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Bethlehem Howell Neighborhood Center collection

Bethlehem Center and Howell House were church-related neighborhood houses serving the Pilsen area on the Near West Side. They provided religious, social services, and personal welfare assistance to an immigrant community composed predominantly of Bohemians, Poles, and Czechs. The two centers cooperated throughout their history, merging in 1961 as the Neighborhood Service Organization. The Neighborhood Service Organization, popularly known as Casa Aztlan, continues to serve the Pilsen area.

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Actors performing onstage in a play
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Three adult actors performing onstage in a play.
Date:
c. 1940
Collection:
Bethlehem Howell Neighborhood Center collection
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Public access
Audience members watching talent show
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Audience members watching show on stage, probably at a talent show.
Date:
1959
Collection:
Bethlehem Howell Neighborhood Center collection
Access:
Public access
Audience watching band performing
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Band performing in calypso-style costumes. Musicians include a marimba player, a guitarist, a drummer and a trumpeter. An audience is listening on two risers behind the band.
Date:
c. 1965
Collection:
Bethlehem Howell Neighborhood Center collection
Access:
Public access
Awards banquet
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Group of seated people having a meal at an awards banquet. A table with trophies on it is visible in the background.
Date:
c. 1960
Collection:
Bethlehem Howell Neighborhood Center collection
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Public access
Bathers on beach
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Group of young adults sunning themselves on a beach.
Date:
c. 1930
Collection:
Bethlehem Howell Neighborhood Center collection
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Public access
Bethlehem Center junior staff at display tables
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Three young men wearing sweatshirts with a "Bethlehem Center Junior Staff" logo stand next to display tables with a woman who examines a pamphlet. Behind them are signs reading "Bethlehem Community Center - Building Jr. Staff Leaders".
Date:
1959
Collection:
Bethlehem Howell Neighborhood Center collection
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Public access
Board members meeting
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Group of adults seated around a table for a board meeting.
Date:
c. 1960
Collection:
Bethlehem Howell Neighborhood Center collection
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Public access
Boys and young men with basketball trophies
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A large group of boys and young men, several holding basketball trophies.
Date:
c. 1950
Collection:
Bethlehem Howell Neighborhood Center collection
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Boys learning basket weaving
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Group of boys seated around two tables, making baskets with the assistance of an instructor.
Date:
c. 1915
Collection:
Bethlehem Howell Neighborhood Center collection
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Public access
Children and adults at outdoor music performance
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A crowd of children and adults wearing coats stands outside to listen to a performance by musicians playing guitar, trumpet and violin.
Date:
c. 1969
Collection:
Bethlehem Howell Neighborhood Center collection
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Public access
Children and teacher outside a building
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Group of children standing with a teacher outside a building.
Date:
c. 1940
Collection:
Bethlehem Howell Neighborhood Center collection
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Children and teenagers perform in Christmas pageant
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Children and teenagers performing onstage in a Christmas page. Part of the audience is visible in the foreground.
Date:
c. 1940
Collection:
Bethlehem Howell Neighborhood Center collection
Access:
Public access
Children dancing in a circle with women watching
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Large group of young children dancing in a circle in a room with fireplace as women watch.
Date:
c. 1910
Collection:
Bethlehem Howell Neighborhood Center collection
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Public access
Children in party hats on street with teachers
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Group of small children in party hats gathered on a street with teachers.
Date:
c. 1920
Collection:
Bethlehem Howell Neighborhood Center collection
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Public access
Children on playground climbing structure
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Group of girls outside on a playground climbing structure, with a woman soothing a young boy near them.
Date:
c. 1930
Collection:
Bethlehem Howell Neighborhood Center collection
Access:
Public access
Children with Bohemian Settlement House banner and flag
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Group of boys and girls standing outdoors in front of a Bohemian Settlement House banner. One of them holds an American flag.
Date:
c. 1910
Collection:
Bethlehem Howell Neighborhood Center collection
Access:
Public access
Civics class for Bohemian men
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Group of Bohemian men and older boys sitting on chairs facing a teacher and blackboard during a civics class.
