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Off-The-Street Club records

Descriptive Summary

Repository
University of Illinois at Chicago, Special Collections (Richard J. Daley Library)
801 S. Morgan
Chicago, IL
USA
Repository Number
MSOTSC70
Creator
Off-the-Street Club (Chicago, Ill.).
Title
Off-The-Street Club records
Dates
1902-1975
Quantity
9.0 linear feet.
Abstract
The Off-The-Street Club (OTSC), Chicago's oldest boys and girls club, is a club for children and young adults located on Chicago's west side. The collection consists of annual reports, correspondence, organizational charts, newspaper clippings, newsletters, radio and television scripts, surveys, manuals, programs, published material, and photographs.
Language of the Material
English

Administrative Information

Biography/Profile

The Off-The-Street Club (OTSC), Chicago's oldest boys and girls club, is a club for children and young adults located on Chicago's west side. The Club, originally named "Juniors," was founded by John McMurray in 1898 as a safe place for unsupervised children to play. The Club was funded in its early years by the Chicago Advertising Club. Gradually, the Club began expanding its services from simply providing facilities to sponsoring programs including health care programs, and a summer camp in Wheaton, Illinois. In 1955, the Club moved from its Jackson Boulevard premises to the West Garfield Park community.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of annual reports, correspondence, organizational charts, newspaper clippings, newsletters, radio and television scripts, surveys, manuals, programs, published material, and photographs. The materials pertain to the OTSC programs and activities, fundraising appeals, conventions, August Mathieu, and Work Projects Administration activities.

Access Restrictions

Access restrictions -- Available without restriction.

Use/Re-use Restrictions

Use restrictions -- Available without restriction.

Preferred Citation

Off-The-Street Club records, Special Collections and University Archives, University of Illinois at Chicago

