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Helen Culver (1832–1925) was a successful real estate developer and philanthropist. She owned Hull House and rented it to Jane Addams, before later giving the property to Addams along with hundreds of thousands of dollars of donations, contributing substantially to founding the comprehensive settlement house movement in the United States.
Title: Twenty years at Hull-house, with autobiographical notes Year: 1911 Authors: Addams, Jane, 1860-1935 Subjects: Addams, Jane, 1860-1935 Hull House (Chicago, Ill.) Publisher: New York, The Macmillan company Contributing Library: Northern Illinois University
Before the creation of the Hull History Centre, Hull's archives were kept in three separate repositories: the University of Hull, the Local Studies Library, and the Hull City Archives. The partnership that led to the purpose-built history centre in Hull began nearly ten years ago, springing out of a desire to provide greater accessibility to ...
The Brynmor Jones Library. The Brynmor Jones Library (BJL) is the main library at the University of Hull, England.In 1967 it was named after Sir Brynmor Jones (1903-1989) who initiated research in the field of Liquid Crystals at Hull and became Head of the Department of Chemistry in 1947. [1]
The James Heyward Hull House is a historic home located at Shelby, Cleveland County, North Carolina. It was built c. 1874 and extensively remodeled in 1907. The remodeling added the Classical Revival style semi-elliptical monumental portico with fluted Corinthian order columns and pilasters. It is a two-story, square-in-plan main block with a ...
Jessie Florence Binford (1876 Marshalltown, Iowa-1966), [1] aka “the conscience of Chicago”, was a social worker who worked closely with Jane Addams at Hull House. Binford was the founder and executive director of the Juvenile Protective Association [2] in 1916 and stayed for 32 years. [3] She is a 1977 inductee in the Iowa Women's Hall of ...
Hull-House Kilns was established as part of the Chicago settlement house, Hull House. The program was developed by the potter Myrtle Merritt French (1886-1970). [3] She began teaching pottery at Hull House in 1924. The classes were first attended by Mexican immigrants in Chicago, and then by African Americans. [1] A notable potter working at ...
Mary Rozet Smith (December 23, 1868 – February 22, 1934) was a Chicago-born US philanthropist who was one of the trustees and benefactors of Hull House. She was the partner of activist Jane Addams for over thirty years. Smith provided the financing for the Hull House Music School and donated the school's organ as a memorial to her mother.