Records, 1960-1964.

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Records, 1960-1964.

Minutes, correspondence, carbon copies of letters, certificates, clippings and speech. Collection consists primarily of material relating to the commissioning of Lawrence Taylor to sculpt a bust of Jane Addams and the planning of the dedication ceremony for the sculpture. The transcript of the speech by David Dodds Henry read at the dedication is included.

ca. 115 items.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7132538

Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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Addams, Jane, 1860-1935

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Social reformer; founder of Hull House settlement, Chicago. From the description of Letter: Hull-House, Chicago, to Louis J. Keller, Chicago, 1912 May 13. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 26496308 From the description of Letter: Hull-House, Chicago, to Paul M. Angle, Springfield, Ill., 1932 June 24. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 26496294 Founder of Hull House in Chicago. From the description of Cor...

Jane Addams Centennial Committee (Springfield, Ill.)

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Organized in 1960 to promote the observation of the centennial year of the birth of Jane Addams, social worker and founder of Hull House, Chicago. From the description of Records, 1960-1964. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 24440645 ...

Taylor, Lawrence J.

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Henry, David Dodds, 1905-

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President, University of Illinois System (formerly, president, University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign campus)). From the description of Papers, 1922-1991. (University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign). WorldCat record id: 28413029 David Dodds Henry was born October 21, 1905, in East McKeesport, PA. He attended Pennsylvania State College receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree in the arts and letters curriculum in 1926. Following his graduation, he was appointed an instructor at...