Leonard and Virginia Currie collection, 1950-1979.

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Leonard and Virginia Currie collection, 1950-1979.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/56991801

This collection contains photographs of the Near West Side from the 1970s, as well as plat surveys, reports, and pamphlets regarding urban renewal in the Near West Side.

1 linear ft.

University of Illinois at Chicago Library, UIC

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SNAC Resource ID: 7758895

University of Illinois at Chicago Library, UIC

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Hull House (Chicago, Ill.)

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Hull House was a settlement house in Chicago, Illinois, United States that was co-founded in 1889 by Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr. Located on the Near West Side of the city, Hull House (named after the original house's first owner Charles Jerald Hull) opened to serve recently arrived European immigrants. By 1911, Hull House had expanded to 13 buildings. In 1912 the Hull House complex was completed with the addition of a summer camp, the Bowen Country Club. With its innovative social, educat...

Currie, Leonard J. (Leonard James), 1913-

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The Leonard and Virginia Currie Collection documents the changes to Chicago's Near West Side neighborhood in the 1960s and 1970s. These include the City of Chicago's Urban Renewal projects, the destruction of most of the Hull-House settlement complex, and the establishment of the University of Illinois at Chicago Circle. From the description of Leonard and Virginia Currie collection, 1950-1979. (University of Illinois-Chicago Library). WorldCat record id: 56991801 ...