The National Children's Bureau, a London-based charity exploring a range of issues involving children.
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One member of the 9th New Jersey, 2nd Lieutenant Ethelbert Hubbs of Commack, Long Island, New York, chose to retire from the military in September 1863 to accept an appointment as a Special Agent of the Treasury Department, charged with administering the program on "Abandoned Lands and Plantations" in Craven County, North Carolina (The Freedmen's Bureau).
The United States Children's Bureau, a U.S. federal agency created in 1912 to promote the health and well-being of children and mothers.
George Ruby, an African American, served as teacher and school administrator and as a traveling inspector for the Bureau, observing local conditions, aiding in the establishment of black schools, and evaluating the performance of Bureau field officers.
The Freedmen's Bureau agents were unable to give blacks the help they needed.
The choir has sung with, met, and performed to many including John So, the Lord Mayor of Melbourne, Blair McDonough, Eddie McGuire and Andrew Gaze.
The exhibit features sample homes and shelters from regions; a kitchen area highlighting foods and preparation methods; an interactive clothing store with traditional garments from different cultures; arts and crafts activities; transportation, including a tuk-tuk that “transports” visitors to different locales; and a language area that showcases different types of writing and listening.
It organises an annual show, the Nursery World Show, which is co-sponsored by 4Children, the National Children's Bureau, the Professional Association for Childcare and Early Years and the Pre-school Learning Alliance.
Benjamin Piatt Runkle, a Civil War veteran who was wounded at the Battle of Shiloh, was, from 1867 to 1870, serving as an active duty Army Major and disbursing officer of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands for the State of Kentucky.
His dissertation, later the book Yankee Stepfather, explored the ill-fated Freedmen's Bureau which was created to help ex-slaves after the Civil War.