Date:
1913
Collection:
Bethlehem Howell Neighborhood Center collection
Access:
Public access
Conference program of lectures at Camp Gray, p. 1
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Conference program of lectures at Camp Gray on the topic of "Adapting Personality to Social Environment". Page 1 lists the lectures scheduled for each day.
Date:
c. 1925
Collection:
Bethlehem Howell Neighborhood Center collection
Access:
Public access
Conference program of lectures at Camp Gray, p. 2
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Conference program of lectures at Camp Gray on the topic of "Adapting Personality to Social Environment". Page 2 provides a sample day's itinerary.
Date:
c. 1925
Collection:
Bethlehem Howell Neighborhood Center collection
Access:
Public access
Conference program of lectures at Camp Gray, p. 3
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Conference program of lectures at Camp Gray on the topic of "Adapting Personality to Social Environment". Page 3 provides details on transportation and costs.
Date:
c. 1925
Collection:
Bethlehem Howell Neighborhood Center collection
Access:
Public access
Cook chopping roasted meat for dinner
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A cook chops up roasted meat for dinner as two women look on.
Date:
c. 1960
Collection:
Bethlehem Howell Neighborhood Center collection
Access:
Public access
Costumed women performing on stage
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Three women, two wearing traditional ethnic dress, perform on a stage.
Date:
c. 1930
Collection:
Bethlehem Howell Neighborhood Center collection
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Public access
Couple dancing at a party
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A couple dances in the center of an applauding group of people at an event. A Christmas tree is visible behind them.
Date:
c. 1940
Collection:
Bethlehem Howell Neighborhood Center collection
Access:
Public access
Dancers in Bohemian ethnic costume perform on stage
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Dancers in Bohemian ethnic costume perform on stage.
Date:
c. 1935
Collection:
Bethlehem Howell Neighborhood Center collection
Access:
Public access
Dancing at a Block Party
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People dancing in the street to the music of a live band during a block party.
Date:
1959
Collection:
Bethlehem Howell Neighborhood Center collection
Access:
Public access
Eating at a picnic table in a wooded area
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Group eating at a picnic table in a wooded area.
Date:
c. 1940
Collection:
Bethlehem Howell Neighborhood Center collection
Access:
Public access
Girls and woman dressed for a Hallowe'en party
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Group outside Howell House. They are dressed for a Hallowe'en party, wearing domino masks and costume dresses. An African American woman is dressed as a crossing guard. A sign on the door of the building behind them reads "Halloween Party - This Saturday Night - Here".
Date:
c. 1965
Collection:
Bethlehem Howell Neighborhood Center collection
Access:
Public access
Girls decorate hula hoops
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A group of girls decorate hula hoops with paper flowers. An adult is visible helping in the background.
Date:
c. 1965
Collection:
Bethlehem Howell Neighborhood Center collection
Access:
Public access
Group building a fire at the beach
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Group of adults and teens on a beach building a fire.
Date:
May 1928
Collection:
Bethlehem Howell Neighborhood Center collection
Access:
Public access
Group outside F. J. Skala and Co. Bankers
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Left: Group of people standing outside a storefront with a "F. J. Skala and Co. Bankers" sign. Right: View of Skala National Bank Building, located at 1817 S. Loomis Street.
Date:
c. 1920
Collection:
Bethlehem Howell Neighborhood Center collection
Access:
Public access
Hanging new drapes in the Play Club
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A man on a ladder hangs new drapes made by Play Club mothers in the Play Club, as a woman advises him.
Date:
c. 1960
Collection:
Bethlehem Howell Neighborhood Center collection
Access:
Public access
Man holding a baseball bat at the lakeshore
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Man holding a baseball bat in a batter's stance on a lakeshore.
Date:
c. 1940
Collection:
Bethlehem Howell Neighborhood Center collection
Access:
Public access
Man performing with robot
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Man performing with robot on stage, probably at a talent show.
