University of Chicago. Beecher House. Records 1893-1951

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University of Chicago. Beecher House. Records 1893-1951

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Beecher House, women's residential living quarters at the University of Chicago. The Beecher House Papers consist of the house constitution, membership lists, minutes, treasurer's accounts and reports, and other material related to residential living in Beecher Hall from 1893 to 1951.

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University of Chicago. Beecher Hall.

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University of Chicago.

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Most of the records in the collection pertain to the $400,000 raised by the American Baptist Education Society in 1889-1890 in order to obtain a 600,000 grant from John D. Rockefeller for the creation of an endowment for the University of Chicago. The first volume in the inventory, Record of Pledges for the University of Chicago, contains an alphabetical numbered listing of subscribers, amounts pledged, and payments made through 1906. The subscription forms and letters (1:4-13) are numbered to c...

University of Chicago. Beecher House.

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Beecher House, a residence hall for women at the University of Chicago, was also an organization for the women living there. From the description of Records, 1893-1951. (University of Chicago Library). WorldCat record id: 52249703 In 1893 Mary Beecher gave $50,000 to build Beecher Hall (named after the donor;s late husband, Jerome). It was constructed at 5844 University Avenue that summer, and opened its doors that fall. Because the residence for women was incom...