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The Chicago Area Project (CAP) was founded in the 1930's by Clifford Shaw, a University of Chicago sociologist, who believed every neighborhood could reduce juvenile delinquency by improving community life. This collection contains the records from the first decade of CAP's operation and includes financial records, field reports, and correspondence.

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The Avalon Park Community Church was first formed in 1896 as a methodist protestant church. In 1932 they offically became a congregationalist church, where they functioned until 1953, eventually merging with Park Manor Congregational Church. The Avalon Park Community Church was first formed in 1896 as a methodist protestant church and in 1932 they offically became a congregationalist church. The records in this collection includes field reports, a constitution, and personnel files.

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The Bethlehem Community Center was an important resource for the surrounding community. The collection contains meeting minutes and newsletters.

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The California Avenue Congregational Church was first gathered in 1883 and the church building was constructed in 1887. The church federated with the Monroe Street Church of Christ to form the Monroe Street Federated Church in 1918. The church dissolved in 1933. This collection primarily contains administrative and membership related records and includes vital membership records, church meeting minutes, a newsletter, and directory.

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Cragin Congregational Church opened in 1883 in Chicago's North End. Throughout its history, the church remained small and recieved financial support from the City Missionary Society. This collection includes meeting minutes, the church's constitution, and financial records.

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The Fellowship Congregational Church of Chicago was opened in 1898 and closed in 1929. The volume in this collection contains meeting minutes for the Fellowship Congregational Church.

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Fourth Congregational Church of Chicago traces its origins back to a Congregational Sunday school which started in 1867 and met in a blacksmith shop. From this Sunday school sprang three churches, Grace, Cortland Street, and Maplewood. These three churches merged in 1916 and took the name Fourth Church. The records include finances, youth education and outreach, membership records, correspondence, reports, and church newsletters.

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The Garfield Park Congregational Church was gathered in Chicago's West Garfield Park neighborhood in 1901. A church building was constructed in 1908. The church dissolved in 1919. This collection contains a single volume of church records which include membership records, baptismal records, Sunday school statistics, and the minutes of meetings.

Abstract In 1888, a group of individuals gathered in order to discuss a house of worship in the area of North Englewood in Chicago, Illinois. C. W. Monroe donated a cottage for use as a house of worship and services began soon after. By the following year, the small cottage had become insufficient to sit all the congregants and a new temporary place of worship was found in a nearby store. The Green Street Congregational Church became fully organized in the summer of 1889 and a new meeting house was...

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The South Chicago Mexican Congregational Church records describe the weekly meeting of the Sunday School. This collection contains meeting minutes and finances.