United Charities of Chicago records, 1867-1998.

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United Charities of Chicago records, 1867-1998.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/717282966

Correspondence, minutes, bylaws, financial records, annual reports, news clippings, memos, newsletters, proposals, project files, radio scripts, casework, statistical and intake reports, case histories, manuals, handbooks, pamphlets, scrapbooks, case files, and other materials relating to the aged, economic conditions, foreign population, camping programs, divorce, employees' organizations, legal aid, mental hygiene, African Americans, public welfare, children, and unwed mothers in Chicago. Includes correspondence, minutes, and other records of two predecessor organizations: Chicago Bureau of Charities (1894-1909) and Chicago Relief and Aid Society (1867-1909); a history by Gudrun Rom; material relating to relief services for victims of the Great Chicago Fire of 1871; correspondence of Joel Hunter, general superintendent (1919-47), of Amelia Sears, assistant general superintendent (1919-30), and scattered items pertaining to the Social Service Employees' Union.

ca. 200 linear ft. (ca.217 boxes and 31 unboxed v.)

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Chicago Bureau of Charities

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United Charities of Chicago

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Chicago Relief and Aid Society (1867-1909) and Chicago Bureau of Charities (1894-1909) became United Charities of Chicago; and in 1995 United Charities became Metropolitan Family Services. From the description of United Charities of Chicago records, 1867-1998. (Chicago History Museum). WorldCat record id: 717282966 ...

Sears, Amelia.

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Hunter, Joel C.

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Rom, Gudrun.

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From 1909 until about 1912 Chicago social worker Gudrun S. Rom was a caseworker with United Charities. She then worked for the Bureau of Public Welfare, the Juvenile Protective Association, and the Juvenile Court before returning to United Charities in 1918 to work in the Near North Side district. In 1933, she became head of the agency's strockyards district office. Rom retired in 1949 and in 1957 she compiled a history of the United Charities organization. From the description of Gu...

Chicago Relief and Aid Society

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Social Service Employees Union

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Metropolitan Family Services (Chicago, Ill.)

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