LSCI 106: ONLINE RESEARCH 1: INTRODUCTION TO ONLINE RESEARCH

BIBLIOGRAPHY PROJECT

RESEARCH QUESTION:

What was the role of the Orphan Trains (1853 – 1929) in the development of adoption in the U.S.?

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Search Terms

1	Orphan trains
2	Children’s aid society
3	Adopt*	Foster care	Foster homes
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Ayler, D. Bruce. The Orphan Train Collection. 3 Aug. 2005. Orphan Train Heritage Society of America, Inc. 27 Nov 2005. <http://www.orphantrainriders.com/>.

Brovsky, Cindy. “Aboard the Orphan Train: Reunited Riders Share Rail Ties to the Past.” The Denver Post 30 April 2000: B-01. InfoTrac Newspapers. Gale Group. 27 Nov. 2005. <http://web3.infotrac.galegroup.com/itw/infomark/980/990/101465893w3/purl=rc1_SP00_0_CJ69615254&dyn=4!xrn_1_0_CJ69615254&bkm_4_1?sw_aep=plan_skyline>.

“About the Program.” The Orphan Trains. 1997. The American Experience and WGBH Interactive. 27 Nov. 2005. <http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/orphan/>.

DellaCava, Frances A., Norma Kolko Phillips and Madeline H. Engel. “Adoption in the U.S.: the Emergence of a Social Movement.” Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare 31.4 (Dec. 2004): 141+. InfoTrac Expanded Academic ASAP. Gale Group. 27 Nov. 2005. <http://web3.infotrac.galegroup.com/itw/infomark/188/37/100793462w3/purl=rc1_EAIM_0_A126791650&dyn=49!bmk_1_0_A126791650?sw_aep=plan_skyline>.

Gish, Clay. “Rescuing the Waifs and Strays of the City: the Western Emigration Program of the Children’s Aid Society.” Journal of Social History 33.1 (Fall 1999): 121+. InfoTrac One File. Gale Group. 15 Nov. 2005. <http://web3.infotrac.galegroup.com/itw/infomark/166/7/101467846w3/purl=rc1_ITOF_0_A56027320&dyn=22!bmk_5_0_A56027320?sw_aep=plan_skyline>.

Gormley, Myra Vanderpool. “Placing Out in America: the Orphan Trains.” Colonial Homes Dec 1998: 34.
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Holt, Marilyn Irvin. The Orphan Trains : Placing Out in America. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, c1992.

House, Katherine. “How Should We View the Orphan Train Movement?” Goldfinch Spring 2000: 39. InfoTrac One File. Gale Group. 15 Nov. 2005. <http://web3.infotrac.galegroup.com/itw/infomark/166/7/101467846w3/purl=rc1_ITOF_0_A76877244&dyn=17!bmk_4_0_A76877244?sw_aep=plan_skyline>.

Jackson, Donald Dale. “It Took Trains to Put Street Kids On the Right Track Out of the Slums: the Orphan Trains.” Smithsonian August 1986: 94+. InfoTrac One File. Gale Group. 15 Nov. 2005. <http://web3.infotrac.galegroup.com/itw/infomark/166/7/101467846w3/purl=rc1_ITOF_0_A4371493&dyn=22!bmk_6_0_A4371493?sw_aep=plan_skyline>.

Littlefield, Holly. Children of the Orphan Trains. Minneapolis: Carolrhoda Books, c2001.

Medoff, Marshall H. “An Empirical Analysis of Adoption.” Economic Inquiry 31.1 (Jan 1993): 59+. Expanded Academic ASAP. Gale Group. 15 Nov. 2005. <http://web3.infotrac.galegroup.com/itw/infomark/188/37/100793462w3/purl=rc1_EAIM_0_A13833420&dyn=49!bmk_7_0_A13833420?sw_aep=plan_skyline>.

O’Connor, Stephen. Orphan Trains: the Story of Charles Loring Brace and the Children He Saved and Failed. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2001.

“The Orphan Train Movement.” Children’s Aid Society. n.d. 15 Nov. 2005. <http://www.childrensaidsociety.org/about/train>.

Teller, Jean. “Author Hopes to Illuminate Story of Orphan Trains: Now In Their 70s and 80s, Many Orphan Train Riders Are Speaking Up, Telling of Their Experiences For Posterity's Sake.” Grit 2 March 2003: 16. InfoTrac One File. Gale Group. 15 Nov. 2005. <http://web3.infotrac.galegroup.com/itw/infomark/166/7/101467846w3/purl=rc1_ITOF_0_A98565758&dyn=17!bmk_1_0_A98565758?sw_aep=plan_skyline>

last revised: 11-29-05 by Eric Brenner, Skyline College, San Bruno, CA

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