Chapin Hall for Children
photograph collection
By Chapin Hall for Children
(
Finding Aid for the Collection at the
Rev. by D. Rinder,
2008
© Copyright 2014, Chicago Historical Society, 1601 North Clark Street, Chicago, IL 60614-6038
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Main entry: Chapin Hall for Children (
Title:
Chapin Hall for Children
photograph collection
[graphic]
Inclusive dates: 1918-1982, bulk 1930-1973.
Size:
Call #: 1986.0277
PPL:
220
photographic prints : b&w
; 11 x 14 in. or smaller.
3
albums (121 photographic prints) : few col. ; 31 x
25.5 cm. (12 x 10 in.) or smaller.
Call #: 1986.0277 PNN0023:
1 negative : nitrate ; 5 x 7 in.
Call #: 1986.0277 PCP0016:
Call #: 1986.0277 PCP0032:
208
photographic prints : col. ; 16 x 21 cm. (6 x 8 in.)
or smaller.
Call #: 1986.0277
PCT0014-0016:
3
folders of transparencies : slide, col. ; 35 mm.
Call #: 1986.0277 PNG:
1
folder of non-graphic material.
Accession #: 1986.0277
Restriction: Advance
appointment required to consult color materials in cold storage.
Restriction:
Nitrate negative closed pending digitization, but there is a copy photoprint in the collection.
Terms of use:
Credit photographer.
Description of the collection:
Views
concerning Chapin Hall for Children, a charitable and later social service
organization founded in 1860 as the Chicago Nursery and Half-Orphan Asylum to
provide day-care services for working mothers.
Primarily shows children participating in holiday celebrations, birthday
parties, talent shows, picnics, dancing, gardening, and graduation programs. Includes many informal portraits of children and staff, a few
formal class pictures from 1970s, shots of Chapin Hall (built by Holabird and Root
in 1931 and demolished in 1985) and surrounding buildings and grounds. Most images unidentified.
Founded in 1860 as the Chicago
Nursery and Half-Orphan Asylum, the organization became known as Chapin Hall
for Children in the 1930s. In 1984 a successor organization was established as
a subsidiary of the
Organization: By topic. Negative
printed.
Related materials at
Gift
of Chapin Hall for Children, 1986 (1986.0277).
Storage: Box Lot (2 11 x 14 in. boxes), Color photoprints (2 8 x 10 in. boxes), Transparencies (3 folders, T0014--16), Nitrate Negative (1
folder, NN0023), Information File Cabinet (1 folder of non-graphic material)
List of online
catalog headings:
Chapin
Hall for Children (
Holabird & Root (
Teachers
--
Thanksgiving
Day --
Theatrical
productions --
Theaters
--
African
Americans children --
Birthdays
--
Charitable
organizations --
Children
--
Children
dancing --
Children's
parties --
Christmas
--
Day
care --
Graduation
ceremonies --
Halloween
--
Kitchens
--
Orphanages
--
Orphans
--
Parades
& processions --
Picnics
--
Chicago
(
Chicago
(
Group
portraits.
Photograph
albums.
Portrait
photographs.
Signs.
Snapshots
-- Color.
Dye
coupler photographic prints.
Dye
coupler transparencies.
Dye
diffusion transfer photographic prints.
Slides
-- Color.
Added
entry:
Container list of box and folder numbers
and titles:
Call #: 1986.0277
PPL:
1 Blue Cover "Snaps"; title page
"This is Chapin Hall"
Various activities from the 1950s.
Most have captions. Some photos missing. 6 1/2x4 1/2 in.
2 Black Cover [No title]
Interior views of Chapin Hall and one exterior shot. Ca. 1940s. 11 1/2x10 in.
3 Green, white, and black cover "Country
Cousins"
[greeting card album used for photo album; greeting cards
removed by agency]: Various activities, interior and exterior, without
captions. Ca. 1950s.
12 x 10in.
1 Various activities, ext and int,
undated (5x7 in.)
2 Various activities, ext and int,
undated and 1930s-1960s
3 Christmases, 1930s-1950s
4 Various activities, ext and int,
undated (8x10in.)
5 Various activities, ext and int,
undated (8x10in.)
6 Various activities, 1930s-1950s
7 Various activities, ext and int,
1930s-1960s
8 Three photos:
Mrs. Thomas C. Dennehy cuts cake, 1941
Photocopy
of residents, 1913 (original photo not with collection at time of donation)
Photocopy
of song recital from newspaper, 1940s (original photo or clipping not with
collection at time of donation)
Call #: 1986.0277 PCP0016:
Unit 16 Individuals and
Groups
1 Class portraits,
2 Group portraits, children
3 Single portraits, female
4 Single portraits, male
5 Single portraits, staff members
Call #: 1986.0277 PCP0032:
Unit 32 Various activities
1 Activities, unidentified
2 Chapin Hall for Children sign
3 Chicago Mexican Day Parade, 1977 (downtown area)
4 Christmases
5 Graduations
6 Halloween or Talent Shows
7 Kitchen
8 Trips
Call #: 1986.0277
PCT0014-0016:
Unit 14 Various activities
Interiors
with children
Interiors
without people
Chapin
Hall Special Student Award, 1970
Exteriors,
with children
Activities,
interiors: Fritz's party, August 8, 1973
Activities,
interiors: Thanksgiving Dinner
Activities,
interiors: Christmases
Unit 15 Activities,
interiors: Christmases
Activities,
interiors: Talent shows
Activities,
interiors: miscellaneous
Unit 16 Activities,
exteriors
Staff
members[?]
Call #: 1986.0277 PNN-0023:
Nitrate
Negative (printed: Mrs. Dehenney)
Call #: 1986.0277 PNG:
1
folder of non-graphic materials