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United Charities of Chicago. United Charities of Chicago records, 1867-1998.

Title: United Charities of Chicago records, 1867-1998.

Correspondence, minutes, bylaws, financial records, annual reports, news clippings, memos, newsletters, proposals, project files, radio scripts, casework, statistical and intake reports, case histories, manuals, handbooks, pamphlets, scrapbooks, case files, and other materials relating to the aged, economic conditions, foreign population, camping programs, divorce, employees' organizations, legal aid, mental hygiene, African Americans, public welfare, children, and unwed mothers in Chicago. Includes correspondence, minutes, and other records of two predecessor organizations: Chicago Bureau of Charities (1894-1909) and Chicago Relief and Aid Society (1867-1909); a history by Gudrun Rom; material relating to relief services for victims of the Great Chicago Fire of 1871; correspondence of Joel Hunter, general superintendent (1919-47), of Amelia Sears, assistant general superintendent (1919-30), and scattered items pertaining to the Social Service Employees' Union.

ArchivalResource: ca. 200 linear ft. (ca.217 boxes and 31 unboxed v.)

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Farwell, Charles Benjamin, 1823-1903. Letters, 1871, 1874.

Title: Letters, 1871, 1874.

December 13, 1871 letter recommends contributions (probably for Chicago fire victims) be sent to Wirt Dexter, chairman, Chicago Relief and Aid Society; December 8, 1874 letter to Bejamin Perley Poore gives his address.

ArchivalResource: 2 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/30366226 View

Pullman, George Mortimer, 1831-1897. George M. Pullman papers, 1845-1957.

Title: George M. Pullman papers, 1845-1957.

Correspondence (primarily 1859-1863), diary (1859-1861), collection of railroad passes (ca. 205, 1862-1900), and obituaries and resolutions in memorial of George M. Pullman. Correspondence is chiefly letters by Pullman to his mother and other family members on personal matters and on his work. The letters originate from Colorado, Chicago (Ill.), and elsewhere. Collection also includes letters (20 items, 1893 June 21-Oct. 11) from Mr. Fritsch, manager of the Pullman Exhibit at the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893; account sheet for showing a party of five around the fair; and a printed flyer for "Railway Day," Sept. 16th. Oversize items about Pullman Island (N.Y.) also are present in collection. Includes a Pullman letter (undated) to Conductors, Pullman Palace Car Company, introducing his friend Gen. Frederick A. Starring, who is making a brief tour in the West. Requests that Starring's journey be made comfortable and that whatever accommodations he may request be provided free.

ArchivalResource: 1 oversize folder.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/712673822 View

Carter, Thomas Butler, b. 1817. Thomas Butler Carter papers, 1831-1898.

Title: Thomas Butler Carter papers, 1831-1898.

Letters dating 1831 to 1898 from Thomas Butler Carter to his cousin Aaron Carter in New Jersey, which give descriptions of Carter's personal and business life in Chicago, plus a few other letters.

ArchivalResource: 0.1 cubic ft. (4 folders)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/317717411 View