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Title
Chicago Commons Administrative Files – Reports, 1926-1931
Creator
Taylor, Graham, 1851-1938
Date
7 July 1926 - September 1931
Subjects
Chicago Commons Association
,
Chicago Daily News, Inc
,
Chicago School of Civics and Philanthropy
,
Chicago Theological Seminary
,
Immigrants
Description
Forms part of the Midwest Manuscript Collection (Newberry Library)
Summary
Correspondence, scrapbooks, clippings, photographs, works, diaries and other material relating to Taylor, the Chicago Commons, and his other activities, including a Chicago Daily News newspaper column, 1902-1938. The records also concern Taylor's children, particularly Lea D. Taylor, who ran the settlement after her father retired. Subjects include the history and development of the 17th (currently the 26th) ward of Chicago on the Near North Side, immigration (particularly Italian and Polish), labor, civic reform, housing, education and social conditions, public health, and the effects of the Great Depression on the population of the neighborhoods. The papers are also rich in materials relating to other Chicago civic organizations and social reformers. Among the correspondents are Jane Addams, Edward Price Bell, Sophonisba P. Breckinridge, Charles Richard Crane, Clarence Darrow, Charles Henry Dennis, Samuel John Duncan-Clark, Henry Ford, John Palmer Gavit, William Rainey Harper, Julia Lathrop, Victor Lawson, Katherine D. McCormick, Frank H. McCulloch, John T. McCutcheon, Ben L. Reitman, Margaret Dreier Robins, Raymond Robins, and Edward L. Ryerson.
Biographical/Historical Note
Ordained minister who founded and ran the Chicago Commons social settlement, founded the Chicago School of Civics and Philanthropy (incorporated into the University of Chicago in 1920), and who was a professor of social economics at the Chicago Theological Seminary.
Extent
34 cubic ft. (72 boxes and 2 oversize boxes)
Format
Clippings
,
Photographs
,
Scrapbooks
,
Sources
Archival Collection Title
Graham Taylor papers
Rights Status
Copyright Not Evaluated
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The Newberry makes its collections available for any lawful purpose, commercial or non-commercial, without licensing or permission fees to the library, subject to
these terms and conditions.
Contributing Institution
Newberry Library
Link to Catalog
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Call Number
Midwest MS Taylor Box 53 Folder 2377
BibID
281911
Size
2545px × 3280px 23.90 MB
IIIF Resource Type
Canvas
Filename
992819118805867_Midwest_MS_Taylor_ser_07_box_53_fl_2377_0017.tif
Unique Identifier
NL11HO0U
Projects Tag
Chicago and the Midwest
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