TH ST.. 81003. 1933 CENSUS: MCCLE- 

LLAND CHILDREN'S HOME, NO ADDRESS: UN 

-DER PRIVATE AUSPICES. 1923 CENSUS: MC- 

CLELLAND ORPHANAGE ASSN., NO ADDR- 

ESS; FOR WHITE AND JAPANESE CHILDREN; 

ESTABLISHED IN 1905. 

108 SACRED HEART ORPHANAGE. 

1979: SACRED HEART HOME, 2315 SPRAGUE 

AVE.. 91004; RESIDENTIAL CARE, UNDER 

CATHOLIC AUSPICES. FOR EMOTIONALLY 

DISTURBED TEENAGERS. 1976 TO 1964: SAME 

NAME AND ADDRESS: . 751104 . CHILDREN IN 

RESIDENCE; FRANCISCAN SISTERS, DAUGH- 

TERS OF THE SACRED HEARTS OF JESUS 

AND MARY. 

1933 AND 1923 CENSUSES: THE SACRED 

HEART ORPHANAGE, NO ADDRESS; FOR 

WHITE CHILDREN; ESTABLISHED IN 1903. 1925 

TO 1922: THE SACRED HEART ORPHANAGE, 

SPRAGUE AVE.; 160 CHILDREN; CONDUCTED 

BY FRANCISCAN SISTERS. SEE NOTE 095. 

110 COUNTY. 1979: THE CHAFFEE COUNTY 

DEPT. OF SOCIAL SERVICES. P.O. BOX 1007, 

81201. 1968: CHAFFEE COUNTY DEPT. OF PUB 

-LIC WELFARE, NO ADDRESS; ADOPTIONS. 

STERLING 

(IN LOGAN COUNTY) 

111 COUNTY. 1979: LOGAN COUNTY DEPT. 

OF SOCIAL SERVICES, P.O.B. 1746, 80751. 1968: 

LOGAN COUNTY DEPT. OF PUBLIC WELFARE, 

NO ADDRESS; ADOPTIONS. 

TRINIDAD 

(IN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY) 

112 COUNTY. 1979: LAs ANIMAS COUNTY 


81082. 1968: THE LA8 ANIMAS COUNTY DEPT. 

OF PUBLIC WELFARE, NO ADDRESS; ADOPT- 

IONS. 

WESTMl NSTER 

(IN ADAMS COUNTY) 

I13 ALMA (ADOPTEES' LIBERTY MOVE- 

MENT ASSN.) THIS CHAPTER CLOSED IN 1979. 

NATIONAL HQ IN NEW YORK CITY. 

. ~ 

114 BELLEVIEW SCHOOL. 1933 CENSUS: 

BELLEVIEW SCHOOL, NO ADDRESS; RESID- 

ENTIAL CARE. UNDER RELIGIOUS AUSPICES. 

FOR CHILDREN AGE 9-21. 

11s COLORADO ADOPTIVE PARENTS 

ASSN. 1973 ADORESS: 8381 aulGLEY ST., 

80030. 

116 WESTMINSTER SCHOOL. isz3 CEN- 

SUS: WESTMINSTER SCHOOL. NO ADDRESS: 

RESIDENTIAL CARE FOR DEPENDENT WHITE 

CHILDREN, UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE 

PILLAR OF FIRE CHURCH: ESTABLISHED IN 

1901. SEE NOTE 088. 

117 WESTMINSTER SHELTER CARE 

FACILITY.^ 1978 ADDRESS: 7640 LOWELL 

BLVD., 80030; RESIDENTIAL CARE FOR CHIL- 

DREN; DIV. OF HUMAN SERVICES. INC.

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