Newberry Library - Chicago Commons Scrapbook Volume 1: Programs and Publications, pp. 116-143, 1903-1906

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Title Chicago Commons Scrapbook Volume 1: Programs and Publications, pp. 116-143, 1903-1906

Creator Taylor, Graham, 1851-1938

Date 31 August 1895 - 2 July 1906

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

Archival Collection Title Graham Taylor papers

Rights Status Copyright Not Evaluated

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Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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Call Number Midwest MS Taylor Box 59 Folders 2486-2490

BibID 281911

Size 982px × 1661px 4.68 MB

IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Filename 992819118805867_Midwest_MS_Taylor_ser_07_box_59_fl_2486-2490_0086.tif

Unique Identifier NL11HP6A

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