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  • Creator Names Jewish Community Centers of Chicago.
  • Title Jewish Community Centers of Chicago records [manuscript], 1904-1985.
  • Physical description 76 linear ft.
  • Access and usage restrictions
    • In order to consult the student and faculty records, researchers are required to sign a confidentiality agreement. The confidentiality agreement does not apply to former students consulting their own records.
    • A few folders are closed to researchers until the date marked on the folder. These folders were removed from their regular boxes and stored in a restricted area.
  • Collection summary
    • Correspondence, minutes, reports, community surveys, financial records, studies, membership statistics, student records, 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 summer classes and junior college courses; more recent programs emphasize topics in Jewish history and culture and services for various age groups. Collection includes administrative and student records from the JPI's Junior College, high school, and adult education programs, ca. 1928-1940s and later.
    • Collection includes annual reports and newsletters from the Home for Aged Jews, later known as the Drexel Home for the Aged.
  • Finding Aids Note Descriptive inventory available online.
  • Acquisition information Gift of the Jewish Community Centers of Chicago (M1970.0054; M1972.0010; M1976.0010; M1979.0016; M1979.0016).
  • Location of Other Archival Materials Note
    • Related materials at Chicago History Museum, Research Center, include the Max Straus Center of the JCC records; the Jewish Community Centers of Chicago collection of visual materials (1980.0175); and publications of the Jewish Community Centers of Chicago and its predecessor organizations, the Chicago Hebrew Institute and the Jewish People's Institute of Chicago, cataloged separately.
    • Two related collections located in other repositories are the papers of Dr. Philip L. Seman in the American Jewish Archives, Cincinnati, Ohio; and the records of the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago at Spertus Institute in Chicago.
  • Names
    • Jewish Community Centers of Chicago Archives.
    • Chicago Hebrew Institute Archives.
    • Jewish People's Institute of Chicago Archives.
    • Jewish People's Institute of Chicago. Camp Chi.
    • Jewish People's Institute of Chicago. Junior College.
    • Jewish People's Institute of Chicago. Museum of Jewish Antiquities.
    • Jewish Community Centers of Chicago. Camp Chi.
    • Seman, Philip L. (Philip Louis), 1881-1957.
    • Loeb, Jacob M. (Jacob Moritz), 1875-1944.
    • Bernard Horwich Jewish Community Center (Chicago, Ill.)
    • Chicago Jewish Youth Council.
    • Chicago Recreation Commission.
    • Henry N. Hart Jewish Community Center (Chicago, Ill.)
    • Home for Aged Jews (Chicago, Ill.)
    • Drexel Home for the Aged (Chicago, Ill.)
    • Max Straus Jewish Community Center (Chicago, Ill.)
    • Mayer Kaplan Jewish Community Center (Skokie, Ill.)
    • National Jewish Welfare Board.
    • National Jewish Welfare Board. Midwest Section.
    • Niles Township Jewish Community Center (Ill.)
    • Rogers Park Jewish Community Center (Chicago, Ill.)
    • North Suburban Jewish Community Center (Northbrook, Ill.)
    • South Suburban Jewish Community Center (Olympia Fields, Ill.)
    • 900-914 South Lytle Street (Chicago, Ill.)
    • 3500 West Douglas Boulevard (Chicago, Ill.)
    • 5050 West Church Street (Skokie, Ill.)
    • 2961 West Peterson Avenue (Chicago, Ill.)
    • 3003 West Touhy Avenue (Chicago, Ill.)
    • Home for Aged Jews (Chicago, Ill.)
    • Drexel Home for the Aged (Chicago, Ill.)
    • Seman, Philip L. (Philip Louis), 1881-1957.
    • Morris, Robert, 1910-2005. Trends and issues in Jewish social welfare in the United States 1899-1952.
    • Chicago Hebrew Institute.
    • Chicago Jewish Youth Council.
    • Jewish People's Institute of Chicago.
    • Jewish People's Institute of Chicago. Junior College.
    • Chicago Recreation Commission.
    • Jewish Charities of Chicago.
    • Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago.
    • National Jewish Welfare Board.
    • Social Service Employees Union.
    • United Office and Professional Workers of America.
  • Subjects
    • Adult education Illinois Chicago 20th century.
    • Americanization.
    • Charities Illinois Chicago Metropolitan Area 20th century.
    • Dance Illinois Chicago.
    • Day care centers Illinois Chicago.
    • Immigrants Illinois Chicago 20th century.
    • Jewish community centers Illinois Chicago Metropolitan Area 20th century.
    • Jewish women Illinois Chicago Societies and clubs.
    • Jews Illinois Chicago Metropolitan Area 20th century.
    • Jews, Russian Illinois Chicago 20th century.
    • Junior colleges Illinois Chicago 20th century.
    • Older Jews Services for Illinois Chicago Periodicals.
    • Recreation Illinois Chicago 20th century.
    • Social service Illinois Chicago Metropolitan Area 20th century.
    • Social workers Illinois Chicago.
    • Synagogues Illinois Chicago.
    • Theater Illinois Chicago 20th century.
  • Geographic coverage
    • Chicago Metropolitan Area (Ill.) Social conditions 20th century.
    • Chicago Metropolitan Area (Ill.) Social life and customs 20th century.
    • Albany Park (Chicago, Ill)
    • Hyde Park (Chicago, Ill.)
    • North Lawndale (Chicago, Ill.)
    • Rogers Park (Chicago, Ill.)
    • South Shore (Chicago, Ill.)
    • Woodlawn (Chicago, Ill.)
  • Genre
    • Accounts. aat
    • Annual reports. aat
    • Correspondence. aat
    • Minutes. aat
    • Newspaper clippings. aat
    • Oral histories. aat
    • Programs (documents) aat
    • Reports. aat
    • Scrapbooks. aat
    • Statistics. aat
  • Geographic name United States Illinois Cook County Chicago.
  • Finding aid URL Finding aid available online http://chsmedia.org/media/fa/fa/M-J/JCC-inv.htm