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Social settlements--Illinois--Chicago Hull House Association. Hull-House. (Chicago, Ill.) Near West Side (Chicago, Ill.) 1980s 2000s

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Hull House Oral History Collection

Hull-House, founded in 1889 by Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr, was the first social settlement in Chicago. The settlement was incorporated in March 1895, with a stated purpose to "provide a center for higher civic and social life, to initiate and maintain educational and philanthropic enterprises, and to investigate and improve the conditions in the industrial districts of Chicago."

Dates: 1974-2002   |   Extent: 7.0 Linear feet
Archives: University of Illinois at Chicago

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