Author: Jack Kyle Daniels
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1438950926
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 318
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Under any description of the start of my life, the odds were against me. With the untimely death of my mother at age 31 in September and the suicide of my father on the following Christmas Day, I was orphaned at the age of two along with six siblings. Through the efforts of a Methodist pastor, we were placed in the Methodist Orphans Home in Waco, Texas on January 21, 1937. This is the story of my life and how I was able to overcome those gigantic odds. Who would believe that the two-year-old orphan boy would later serve for the last twenty-five years of his career as the President/CEO of the agency that rescued him and his six siblings?
Author: Library of Congress
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Languages : en
Pages : 1000
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Category : Southwest, New
Languages : en
Pages : 860
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Category : Methodist Church
Languages : en
Pages : 464
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Author: Baylor University. Institute for Oral History
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Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 398
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Author: Sherry Matthews
Publisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 9780292725591
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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"We were not orphans. Our parents were living; they just couldn't take care of us." This poignant remark captures the heartbreaking reality faced by thousands of Texas children from the 1920s through the 1970s. The Waco State Home provided housing and education for "dependent and neglected" children, but residents paid a price in physical and sexual abuse, military discipline, and plantation-style labor. Even so, the institution was the only home they had, and it rescued many children from an even worse fate. Now for the first time, oral histories and newly unearthed documents reveal what went on behind the gates of the Waco State Home. Sherry Matthews has tracked down former residents and uncovered criminal abuse that went unpunished and unpublicized. She first became aware of the Waco State Home at age three, when her three brothers were taken there to live. Years later, she attended a reunion at the Home and began collecting the alumni stories with assistance from author Jesse Sublett. We Were Not Orphans gathers riveting recollections from nearly sixty alumni who share the horror of abuse as well as their triumphs of spirit and ingenuity. Some alumni recall only the positive—bountiful food, caring teachers, victorious sports teams, and friendships and values that have lasted a lifetime. Others recount bloody beatings and sexual molestation that have left physical and emotional scars. These personal narratives and Matthews's relentless pursuit of the truth show how much can go wrong when a government-run institution operates without adequate public oversight. The Waco State Home finally closed after a landmark federal court decision and a courageous superintendent stopped the abuse and helped shepherd the children out of institutionalized care.
Author: Methodist Episcopal Church, South. North Texas Annual Conference
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Category : Methodist Church
Languages : en
Pages : 110
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Category : Union catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 936
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Includes entries for maps and atlases.
Author: Elizabeth Snapp
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1100
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Provides citations to books, journal articles, manuscripts, oral histories, dissertations, and theses on Texas women's history.
Author: Dallas Tabor Herndon
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Category : Arkansas
Languages : en
Pages : 1192
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