Leroy Snyder papers on the Chicago Commons Association, ca. 1966-1973.

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Leroy Snyder papers on the Chicago Commons Association, ca. 1966-1973.

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Correspondence, reports, meeting minutes and agendas, newsletters, memoranda, by-laws, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, financial records, statistics, schedules, contracts, instruction manuals, photographs, and other papers of Leroy Snyder related to the Chicago Commons Association, a social service agency. Materials pertain to activities and projects of the Chicago Commons Association, such as day care centers, youth programs, camps, and career training. Also present are administrative records of the Emerson House and Taylor House, and records related to the Chicago Commons Association's work with other community organizations, including the National Association for Community Development, the Council for Underprivileged Youth, and the Urban Coalition.

2 linear ft. (5 boxes)

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Chicago Commons (Social settlement : Chicago, Ill.)

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Taylor House (Social settlement : Chicago, Ill.)

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Chicago Commons (Chicago, Ill.)

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Emerson House (Social settlement : Chicago, Ill.)

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Snyder, Leroy.

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Leroy Snyder was assistant executive director of the Chicago Commons Association in the late 1960s and early 1970s. From the description of Leroy Snyder papers on the Chicago Commons Association, ca. 1966-1973. (Chicago History Museum). WorldCat record id: 713357635 ...

Chicago Commons Association

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The Chicago Commons was founded in 1894 by Graham Taylor at 140 N. Union Street; incorporated in 1895; moved to Grand Avenue and Morgan Street in 1901; established Farm Camp near New Buffalo, Michigan, in 1923. In later years, it became the Chicago Commons Association through mergers with Emerson House, 645 N. Wood Street, in 1948; headquarters moved to Taylor House, 915 N. Wolcott Avenue, in 1958; opened Jackie Robinson House in the Henry Horner Homes (Chicago Housing Authority), 124 N. Hoyne A...