Indexed Terms

Inventory

I
Off-The-Street Club Records
Box 1 - Folder 1
Container 1
Title
Annual reports
Dates
1902-1931
Box 1 - Folder 2
Container 1
Title
Annual reports
Dates
1932
Box 1 - Folder 3
Container 1
Title
Annual reports
Dates
1937-1940
Box 1 - Folder 4
Container 1
Title
Annual reports
Dates
1941
Box 1 - Folder 5
Container 1
Title
Annual reports
Dates
1943-1964
Box 1 - Folder 6
Container 1
Title
Appeal to Wieboldt Foundation
Dates
1937-1940
Box 1 - Folder 7
Container 1
Title
Boys Club conventions
Dates
1937-1962
Box 2 - Folder 8
Container 2
Title
Character guild
Dates
1920-1932
Box 2 - Folder 9
Container 2
Title
Charles Stoddard Jubilee Dinner
Dates
1925
Box 2 - Folder 10
Container 2
Title
Cheating the Streets
Dates
1939
Box 2 - Folder 11
Container 2
Title
Club members' activities
Dates
1945-1961
Box 2 - Folder 12
Container 2
Title
Community Fund allocations
Dates
1938
Box 2 - Folder 13
Container 2
Title
Correspondence - letters from soldiers
Dates
1942-1951
Box 2 - Folder 14
Container 2
Title
Correspondence
Dates
1940-1964
Box 2 - Folder 15
Container 2
Title
Early history of club
Dates
1916-1929
Box 2 - Folder 16
Container 2
Title
Financial aid - Atlas Club benefits
Dates
1909-1926
Box 2 - Folder 17
Container 2
Title
Financial aid - baseball games
Dates
1917-1925
Box 2 - Folder 18
Container 2
Title
Financial aid - Grand Beach County Fair
Dates
1918-1923
Box 2 - Folder 19
Container 2
Title
Financial aid - Junior Women's Advertising Club Fashion Show
Dates
1957-1962
Box 2 - Folder 20
Container 2
Title
Financial aid - benefits
Dates
1920-1962
Box 2 - Folder 21
Container 2
Title
Founders of club
Dates
1903-1961
Box 3 - Folder 22
Container 3
Title
Garfield Community Organizations
Dates
1941-1966
Box 3 - Folder 23
Container 3
Title
General information and organizational charts
Dates
1945-1957
Box 3 - Folder 24
Container 3
Title
Instructors' reports
Dates
1939-1940
Box 3 - Folder 25
Container 3
Title
Jackson branch
Dates
1938-1957
Box 3 - Folder 26
Container 3
Title
Karlov Club
Dates
1955
Box 3 - Folder 27
Container 3
Title
Letterhead
Dates
1928-1969
Box 3 - Folder 28
Container 3
Title
Mathieu - misc
Dates
1930-1966
Box 3 - Folder 29
Container 3
Title
Membership in club
Dates
1953-1954
Box 3 - Folder 30
Container 3
Title
Midwest Community Council - Administration
Dates
1950-1952
Box 3 - Folder 31
Container 3
Title
Midwest Community Council - Better homes and yards
Dates
1950-1952
Box 3 - Folder 32
Container 3
Title
Midwest Community Council - Camping
Dates
1951
Box 3 - Folder 33
Container 3
Title
Midwest Community Council - Clean-up campaign
Dates
1950-1957
Box 3 - Folder 34
Container 3
Title
Midwest Community Council - council agencies
Dates
undated
Box 3 - Folder 35
Container 3
Title
Midwest Community Council - housing
Dates
1951
Box 3 - Folder 36
Container 3
Title
Midwest Community Council - recreation - volunteer training
Dates
1949-1950
Box 3 - Folder 37
Container 3
Title
Midwest Community Council - schools
Dates
undated
Box 3 - Folder 38
Container 3
Title
Midwest Community Council
Dates
1948-1962
Box 3 - Folder 39
Container 3
Title
Morris B. Sachs Radio Program
Dates
1941-1942
Box 4 - Folder 40
Container 4
Title
Newspaper clippings
Dates
1940-1945
Box 4 - Folder 41
Container 4
Title
Newspaper clippings
Dates
1940-1945
Box 4 - Folder 42
Container 4
Title
Newspaper clippings
Dates
1946-1949
Box 4 - Folder 43
Container 4
Title
Newspaper clippings
Dates
1950
Box 4 - Folder 44
Container 4
Title
Newspaper clippings
Dates
1951-1953
Box 4 - Folder 45
Container 4
Title
Newspaper clippings
Dates
1954-1955
Box 4 - Folder 46
Container 4
Title
Newspaper clippings
Dates
1956
Box 4 - Folder 47
Container 4
Title
Newspaper clippings
Dates
1957
Box 5 - Folder 48
Container 5
Title
Newspaper clippings
Dates
1958
Box 5 - Folder 49
Container 5
Title
Newspaper clippings
Dates
1959
Box 5 - Folder 50
Container 5
Title
Newspaper clippings
