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Marcy-Newberry Association records

The Marcy-Newberry Association is a Methodist-supported social service center that has a long history of providing services to residents of the Near West and West Side of Chicago.

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Maxwell Street market scene, Halsted and Maxwell Streets
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Scene at the Maxwell Street market at Halsted and Maxwell Streets. A very young boy stands behind a sidewalk "Coney Island Frankfurter" stand selling hot dogs. Two other vendor carts are in the foreground at right.
Date:
1920
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
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Maxwell street crowd on Easter Sunday
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On the largely Jewish Maxwell Street, street peddlers and merchants line the street on Easter Sunday, with crowds gathered around them.
Date:
1919
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
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May Breakfast, 1962
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Six tables of volunteers and guests eating inside a decorated gymnasium at the 1962 May Breakfast, in honor of "Berta".
Date:
May 15, 1962
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
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Medical clinic patients in waiting room with a nurse
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Three patients at the medical clinic speak with a nurse in the clinic's waiting room.
Date:
1942
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
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Members of "The Wanderers" from the Marcy Center's Boys Club
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Members of "The Wanderers" from the Marcy Center's Boys Club posing outside with neighborhood buildings visible behind them.
Date:
c. 1932
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
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Public access
Members of Community Club working on flower crafts
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Women members of the Community Club work on flower crafts around a rectangular table.
Date:
1938
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
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Public access
Members of Vacation Bible School in Marcy Center playground
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Members of Vacation Bible School in the playground outside Marcy Center. Anna Heistad is in the rear near a fence.
Date:
c. 1940
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
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Public access
Men with poster showing annual Marcy Center fundraising totals
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Three men standing next to a poster showing annual fundraising totals for the Marcy Center, with one man handing a check to another.
Date:
1967
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access:
Public access
Men with poultry crates, Maxwell Street market
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Men with poultry creates at the Maxwell Street market, including a butcher next to crates of turkeys.
Date:
1920
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
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Mrs. Elizabeth Marcy
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Portrait of Elizabeth Marcy, one of the founders of Marcy Center, standing next to a table holding a book.
Date:
c. 1890
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
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Nativity Scene, Christmas Pageant
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Teen actors and actresses in costume pose in nativity scene at a Christmas Pageant.
Date:
December 1, 1942
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
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Public access
Newberry Center flyer
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One-page flyer describing the Newberry Center and its programs. Includes a map and drawing of the new center to be built on Maxwell Street near Blue Island Ave.
Date:
1960
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access:
Public access
Newberry Center program pamphlet
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Cover of a pamphlet advertising programs at the Newberry Center. Includes photograph of two teens with two police officers and photograph of male teens playing musical instruments together in a band.
Date:
c. 1960
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access:
Public access
North Lawndale map showing location of Marcy Center
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Hand-drawn and mimeographed map of part of the North Lawndale Community Area (#29) prepared by William Kaufman. Map indicates location of Marcy Center at 1539 S. Springfield Ave., as well as several area features.
Date:
November 1, 1932
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
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Public access
Nurse examining a patient's hand at the Marcy Center Clinic
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Standing nurse checks the hand of a seated patient in an examination room at the Marcy Center Clinic.
Date:
c. 1960
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
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Public access
Nurse examining head of young boy, Marcy Center Clinic
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Nurse using ultraviolet light to examine the head of a young boy in the Marcy Center Clinic, probably checking for ringworm.
Date:
1934
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
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Public access
Nurse taking the pulse of sick child in a clinic bed
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A nurse wearing a face mask takes the pulse of one of two sick children resting in a clinic bed. The other child has an ice bag on their head.
Date:
1938
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
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Public access
Nursery Parents Christmas Party
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Nine African American women wearing party dresses and Christmas themed name tags at a Nursery Parents Christmas party.
Date:
1957
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
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Nursery teacher Ramona Heindt with children at an easel
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Nursery teacher Ramona Heindt with two young children wearing aprons, one of whom is painting at an easel.
Date:
1955
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
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Public access
Nurses examining babies in a dispensary
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Two seated nurses examine a baby in a dispensary (probably Marcy Center Dispensary). Two women standing behind them also hold babies.
Date:
c. 1920
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
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Public access
Nurses with children and babies
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A group of nurses holding babies. One nurse stands beside a child on a scale.
Date:
c. 1910
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
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Public access
Original members of the Women's Home Missionary Society
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Original members of the Women's Home Missionary Society in front of a wooden building with laundry hanging in background. Those pictured include Sade Borman, Sarah Kaufman, Mrs. McElligott, Mrs. Freedman, Mrs. Feldman, and Etta Baum.
