Jewish Community Centers of Chicago records, 1904-1977.

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Jewish Community Centers of Chicago records, 1904-1977.

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Correspondence, minutes, reports, community surveys, financial records, studies, membership statistics, and scrapbooks of programs and newsclippings by and about the Jewish Community Centers of Chicago and its predecessors: the Chicago Hebrew Institute, 1903-1922, and the Jewish People's Institute, 1922-1946, and the social, educational, art and theater, athletic, and recreational programs, nursery schools, and senior adult activities provided by the JCC in its local centers, especially in the Chicago neighborhoods of North Lawndale, Albany Park, Hyde Park, South Shore, Woodlawn, and Rogers Park; and in the northern and southern suburbs of Chicago. Early 20th-century activities featured education to help immigrants adjust to American life; later programs included accredited high school and college courses; more recent programs emphasize topics in Jewish history and culture and services for various age groups. Collection includes annual reports and newsletters from the Home for Aged Jews, later known as the Drexel Home for the Aged.

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