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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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Cover of Newberry Center 1960 Annual Report
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Cover of Newberry Center 1960 Annual Report. Includes photograph of children, teens, and adults and photo of Susie Smith, a 107 year old neighborhood resident.
Date:
1960
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
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Crowd of men on Maxwell Street
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Large crowd of men on Maxwell Street.
Date:
1920
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
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Dedication ceremony for the new Marcy Center Building
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Large group of people including Superintendent Anna Heisted at the dedication ceremony for the new Marcy Center Building. The cornerstone is being lowered by a winch with Will Kaufman visible in the crowd.
Date:
1930
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
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Doctor and nurse examining a woman on a gurney
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Doctor and nurse examining a woman on a gurney in a room filled with medical equipment.
Date:
October 1, 1934
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
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Doctor examining a young boy
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Doctor looking into the mouth of a young African American boy during a medical examination.
Date:
c. 1950
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
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Doctor giving eye test to an older man
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Doctor giving eye test to an older man
Date:
1942
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
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Doll Time at Play Center
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Girls ages 5 to 7 play with dolls and doll clothes at a play center, as a woman with a clipboard looks on.
Date:
c. 1960
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
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Dr. Lucinda Rita examining boy's ear, Marcy Center Clinic
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Dr. Lucinda Rita using an instrument to examine a young teen boy's ear during a school medical exam at the Marcy Center Clinic.
Date:
1961
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
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English Party
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Group of adults and a child behind a table with cookies and samovar tea urn at an English party.
Date:
c. 1942
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
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Exterior of Marcy Center building
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Exterior view of Marcy Center building. Built in 1930 at 1539 S. Springfield Avenue in Chicago's North Lawndale neighborhood to facilitate Marcy Center's following of their Jewish population from the Maxwell Street area.
Date:
c. 1940
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
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Public access
Firman House Preschool flyer
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Flyer with hand-drawn illustrations, providing registration dates and general information for the Firman House Preschool.
Date:
circa 1960s
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
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Folder with a menorah on the cover
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Small invitation-size folder with a menorah on the cover. Text inside includes a Bible quote of Isaiah 9:2 and the following text: Jewry today is in a sea of turmoil. The powers of darkness have increased the stumbling block to prevent the Light.
Date:
c. 1935
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
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Fundraising flyer for Marcy Center
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Fundraising flyer for Marcy Center signed by Director Hazzard F. Parks. The drawings and text describe the programs associated with the fundraising theme "The Lighted Windows".
Date:
May 31, 1960
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
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Public access
Girls doing woodcraft projects at Vacation Bible School
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Girls seated at a table working on woodworking projects in Daily Vacation Bible School.
Date:
1940
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
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Girls in playground at Marcy Center
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Group of girls and one boy in the playground area of Marcy Center, with a teacher standing at right.
Date:
March 1, 1938
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
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Girls putting coats and boots on
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Two African American girls putting winter coats and boots on in a hallway. Two other children are visible at right.
Date:
c. 1950
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
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Girls with doll in a cradle
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Group of seven girls with a doll in a cradle.
Date:
c. 1910
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
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Girls working on hand sewing projects
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Girls seated on chairs working on hand sewing projects for a class.
Date:
c. 1920
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
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Graduating children with caps and diplomas
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Group of graduating children from the Marcy Newberry Center wearing caps and holding diplomas.
Date:
c. 1940
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
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Group of African American women and a man
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Group of African American women surround a man presenting a piece of paper to one of the women.
Date:
c. 1945
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
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Group of Girl Scouts on couches and chair
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Group of uniformed Girl Scouts posing on couches and chair, one of whom appears to be sight-impaired.
Date:
March 6, 1939
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
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Group of adults
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Group of adults, probably staff members and volunteers, gathered for a portrait.
Date:
1960
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
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Group of boys in scouting uniforms outside a building
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Group of youths standing outside of a building, with some wearing scouting uniforms and holding axes and backpacks.
Date:
c. 1920
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
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Group of boys playing football with a referee
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Group of boys playing football wait for a signal from the referee behind them.
Date:
c. 1955
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
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Group of children and adults outside a building
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Group of children and adults standing outside a brick building. Two boys are holding American flags.
Date:
c. 1960
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
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Group of women and children in a city park
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Group of women and children in a city park with a street visible in the background.
Date:
c. 1920
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
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Group of young children on a wooden play structure
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Group of young children, probably a kindergarten class, on a wooden play structure.
