Hi Kathering, Pierre Morenon gave a very interesting paper at the 2003 SHA
about an orphanage in Rhode Island where the boys toys were found in the
woods and the girls dolls near the buildings, similar to what Lois found.

I'd be very interested in seeing your thesis.
regards,
suzanne


On Sat, May 17, 2014 at 1:06 PM, Katherine Evans <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> I'm a Master's student at UMass Boston's Historical Archaeology program,
> currently working on my thesis. My site is an 18th century home located at
> Strawbery Banke in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, which operated later as an
> orphanage from 1880 to 1915.
>
>  I am using this later orphanage assemblage for my thesis and am currently
> looking for a similar assemblage for comparison. I am mostly interested in
> doing a simple comparison table by artifact type, just to better understand
> and contextualize my own site.
>
> I've found much documentary evidence on other Victorian orphanages, but it
> would be great to have some artifact counts. The only other archaeological
> study of a Victorian orphanage I've seen is Lois Feister's, which has been
> very informative. I'm searching for another site, preferably in the US, but
> one from England could make an interesting comparison as well. If anyone
> could point me to such comparable data, I would greatly appreciate it.
>
> Best,
> Katherine Evans
> --
> ----Katherine Evans
> University of Massachusetts, Boston
> MA Historical Archaeology 2014
> University of Virginia
> BA Archaeology 2011
>