Papers, 1890-1954.

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Papers, 1890-1954.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/52353992

The collection contains financial records, minutes, correspondence, articles, photographs, clippings and diaries regarding Harriet Vittum and the Northwestern University Settlement.

2.25 linear ft.

University of Illinois at Chicago Library, UIC

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SNAC Resource ID: 7653266

University of Illinois at Chicago Library, UIC

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Vittum, Harriet E., 1827-1953.

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Harriet Vittum (1827-1953) was Head Resident of the Northwestern University Settlement from 1906-1947. As such, she was very active in political and social affairs in Chicago. In 1914, she entered and lost the aldermanic campaign in the 17th ward. She helped found the first Infant Welfare Station in Chicago. She was a founding member and president of the Women's City Club of Chicago and held various offices in the Chicago Federation of Settlements, the Chicago Recreation Commission, the Juvenile...

Northwestern University Settlement (Chicago, Ill.)

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The Northwestern University Settlement Association was founded in 1891 by Northwestern University president Henry Wade Rogers, his wife, Emma Winner Rogers, and Charles Zeublin, a Northwestern alumnus, class of 1887. Zeublin had returned to Chicago after having spent time at the first university settlement, Toynbee Hall, in London. He and the Rogers wanted to forge a tie between the settlement they were planning to establish in Chicago and Northwestern University. From the beginning...