Dates
1960
Box 5 - Folder 51
Container 5
Title
Newspaper clippings
Dates
1961
Box 5 - Folder 52
Container 5
Title
Newspaper clippings
Dates
1962-1999
Box 6 - Folder 53
Container 6
Title
Newspaper clippings
Dates
undated
Box 6 - Folder 54
Container 6
Title
Newspaper clippings
Dates
1940-1965
Box 6 - Folder 55
Container 6
Title
Notebook - friends
Dates
1939-1965
Box 6 - Folder 56
Container 6
Title
Notebook - friends
Dates
1913-1968
Box 6 - Folder 57
Container 6
Title
Notebook - friends
Dates
1957-1968
Box 6 - Folder 58
Container 6
Title
Notebook - friends
Dates
1965-1968
Box 6 - Folder 59
Container 6
Title
Notebook - Mathieu retirement
Dates
1966-1968
Box 6 - Folder 60
Container 6
Title
Notebook - Off the Street Club
Dates
1946-1952
Box 6 - Folder 61
Container 6
Title
Notebook - published material - lectures #1
Dates
1928-1965
Box 6 - Folder 62
Container 6
Title
Notebook - published material - lectures
Dates
1944-1964
Box 7 - Folder 63
Container 7
Title
Off the Street Club manual
Dates
1940
Box 7 - Folder 64
Container 7
Title
Photographs - Christmas
Dates
1950-1965
Box 7 - Folder 65
Container 7
Title
Photographs - Day Camp
Dates
undated
Box 7 - Folder 66
Container 7
Title
Photographs - early activities
Dates
1907-1922
Box 7 - Folder 67
Container 7
Title
Photographs - from notebooks
Dates
1913-1968
Box 8 - Folder 68
Container 8
Title
Photographs - misc.
Dates
1936-1960
Box 8 - Folder 69
Container 8
Title
Proceedings of Boys Clubs Association of Chicago Conference
Dates
1930
Box 8 - Folder 70
Container 8
Title
Program - activities outside of club
Dates
1961
Box 8 - Folder 71
Container 8
Title
Program - Christmas activities
Dates
1941-1965
Box 9 - Folder 72
Container 9
Title
Program - Day camp
Dates
1939-1941
Box 9 - Folder 73
Container 9
Title
Program - early programs
Dates
1904-1920
Box 9 - Folder 74
Container 9
Title
Program - report and notebook
Dates
1931-1942
Box 9 - Folder 75
Container 9
Title
Program - schedules
Dates
1933-1962
Box 9 - Folder 76
Container 9
Title
Program - special events
Dates
1932-1961
Box 9 - Folder 77
Container 9
Title
Program - sports
Dates
1937-1960
Box 9 - Folder 78
Container 9
Title
Program - summer activities
Dates
1936-1944
Box 9 - Folder 79
Container 9
Title
Program - summer camp
Dates
1945-1964
Box 9 - Folder 80
Container 9
Title
Program - summer programs report
Dates
1941
Box 9 - Folder 81
Container 9
Title
Program - misc.
Dates
1929-1959
Box 9 - Folder 82
Container 9
Title
Publications - administrative bulletin
Dates
1941-1942
Box 9 - Folder 83
Container 9
Title
Publications - The Bulletin
Dates
1916-1922
Box 9 - Folder 84
Container 9
Title
Publications - Newsletter
Dates
1957-1966
Box 10 - Folder 85
Container 10
Title
Publications - Our Compass
Dates
1931-1938
Box 10 - Folder 86
Container 10
Title
Publications - Sport Comments
Dates
1941-1943
Box 10 - Folder 87
Container 10
Title
Publications - Staff Bulletin
Dates
1939-1941
Box 10 - Folder 88
Container 10
Title
Publications - West Side Inter-Club Council Newsletter
Dates
1940-1941
Box 10 - Folder 89
Container 10
Title
Publications - You Should Know
Dates
1946-1953
Box 10 - Folder 90
Container 10
Title
Publicity, magazine articles
Dates
1941-1966
Box 10 - Folder 91
Container 10
Title
Radio Programs
Dates
1932-1946
Box 10 - Folder 92
Container 10
Title
Recreation conferences
Dates
1941-1966
Box 10 - Folder 93
Container 10
Title
Rehabilitation of parolees
Dates
1941
Box 11 - Folder 94
Container 11
Title
Sacramento club
Dates
1958
Box 11 - Folder 95
Container 11
Title
Scouting
Dates
1931-1958
Box 11 - Folder 96
Container 11
Title
Statement of objectives and early club history
Dates
1929
Box 11 - Folder 97
Container 11
Title
Survey of Off the Street Club by Northwestern
Dates
1929
Box 11 - Folder 98
Container 11
Title
True Story Series
Dates
1941-1961
Box 11 - Folder 99
Container 11
Title
TV Program
Dates
1949
Box 11 - Folder 100
Container 11
