University of Chicago Service League. Records 1897-2007

University of Chicago. Service League.

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The University Settlement was established in 1894 under the auspices of the Christian Union of the University of Chicago with Mary McDowell as its first Director. The Settlement's purpose was to "promote neighborhood unity and the improvement of neighborhood and municipal conditions." In 1895 Mrs Frank L. Miller and other University women organized the wives of faculty into the University of Chicago Settlement League in order to generate interest in the Settlement's work and provide it with fina...

University of Chicago. Settlement League.

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McDowell, Mary E., 1854-

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University of Chicago. Settlement

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Hutchins, Maude Phelps (McVeigh)

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Maude Phelps McVeigh Hutchins was born in 1899 in Long Island, New York. She attended St. Margaret’s School in Waterbury, Connecticut, as well as the Yale School of Fine Arts, where she received a B.F.A in 1926. She originally was a sculptor, but later moved on to painting and drawing. Phelps married Robert Maynard Hutchins on September 10, 1921. The couple had three children-Frances Ratcliffe (Franja), Joanna Blessing, and Clarissa Phelps. Hutchins was the a...

Rosenwald, Lessing J. Lessing Julius 1891-1979

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Collector, patron. From the description of Lessing J. Rosenwald interview, 1970 Aug. 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80812816 Background: Rosenwald acquired photographs of each woodcut in 21 copies of the Strassburg 1496 Terence (Goff T-94), compared them, and documented the variants. His article analysing the production of Grüninger's Terence was never completed. Rosenwald sought the advice of Rudolf Hirsch, whose three pages of comments accompany the material. ...

Beadle, George Wells, 1903-1989

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Chemist, University president. From the description of Reminiscences of George Wells Beadle : oral history, 1963. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122608221 George Wells Beadle, professor, university administrator. From the guide to the Beadle, George Wells. Papers, 1908-1981, (Special Collections Research Center University of Chicago Library 1100 East 57th Street Chicago, Illinois 60637 U.S.A.) Chancellor, University of...

Hyde Park Neighborhood Club (Chicago, Ill.)

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The Hyde Park Neighborhood Club (HPNC) was founded in 1909 as part of the settlement house movement, to serve neglected or abandoned youth in Chicago's south side neighborhood of Hyde Park. It was deliberately named "the Club" as a reaction to the exclusivity of private clubs of the time. Over the years it has redefined its mission to respond to community needs, expanding to provide programs and services to adults and senior citizens. From the description of Records, 1910- (Universit...