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| Title: | Hyde Park and Kenwood Interfaith Council. Records |
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| Size: | 6.5 linear feet (12 boxes) |
| Repository: |
Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center |
| Abstract: | This collection contains the records of the Hyde Park and Kenwood Interfaith Council, from 1911-1993. Included are administrative records such as minutes, correspondence, budgets and directories of membership. This collection also contains general subject files covering Council projects and affiliated institutions. |
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When quoting material from this collection, the preferred citation is: Hyde Park and Kenwood Interfaith Council. Records, [Box #, Folder #], Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library
Founded in 1911, the Hyde Park and Kenwood Interfaith Council’s purpose has remained unchanged; they strive for “the increased efficiency of the spiritual forces of our community along cooperative lines.” The Council has evolved over the years to include a greater variety of religious traditions. It began in 1911 as “the Council of Hyde Park Churches.” In 1929, the name changed first to “The Council of Hyde Park and Kenwood Churches” and changed again in 1939 to “The Council of Hyde Park and Kenwood and Synagogues.” If finally became the Hyde Park and Kenwood Interfaith Council in 1984.
The Council has acted as a community organizing agent supporting each specific religious institution, while also working to fulfill its own objective to affect change. The Council explains that:
“its members agree to respect the integrity of their different faiths and the right to practice their beliefs. The Council is dedicated to projects for the betterment of life in the community and to the struggle for human equality. The purpose of the Association is to provide effective channels for cooperative expression of our shared mission for the care of the community. These channels include: community service, social justice, mutual spiritual enrichment and understanding... We seek ways to offer support in times of need, to witness to values that heal and repair division, and to create interfaith understanding.”
The Interfaith Council is known for its Annual Community Thanksgiving Service at Rockefeller Chapel. It is also famous in the Hyde Park and Kenwood community for its hunger projects, running the Open Kitchen and the Pantry.
This collection includes the records of the Hyde Park and Kenwood Interfaith Council. The first part of the collection contains administrative materials such as minutes covering 1911-1989, budgets, correspondence, directories of members and meeting records. Following these administrative records are general subject files of Council projects and affiliated institutions, arranged alphabetically. These subject files largely contain correspondence and plans for cooperative events associated with the Council. Box 12 also contains oversized posters announcing upcoming Council events, such as their annual Community Thanksgiving Service and their Brotherhood Dinner.
| Box 1 Folder 1-9 | Executive Committee minutes, 1961-1976 |
| Box 2 Folder 1-7 | Executive Committee minutes, 1977-1984 |
| Box 2 Folder 8-9 | Minutes, 1911-1920 |
| Box 3 Folder 1-9 | Minutes, 1921-1957 |
| Box 4 Folder 1-7 | Minutes, 1958-1986 |
| Box 5 Folder 1-5 | Minutes, 1986-1989 |
| Box 5 Folder 6-11 | Meetings, annual meetings and dinner, 1984-1992 |
| Box 5 Folder 12 | Meetings, semi-annual meetings, 1993 |
| Box 6 Folder 1 | Budgets, 1960s to 1970s |
| Box 6 Folder 2 | By-laws and constitution, 1983-1984 |
| Box 6 Folder 3-4 | General correspondence, 1977-1991 |
| Box 6 Folder 5 | Directories and related information, 1976-1991 |
| Box 6 Folder 6 | Nominating Committee, 1964-1981 |
| Box 6 Folder 7 | Publicity, newspaper clippings, Hyde Park Herald and Chicago Tribune, 1963-1992 |
| Box 6 Folder 8 | "53rd Street business men," letter, n.d. |
| Box 6 Folder 9 | Augustana Lutheran Church, Catholic Theological Union, and Church of St. Thomas the Apostle, correspondence and documents, 1971-1990 |
| Box 6 Folder 10 | Benefit for Food Pantry, 1986 |
| Box 7 Folder 1 | Blue Gargoyle Youth Center, correspondence and documents, 1976-1991 |
| Box 7 Folder 2 | B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundation, Brent House, and Chicago Sinai, correspondence, clippings, documents, 1973-1987 |
| Box 7 Folder 3 | Boy Scouts, 1979 |
