Mary McDowell Settlement (Chicago, Ill.) records, 1894-1970
- Creator Names Mary McDowell Settlement (Social settlement : Chicago, Ill.)
- Title Mary McDowell Settlement (Chicago, Ill.) records [manuscript], 1894-1970, bulk 1930-1962.
- Physical description 25.5 linear ft. (54 boxes)
- Access and usage restrictions
- In order to consult certain boxes that may contain personal information, researchers must sign the Chicago History Museum's "Request for Research Access to Confidential Materials" form.
- Boxes 16-18, 27 (1 folder only), 30-32, 34-36, 38-45, 49-51 in the more recent portion of the collection are closed to researchers.
- Collection summary
- Letters, speeches, etc. of Mary McDowell, head resident,1894-1936, of the University of Chicago Settlement, which later became known as the Mary McDowell Settlement, and other administrators; board minutes, reports, letters, and financial papers of the settlement. The board minutes contain related reports and letters. Early papers relate to McDowell's social-work career and family; the settlement's objectives, activities, and organization; and to economic and social conditions in the Packingtown area, especially during the Great Depression of the 1930s. Considerable data on labor conditions at the stockyards and on unemployment is present, along with information on immigrant groups in Chicago, chiefly those of Slavic and Mexican descent. The papers contain many items on recreational facilities operated by the settlement for adults and children and about mothers clubs and other clubs that met at the settlement.
- Part one of the collection is organized by folders; part two is organized by boxes and folders.
- Location of Other Archival Materials Note Related materials at Chicago History Museum, Research Center, include the Mary McDowell Settlement photograph collection (1980.0163).
- Biographical or Historical Note The settlement founded in 1894 never belonged officially to the University of Chicago. Eventually it merged into the Chicago Commons Association.
- Finding Aids Note Descriptive inventory available online.
- Acquisition information Gift of the Mary McDowell Settlement.
- Names
- McDowell, Mary E., 1854-1936 Archives.
- Mary McDowell Settlement (Social settlement : Chicago, Ill.) Archives.
- University of Chicago. Settlement Archives.
- Masaryk, Alice Garrigue, 1879-1966.
- 4630 South McDowell Street (Chicago, Ill.)
- Union Stock Yard & Transit Company of Chicago Employees.
- McDowell, Mary E., 1854-1936.
- Masaryk, Alice Garrigue, 1879-1966.
- University of Chicago. Settlement.
- Subjects
- Community centers Illinois Chicago 19th century.
- Community centers Illinois Chicago 20th century.
- Community organization Illinois Chicago 20th century.
- Czech Americans Illinois Chicago.
- Families Illinois Chicago Statistics.
- Mexicans Illinois Chicago.
- Mexican Americans Illinois Chicago.
- Packing-house workers Illinois Chicago 19th century.
- Packing-house workers Illinois Chicago 20th century.
- Polish Americans Illinois Chicago.
- Slavic Americans Illinois Chicago
- Social settlements Illinois Chicago 19th century.
- Social settlements Illinois Chicago 20th century.
- Stockyards Illinois Chicago 19th century.
- Stockyards Illinois Chicago 20th century.
- Women social workers Illinois Chicago 19th century.
- Women social workers Illinois Chicago 20th century.
- Chicago (Ill.) Economic conditions 19th century.
- Geographic coverage
- Chicago (Ill.) Census, 1930.
- Chicago (Ill.) Census, 1934.
- Chicago (Ill.) Economic conditions 20th century.
- Chicago (Ill.) Social conditions 19th century.
- Chicago (Ill.) Social conditions 20th century.
- Back of the Yards (Chicago, Ill.)
- New City (Chicago, Ill.)
- Genre
- Case files. aat
- Census, 15th, 1930. aat
- Census, 1934. aat
- Correspondence. aat
- Financial records. aat
- Minutes. aat
- Reports. 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-M/McDowell.htm