Association for Family Living RecordsAn inventory of the collection at the University of Illinois at ChicagoInventory prepared by Margie Kollbocker.

Association for Family Living Records

An inventory of the collection at the University of Illinois at Chicago


Collection Summary
	Creator:	Association for Family Living
	Title:	Association for Family Living
	Dates:	1926-1967
	Abstract:	The Association for Family Living was an educational agency in Chicago concerned with improving marriage and family life. This collection covers the history and activities of the Chicago based Association for Family Living from its inception in 1926 through 1967.
	Quantity:	11 linear feet
	Identification:	FamilyLiving

Administrative History

The Association for Family Living was an educational agency in Chicago concerned with improving marriage and family life. This organization sought to provide educational opportunities for individuals and groups to develop the knowledge, skills, and values necessary for more effective family and community living.

The Association for Family Living was organized in 1925 under the name Chicago Association of Child Study. In 1926 the name was altered to The Chicago Association for Child Study and Parent Education to reflect the fuller coverage of services for families. It was incorporated under this name in 1930. The name changed again in 1938 to the Association for Family Living.

The association was administered by a Board of Directors. An Advisory Board made up of professionals from across the nation provided guidance and advice to the Board of Directors. Membership was available on an institutional, group, and individual level.

The first elected Board of Directors in 1926 included: Mrs. Samuel Lawton (chairman), Mrs. Harold B. Ickes (vice chairman), Mrs. Edw. Lowenthal (vice chairman), Mrs. Charles Schwartz (corresponding secretary), Mrs. Walter O. Wilson (recording secretary), Mrs. Adolph Schaar (treasurer), and four members-at-large: Mrs. Arthur Compton, Mrs. Kate Hirtenstein, Mrs. Emele Levy, and Mrs. L. J. Longini. Mrs. Samuel Lawton remained in the chairman position until 1938 and then continued on as honorary president until 1946. The title chairman changed to president when the final name change took place in 1938.

The headquarters, established at 220 South State Street in Chicago, were staffed by volunteers and supported by grants. Publication of the newsletter began in 1932. Counseling services began in 1932 and were expanded in 1937. The association hosted and/or participated in several annual conferences, which over the years included many notable professionals such as Margaret Mead. Jane Addams was requested to chair the association's first conference. The Association for Family Living also provided community education programs in local churches and organizations such as the YWCA, and housed a resource library at their headquarters.

This organization was listed in the annually published Social Service Directory Chicago from 1926 until 1969.

Scope and Contents

This collection covers the history and activities of the Chicago based Association for Family Living from its inception in 1926 through 1967. This collection includes minutes, financial records, correspondence, conference plans, manuscripts, speeches, newsletters, newspaper clippings, association histories, scrapbooks, and a few photographs.


Index Terms
	This record series is indexed under the following controlled access subject terms.
	Subjects:
		Association for Family Living (Chicago, Ill.)--Archives.
		Parenting--Study and teaching--Sources.
		Sex instruction--Sources.
		Teenage parents--Sources.

		Chicago Community Organizations
		Hull-House and Settlement House History
		Midwest Women's History

