Papers, 1934-1965.

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Papers, 1934-1965.

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The first part of the collection (folders 1-36) consists primarily of correspondence and legal documents chronicling the death of Jane Addams and the struggle of her heirs a) to determine how the copyright percentages should be divided among themselves and b) to persuade others that they had the authority to authorize a dramatization of Jane Addams' life and the work of Hull House. The second part of the collection (folders 37-53) consists mostly of material documenting the struggle of the Near West Side Hull House Neighborhood to first upkeep their neighborhood and later to keep the area from being taken over by the University of Illinois at Chicago. Its materials include meeting proceedings, informational material, Eri Hulbert memorial booklet, newspaper clippings, fact sheets, position papers, and correspondence.

0.25 linear ft.

University of Illinois at Chicago Library, UIC

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SNAC Resource ID: 7666837

University of Illinois at Chicago Library, UIC

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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...

Hulbert, Eri, 1905-1955.

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Eri Baker Hulbert III was born in 1905 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He was the son of Charles Eri Hulbert and Esther Margaret Linn (a niece of Jane Addams). He moved to Chicago with his family the following year. Hulbert spent several years as a resident of Hull House and was an active participant and later drama director of its theater programs. He later attended Chicago high schools, then the Lewis Institute, and the University of Chicago, where he received his Ph. D. in 1932. He married Margar...