Papers, 1897-1961.

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Papers, 1897-1961.

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These materials document the tandem career of Barr and the Olivet Institute. There is no clearcut delineation in the collection between Barr's private life and his work with Olivet. The Papers have been arranged into the following series: Correspondence (1:1-1:11), Writings (1:12-7:34), Olivet Institute (7:35-8:14), Statistical records (8:15-9:2), and Miscellany (9:3-9:15). Photographs have been removed to separate storage. Supplement 1 consists of a theatre program for When Chicago Was Young, produced in 1932 at the Goodman Theatre as a benefit for Olivet Institute. The program includes a history of the Institute and various advertisements in support of Olivet.

3 linear feet.5 oversize folders.

Chicago Public Library, Harold Washington Library Center

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Chicago Public Library, Harold Washington Library Center

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Barr, Norman B. (Norman Burton), 1868-1943

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Norman Burton Barr was born in Mount Palatine, IL, on January 27, 1868. He graduated from the Presbyterian Theological Seminary (now McCormick) in Chicago, in 1897. That same year he began his duties as pastor of the Olivet Presbyterian Church on Chicago's near north side. Under Barr's forty-year pastorate, Olivet Church undertook mammoth local missionary work, eventually operating a settlement house, library, medical dispensary, camp, supervised playground facilities, language classes, and even...

Olivet Institute (Chicago, Ill.)

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