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Northwestern University Settlement Association Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: 41/6

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Scope and Contents

The photographs in this series document the Northwestern University Settlement Association from 1890 — 1991. Prints as well as safety film negatives are included. This collection includes many of the photographs that appear in The Worn Doorstep by Mark Wukas. The photographs in box 4 and box 8 labeled “1991 Book Pictures” may have been considered for inclusion in the Wukas book.

Box 7 contains photographs from the family of Helen Loth Blomgren Rachwalski. Safety film negatives are included with the prints.

Oversized (larger than 8"x10") photographs are contained in box 8. Folders 5 and 6 hold portraits of Harriet Vittum and Helen Rachwalski.

Dates

  • 1890-1991

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

There are no restrictions on use of the materials in the department for research; all patrons must comply with federal copyright regulations.

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is stored at a remote campus location and requires two business days advance notice for retrieval. Please contact the McCormick Library at specialcollections@northwestern.edu or 847-491-3635 for more information or to schedule an appointment to view the collection.

Extent

8 Boxes

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

The photographs in this series document the Northwestern University Settlement Association from 1890 — 1991. Prints as well as safety film negatives are included. This collection includes many of the photographs that appear in The Worn Doorstep by Mark Wukas.

Arrangement Note

The photographs in this series are organized either alphabetically by subject or chronologically by year. Boxes 1-4 contain photographs arranged by subject. Boxes 4-6 contain photographs arranged by year. Many of the photographs in this series are not labeled or dated. Unidentified photographs are arranged by format (i.e. size) in Box 4. Box 8 is organized by subject when identified, with other photographs arranged by year when possible.

Method of Acquisition

These photographs were separated from Accession #90-160, donated to the University Archives by the Northwestern University Settlement via Executive Director Ron Manderschied and Doris Overboe on October 15, 1990.

Related Materials

The records' original arrangement, in alphabetical order by subject, was retained, but several large, coherent categories were separated from the General Administrative Files, organized separately, and assigned their own series numbers.

Series 41/1: General Administrative Files, 1891-1995 (73 boxes) Series 41/2: Case Files, 1908-1976 (79 boxes) Series 41/3: Delinquent Boys Case Files, 1929-31, 1938-9 (5 boxes) Series 41/4: Financial Records, 1918-1971 Series 41/5: Clubs and Classes Attendance and Registration Cards, 1936-1953 (25 boxes) Series 41/6: Photographs, 1890-1991 (8 boxes) Series 41/7: Scrapbooks, 1892-1984 (20 boxes) Series 41/8: Evanston Woman's Board, 1911-1990 (7 boxes) Series 41/9: North Shore Junior Board, 1937-1992 (14 boxes) Series 41/10: Lenora E. Clark Diary, 1906-1910 (1 box) Series 41/11: Food Client Records, 1985-1986 (3 boxes)

Separated Materials

Nitrate negatives were digitized in 2021 and can be found via the University Archives Nitrate Negative Collection (75/0/5).

Cardboard backings which had become detached from some photographs in Box 8 were disposed of.

Processing Information

Rachel Erlich, July 1996.

Subjects

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
Guide to the Northwestern University Settlement Association Photographs
Author
Rachel Erlich (1996), Janet Olson (1997)
Date
01/07/1996, May 1997
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
eng

Library Details

Library Details

Part of the Northwestern University Archives Repository

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