Date:
1959
Collection:
Bethlehem Howell Neighborhood Center collection
Access:
Public access
Man speaking at microphone at an event
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A man in a suit addresses a group at an event from behind a microphone, as three other men stand nearby.
Date:
c. 1960
Collection:
Bethlehem Howell Neighborhood Center collection
Access:
Public access
Men in front of a booth with fudge for sale
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Three men standing in front of a booth where fudge is being sold.
Date:
c. 1955
Collection:
Bethlehem Howell Neighborhood Center collection
Access:
Public access
Nativity scene presented by costumed children
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A Nativity scene is presented by costumed children. Three shepherd are at the left and the Holy Family with an angel watching over them are at the right. A young girl dressed as an angel stands at the center.
Date:
c. 1969
Collection:
Bethlehem Howell Neighborhood Center collection
Access:
Public access
Painting garbage cans in an alley
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Group of community members painting garbage cans in an alley behind Loomis Street.
Date:
1958
Collection:
Bethlehem Howell Neighborhood Center collection
Access:
Public access
Parade float with queen and court
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Parade queen and her court riding along the street on a horse-drawn parade float past a crowd of onlookers.
Date:
c. 1915
Collection:
Bethlehem Howell Neighborhood Center collection
Access:
Public access
Play Club Mothers meeting announcement, Bethlehem Community Center
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Announcement for Play Club Mothers meeting to discuss a new play club for community mothers and children at the Bethlehem Community Center.
Date:
October 1954
Collection:
Bethlehem Howell Neighborhood Center collection
Access:
Public access
Portrait of C. D. B. Howell
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Portrait of Mr. C. D. B. Howell of Evanston.
Date:
c. 1900
Collection:
Bethlehem Howell Neighborhood Center collection
Access:
Public access
Raised walkway at Camp Gray
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View of raised walkway with fenced sides traversing a wooded area at Camp Gray. Two men are visible in the middle ground.
Date:
c. 1920
Collection:
Bethlehem Howell Neighborhood Center collection
Access:
Public access
Selling tostadas at an event
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Women selling tostadas to children at a community center event. A sign above them reads "TOSTADAS !muy bueno!".
Date:
c. 1960
Collection:
Bethlehem Howell Neighborhood Center collection
Access:
Public access
Serving dinner
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Adults and teenagers serving dinner. A cook in the foreground is carving meat.
Date:
c. 1960
Collection:
Bethlehem Howell Neighborhood Center collection
Access:
Public access
Street scene during a parade
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Street scene during a parade. Several horse-drawn vehicles pass crowds of onlookers along the street.
Date:
c. 1915
Collection:
Bethlehem Howell Neighborhood Center collection
Access:
Public access
Summer staff of Bethlehem Center
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The summer staff at the Bethlehem Center sitting on stairs leading up to building doors, presumably the center's back door.
Date:
1963
Collection:
Bethlehem Howell Neighborhood Center collection
Access:
Public access
Teenage boys performing acrobatic routine
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Group of teenage boys performing an acrobatic routine in a gymnasium in front of an audience.
Date:
April 21, 1925
Collection:
Bethlehem Howell Neighborhood Center collection
Access:
Public access
Teenagers and adults at a dining event
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Teenagers and adults eating dinner together at a rectangular table at a dining event.
Date:
c. 1950
Collection:
Bethlehem Howell Neighborhood Center collection
Access:
Public access
Teenagers in ethnic costume on a stage
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Group of teenagers and young adults dressed in ethnic costume stand on a stage in front of a curtain.
Date:
c. 1930
Collection:
Bethlehem Howell Neighborhood Center collection
Access:
Public access
Teenagers on an outing in the woods
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Group of young adults on an outing in a forested area.
Date:
c. 1930
Collection:
Bethlehem Howell Neighborhood Center collection
Access:
Public access
Teenagers outside of Howell House
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Teenagers, some on bicycles, gathered outside of Howell House.
Date:
c. 1950
Collection:
Bethlehem Howell Neighborhood Center collection
Access:
Public access

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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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