University of Chicago Settlement. Records, 1897-1977 (inclusive)
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Corporate author / creator: | University of Chicago. Settlement. |
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Description: | 5 linear feet (4 boxes) |
Language: | English |
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Format: | E-Resource Print Archives/Manuscripts |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11987421 |
Varying Form of Title: | Guide to the University of Chicago Settlement Records 1897-1977 |
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Notes: | The collection is open for research. The University of Chicago Settlement House was established in 1894 in the packing-house district of Chicago to provide English instruction, citizenship and legal assistance, medical care, and other services, to the largely European immigrant population of the Back of the Yards community. Materials in this collection primarily document the settlement’s programs and activities from the 1930s to the early 1950s. |
Summary: | Contains informational literature on the Settlement House and its history, annual and monthly reports, the Settlement League Yearbook, program schedules and brochures, press clippings, article drafts, correspondence, statements and miscellaneous literature. |
Cite as: | When quoting material from this collection, the preferred citation is: University of Chicago Settlement Records, [Box #, Folder #], Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library |
Cumulative Index / Finding Aids Note: | Finding aid available in the Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library, 1100 E. 57th St., Chicago, IL 60637. |
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