Marion C. Young Hull House Collection

Dates: 1900-1967
Size: 1.5 linear feet in 2 boxes, including 7 photographs
Repository: Chicago Public Library, Harold Washington Library Center, Special Collections, 400 S. State St., Chicago, IL 60605
Collection Number: spe.you
Immediate Source of Acquisition: Mrs. Marjorie Geisler donated the collection in January 1988.
Custodial History: The materials in this collection were given by a cousin of Marion Young to Mrs. Marjorie Geisler, a friend, after Young’s death.
Conditions Governing Access: Materials are open without restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use: Please consult staff to determine ability to reuse materials from collection.
Preferred Citation: When quoting material from this collection the preferred citation is: Marion C. Young Hull House Collection [Box #, Folder #], Special Collections, Chicago Public Library.
Finding aid author: Original author unknown. Processed, February 1992. Updated and ingested into ArchivesSpace by Johanna Russ, 2021.

Abstract

Marion C. Young was born in 1895 and in 1929 she became a resident at Chicago’s Hull-House where she taught cooking classes. In that same year, she became associated with Hull-House’s Bowen Country Club bringing city children into the country for summer camp. This collection consists of Hull-House and Bowen Country Club materials assembled by Marion Young over some four decades.

Biographical/Historical

Marion C. Young was born in 1895. She graduated from Neenah (Wisconsin) High School in 1913 and from the Stout Institute in 1915 with a degree in home economics. She taught home economics in the grade schools of Appleton, Wisconsin, from 1916 to 1920 and taught in that town’s high school from 1920 to 1926.

In 1929 she became a resident at Chicago’s Hull-House where she taught cooking classes. In that same year, she became associated with Hull-House’s Bowen Country Club’s summer program of bringing city children into the country for camp. Here she served as dietitian and housekeeper, supervising meal preparation for two to three hundred children and adults. From 1931 to 1934 she spent her "school year" months as a case worker for the Illinois Relief Service at Peoria. In 1935 she worked for the same department in Pekin, Illinois, and that summer did her last service with the Bowen Country Club.

Young became the Superintendent of the Peoria Children’s Home in 1936 and remained in that post until 1944. She then returned to her native Neenah, where she taught home economics in the Kimberly Junior High School from 1946 until 1962. She enjoyed a lengthy retirement. She was an active member of the First Presbyterian Church of Neenah. Young died in 1985.

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of Hull-House and Bowen Country Club materials assembled by Marion Young over some four decades.

Arrangement

The material is divided into two series:

  • Series 1: Documents, 1929-1967
  • Series 2: Photographs, 1900-1934

Subjects

  • Young, Marion C., 1895-1985
  • Addams, Jane, 1860-1935
  • Hull-House (Chicago, Ill.)
  • Bowen, Louise de Koven, 1859-1953
  • Joseph T. Bowen Country Club
  • Kirkland, Wallace

Related Materials

Collection Inventory

Series 1: Documents, 1929-1967

Scope and Contents

Included here are letters, clippings and publications documenting Hull House and Bowen Country Club activities.

Arrangement

Material is arranged alphabetically by topic (articles, correspondence, publications) and alphabetically within topics.

