Herman, Ellen2017-06-232017-06-232003-06https://hdl.handle.net/1794/22458Website preserved as 865 page interactive pdf.Adoption is a significant public and private issue. This site is based on the conviction that history is an indispensable resource for understanding the personal, political, legal, social, scientific, and human dimensions of this particular form of kinship. The Adoption History Project is devoted to making adoption history accessible and interesting to visitors who may not be aware that adoption has a history at all. This site introduces the history of child adoption in the United States by profiling people, organizations, topics, and studies that shaped adoption during the twentieth century. I hope individuals with personal or professional ties to adoption who are curious about adoption’s past will find the site relevant to their concerns. It is also intended for students and teachers interested in social welfare, the human sciences, and the history of children and families in the modern United States.enCreative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0-USChild adoptionAdoptive familiesAdoptive parentsAdoption agenciesBirth parentsFosteringFoster familiesChild welfareEugenicsBaby farmingHome studiesIllegitimacyIndian Adoption ProjectIndian Child Welfare ActInfertilityInternational adoptionTransnational adoptionOrphan trainsProxy adoptionsSearch and reunionSingle parent adoptionSpecial needs adoptionAdoption statisticsAfrican-American adoptionsConfidentiality and sealed recordsPlacing-outWebsite