Title
Van Buren Club
Dates
1914-1940
Box 11 - Folder 101
Container 11
Title
Works Projects Administration activities
Dates
1938-1941
II
Supplement One
Box 12-SI - Folder 1
Container 12-SI
Title
Advertising Club News and Christmas benefit programs
Dates
1905-1975
Box 12-SI - Folder 2
Container 12-SI
Title
Articles about gangs
Dates
1972-1973
Box 12-SI - Folder 3
Container 12-SI
Title
Articles of incorporation
Dates
1916
Box 12-SI - Folder 4
Container 12-SI
Title
Auditors examination of records
Dates
1916-1936
Box 12-SI - Folder 5
Container 12-SI
Title
Boys clubs
Dates
1933-1956
Box 12-SI - Folder 6
Container 12-SI
Title
Boys clubs association of Chicago Conference
Dates
1940
Box 12-SI - Folder 7
Container 12-SI
Title
Cheating the Streets
Dates
1939
Box 12-SI - Folder 8
Container 12-SI
Title
Correspondence about closing the Van Buren branch
Dates
1942
Box 12-SI - Folder 9
Container 12-SI
Title
Correspondence
Dates
1943-1955
Box 12-SI - Folder 10
Container 12-SI
Title
Jackie's column from the Midwest News
Dates
1944-1945
Box 12-SI - Folder 11
Container 12-SI
Title
Letterhead
Dates
1916-1953
Box 12-SI - Folder 12
Container 12-SI
Title
Mathieu - biographical information
Dates
1957-1976
Box 12-SI - Folder 13
Container 12-SI
Title
Mathieu - misc. activities
Dates
1944-1971
Box 12-SI - Folder 14
Container 12-SI
Title
Mathieu - personal
Dates
1948-1975
Box 12-SI - Folder 15
Container 12-SI
Title
Miscellaneous
Dates
1918-1957
Box 12-SI - Folder 16
Container 12-SI
Title
Newspaper clippings
Dates
1937-1964
Box 12-SI - Folder 17
Container 12-SI
Title
Notebook - camp
Dates
1956-1958
Box 12-SI - Folder 18
Container 12-SI
Title
Notebook - camp
Dates
1945-1959
Box 12-SI - Folder 19
Container 12-SI
Title
Notebook - club activities
Dates
1954-1956
Box 12-SI - Folder 20
Container 12-SI
Title
Notebook - history
Dates
1955-1956
Box 12-SI - Folder 21
Container 12-SI
Title
Notebook - history
Dates
1938-1955
Box 13-SI - Folder 22
Container 13-SI
Title
Notebook - Midwest Community Council
Dates
1951-1975
Box 13-SI - Folder 23
Container 13-SI
Title
Photographs - Mathieu
Dates
1960 -1964
Box 13-SI - Folder 24
Container 13-SI
Title
Photographs - misc.
Dates
1920 -1956
Box 13-SI - Folder 25
Container 13-SI
Title
Photographs - camp
Dates
1956-1958
Box 13-SI - Folder 26
Container 13-SI
Title
Photographs - camp
Dates
1935-1950
Box 13-SI - Folder 27
Container 13-SI
Title
Photographs - Club activities
Dates
1942-1952
Box 13-SI - Folder 28
Container 13-SI
Title
Photographs - Club activities
Dates
1949-1960
Box 13-SI - Folder 29
Container 13-SI
Title
Photographs - history
Dates
1955-1956
Box 13-SI - Folder 30
Container 13-SI
Title
Photographs - history
Dates
1934-1958
Box 13-SI - Folder 31
Container 13-SI
Title
Photographs - summer 1964
Dates
1960-1964
Box 13A-SI - Folder 32
Container 13A-SI
Title
Program
Dates
1913-1964
Box 13A-SI - Folder 33
Container 13A-SI
Title
Program, home camp
Dates
1938-1940
Box 13A-SI - Folder 34
Container 13A-SI
Title
Publications - administrative bulletins
Dates
1941-1942
Box 13A-SI - Folder 35
Container 13A-SI
Title
Publications - "Of Mutual Interest"
Dates
1940-1943
III
Supplement Two
Box 14-SII - Folder 1
Container 14-SII
Title
Correspondence: Mathieu Family
Dates
1768-1952
Box 14-SII - Folder 2
Container 14-SII
Title
Documents: Gove Family
Dates
1838-1919
Box 14-SII - Folder 3
Container 14-SII
Title
Documents: A.Mathieu - Personal
Dates
1901-1979
Box 14-SII - Folder 4
Container 14-SII
Title
Photographs: A.Mathieu
Dates
1932-1966
Box 14-SII - Folder 5
Container 14-SII
Title
Automatic Canteen Company
Dates
September 1932
Box 14-SII - Folder 6
Container 14-SII
Title
Publications: Century of Progress Exhibit
Dates
1933
Box 14-SII - Folder 7
Container 14-SII
Title
Correspondence: A. Mathieu - Business
Dates
1933-1982
Box 14-SII - Folder 8
Container 14-SII
Title
Program: Training Course
Dates
1936
Box 14-SII - Folder 9
Container 14-SII
