A Pleasant Home for the Neglected: The Archaeology of Dorchester’s Industrial School for Girls.
October 18, 2015, 2 pm, at the William Clapp House, 195 Boston Street
City Archaeologist, Joe Bagley, shares early results from his team’s archaeological survey behind the Centre Street institution. From the search for and discovery of the school’s out house, to the recovery of thousands of personal items, including hundreds of dolls, Bagley will explore the new history and surprising insights revealed about the daily lives of the disadvantaged and immigrant girls who lived in the School from 1859 to 1900.