Northwestern University Settlement Association Food Client Records 1985-1986
Descriptive Summary
- Collection Title
- Northwestern University Settlement Association Food Client Records 1985-1986
- Identifier
- BMRC.NU.SETTLEMENT_FOOD
- Identification
- 41/11
- Creator
- Northwestern University Settlement (Chicago, Ill.)
- Physical Description
- 3.00 Boxes
- Language of Materials
- English
- Repository
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Northwestern University Archives
Deering Library, Room 1101970 Campus Dr.Evanston, IL, 60208-2300URL: http://www.library.northwestern.edu/archivesEmail: archives@northwestern.eduPhone: 847-491-3354
- Abstract
- The Northwestern University provided emergency assistance through its Emergency Food Pantry and Clothing Supply. This series consists of three boxes of client information files generated by the Settlement's emergency assistance program between Spring, 1985 and September, 1986. The records consist mainly of photocopies of identification presented by the clients in order to verify their residence within the Settlement's jurisdiction.
Note
Other Information:
Historical Note
The Northwestern University Settlement Association was founded in 1891 by a group of administrators and faculty from Northwestern University in order to provide social services, educational programs, referrals, and emergency relief to a poor immigrant neighborhood on Chicago's near northwest side. In 1901, after three moves, the Settlement was established in the building at 1400 West Augusta where it continues to operate as a community center.
Early Settlement activities centered around acculturating the largely immigrant population of the 16th Ward and included a picture loan service, a small library, and dance and music classes. Shortly after its founding, though, the Settlement began to offer additional eleemosynary services relating to public health and hygiene. During the Great Depression, the Settlement suspended many of its regular programs in order to dispense food, fuel, clothing and medicine to needy families. During World War II, the Settlement became a draft registration center and played an active role in various home front activities. In the 1950s and 1960s the Settlement greatly expanded its network to civic, service, social, fraternal, veteran and church organizations and offered many more citizenship and English classes. In the early 1980's, a project to establish an online database for the Settlement program records was initiated. Prior to that time, all program records had been handwritten on index cards and filed in thousands of family files.
For additional historical background on the Settlement, see the historical summary which forms a part of the descriptive inventory for Series 41/1, the General Administrative Records. See also the informal history prepared for the Settlement's centennial, <emph render="italic">The Worn Doorstep</emph>, by Mark Wukas (Chicago: Northwestern University Settlement Association, 1991).
Indexed Terms
This Collection is indexed under the following controlled access subject terms.
Indexed Terms
Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
The records were separated from Accession #90-160, donated to the University Archives by the Northwestern University Settlement via Executive Director Ron Manderschied and Doris Overboe on October 15, 1990.
Processing Information
Janet C. Olson, May 1997.
This collection was included in the set of finding aids and accompanying website created by the University of Chicago's Uncovering Chicago Archives Project (UNCAP), funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation from 2007 to 2010.
Separated Materials
A small amount of duplicate and extraneous material was discarded.
Conditions Governing Access
These Food Client Records may be consulted only with the permission of the University Archivist.
Scope and Content
Arrangement of Materials
The files are arranged roughly in alphabetical order by client name.
Scope and Contents
In addition to the many educational and recreational programs offered by the Northwestern University Settlement to the residents of the West Town neighborhood, the Settlement has also provided emergency assistance through its Emergency Food Pantry and Clothing Supply.
This series consists of three boxes of client information files generated by the Settlement's emergency assistance program between Spring, 1985 and September, 1986, arranged roughly in alphabetical order by client name.
The records consist mainly of photocopies of identification presented by the clients in order to verify their residence within the Settlement's jurisdiction. Forms of identification include driver's licenses, rent receipts, utilities bills, library cards, Medicaid and Public Aid cards, and other items that would establish the client's residence. Some of the identification materials are accompanied by Settlement “Intake Information Sheets” or “Application for Food” forms, which give details about the individual's situation. Files also include referral letters from other private and public agencies, as well as a few letters relating to other forms of assistance (referrals, drug counseling, legal advice) offered by the Settlement. Because identification was required each time a client requested assistance, many individuals are represented more than once. Each file has hand-written notations by the Settlement worker with the date and, often, a code indicating the assistance rendered.
Detailed List of Contents
- Title
- A-J
- Dates
- 1985-1986
- Title
- A-J
- Dates
- 1985-1986
- Title
- A-J
- Dates
- 1985-1986
- Title
- A-J
- Dates
- 1985-1986
- Title
- A-J
- Dates
- 1985-1986
- Title
- A-J
- Dates
- 1985-1986
- Title
- A-J
- Dates
- 1985-1986
- Title
- A-J
- Dates
- 1985-1986
- Title
- A-J
- Dates
- 1985-1986
- Title
- K-S
- Dates
- 1985-1986
- Title
- K-S
- Dates
- 1985-1986
- Title
- K-S
- Dates
- 1985-1986
- Title
- K-S
- Dates
- 1985-1986
- Title
- K-S
- Dates
- 1985-1986
- Title
- K-S
- Dates
- 1985-1986
- Title
- K-S
- Dates
- 1985-1986
- Title
- K-S
- Dates
- 1985-1986
- Title
- T-Z
- Dates
- 1985-1986
- Title
- T-Z
- Dates
- 1985-1986
- Title
- T-Z
- Dates
- 1985-1986
- Title
- T-Z
- Dates
- 1985-1986
- Title
- A-L, July
- Dates
- 1986
- Title
- M-Z, July
- Dates
- 1986
- Title
- A-M, August
- Dates
- 1986
- Title
- N-Z, August
- Dates
- 1986
- Title
- A-M, September
- Dates
- 1986
- Title
- N-Z, September
- Dates
- 1986