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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
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
Access:
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
Access:
Public access
Children with Santa
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A child sits on Santa's lap while a young boy in a suit stands next to them.
Date:
1958
Collection:
Bethlehem Howell Neighborhood Center collection
Access:
Public access
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
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
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
Valentine Dance King and Queen
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King Joe Reyes and Queen Patsy Esquidida dancing in a gymnasium at a Valentine Dance.
Date:
c. 1955
Collection:
Bethlehem Howell Neighborhood Center collection
Access:
Public access
Young adults seated at a table
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Four young adults seated around a table, with one in uniform.
Date:
c. 1955
Collection:
Bethlehem Howell Neighborhood Center collection
Access:
Public access

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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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