Hi All, I'm just going to clear up this sterilization issue regarding the children raised in Charles Page's Home. My father was raised there and I am here to prove they were NOT sterilized! Four of his brothers and sisters were raised there also and they each had children. "The Home" was privately funded by Charles Page and is located in Sand Springs, Tulsa Co. It is still there and my father recently attended a reunion. The Home is now used for neglected/abused children or those unable to stay in there own homes for some reason. For anyone interested, my father has written a short biography of his days in The Home. He had a good childhood and, for the most part, was treated very well there. The Home opened in the early 1900's and my father left it in the 1940's. I don't know when it switched from an orphanage to a group home. Charles Page, generous entrepenuer that he was, also developed a widow's colony nearby. Also, through the (I believe) Sand Springs Chamber of Commerce, one can obtain a book written about Charles Page and his orphanage. There are pictures of my father in the book, some of the very few I've seen of him when he was little (gee, Dad, I didn't know you played the French horn!). The book is called "A Fool's Enterprise," by Opal Bennefield Clark, another orphan raised by Mr. Pages generousity. The only policy of The Home, that I'm aware of, that went against the grain was their policy of keeping families together. The Home had a 'no adoption' policy so that brothers and sisters would stay together. My uncle was one of the youngest children ever to enter The Home and he had numerous offers to adopt, but the orphanage thought it more important that he stay with his siblings. I think that was a good idea and grew up knowing many loving aunts and uncles. Also, for anyone interested, I have a few e-mail addresses of others who had family who grew up in The Home, which I'd be happy to share. And, I'm sure my father wouldn't mind telling you personally of his experiences in The Home. With few exceptions, he talks fondly of his childhood...... Regards, Kim Holly Daughter of a "Home Boy" Marti wrote: > > Hi all - can anyone help Sandy with information about the orphanage. > > Sandy is not a part of our mailing list, please cc a copy of your reply to her > or post your reply to the "Query Elf" board at > http://www.InsideTheWeb.com/messageboard/mbs.cgi/mb115183 > > Thanks, > Marti > > ---------Original Message------------- > mailto:[email protected] - Sandy Cotter > Looking for information on this orphanage, heard it was in Sand Springs, Tulsa > County, around 1915-20. My g-aunt and uncle were placed there when father > abandoned family. Understand it may have been privately funded, possibly by > the namesake Charlie Page. Family rumor has it that the children placed there > were sterilized so they would not have children. In my g-aunt/uncle's case, it > seems to have been true. Any help is appreciated. > -- > > Marti