Olivet Community Center records, 1885-1966 (bulk 1940-1960).

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Olivet Community Center records, 1885-1966 (bulk 1940-1960).

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Correspondence, meeting minutes, financial records, case files, reports, newsletters, scrapbooks, abstracts of title, and other records of the Olivet Community Center (formerly known as Olivet Institute), a Chicago settlement house and community center in the Near North Side. Includes materials related to the Olivet Day Nursery, Olivet Day Camp, and the Chicago Nisei Athletic Association (a Japanese American sports group). Also present is correspondence regarding the relationship between the Olivet Institute and the Presbyterian Church, its original sponsor.

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