Human Welfare Work in Chicago

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Harvey Clarence Carbaugh
A. C. McClurg, 1917 - Charities - 262 pages
 

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Page 18 - Trustees in the erection and maintenance of enduring statuary and monuments, in the whole or in part of stone, granite or bronze, in the parks, along the boulevards or in other public places, within the city of Chicago, Illinois, commemorating worthy men or women of America or important events of American history. The plans or designs for such statuary or monuments and the location of the same shall be determined by the Board of Trustees of such Institute.
Page 1 - the founding and maintenance of schools of art and design, the formation and exhibition of collections of objects of art, and the cultivation and extension of the arts of design by any appropriate means.
Page 91 - to provide a center for a higher civic and social life, to initiate and maintain religious, educational and philanthropic enterprises, and to investigate and improve conditions in the industrial districts of Chicago.
Page 33 - An excerpt from their charter indicates also the persistent effort " to promote and encourage the understanding, appreciation, and study of the art of music, and the development of musical talent throughout the community, principally by providing musical entertainment and instruction gratuitously or at little expense.
Page 13 - THE WILL PRESCRIBES THAT THESE LECTURES SHALL BE UPON THE HISTORY, THEORY, AND PRACTICE OF THE FINE ARTS (MEANING THEREBY THE GRAPHIC AND PLASTIC ARTS), BY PERSONS OF DISTINCTION OR AUTHORITY ON THE SUBJECT...
Page 96 - To provide a center for a higher civic and social life; to institute and maintain educational and philanthropic enterprises, and to investigate and improve the conditions in the industrial districts of Chicago.
Page 10 - ... the Illinois Society of Architects, the Illinois Chapter of the American Institute of Architects, and the Art Institute in its annual exhibition.
Page 64 - At the various institutions for poor men and women 151,501 beds and meals were worked for; besides which $38,779.98 in cash was paid to the inmates for work done. To persons who were not in a position to work, or whom it was impossible to supply with work, 111,354 beds and meals, 11,330 garments and pairs of shoes, and 123 tons of coal were given without charge.
Page 26 - The objects of this corporation shall be strictly of an eleemosynary nature : they shall be to provide a permanent, efficient, and practical mode of administering and distributing the private charities of the city of Chicago ; to examine and establish the necessary means for obtaining full and reliable information of the condition and wants of the poor of said city, and putting into practical and efficient operation the best system of relieving and preventing want and pauperism...

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