Jewish
Community Centers of Chicago collection of visual materials, 1909-1965
By Jewish Community Centers of Chicago
Finding Aid for the Collection at the Chicago History Museum, Research Center
Rev. by D. Rinder, 2008
© Copyright 2008, Chicago Historical Society, 1601 North Clark Street, Chicago, IL 60614-6038
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Main entry: Jewish
Community Centers of Chicago
Title:
Jewish Community
Centers of Chicago collection of visual materials [graphic]
Inclusive dates: 1909-1965, bulk 1920s
Size:
Call #: 1980.0175
PPL:
876
photographic prints : b&w ; 39 x 25 cm. (15 x 9 3/4 in.) or smaller.
78
photomechanical prints : b&w ; 11 x 14 in. or smaller.
27
photographic prints : postcard, silver gelatin ; 9 x 14 cm. (3 3/4 x 5 1/2 in.)
Call #: 1980.0175
PPLS0051:
13
transparencies : lantern slide ; 9 x 11 cm. (3 3/4 x 4 1/2 in.)
Call #: 1980.0175
PPN0071:
14
negatives : b&w ; 8 x 10 in. or smaller.
Call #: 1980.0175
PGN0034:
9
negatives : glass ; 4 x 5 in.
Call #: 1980.0175
PNG:
1
folder of non-graphic material.
Accession #: 1980.0175
Restriction: To consult
lantern slides or glass negatives in the Research Center it is necessary to
make an advance appointment (email: Research@chicagohistory.org ).
Description of the collection:
Primarily includes views of
activities of JCC at various locations: Chicago Hebrew Institute at Taylor
& Lytle (1914), Jewish People's Institute in Lawndale (1922), and Max
Straus Center (1946). Subjects include adult, junior college, secondary,
elementary and nursery education; art, crafts, drama, music activities for all
ages; Camp Chi for girls and a boys camp; sports activities through the
physical education department; the (Orthodox) Jewish Home for Aged; and
lectures, banquets and parties pertaining to the various activities. Includes
interior and exterior views of buildings.
Organization: Alphabetical by
topic.
Some prints match original
negatives (flexible and glass) and lantern slides.
Some photographs also available as
copy negatives ICHi 17305-17322, 17665-17670, 16353, 18849-18853, 03865.
Gift of Jewish Community Centers of
Chicago, 1979 (1980.0175).
List of online catalog headings:
Chicago Hebrew Institute
Jewish
Community Centers of Chicago.
Jewish
People's Institute of Chicago
Bernard
Horwich Center (Chicago, Ill.)
Max
Straus Center (Chicago, Ill.)
Jewish
Home for the Aged (Chicago, Ill.)
People's
Junior College (Chicago, Ill.)
Physical education -- Illinois --
Chicago.
Students -- Illinois -- Chicago.
Schools -- Illinois -- Chicago.
Nurseries -- Illinois -- Chicago.
Day care -- Illinois -- Chicago.
Gardens -- Illinois -- Chicago.
Music ensembles -- Illinois --
Chicago.
Dance parties -- Illinois --
Chicago.
Playgrounds -- Illinois -- Chicago.
Classrooms -- Illinois -- Chicago.
Lobbies -- Illinois -- Chicago.
Board games -- Illinois -- Chicago.
Billiards -- Illinois -- Chicago.
Music rooms -- Illinois -- Chicago.
Community service -- Illinois --
Chicago.
Jews -- Societies, etc. -- Illinois
-- Chicago.
Children -- Organizations --
Illinois -- Chicago.
Men -- Organizations -- Illinois --
Chicago.
Women -- Organizations -- Illinois
-- Chicago.
Women
-- Clothing & dress -- Illinois -- Chicago.
Sports
-- Illinois -- Chicago.
Theatrical
productions -- Illinois -- Chicago.
Adult
education -- Illinois -- Chicago.
Arts
& crafts -- Illinois -- Chicago.
Banquets
-- Illinois -- Chicago.
Infants
-- Illinois -- Chicago.
Contests
-- Illinois -- Chicago.
Organizations'
buildings -- Illinois -- Chicago.
Camps
-- Illinois -- Chicago.
Kitchens
-- Illinois -- Chicago.
Chicago (Ill.) -- Social life and
customs.
Postcards.
Snapshots.
Group
portraits.
Portrait photographs.
Dry
plate negatives.
Halftone
photomechanical prints.
Lantern
slides.
Silver
gelatin prints.
