Mary McDowell Settlement Records

Description

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.

Alternative Title

Mary McDowell Settlement Records
University of Chicago Settlement Papers (JAPM)

Documents in this collection

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Feingold tells Addams that the Schwabeckers are willing for Hull-House to transfer a boys camp to the University of Chicago if the Schwabacker name is added to another building.
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Gerald Briney Smith request to receive access for Mr. Schmabacher's full name for a plaque gift at the University of Chicago.
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Addams sends McDowell a complaint from Nellie Schwabacher.
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Schwabacher complains to Addams about the meager memorial plaque for her husband at the University Settlement.