Records, 1893-1951.

University of Chicago. Student Housing

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Henderson House, named for Charles Richmond Henderson (1848-1915), a sociologist and first Chaplain of the University of Chicago, is a residential unit of the University House System and one of four such units in Stanley R. Pierce Hall, comprising the fifth and sixth floors of that building. From the guide to the University of Chicago. Henderson House. Records, 1960-1980, (Special Collections Research Center University of Chicago Library 1100 East 57th Street Chicago, Illinois 60637 ...

University of Chicago. Beecher Hall.

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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...

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...