Date:
c. 1960
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
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Hand-made Christmas card sent to Marcy Center
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View of the inside of a hand-drawn and colored Christmas card sent as thank-you to Marcy Center from Sarah F. Overby, a former member.
Date:
c. 1940
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access:
Public access
Harriet Seeds watering plants outside Marcy Center
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Harriet Seeds, House Mother, watering plants outside Marcy Center.
Date:
1932
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
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Illinois Children's Home and Aid Society members on a stage
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Eight African American women, members of the Illinois Children's Home and Aid Society, dressed for an event and standing on a stage.
Date:
1961
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access:
Public access
Jewish boys with push cart in the Maxwell Street market
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Three Jewish boys pose in front of their push cart on Maxwell Street, with adult shoppers and stores visible behind them.
Date:
1920
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
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Public access
Jewish girls gathered for Christian prayer
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Christian "prayer gang" composed of young Jewish girls who are seated on chairs in a room.
Date:
c. 1915
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
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Public access
Kindergarten Play, Marcy Center
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In the Marcy Center playground, a group of children stand holding hands in a circle with kindergarten teachers while a group of seated adults looks on.
Date:
c. 1940
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
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Public access
Library Time
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Girl being helped by a teen girl staffing the desk at the Marcy Center library.
Date:
April 9, 1959
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
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Liz Snyder, sewing class teacher, sewing
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Liz Snyder, sewing class teacher, sewing on a Singer sewing machine.
Date:
c. 1960
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
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Man grinding horseradish, Maxwell Street
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Man grinding horseradish in front of J. Goldberg's store on Maxwell Street, with customers watching.
Date:
July 10, 1921
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
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Man helping boys cut a piece of wood
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Man helping two boys cut a piece of wood with a table saw.
Date:
c. 1960
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
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Marcy Center Choralettes under sign for Sears "Y" Cup Race
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Members of Marcy Center Choralettes wearing choir robes stand under a sign for the Sears "Y" Cup Race. Pictured left to right are Lila Goldstein, Mary Hardy, Ollie Hatchett, Wilma Harpis, director Mrs. Annie M Robinson, Rosalyn House, Loris Blue, Alice Haskins, Yvonne Redditt, and Sharon Kindred.
Date:
May 1, 1963
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
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Public access
Marcy Center Clinic Service form for February 1941
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Front side of Clinic Service form for month of February, 1941 at Marcy Clinic. Shows number of patients that visited and breakdown of types of service provided. Form was published by the Children's Bureau, U.S. Department of Labor.
Date:
February 1, 1941
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access:
Public access
Marcy Center Kindergarten Graduation 1939
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Group portrait of Marcy Center kindergarten graduation group.
Date:
1939
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
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Marcy Center Superintendent Anna Heisted
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Marcy Center Superintendent Anna Heisted standing outside a building.
Date:
1920
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
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Public access
Marcy Center Superintendent Anna Heisted giving a speech
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Marcy Center Superintendent Anna Heisted giving a speech.
Date:
c. 1930
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
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Marcy Center Woodshop students
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Large group of boys and girls pose around worktables at the Marcy Center Woodshop, for which the head instructor is Al Addimando.
Date:
1939
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
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Public access
Marcy Center volunteers and neighborhood residents
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Group of Marcy Center volunteers and neighborhood residents posing in the street.
Date:
c. 1960
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
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Marcy Chapel scene
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A woman speaks from a podium to a group of children and adults seated in the Marcy Chapel.
Date:
1942
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
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Public access
Marcy-Newberry boys baseball team
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Group of young men and boys on the Marcy-Newberry boys baseball team.
Date:
c. 1930
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
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Market scene on Maxwell Street
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Market scene on Maxwell Street with vendors selling live poultry from makeshift stands (right foreground).
Date:
1920
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access:
Public access
Maxwell Street Newspaper Vendor
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A bearded man sitting next to his streetside newspaper stand, selling newspapers in English, Russian, and Yiddish.
Date:
1920
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access:
Public access
Maxwell Street market scene
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Street scene in the Maxwell Street area. At left is a male vendor with a food cart. Two women work at a wooden stall at right. A brick tenement building is visible in the background.
Date:
c. 1900
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access:
Public access
Maxwell Street market scene with goods for sale in handbarrow carts
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View of the Maxwell Street market, with goods for sale displayed on handbarrow carts. A young black boy and awhite man stand in the foreground at the right.
Date:
1920
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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