Box 1 Folder 44 Articles - Addams, Jane, "Youth and the Law"—Survey Graphic (v. 24 n. 10); 1935 October
Box 1 Folder 45 Articles - Council of Social Agencies of Chicago—Newsletter regarding Jane Addams’ funeral; 1935 May 27
Box 1 Folder 46 Articles - "Jane Addams"—Booklet by University of Illinois; [1967]
Box 1 Folder 47 Articles - "Many Happy Returns" (Hull-House 40th anniversary)—Social Science (v. 6 n. 3); 1930 Summer
Box 1 Folder 48 Articles - Newspaper clippings—Addams, Jane—death and funeral; 1935
Box 1 Folder 49 Articles - Newspaper clippings—Addams, Jane—miscellaneous; 1960, undated
Box 1 Folder 50 Articles - Newspaper clippings—Bowen, Louise deKoven, undated
Box 1 Folder 51 Articles - Newspaper clippings—Hull-House block demolition, dedication of Hull Mansion; 1963, 1967
Box 1 Folder 52 Articles - Newspaper clippings—Miscellaneous, undated
Box 1 Folder 53 Articles - Northwestern University Settlement—The Neighbor (v. 15 n. 11); 1929 March 16
Box 1 Folder 54 Articles - Taylor, Graham, "Jane Addams: the Great Neighbor"—Survey Graphic; 1935 July
Box 1 Folder 55 Articles - Unity (v. 115 n. 10)—Jane Addams memorial number; 1935 July 15
Box 1 Folder 56 Articles - Yarros, Victor S., "Jane Addams—Humanitarian"—Character (v. 1 n. 5); 1935 September-October
Box 1 Folder 1 Correspondence - Bowen, Louise deKoven, typed, signed letter to Marion C. Young; 1936 December 8
Box 1 Folder 2 Correspondence - Bowen, Louise deKoven, typed, signed letter to Marion C. Young (with receipt); 1938 May 24
Box 1 Folder 3 Correspondence - Bowen, Louise deKoven, typed, signed letter to Marion C. Young; 1939 May 1
Box 1 Folder 4 Correspondence - Bowen, Louise deKoven, typed, signed letter to Marion C. Young; 1942 May 8
Box 1 Folder 5 Correspondence - Bowen, Louise deKoven, typed, signed letter to Marion C. Young (in brochure entitled "Hull-House in war years 1918 1943"); 1943 March 3
Box 1 Folder 6 Correspondence - Carr, Charlotte, typed, signed letter to Marion C. Young; 1938 May 10
Box 1 Folder 7 Correspondence - D’ Aquila, M., Christmas card, signed, to Marion C. Young; 1937 December 22
Box 1 Folder 8 Correspondence - Granata, William John, typed, signed letter to Marion C. Young; 1940 April 13
Box 1 Folder 9 Correspondence - Granata, William John, typed, signed letter to Marion C. Young; [1941 February]
Box 1 Folder 10 Correspondence - Lund, Thora, typed, signed letter to Marion C. Young; 1930 April 9
Box 1 Folder 11 Correspondence - McNally, Ariel, typed, signed letter to Marion C. Young; 1933 December 29
Box 1 Folder 12 Publications - Addams, Jane—Memorial U.S. postage stamp, first day of issue; 1940 April 26
Box 1 Folder 13 Publications - Ballard, Russell Ward & wife—Reception invitation; 1943 December 2
Box 1 Folder 14 Publications - Bowen, Louise deKoven—80th birthday—invitation & newspaper clippings; 1939
Box 1 Folder 15 Publications - Bowen Country Club News (no. 1); 1930 September 4
Box 1 Folder 16 Publications - Bowen Country Club News (no. 2); 1931 August 29
Box 1 Folder 17 Publications - Bowen Country Club News (no. 3); 1932 August 20
Box 1 Folder 18 Publications - Bowen Country Club News (no. 4); 1935 August 24
Box 1 Folder 19 Publications - Bowen Country Club News (no number given); [1939]
Box 1 Folder 20 Publications - Christmas greetings—Card with fund-raising flyer; [1940 December]
Box 1 Folder 21 Publications - Christmas greetings from Hull-House—Card; undated
Box 1 Folder 22 Publications - Dedication of Mary Rozet Smith Cottage; [1940] May 26
Box 1 Folder 23 Publications - de Nancrede, Edith—Memorial service program; 1939 April 15
Box 1 Folder 24 Publications - Edith de Nancrede memorial play, Hull-House Theatre; [1940] May 10-12
Box 1 Folder 25 Publications - Fortieth anniversary celebration of Hull-House—Program (with original engraving of illustration on cover); 1930 May 9-11
Box 1 Folder 26 Publications - From the Christmas concert Hull-House—Card; undated
Box 1 Folder 27 Publications - Hull-House announces the opening of the Hull-House shop...; undated
Box 1 Folder 28 Publications - Hull-House Associates—Fund-raising flyer; 1939
Box 1 Folder 29 Publications - Hull-House exhibition and Christmas sale...—Postcard; undated
Box 1 Folder 30 Publications - Hull-House fiftieth anniversary—Program; 1940 May 17-26
Box 1 Folder 31 Publications - The Hull-House Italian Mothers’ Club; 1936-1937
Box 1 Folder 32 Publications - Hull-House Music School; undated
Box 1 Folder 33 Publications - Hull-House Music School benefit concert—Program; 1935 April 22
Box 1 Folder 34 Publications - Hull-House Theatre—Having a Wonderful Time—Program; 1939 April 14-16
Box 1 Folder 35 Publications - Hull-House Yearbook (40th year)
Box 1 Folder 36 Publications - Hull-House Yearbook (42nd year)
Box 1 Folder 37 Publications - Hull-House Yearbook (45th year)
Box 1 Folder 38 Publications - Hull-House Yearbook (49th year) (with mailer envelope); 1939
Box 1 Folder 39 Publications - Jane Addams memorial medal by Nancy Cox McCormac—Postcards & newspaper clipping; undated
Box 1 Folder 40 Publications - List of Hull-House residents 1889-1929
Box 1 Folder 41 Publications - List of residents in Hull-House block and people who come every day to Hull-House; undated
Box 1 Folder 42 Publications - 1940 Hull-House Christmas season—Flyer
Box 1 Folder 43 Publications - Season’s greetings—Card; undated

Series 2: Photographs, 1900-1934

Scope and Contents

The primary subject of these photographs is Jane Addams. Several images are taken by photographer Wallace Kirkland.

Arrangement

Photographs are arranged alphabetically by subject.

Box 2 Photograph 1.1 Addams, Jane (1860-1935), with printed signature, circa 1900
Box 2 Photograph 1.2 Addams, Jane, Moffett, with original signature, 1924
Box 2 Photograph 1.3 Addams, Jane, with three children, photographer: Wallace Kirkland, circa 1930
Box 2 Photograph 1.4 Addams, Jane with children [at Bowen Country Club], 1933
Box 2 Photograph 1.5 Addams, Jane, with child at knee, photographer: Wallace Kirkland, circa 1934
Box 2 Photograph 1.6 Unknown woman [at Bowen Country Club?] in costume, undated
Box 2 Photograph 1.7 Hull-House dining hall (Jane Addams at far right), photographer: Wallace Kirkland, circa 1930
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