Detailed Description/Box and Folder Listing


Series I: Administrative Records
Box	Folder
		This series contains materials related to administrative activities such as minutes, financial reports, annual reports, correspondence, committee notes, association analysis, and a long range plan. This series is arranged chronologically.
Box	Folder
1	1	Board of Directors, lists of members, 1926-1967
	2	Meeting Minutes, Correspondence, 1924-1928
	3	Correspondence, 1926
	4	Correspondence, 1926
	5	Correspondence, 1926
	6	Correspondence,, 1926
	7	Correspondence-includes abstract of "The Pre-school Child and the Present Day Parent" by Arnold Gesell, M.D., 1926
	8	Correspondence, 1926
	9	Correspondence, 1926
	10	Correspondence, 1926
	11	Correspondence, 1926
	12	Correspondence, 1924-1927
	13	Correspondence, 1926-1927
	14	Correspondence, 1926-1927
	15	Annual reports, meeting minutes, correspondence, 1929
	16	Annual reports, meeting minutes, 1930-1935
	17	Board of Directors, lists of members, 1932-1938
Box	Folder
2	18	Annual report, by-laws, 1934
	19	Audit reports, 1930, 1934-1935
	20	Annual reports, 1935-1946
	21	Meeting minutes, 1935-1936
	22	Annual reports, 1935-1937
	23	Annual report, 1937
	24	Annual report, 1938
	25	Meeting minutes, 1937-1939
	26	Long range plan, undated
Box	Folder
3	27	Meeting minutes, 1939-1941
	28	Annual report, 1939
	29	Annual report, 1940
	30	Annual report 1941
	31	Annual report 1941
	32	Annual report 1942
	33	Meeting minutes, 1942-1944
	34	Annual report 1943
	35	Annual report 1944
	36	Annual report 1945
	37	Meeting Minutes, staff retreat, 1944-1945
	38	Consultation services report, 1945
	39	Meeting minutes, 1945
	40	Annual report, correspondence, 1946
	41	Meeting minutes, 1946-1947
	42	Treasurer's report, 1947
	43	Analysis for Committee on Evaluation and Objectives, 1948
	44	Treasurer's report, 1948
	45	Treasurer's report, 1948
Box	Folder
4	46	Meeting minutes, by-laws, Treasurer's report, 1948-1949
	47	Treasurer's report, 1949
	48	Audit report, 1949
	49	Board of directors, meeting minutes, treasurer's report, 1949-1952
	50	Meeting minutes-Personnel Standards Committee,, 1950
	51	Meeting minutes-psychiatric staff, 1950-1953
	52	Correspondence-annual spring conference, 1952
	53	Meeting minutes, annual reports, treasurer's reports, 1952-1953
	54	Correspondence, notes-Annual fall conference, 1953
	55	Correspondence, report-"Review of a Pilot research Project on the Member group of the Association for Family Living", 1953
	56	Treasurer's report,, 1953
	57	Study proposals, thesis, research committee minutes, 1953-1955
	58	Meeting minutes-personnel committee, 1954
Box	Folder
5	59	Meeting minutes, treasurer's reports, 1954-1957
	60	Manual for board members,, 1955
	61	Meeting minutes, correspondence, 1955-1956
	62	Committee reports, correspondence, 1957
	63	Meeting minutes, treasurer's reports, 1957-1960
	64	Meeting minutes, treasurer's report, 1962-1963
	65	Public affairs committee-reports and manuscripts, 1963
	66	Board of directors, meeting minutes, treasurer's reports, 1966-1967


Series II: Community Education and Programming
Box	Folder
		This series includes materials related to the association's conferences and community programs such as speech manuscripts, bound volumes of conference proceedings, lectures, community course outlines, and articles for World Book, a letter to Jane Addams requesting her to be chairman of the first conference, and a photograph and introductory biography of Margaret Mead who spoke at a conference in 1950. This series is arranged chronologically.
Box	Folder
6	67	Conference correspondence, speech manuscript--"The Motivation of the Young Child", 1926
	68	Conference materials-correspondence, speech manuscripts, 1926
	69	Proceedings of the Mid-west Conference on Parent Education, 1926
	70	Round table discussions-Mid-west Conference on Character Development, 1928
	71	Proceedings of the Mid-west Conference on Character Development, 1928
	72	Lecture series, 1929-1936
Box	Folder
7	73	Proceedings of the One Day Conference, -"Some talks on adolescence", 1929
	74	"Creative Possibilities of Art for Child"-Mid-west Conference on the Emotional Life of the Child, 1930
	75	Proceedings of the Mid-west Conference on the Emotional Life of the Child,, 1930
Box	Folder
8	76	One Day Conference-"Parent Relationship and the Child",, 1931
	77	"What is the Good Life for Modern youth?" by Dr. Goodwin Watson, 1931
	78	Conference talks-Parent Relationship and the Child-"What is the Good Life for Modern Youth", 1931
	79	General Sessions of the eighth annual spring conference, 1932
	80	Course outlines, 1936-1938
	81	One Day Conference-"Conflicting Drives of Parents and Children", 1937
Box	Folder
9	82	Lecture series-"A study of Personality", 1938
	83	"Present Day Tensions and Problems of Women", by Mrs. Mary R. Beard, 1940
	84	Course outlines-community education programs, 1944-1948
	85	Speeches and published articles 1943-1946
	86	"Principles Basic to Education for marriage and Family Life in the High School", by Lester A. Kirkendall, 1947
	87	Speeches, articles, radio talks, 1949
	88	Annual Fall Meeting-correspondence, schedules, presentations, 1949
	89	Proposal to institute and expand marital counseling services, 1947
	90	Radio broadcast transcriptions, 1949
Box	Folder
10	91	"For Better Family Living", by Elisabeth G. Mayer, 1950
	92	Spring conference 1950.
	93	Fall conference-"Sex Education and Sex Problems", by Milton I. Levine, M.D., 1951
	94	Fall conference-correspondence, presentations, 1952
	95	Correspondence and articles-World Book Encyclopedia, 1957
	96	Correspondence and "Parent Education" article, 1960
	97	Articles, 1960-1967
	98	Audio tapes-annual meeting, 1966


