Lincolndale Agricultural School

Lincolndale Agricultural School for Boys was a Catholic charity run by Barnabas McDonald in Lincolndale, New York.^[1] It opened in 1912 for orphans to be trained for agricultural and industrial work.^[2][3]

References

1. "Word was received here yesterday of the death in Albuquerque, N.M., of Brother Barnabas, F.S.C., the founder of Lincoln Agricultural School, Lincolndale, N.Y., and for several years executive secretary of the Boys' Life Bureau of the Knights of Columbus.". New York Times. April 24, 1929. Retrieved 2009-08-22. Member of New York Province of Christian Schools Brotherhood in West for Health. To Be Buried in Santa Fe. Native of Ogdensburg, N.Y., Was Active in Behalf of Child Welfare and Education.
2. Smith, Joseph F. (August 26, 1917). "Preparedness in Catholic schools" (PDF). New York Times. Retrieved 2009-08-21.
3. "Rev. Brother Barnabas Attacks Principle of Working Home Inmates for Gain.". New York Times. March 8, 1913. Retrieved 2009-08-22. The Rev. Brother Barnabas, head of the Lincoln Agricultural School, a Catholic institution at Lincolndale, N.Y., furnished the stir at the first day's conference on Industrial and Vocational Training for Boys and Girls in Institutions, held yesterday in the Assembly Room in the Metropolitan Life Buildings.

In "Brother Barnabas" by W.J. Battersby PhD, it states BB became director in January 1909 of the school renaming it the next month for Abraham Lincoln. He was there until 1914. This seems more likely than 1912 since he was appointed to serve on a White House Child Welfare committee in 1909.