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Lenora E. Clark Diary, Northwestern University Settlement Records
Collection
Identifier: 41/10
Abstract
Clark's diary is a four-by-six, bound book. The printed title page describes it as “Ward's ‘Line a Day’ Book, A comparative record for five years” (copyright 1892). The ‘comparative’ format is unusual: each page is printed with a month and date, and is divided horizontally into five sections; the diarist fills in the events of each date five years in a row, resulting in a unique retrospective view. In order to fit so many entries on each small page, each entry is allotted only four short...
Dates:
1906-1910
Found in:
Northwestern University Archives
Northwestern University Settlement Association Financial Records
Collection
Identifier: 41/4
Abstract
The Northwestern University Settlement Association was founded in 1891 by a group of administrators and faculty from Northwestern University in order to provide social services, educational programs, referrals, and emergency relief to a poor immigrant neighborhood on Chicago’s near northwest side. This series contains the financial records of the Northwestern University Settlement. The records fill twenty-eight boxes and span the years from 1918 to 1971. A run of ledgers forms the bulk of...
Dates:
1918-1971
Found in:
Northwestern University Archives
Northwestern University Settlement Association General Administrative Records
Collection
Identifier: 41/1
Abstract
The Northwestern University Settlement Association was founded in 1891 in a poor, primarily immigrant neighborhood on the near northwest side of Chicago to improve conditions and to help its residents through its clubs and classes, social events, camping programs, and relief and emergency services. The Northwestern University Settlement Association General Administration Records document the daily activities of the organization and the personal lives of various individuals who were part of...
Dates:
1892-1995
Found in:
Northwestern University Archives
Northwestern University Settlement Association Glass Transparency Slides
Collection
Identifier: 41/13
Abstract
The collection consists of 100 glass transparency slides (3.25 x 4 inches), also known as magic lantern slides, divided into two thematic clusters, dating from the turn of the 20th century, and identified with the Northwestern University Settlement.
Dates:
1891 - 1920
Found in:
Northwestern University Archives
Northwestern University Settlement Association Photographs
Collection
Identifier: 41/6
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.
Dates:
1890-1991
Found in:
Northwestern University Archives
Northwestern University Settlement Association Records Case Files
Collection
Identifier: 41/2
Abstract
The Northwestern University Settlement Association was founded in 1891 by a group of administrators and faculty from Northwestern University in order to provide social services, educational programs, referrals, and emergency relief to a poor immigrant neighborhood on Chicago's near northwest side. The Case Files typically feature a case number, client name and the names of immediate family members, their ages, address, occupation, a summary of the problem or problems which resulted in...
Dates:
1908-1975
Found in:
Northwestern University Archives
Northwestern University Settlement Association Records Scrapbooks
Collection
Identifier: 41/7
Abstract
The Northwestern University Settlement Association was founded in 1891 by a group of administrators and faculty from Northwestern University in order to provide social services, educational programs, referrals, and emergency relief to a poor immigrant neighborhood on Chicago's near northwest side.The scrapbooks in this series, compiled by different groups associated with the Northwestern University Settlement, typically contain newspaper clippings, programs, photographs, and other printed...
Dates:
1917-1984
Found in:
Northwestern University Archives
Doris Overboe (1934-2012) Papers
Collection
Identifier: 41/12
Abstract
The Doris Overboe Papers fill five boxes and one card-file, and document her involvement with the Northwestern University Settlement Association (NUSA) and –the bulk of the materials—her research into the life of Harriet Vittum, long-time Head Resident at the Settlement.
Dates:
c. 1990-2000
Found in:
Northwestern University Archives
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