Records, 1936-1994.

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Records, 1936-1994.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/52488743

The collection contains correspondence, clippings, annual reports, financial records, home visit records, case records, pamphlets, personnel files, photographs, and postcards dating from 1913 to the present. The materials are related to Marcy Center programs and management, Maxwell St. Market, the Chicago Federation of Settlements, and the Community Fund of Chicago.

66 linear ft.

University of Illinois at Chicago Library, UIC

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SNAC Resource ID: 7654624

University of Illinois at Chicago Library, UIC

Related Entities

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Marcy Center

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Community Fund of Chicago, inc.

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Chicago Federation of Settlements

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Newberry Center

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Marcy-Newberry Association.

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Marcy Center was founded in 1883 by the Women's Home Missionary Society of the Methodist Church. It was named for one of its founding members, Elizabeth Marcy. The settlement was located at the corner of Newberry Ave. and Maxwell St. in the heart of the Jewish district. In addition to the settlement's proselytizing efforts among its Jewish neighbors, the settlement organized recreational and educational programs for neighborhood residents. The settlement also ran a successful dispensary that eve...