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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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"Hello Boys and Girls!" storybook and neighborhood guide
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Cover of youth storybook and guide to neighborhood from the Neighborhood Service Organization. Presents Pilsen as a blending of Czech and Mexican American communities.
Date:
c. 1950
Collection:
Bethlehem Howell Neighborhood Center collection
Access:
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Application for aid
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Application for aid to the Chicago City Missionary Society. Shows range of activities undertaken by Church-run settlement house. Includes attendance figures for programs.
Date:
c. 1915
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
Access:
Public access
Ballet performance
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Two girls in tutus performing a ballet during a talent show.
Date:
1959
Collection:
Bethlehem Howell Neighborhood Center collection
Access:
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Boys and girls playing accordions
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Group of boys and girls playing accordions on a stage.
Date:
1959
Collection:
Bethlehem Howell Neighborhood Center collection
Access:
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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
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
Girls in ethnic costume dance outside Howell House
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Group of girls in ethnic costume dance with kerchiefs outside Howell House.
Date:
c. 1920
Collection:
Bethlehem Howell Neighborhood Center collection
Access:
Public access
Girls in ethnic costume dancing on stage
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Girls dancing on stage in ethnic costumes.
Date:
c. 1930
Collection:
Bethlehem Howell Neighborhood Center collection
Access:
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Girls working a printing press
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Four teenage girls in aprons working a printing press
Date:
1959
Collection:
Bethlehem Howell Neighborhood Center collection
Access:
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Group of boys with basketball trophies
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Group of boys, some holding basketball trophies.
Date:
c. 1960
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
Young women in Bohemian folk costumes in dancing formation
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Four pairs of young women in Bohemian folk costumes pose on a stage in dancing formation.
Date:
c. 1935
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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