Container list of box and folder numbers
and titles:
Box
Lot: (6 boxes, 8x10 in.; 1 box, 11x14 in.), Negatives (1 folder unit #71),
Lantern Slides (1 box, 4x5 in., unit #51), Glass Negatives (1 box, 4x5 in.,
unit #34)
Call #: 1980.0175
PPL:
Box 1
1
Activities--Clubs
2
Activities--Outings (18853)
3
Adult education--graduates (17668)
4
Adult education & training (possibly some images of Peoples Junior College,
1933-1936 (17306, 17307)
5
Adult education & training--Peoples Junior College, 1933-1936
6 Art
7 Art
classes
8 Art
exhibit booth
9 Art
exhibition & artists (17669)
10
Assemblies
11
Assemblies--Northwest Branch Club Council in Deliberative Assembly
12
Baby contest, 1915 (17312)
13
Banquets
14
Banquets--Athletics
15
Biography--Portraits
16
Boy Scouts
Box 2
1
Buildings--Bernard Horwich Center
2
Buildings--Chicago Hebrew Institute Gymnasium (Taylor & Lytle), 1916
3
Buildings--Max Strauss Center (3715 W. Wilson), 1941 (18852)
4
Buildings--Jewish Peoples Institute (Lawndale), 1926 (18850)
5
Buildings, Clubs--Albany Park Girls Club, Hyde Park Club, Rogers Park Club
6
Cafeteria (Blintz Inn), interior
7
Camp--Camp Wooster, Illinois?--boys
8
Camp Chi, Loon Lake, Antioch, Illinois--girls, 1920s
9
Camp Chi, Loon Lake, Antioch, Illinois--girls, 1920s
10
Camp Chi, 1948
11
Children at zoo or park (with goat cart & mini train)
12
Conventions
13
Cooking class for girls (17309)
14
Crafts--children at work (17308)
15
Crafts--display
Box 3
1
Drama Department--Children's Theater
2
Drama Department--Children's Theater "In Defense of Country" (17305)
3
Drama Department--Children's Theater -patriotic pageant & parade
4
Drama Department--director & others
5
Drama Department--Institute Players
6
Drama Department--Institute Players
7
Drama Department--Institute Players, Junior Players
8
Drama Department, 1940s-1950s
9
Elementary education
10
Gardens--food exhibit from victory gardens
11
Gardens--Victory gardens at CHI (03865, 16353)
12
Girl Scouts
13
Groups of unidentified adults
14
Groups of unidentified adults, probably students
15
Home Service Department
16
Lectures
17
Library
Box 4
1
Lounges--Games (billards, chess, etc.) and Study areas & classrooms
2 Max
Straus Center--Albany Park, 1941-1969
3
Milk Station (17311, 17666)
4
Miscellaneous, 1960
5
Museum
6
Music Department (17665, 17666)
7
Music Department, Concerts
8
Music Department, Dance
9
Nursery School--Day Camp for Children--CHI Roof Garden (18851)
10
Nursery School--probably Day Camp for Children
11
Orthodox Home for Jewish Aged--B.M.Z.
12
Orthodox Home for Jewish Aged--Buildings and grounds
13
Orthodox Home for Jewish Aged--Staff
Box 5
1
Parties & dances (17667)
2
Parties--Purim Party
3
Physical Education Department--Baseball
4
Physical Education Department--Basketball, men
5
Physical Education Department--Basketball, women
6
Physical Education Department--Boxing (17310, 17315)
7
Physical Education Department--Calisthenics
8
Physical Education Department--Fencing (17316)
9
Physical Education Department--Groups, men (17317)
10
Physical Education Department--Groups, women (17320)
11
Physical Education Department--Gymnastics & weight training
12
Physical Education Department--Handball
13
Physical Education Department--Lobby & locker rooms
14
Physical Education Department--Miscellaneous
15
Physical Education Department--Physical exams
16
Physical Education Department--Swimming, men (17318)
17
Physical Education Department--Swimming, women
Box 6
1
Physical Education Department--Track, men (18849)
2
Physical Education Department--Track, women
3
Physical Education Department--Trophies
4
Physical Education Department--Turkish Bath Department (massage, electric
cabinet, etc.)
5
Physical Education Department--Volleyball
6
Physical Education Department--Wrestling (17314)
7
Playground at C.H.I.
8
Playground (swimming & wading), 1909
9
Service Club
10
Staff--JPI/CHI
11
World War I, II--Institute members in the Armed Forces
Box 7
1
Adult education (17313)
2
Biography--portraits
3
Crafts on display (17670)
4 Drama
Department--Children's Theater
5
Gardening
6
Museum
7
Music Department (17322)
8
Nursery School
9
Orthodox Home for Jewish Aged
10
Physical Education Department--Boxing
11
School groups
12
WWI, Institute members in Armed Forces
13
Halftones
Call #: 1980.0175
PLS0051:
Box 8
Lantern Slides (have matching glass negatives & prints unless noted)
1
Children on outing
2
Children on "jungl gym" (no print)
3
Children in nursery classroom
4
Youth art class
5
Children working in garden
6
Children & adults at school exhibit
7
Youths looking at Lincoln statue (no print or glass negative)
8 JCC
building (no print)
9
C.H.I. group
Call #: 1980.0175
PGN0034:
Box 9
Glass Negatives (have matching prints & lantern slides unless noted)
1
Children on outing
2
Children on "jungle gym" (no print)
3
Children in nursery classroom
4
Youth art class
5
Children working in garden
6
Children & adults at school exhibit
7 JCC
building (no print)
8
C.H.I. group
9
Portraits of WWI Institute members in armed forces (print, no lantern slide)
10
"All sports developed at Hebrew Institute" (no print or lantern
slide)
Call #: 1980.0175
PPN0071:
14
negatives : b&w ; 8 x 10 in. or smaller.
Call #: 1980.0175
PNG:
1
folder of non-graphic material.