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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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Anna Heisted with children
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Anna Heisted and a group of children standing on the sidewalk outside a building.
Date:
c. 1920
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
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Boys and a man outside a frame building
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An group of twelve boys dressed in caps and short pants stand with a man outside a frame building.
Date:
c. 1920
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
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Boys in basement gymnasium
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A large group of boys, many with dirty clothes and faces, posing in a basement gymnasium.
Date:
c. 1910
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
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Boys in front of Marcy Center
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Group of boys standing on a corner next to the three story brick building built in 1896 to house the Marcy Center.
Date:
c. 1900
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
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Boys leaving for camp from Marcy Center
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Boys boarding open trucks outside the Marcy Center building on their way to camp.
Date:
c. 1910
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
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Children and adults waiting for transportation outside the Marcy Center
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Group of children and women dressed up for a trip to Arden Shore, wait for transportation on the sidewalk outside the Marcy Center.
Date:
c. 1900
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
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Children from the Marcy Center Nursery School
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Group portrait of a class of children at the Marcy Center Nursery School.
Date:
c. 1960
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
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Children in Daily Vacation Bible School outside Marcy Center
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Large group of children enrolled in Daily Vacation Bible School outside Marcy Center with several adults. A sign for the school is visible, announcing a program of athletics, story hour, sewing, basketry, hammock and toy making, and wood and metal work.
Date:
c. 1915
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
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Children in classroom with blackboard and portrait of Elizabeth Marcy
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Large group of children in a classroom with a small blackboard and a portrait of Elizabeth Marcy hanging on the wall. Several of the children are holding their ears as if anticipating a loud noise.
Date:
c. 1910
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
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Children on teeter-totters in Marcy Center playground
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Children playing on teeter-totters in the Marcy Center playground. A teacher is standing behind the group, and neighborhood homes are visible in the background.
Date:
1938
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
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Children performing with Maypole at the Marcy Center
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Children and teenager performing around a Maypole with streamers in front of an audience in the playground area at the Marcy Center.
Date:
c. 1945
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
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Children playing on swings
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Children playing on and near swings in a fenced play area. Neighborhood buildings are visible behind them.
Date:
c. 1910
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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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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Public access
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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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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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
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Mrs. Elizabeth Marcy
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Portrait of Elizabeth Marcy, one of the founders of Marcy Center, standing next to a table holding a book.
Date:
c. 1890
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
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Nurse taking the pulse of sick child in a clinic bed
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A nurse wearing a face mask takes the pulse of one of two sick children resting in a clinic bed. The other child has an ice bag on their head.
Date:
1938
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access:
Public access
Nursery Parents Christmas Party
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Nine African American women wearing party dresses and Christmas themed name tags at a Nursery Parents Christmas party.
Date:
1957
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
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Nursery teacher Ramona Heindt with children at an easel
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Nursery teacher Ramona Heindt with two young children wearing aprons, one of whom is painting at an easel.
Date:
1955
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
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Public access
Nurses examining babies in a dispensary
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Two seated nurses examine a baby in a dispensary (probably Marcy Center Dispensary). Two women standing behind them also hold babies.
Date:
c. 1920
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
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Nurses with children and babies
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A group of nurses holding babies. One nurse stands beside a child on a scale.
Date:
c. 1910
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
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Original members of the Women's Home Missionary Society
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Original members of the Women's Home Missionary Society in front of a wooden building with laundry hanging in background. Those pictured include Sade Borman, Sarah Kaufman, Mrs. McElligott, Mrs. Freedman, Mrs. Feldman, and Etta Baum.
Date:
c. 1915
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access:
Public access
Street scene with brick two flats and fenced front yards
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Street scene with brick two flats and fenced front yards.
Date:
c. 1950s
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
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Teacher reading storybook to nursery school class
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Female teacher reading a storybook to a nursery school class. A table with snacks is in the foreground and a Christmas tree and children's' furniture are visible in the background.
Date:
1953
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access:
Public access
Teenager Rosie Drexler on Maxwell Street
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Local neighborhood teenager Rosie Drexler standing on Maxwell Street near a crate of fruit, with the market behind her. Drexler was a Jewish girl who considered Marcy Center her "second home". This photograph was used on the cover of "The Story of Marcy Center" pamphlet, authored by Drexler.
Date:
c. 1920
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access:
Public access
View of Maxwell Street market
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View of the Maxwell Street market from above showing vendors' booths along the street in front of shops, and crowd of shoppers and vehicles in the street.
Date:
c. 1910
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
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Woman with a boy in an American Indian costume
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A woman with a young boy dressed in an American Indian costume on the street in the Maxwell Street neighborhood.
Date:
c. 1900
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
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Woman with a vendor's cart on Maxwell Street
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A smiling woman with her vendor's cart on Maxwell Street.
Date:
c. 1920
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
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Young Latino children at the Marcy Center playground
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Four young Latino children at the Marcy Center playground. They are students of the Marcy Center's playschool, and are identified (left to right) as Caroline, Anna, George, and Jorita.
Date:
c. 1940
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access:
Public access
Young children at tables playing with toys
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Group of young children playing with puzzles and toy cooking utensils while seated around tables. Two women teachers are standing behind the children.
Date:
c. 1950
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access:
Public access
Young servicemen with Marcy Center Superintendent Anna Heisted and Miss Campbell
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Group of fourteen young men, some of whom are Marcy Center staff members, seated with Marcy Center Superintendent Anna Heisted and Miss Campbell before they go off to serve in World War I. A row of trophies is in front of them.
Date:
c. 1916
Collection:
Marcy-Newberry Association records
Access:
Public access

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University of Illinois Chicago. Library. Special Collections and University Archives Department (Richard J. Daley Library)
Collection Type
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Richard J. Daley Library
Theme
Social Services & Settlement Houses
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