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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:
Public access
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
Bethlehem Center Day Camp flyer
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Announcement flyer for Bethlehem Center summer day camp, with hand-drawn illustrations.
Date:
June 1, 1951
Collection:
Bethlehem Howell Neighborhood Center collection
Access:
Public access
Boys in a first aid demostration
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Boys in scouts uniforms applying bandages and slings to other boys in a first aid demonstration.
Date:
c. 1930
Collection:
Bethlehem Howell Neighborhood Center collection
Access:
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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
Access:
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Children in front of fireplace
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Group of children gathered in front of a fireplace with a few holding dolls. Possibly a Kindergarten class.
Date:
c. 1920
Collection:
Bethlehem Howell Neighborhood Center collection
Access:
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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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Children learn about cerebral palsy
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John Mastersen, a wheelchair-bound man with cerebral palsy, speaks with a class of young people. Two of the students hold signs from the group "United Cerebral Palsy" advertising a fundraising march.
Date:
1961
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
Daily Attendance Report, Bethlehem Community Center
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Daily attendance report of the Bethlehem Community Center to the Council of Social Agencies of Chicago. Shows daily participation in various sports teams.
Date:
February 1950
Collection:
Bethlehem Howell Neighborhood Center collection
Access:
Public access
Flyer announcing Young People's Conference at Camp Gray
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Hand-drawn and colored broadside announcing a Young People's Conference at Camp Gray.
Date:
c. 1925
Collection:
Bethlehem Howell Neighborhood Center collection
Access:
Public access
Girls holding up bibs they made
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Group of girls holding up bibs they made in a sewing class.
Date:
c. 1940
Collection:
Bethlehem Howell Neighborhood Center collection
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Girls with knitting projects
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Group of girls seated on a rooftop holding knitting projects.
Date:
1916
Collection:
Bethlehem Howell Neighborhood Center collection
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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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Howell House Kindergarten, 1917
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Howell House Kindergarten class in a room with a fireplace.
Date:
1917
Collection:
Bethlehem Howell Neighborhood Center collection
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Reading newspapers and magazines in a library
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Boys and a man reading newspapers and magazines in library.
Date:
c. 1960
Collection:
Bethlehem Howell Neighborhood Center collection
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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