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Off-The-Street Club records

The Off-The-Street Club (OTSC), Chicago's oldest boys and girls club, is a club for children and young adults located on Chicago's west side. The collection pertains to OTSC programs and activities.

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Alley littered with garbage
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View of an alley littered with garbage.
Date:
c. 1940
Collection:
Off-The-Street Club records
Access:
Public access
August Mathieu and two others outdoors with camera
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Photographer Auguste Mathieu and two others outdoors with a large format camera.
Date:
c. 1924
Collection:
Off-The-Street Club records
Access:
Public access
Auguste Mathieu and children with bags of donated presents
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Auguste Mathieu standing with four children in a sea of National Food Store shopping bags containing donated Christmas presents.
Date:
December 1964
Collection:
Off-The-Street Club records
Access:
Public access
Auguste Mathieu and others with Off-The-Street Club Christmas Benefit sign
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Auguste Mathieu (left), Bill Veck (from Chicago White Sox) and two other men pose with a boy holding a baseball bat in front of a sign for the Off-The-Street Club Annual Christmas Party Benefit.
Date:
December, 1959
Collection:
Off-The-Street Club records
Access:
Public access
Auguste Mathieu bags fruit for Off-The-Street Club members
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Auguste Mathieu and two teens packing grocery bags with oranges donated for Off-The-Street Club (OTSC) members.
Date:
January 4, 1962
Collection:
Off-The-Street Club records
Access:
Public access
Auguste Mathieu holding a "60" sign at Off-The-Street Club entrance
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Auguste Mathieu holds a sign reading "60" at the entrance to the Off-The-Street Club (OSTC), as four children look on. Probably 60th Anniversary of Off-The-Street Club.
Date:
c. 1962
Collection:
Off-The-Street Club records
Access:
Public access
Auguste Mathieu with certificate of appreciation
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Auguste Mathieu (right) accepts a framed certificate of appreciation declaring him "Mr. Off-The-Street-Club" presented by a man and a woman.
Date:
c. 1955
Collection:
Off-The-Street Club records
Access:
Public access
Badminton at Mark Twain Adventure Camp
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Teenagers playing badminton at the Mark Twain Adventure summer camp.
Date:
July 1959
Collection:
Off-The-Street Club records
Access:
Public access
Baton twirlers performing at Amateur Hour
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Three female baton twirlers performing on stage at Amateur Hour.
Date:
c. 1940
Collection:
Off-The-Street Club records
Access:
Public access
Bicycling at summer camp
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Adolescent boys and girls on their bicycles under a sign for the Noah Van Cleef "1958" Trail at summer camp.
Date:
1958
Collection:
Off-The-Street Club records
Access:
Public access
Biking at Mark Twain Camp
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Children biking near a large number of bicycles in a rack. Biking was one of the activities at Mark Twain Camp.
Date:
c. 1970
Collection:
Off-The-Street Club records
Access:
Public access
Boxer Andres Balderas with his Manager
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Boxer Andres Balderas posing with his manager.
Date:
1952
Collection:
Off-The-Street Club records
Access:
Public access
Boy Scouts camping on the Des Plaines River
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Group of seven Boy Scouts and leader outside of a tent in a wooded area along the Des Plaines River where they are camping.
Date:
c. 1920
Collection:
Off-The-Street Club records
Access:
Public access
Boy Scouts on a hike
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Boy Scouts in uniforms scale a wooden fence while on a hike.
Date:
1912
Collection:
Off-The-Street Club records
Access:
Public access
Boy asleep in leather armchair
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Young boy asleep in a leather armchair.
Date:
c. 1920
Collection:
Off-The-Street Club records
Access:
Public access
Boy looking at a Natural History display case
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Boy in tattered clothes leans on a ladder while looking at a Natural History display case.
