Collection on St. Vincent de Paul Center
Scope and Contents
The Collection on St. Vincent de Paul Center contains correspondence, annual reports, newsletters, newspaper clippings, and photographs.
Dates
- 1897-2007
- Majority of material found within 1940s-1990s
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research use.
Biographical / Historical
Since 1972, St. Vincent DePaul Center has offered services such as childcare, senior services, homeless services, food distribution, social assistance, and therapy. The Center represents a merger between St. Vincent Infant Asylum, a more than 100-year-old residential facility for orphans, and DePaul Settlement and Day Nursery. The DePaul Settlement and Day Nursery was founded in 1915 by the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent DePaul.
Extent
0.5 Linear Feet (2 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
The collection is organized into two series: 1. DePaul Settlement and Day Nursery, St. Vincent Infant Asylum, and St. Vincent de Paul Center and 2. Photographs.
Physical Location
3/34/E
Processing Information
Revised by P. Chavez 2018; M. Calvo 2018
- Child care services--Archival resources--Illinois--Chicago Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Day care centers--Archival resources--Illinois--Chicago Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Nursery schools--Archival resources--Illinois--Chicago Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Orphanages--Archival resources--Illinois--Chicago Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Title
- Collection on St. Vincent de Paul Center
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Revised by P. Chavez 2018; M. Calvo 2018
- Date
- 2018
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English
Repository Details
Part of the DePaul Special Collections and Archives Repository
John T. Richardson Library
2350 N. Kenmore Ave.
Room 314
Chicago Illinois 60614
773-325-7864
spca@depaul.libanswers.com