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Immigrants' Protective League Records, 1919-1967

The Immigrants' Protective League was founded in 1908 as a resource for all new immigrants arriving in Chicago. The Immigrants' Protective League records contain reports, memoranda, case histories, affidavits, legislative bills, dissertations, press releases, resolutions, photographs, maps, addresses, statements, clippings, and articles.

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Illiteracy Commission of the United States, 1920-1931 (Folder 48)

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Illiteracy statistics in Illinois by county, including documents detailing ways to improve literacy rates in the state and documents relating to the Adult Education Bill. Includes articles on the Adult Education law by Mrs. Kenneth Rich of the Immigrants' Protective League.

Collection:: Immigrants' Protective League records

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State Legislation - Illinois Educational Commission, 1936-1937 (Folder 116)

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Includes a report of the llinois Educational Commission, correspondence, copies of an Illinois House bill proposing the establishment of adult education classes for immigrants, and a notes from a talk on the rationale for and societal benefits of adult education.

Collection:: Immigrants' Protective League records

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Repository: University of Illinois Chicago. Library. Special Collections and University Archives Department (Richard J. Daley Library)