Date:
c. 1915
Collection:
Off-The-Street Club records
Access:
Public access
Boy playing French horn with instructor looking on
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A young boy plays the French horn with an instructor pointing out his place on sheet music, while another boy looks on.
Date:
c. 1915
Collection:
Off-The-Street Club records
Access:
Public access
Boy scouts from Troop 225 on a hike in Forest Preserve
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Three boy scouts, Off-The-Street Club members of Troop 225, pose during a hike in a Forest Preserve.
Date:
c. 1960
Collection:
Off-The-Street Club records
Access:
Public access
Boys baking rolls in a cooking class
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Two boys, both wearing 4-H Club award ribbons on their shirts, bake rolls as part of a cooking class. A man standing between them displays a pan of baked rolls.
Date:
June 1960
Collection:
Off-The-Street Club records
Access:
Public access
Boys cleaning playground behind the Off-The-Street Club
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Group of boys with gardening tools cleaning the dirt playground area in back of the Off-The-Street Club (OTSC).
Date:
c. 1915
Collection:
Off-The-Street Club records
Access:
Public access
Boys eating outdoors at camp
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Group of boys eating outdoors on the grass at camp.
Date:
c. 1970
Collection:
Off-The-Street Club records
Access:
Public access
Boys gardening
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Boys hoeing in summer camp garden.
Date:
1954
Collection:
Off-The-Street Club records
Access:
Public access
Boys in the backyard of the Off-The-Street Club
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Six boys (in suits and caps) sitting on fence in backyard of Off-The-Street Club (OTSC). Sunflowers are growing along the fence.
Date:
1911
Collection:
Off-The-Street Club records
Access:
Public access
Boys looking at a stamp collection
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Group of six boys looking at a stamp collection.
Date:
c. 1960
Collection:
Off-The-Street Club records
Access:
Public access
Boys paddling canoes on river
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Boys paddling canoes on a river.
Date:
c. 1950
Collection:
Off-The-Street Club records
Access:
Public access
Boys performing a routine on stage
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Five boys wearing sunglasses and bow ties perform an onstage routine with Indian Clubs. A group of musicians is behind them.
Date:
c. 1960
Collection:
Off-The-Street Club records
Access:
Public access
Boys performing acrobatics at Christmas Benefit Party
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Boys in white shorts and tee-shirts perform acrobatics on a stage while musicians play behind them at a Christmas Benefit Party.
Date:
1958
Collection:
Off-The-Street Club records
Access:
Public access
Boys playing dice in an alley
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Eight boys crouching in an alley while playing dice.
Date:
c. 1910
Collection:
Off-The-Street Club records
Access:
Public access
Boys serving spaghetti to community members
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Three young boys in chef's hats serve spaghetti from a large pot to three women while three teens with bread plate, pitcher, and dish stand behind them.
Date:
February 20, 1957
Collection:
Off-The-Street Club records
Access:
Public access
Boys studying rocks with Colonel Mathieu
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Group of boys studying rocks with Colonel Mathieu.
Date:
c. 1960
Collection:
Off-The-Street Club records
Access:
Public access
Boys with baseball gloves to promote "Safe on Third" rally
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Group of boys with Off-The-Street Club (OTSC) t-shirts and baseball gloves pose with three men in suits to promote the "Safe on Third" rally for the Infantile Paralysis Foundation.
Date:
April 1957
Collection:
Off-The-Street Club records
Access:
Public access
Boys' Club Week billboard, Off-The-Street Club
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View of an Off-The-Street-Club billboard for Boys' Club week. Across the bottom is the slogan "Building the Citizens of Tomorrow".
Date:
1954
Collection:
Off-The-Street Club records
Access:
Public access
Camp Moss
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View of two cabins at Camp Moss in Michigan.
Date:
c. 1920
Collection:
Off-The-Street Club records
Access:
Public access
Campers with their luggage at camp
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Group of young campers sitting outdoors with their luggage at camp.