| Box 7 Folder 4 | Brochures, 1982-1991 |
| Box 7 Folder 5 | Chicago Theological Seminary, Disciples Divinity House, 57th Street Meeting of Friends, and Hyde Park Christian Reformed Church, correspondence and documents, 1977-1988 |
| Box 7 Folder 6 | Christian-Jewish relations, 1980-1988 |
| Box 7 Folder 7 | Church Federation of Chicago, 1977 |
| Box 7 Folder 8 | Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, correspondence, 1977-1987 |
| Box 7 Folder 9 | Church of St. Paul and the Redeemer, correspondence, 1967-1990 |
| Box 7 Folder 10 | City of Chicago, 1977-1981 |
| Box 7 Folder 11 | Common Cause, 1980-1981 |
| Box 7 Folder 12 | Community Food Pantry Project, correspondence and documents, 1982-1993 |
| Box 8 Folder 1 | Congregation Rodfei Zedek, correspondence, brochures, clippings, papers, 1974-1991 |
| Box 8 Folder 2-4 | Council of Hyde Park and Kenwood Churches and Synagogues, history, correspondence and documents, 1911-1976 |
| Box 8 Folder 5 | First Baptist Church, First Unitarian Church, Cornell Baptist Church, The Church of the Resurrection, Hyde Park Fellowship Assembly of God, and Hyde Park Seventh Day Adventist, correspondence and documents, 1965-1985 |
| Box 8 Folder 6 | Hokin Foundation, correspondence, 1977-1979 |
| Box 8 Folder 7 | Hyde Park Jewish Community Center, correspondence, 1977-1987 |
| Box 8 Folder 8 | Hyde Park-Kenwood Social Services Guide, 1978-1979 |
| Box 8 Folder 9 | Hyde Park-Kenwood Survey of Community Needs, 1981 |
| Box 9 Folder 1 | Hyde Park Lutheran Church, correspondence, 1972-1976 |
| Box 9 Folder 2 | Hyde Park Methodist Church, correspondence and documents, 1962-1971 |
| Box 9 Folder 3 | Hyde Park Union Church, correspondence, newsletters, annual reports, 1961-1991 |
| Box 9 Folder 4 | Illinois Central Community Hospital, 1975-1976 |
| Box 9 Folder 5 | Interreligious Task Force on Soviet Jewry, 1977-1986 |
| Box 9 Folder 6 | Jesuit School of Theology, correspondence, 1973-1981 |
| Box 9 Folder 7-8 | KAM Isaiah Israel, correspondence, pamphlets, newsletters, 1963- 1991 |
| Box 10 Folder 1 | Kenwood United Church of Christ, correspondence, annual reports, documents, 1960-1992 |
| Box 10 Folder 2 | Kiwanis Club, correspondence, 1974-1978 |
| Box 10 Folder 3 | Living Peace Baptist Church, correspondence and documents, 1981-1987 |
| Box 10 Folder 4 | Lutheran School of Theology, correspondence and documents, 1958-1987 |
| Box 10 Folder 5 | McCormick Theological Seminary, correspondence, 1982-1987 |
| Box 10 Folder 6 | Meadville/Lombard Theological School, correspondence, 1981- 1987 |
| Box 10 Folder 7 | National Council of the Churches of Christ, correspondence, reports, documents, 1977-1983 |
| Box 10 Folder 8 | Operation P.U.S.H., correspondence and documents, 1972-1979 |
| Box 10 Folder 9 | Program for Resource Sharing, 1977-1981 |
| Box 10 Folder 10 | Rockefeller Memorial Chapel, correspondence and documents, 1974-1986 |
| Box 10 Folder 11 | Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church, correspondence and documents, 1967-1986 |
| Box 10 Folder 12 | St. Ambrose Catholic Church, correspondence, 1963-1987 |
| Box 11 Folder 1 | St. Gregory of Nyassa Lutheran Church. Correspondence, 1977- 1983 |
| Box 11 Folder 2 | St. James United Methodist Church, correspondence and documents, 1976-1986 |
| Box 11 Folder 3 | St. Stephan's Church of Christ and St. Stephan's House, correspondence and documents, 1977-1982 |
| Box 11 Folder 4 | Swedenborgian Church in Chicago, Chicago Society of the New Jerusalem, correspondence, 1984-1987 |
| Box 11 Folder 5 | Tenth Church of Christ, Scientist, correspondence, 1982-1984 |
| Box 11 Folder 6 | Thanksgiving Service at Rockefeller Chapel, programs and posters, 1977-1991 |
| Box 11 Folder 7 | The Church Home, correspondence and documents, 1981-1989 |
| Box 11 Folder 8 | Together newsletter, 1981 |
| Box 11 Folder 9 | Union of American Hebrew Congregations, 1976 |
| Box 11 Folder 10 | United Church of Hyde Park, correspondence and documents, 1966-1992 |
| Box 11 Folder 11 | United Methodist Foundation, correspondence, 1973-1987 |
| Box 11 Folder 12 | University Church of Disciples of Christ, correspondence and documents, 1974-1990 |
| Box 11 Folder 13 | Vivekananda Vedanta Society, correspondence, 1973-1992 |
| Box 11 Folder 14 | White House and U.S. Senate, correspondence, 1979-1981 |
| Box 11 Folder 15 | Young Men's Christian Association (Y.M.C.A.), correspondence, brochures, and documents, 1952-1980 |
| Box 12 | Hyde Park and Kenwood Interfaith Council sponsored event posters, 1942-1992 |