Date:
c. 1915
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
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Public access
Outdoor play yard behind a building
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View from above of a fenced play yard behind a three-story brick building. A number of children are playing in the yard.
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
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Piano Duet
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Two girls playing a duet on a piano.
Date:
1942
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
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Public access
Reading newsletter in adult education class
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Group in an adult education class reading and discussing a newsletter.
Date:
1942
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
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Public access
Safety First card, Marcy Center
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Card listing 16 safety suggestions given by boys and girls of the Marcy Center Daily Vacation Bible School.
Date:
c. 1940
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access:
Public access
Selling live poultry in the market, Maxwell Street
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Young child and five men at the Maxwell Street market viewing cages holding live poultry for sale.
Date:
1920
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access:
Public access
Service in the Marcy Center Chapel
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Group of children with hymn books stand behind the altar railing during a service in the Marcy Center Chapel, while others are seated in the pews.
Date:
1940
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access:
Public access
Soapbox Derby Entrants, Marcy Center woodshop
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Group of boys and woodshop instructor Al Addimando in the Marcy Center woodshop with three boys seated in home-made derby cars.
Date:
1938
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
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Public access
Street scene with brick two flats and fenced front yards
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Street scene with brick two flats and fenced front yards.
Date:
c. 1950s
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
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Street with houses and firetruck
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Street view showing brick and wood buildings, with a firetruck partially visible in the foreground.
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
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Sukkah for Sukkot
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A Sukkah, or booth built for the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, standing in a back yard.
Date:
c. 1930
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
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Public access
Teacher reading book to children
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Group of five African American students listen as a teacher reads to them from a picture book.
Date:
c. 1960
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
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Teacher reading storybook to nursery school class
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Female teacher reading a storybook to a nursery school class. A table with snacks is in the foreground and a Christmas tree and children's' furniture are visible in the background.
Date:
1953
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
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Public access
Teenage boy working on drill press in workroom
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Teenage boy working on project on drill press in workroom
Date:
1943
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
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Teenage boys on a ramp outside a camp building
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Group of teenage and younger boys standing on a wooden ramp in front of a camp building.
Date:
c. 1930
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
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Teenage girls and woman
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A teen shows off her skirt, while behind her a woman reads from a sheet of paper with other girls next to her.
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
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Teenage girls rolling out dough in a kitchen
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Group of teenage girls rolling out dough in a kitchen.
Date:
c. 1960
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
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Teenager Rosie Drexler on Maxwell Street
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Local neighborhood teenager Rosie Drexler standing on Maxwell Street near a crate of fruit, with the market behind her. Drexler was a Jewish girl who considered Marcy Center her "second home". This photograph was used on the cover of "The Story of Marcy Center" pamphlet, authored by Drexler.
Date:
c. 1920
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access:
Public access
Teenagers holding basketball trophies
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Teenagers holding basketball trophies stand behind card tables with trophies on them.
Date:
c. 1960
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access:
Public access
Teenagers outside Marcy Center next to oversize Bible
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Group of teenagers standing outside the Marcy Center next to an oversized replica of the Holy Bible, with the cover open to show an illustration.
Date:
1939
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
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Public access
Teenagers practicing dance steps
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Four African American teen girls and a young man practice dance steps.
Date:
c. 1960
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
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Public access
The Story of Marcy Center pamphlet
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Cover of "The Story of Marcy Center" pamphlet telling the history and purpose of Marcy Center. Written by Rosie Drexler, a young woman from the neighborhood. The cover photograph is of Rosie Drexler.
Date:
c. 1930
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access:
Public access
Three boys in bathing suits being sprayed with garden hose
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Three boys in bathing suits being sprayed with a garden hose.
Date:
1938
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
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Public access
Three boys with a dog
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Three African American boys crouched in front of an open doorway with a dog.
Date:
c. 1960
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access:
Public access
Vacation Bible School members outside Marcy Center
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Large group of Daily Vacation Bible School members and instructors gathered outside the Marcy Center.
Date:
1935
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access:
Public access
View of Maxwell Street market
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View of the Maxwell Street market from above showing vendors' booths along the street in front of shops, and crowd of shoppers and vehicles in the street.
Date:
c. 1910
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access:
Public access
Woman and children in front of Marcy Center building
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Woman and an African American boy and girl standing in front of the entrance to the Marcy Center building.
Date:
c. 1950
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
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Woman and children in front of a wood building
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A woman and four children sit outside in front of a screen door of a wooden building.
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
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Woman and children waiting in the Marcy Center Clinic
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A group of children and a mother with a child seated next to her wait in the Marcy Center Clinic.
Date:
c. 1960
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association 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
Theme
Social Services & Settlement Houses
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