Date:
1979
Collection:
Off-The-Street Club records
Access:
Public access
Camping Program, Off-The-Street Club
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Chart and listing of activities for Off-The-Street Club (OTSC) day and overnight camping.
Date:
1954
Collection:
Off-The-Street Club records
Access:
Public access
Character building guide, Off-The-Street Club
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Two pages from the "Monitor of Architect Guild", a publication used by the Off-The-Street Club since about 1908. The selection is from the Working Ritual of the Guild. The Guild sought to build and encourage character, and character building was a primary goal of the OTSC.
Date:
1925
Collection:
Off-The-Street Club records
Access:
Public access
Checking out books from Off-The-Street Club library
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Girls checking out books from Off-The-Street Club (OTSC) library.
Date:
c. 1920
Collection:
Off-The-Street Club records
Access:
Public access
Children and adults at cleanup event
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Group of adults and children holding small rakes and "Don't Litter" signs stand behind a microphone at an outdoor cleanup event.
Date:
August 14, 1966
Collection:
Off-The-Street Club records
Access:
Public access
Children and adults at the beach
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Large group of children and adults in bathing suits on a sandy beach.
Date:
c. 1960
Collection:
Off-The-Street Club records
Access:
Public access
Children and teenagers on the beach
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Group of children and teenagers in bathing suits on the beach at Indiana Dunes State Park.
Date:
c. 1950
Collection:
Off-The-Street Club records
Access:
Public access
Children at a Thanksgiving meal
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Young boys and girls seated at two long dining tables for a Thanksgiving meal.
Date:
c. 1913
Collection:
Off-The-Street Club records
Access:
Public access
Children disembarking from truck at camp
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Boys and girls disembarking from a truck as they arrive at camp.
Date:
1949
Collection:
Off-The-Street Club records
Access:
Public access
Children diving at new outdoor pool, Mark Twain Camp
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Children dive off the edge of a new outdoor pool at Mark Twain Camp at a signal from Executive Director Auguste Mathieu (at right). A crowd of invited guests seated on folding chairs looks on.
Date:
June 26, 1960
Collection:
Off-The-Street Club records
Access:
Public access
Children in a lunch line
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Children standing in a lunch line behind girl putting a condiment on her hot dog.
Date:
October 24, 1956
Collection:
Off-The-Street Club records
Access:
Public access
Children in an Off-The-Street Club camp truck
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Group of children posing in a new Off-The-Street Club truck donated to transport campers.
Date:
July 7, 1947
Collection:
Off-The-Street Club records
Access:
Public access
Children in ballet class with instructor
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Children practicing ballet in a class, under the instruction of a young female teacher.
Date:
c. 1960
Collection:
Off-The-Street Club records
Access:
Public access
Children in front of the Off-The-Street Club building
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Large group of children gathered on the sidewalk, front steps and window ledges in front of the Off-The-Street Club (OTSC) building.
Date:
c. 1925
Collection:
Off-The-Street Club records
Access:
Public access
Children in playground behind Off-The-Street Club
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Large group of children with teacher in a playground area behind the Off-The-Street Club (OTSC).
Date:
c. 1915
Collection:
Off-The-Street Club records
Access:
Public access
Children in the Game Room
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Girl in rocking chair surrounded by other children in a room with bookcases and stuffed birds in glass cases. Two of the children are blowing up balloons.
Date:
c. 1920
Collection:
Off-The-Street Club records
Access:
Public access
Children on a glider swing at the Off-The-Street Club
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Group of children on a glider swing outside the Off-The-Street Club (OTSC).
Date:
c. 1910
Collection:
Off-The-Street Club records
Access:
Public access

Collection Details

Repository
University of Illinois Chicago. Library. Special Collections and University Archives Department (Richard J. Daley Library)
Collection Type
Manuscript Collections
Collection Location
Richard J. Daley Library
Alternative Title
Off the Street Club records
Theme
Social Services & Settlement Houses
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