University of Illinois at Chicago
Special Collections Department
(312) 996-2742

• Documents Chicago and Midwestern History
• Encompasses such topical areas as:
• Social Welfare
• Cultural History
• Ethnic Groups etc.
• Collections answer "how" and "why" rather than "who", "when", and "where"
• Has records of organizations such as:
• The German Aid Society
• Established in 1854 - rendered assistance to immigrants
• Recorded names of immigrants in daily logs and on applications for assistance
• Membership rosters and financial contribution sheets list names of donors including individuals and German-owned businesses
• The Chicago Relief and Aid Society
• Manuscript collection has some German selections