Title
Speeches: A. Mathieu
Dates
1936-1966
Box 14-SII - Folder 10
Container 14-SII
Title
Program: BCC Annual Conference
Dates
1936-1939
Box 14-SII - Folder 11
Container 14-SII
Title
Newspaper Clippings: OTSC
Dates
1937-1989
Box 14-SII - Folder 12
Container 14-SII
Title
Program: BCA Annual Convention
Dates
1939-1968
Box 14-SII - Folder 13
Container 14-SII
Title
Correspondence: A. Mathieu - Personal
Dates
1939-1980
Box 14-SII - Folder 14
Container 14-SII
Title
Publications: Staff Bulletins
Dates
1939-1941
Box 14-SII - Folder 15
Container 14-SII
Title
Photographs: Club Activities
Dates
1940-1982
Box 14-SII - Folder 16
Container 14-SII
Title
Publications: OTSC Events
Dates
1940-1947
Box 14-SII - Folder 17
Container 14-SII
Title
Photographs: Day Camp
Dates
1941-1981
49
Container 14 SII
Title
PHOTOGRAPHS - MARK TWAIN ADVENTURE CAMP, undated
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Box 14-SII - Folder 18
Container 14-SII
Title
Morris B. Sachs Amateur Hour
Dates
1941
Box 14-SII - Folder 19
Container 14-SII
Title
Program: Victory Volunteers
Dates
1942
Box 14-SII - Folder 20
Container 14-SII
Title
Program: Pure Milk Farm Visit
Dates
1941
Box 14-SII - Folder 21
Container 14-SII
Title
Report to Community Fund and Welfare Council
Dates
1941
Box 14-SII - Folder 22
Container 14-SII
Title
Program: Youth on Parade
Dates
1945-1948
Box 15-SII - Folder 23
Container 15-SII
Title
Publications: "You Should Know"
Dates
1945-1947
Box 15-SII - Folder 24
Container 15-SII
Title
Publications: CFDC News
Dates
1945-1953
Box 15-SII - Folder 25
Container 15-SII
Title
Program: Annual Christmas Party
Dates
1945-1978
Box 15-SII - Folder 26
Container 15-SII
Title
OTSC Christmas Letter
Dates
1946
Box 15-SII - Folder 27
Container 15-SII
Title
Newspaper Clippings: Day Camp
Dates
1955-1979
Box 15-SII - Folder 28
Container 15-SII
Title
Midwest Community Council: Annual Dinner Meeting
Dates
1961
Box 15-SII - Folder 29
Container 15-SII
Title
Publications: Attendance
Dates
1963
Box 15-SII - Folder 30
Container 15-SII
Title
Garfield Family Council: Invitation
Dates
1963
Box 15-SII - Folder 31
Container 15-SII
Title
Publications: Survey Report
Dates
1963
Box 15-SII - Folder 32
Container 15-SII
Title
Publications: Day Camp Christmas News
Dates
1963
Box 15-SII - Folder 33
Container 15-SII
Title
Publications: Annual Meeting
Dates
1965
Box 15-SII - Folder 34
Container 15-SII
Title
Program: Acceptance of Club Program by Community Leaders
Dates
1966
Box 15-SII - Folder 35
Container 15-SII
Title
75th Anniversary Letters
Dates
1975
Box 15-SII - Folder 36
Container 15-SII
Title
Publications: OTSC Pamphlets
Dates
1979-1993
Box 15-SII - Folder 37
Container 15-SII
Title
Publications: Pro Files
Dates
1979
Box 15-SII - Folder 38
Container 15-SII
Title
Program: Annual Christmas Party
Dates
1979-1989
Box 15-SII - Folder 39
Container 15-SII
Title
Magazine: Connections
Dates
1981
Box 15-SII - Folder 40
Container 15-SII
Title
OTSC 82nd Annual Meeting
Dates
1982
Box 15-SII - Folder 41
Container 15-SII
Title
Newspaper Clippings: Green Chicago
Dates
1994
Box 15-SII - Folder 42
Container 15-SII
Title
Midwest Community Council: Invitation
Dates
undated
Box 15-SII - Folder 43
Container 15-SII
Title
Photographs: A.Mathieu, Photographer
Dates
undated
Box 15-SII - Folder 44
Container 15-SII
Title
Program: An Evening of the Nations
Dates
undated
Box 15-SII - Folder 45
Container 15-SII
Title
Program: Roller Skating Program
Dates
undated
Box 15-SII - Folder 46
Container 15-SII
Title
Publications: Community Churches of America
Dates
undated
Box 15-SII - Folder 47
Container 15-SII
Title
Publications: Delphian, vol. 3
Dates
undated
Box 15-SII - Folder 48
Container 15-SII
Title
Publications: Junior Leader Club Members
Dates
undated
ov. folder 50
Certificates - Citizenship paper; Wir unterzeichuete patron and Uelterlente des Umtes
1846-1856
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