Series III: Publications and Publicity
Box	Folder
		This series contains the association's newsletters from 1941-1966, programs, flyers, staff photos, and newspaper publicity. This series is arranged chronologically.
Box	Folder
11	99	Programs and flyers, 1926-1943
	100	Newspaper publicity and publications, 1931-1944
	101	Staff photos and publications, 1944-1947
	102	Publicity, 1945-1948
	103	Newsletters, 1941-1949
	104	Newsletters, 1947-1968
Box	Folder
12	105	Newsletters, 1948-1957
	106	Newsletters, 1950-1959
	107	Newsletters, 1958-1964
	108	First Annual Eva Lawton Memorial Lecture Publication, 1960
	109	Newsletters, 1960-1969
	110	Newsletters, 1965-1966


Series IV: Scrapbooks and Association Studies
Box	Folder
		This series includes scrapbooks of newspaper references and articles from 1926-1964, scrapbooks of the association's activities from 1926-1942 and several association study projects. This series is arranged chronologically.
Box	Folder
13 (oversized)	111	Newspaper clippings scrapbook, 19, 1926-1928
	112	Newspaper clippings scrapbook, 1926-1928
	113	Newspaper clippings scrapbook, 1926-1928
	114	Newspaper clippings scrapbook, 1926-1928
Box	Folder
14 (oversized)	115	Newspaper clippings scrapbook, 1929-1930
	116	Newspaper clippings scrapbook, 1929-1937
	117	Newspaper clippings scrapbook, 1938-1940
	118	Newspaper clippings scrapbook, 1940-1945
Box	Folder
15 (oversized)	119	Newspaper clippings scrapbook, 1945-1946
	120	Newspaper clippings scrapbook, 1946-1951
	121	Newspaper clippings scrapbook, 1951-1956
	122	Newspaper clippings scrapbook, 1961-1963
	123	Newspaper clippings scrapbook,, 1963-1964
Box	Folder
16	124	Association activities scrapbook, 1926-1928
	125	Association activities scrapbook, 1928-1929
	126	Association activities scrapbook, 1930
	127	Association activities scrapbook, 1931-1934
	128	Association activities scrapbook, 1933
	129	Association activities scrapbook, 1934-1935
	130	Association activities scrapbook, 1934-1936
	131	Association activities scrapbook, 1936-1937
Box	Folder
17	132	Association activities scrapbook, 1937
	133	Association activities scrapbook, 1938-1939
	134	Association activities scrapbook, 1939-1940
	135	Association activities scrapbook, 1940
	136	Association activities scrapbook, 1941-1942
	137	Association activities scrapbook, 1941-1942
Box	Folder
18	138	Study Project of The Association for family Living, 1940
	139	The Association for Family Living: Its History, Organization, and Function, 1945
	140	Scrapbook-Association history and activities, 1950
	141	Study of Psychological Services for Children in Chicago, 1951