If These Walls Could Speak: The Story of the Wellington County House of Industry and Refuge 1877 - 1947 / Wellington County Museum and Archives ( Guelph, Ontario area)( The Poor House )( Industrial Farms / Work Houses )

Ontario: Ontario: Wellington County Museum and Archives, 2022, 1st Edition, First Printing, 2022. ------------( 1st Printing of the First Edition ) ---softcover, a Very Good+ example, faint reading crease along spine on front panel, a bit of light rubbing, 113 pages, b&w as well as colour photos, some maps and illustrations as well, ---contents include: Chapter 1: The Deserving and Undeserving Poor; Chapter 2: The Rural Houses of Industry and Refuge, 1868-1889; Chapter 3: Wellington County Builds Its Poor House; Chapter 4: Running the House and Farm Chapter 5: The Industrial Farm: The Early Years; Chapter 6: Who Were the Inmates? Chapter 7: Ill-Treatment of Inmates: Abuse and Resistance; Chapter 8: Race and the Poor House; Chapter 9: The Griffin Years, 1884-1919 Chapter 10: Mothers and Children; Chapter 11: The Community Reaches Out; Chapter 12: Death and the Poor House Cemetery; Chapter 13: An Aging Population; Chapter 14: The House and Farm: End of an Era; Afterword /// Appendix A: Illustrated County Atlas of Waterloo and Wellington Counties, 1877 /// Appendix B: Wellington County By-law No. 263 (1877) /// Appendix C: Management of the House of Industry and Refuge and Home for the Aged 1877-1971 /// Appendix D: Timeline of Events and Changes, ---growing up in the 50's and 60's I often heard my parents and grandparents talk about going to the POOR HOUSE ---I never knew that it wasn't a generic term but actually a real institution, ---the poor house as well as other "welfare" services were often situated on farm land so that there could be an element of self sufficiency to the operation ---a very interesting book, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo, ///NOT SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE/// ---sizes are approximate (generally within 1/8 inch)---. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good+ ( see Description ). Illus. by Photo Cover. 11w x 9h Inches.