Social settlements--Illinois--Chicago
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
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
Records of The Northwestern University Settlement Association Evanston Woman's Board
Collection
Identifier: 41/8
Abstract
Boxes 1-3 contain records relating to the “Dollar Letter” program, spanning the years from 1928 through 1979. The President's Records, 1958-1981 (Boxes 3-6), contain annual reports, meeting agendas and minutes, correspondence, “Dollar Letters", financial records, and newspaper clippings. The Publicity Chair Notebook, 1968-1972, also contains meeting minutes and newspaper clippings. The Treasurer's Records, 1911-1983 (Boxes 6-7) contains deposit, withdrawal, and receipt records, dues...
Dates:
1911-1990
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
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
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