The German Aid Society, Deutsche Gesellschaft von Chicago, was established in 1854 to assist German-speaking immigrants in Chicago. The society was financed through private contributions in the form of membership fees and through larger donations from German industrialists. It provided small sums of money, clothing, and health care expenses to German-speakers in need. It also operated a small employment office.
The collection consists of correspondence, minutes, financial records, case histories, policy statements, and annual reports. The records are primarily in German. The materials pertain to the economic conditions of recent German immigrants, patriotic German organizations, immigration regulations, and other American German Aid Societies.
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Series I
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| Box | Folder |
| 0 | 1 | Accordia Lodge of Chicago - anniversary issue, 1908 |
| 2 | Anniversary Issue - Volksfest der Deutschen Gesellschaft, 1943 |
| 3 | Annual reports, 1901-1907 |
| 4 | Annual reports, 1908-1910 |
| 5 | Annual reports, 1911-1913 |
| 6 | Annual reports, 1914-1917 |
| 7 | Annual reports, 1918-1921 |
| 8 | Annual reports, 1922-1931 |
| 9 | Applications for assistance, 1883 |
| 10 | Applications for assistance, 1883 |
| 11 | Applications for assistance, 1883-1884 |
| 12 | Applications for assistance, 1884 |
| 13 | Applications for assistance, 1884 |
| 14 | Applications for assistance, 1884 |
| 15 | Applications for assistance, 1884 |
| 16 | Applications for assistance, 1884-1885 |
| 17 | Applications for assistance, 1885 |
| 18 | Applications for assistance, 1885 |
| 19 | Applications for assistance, 1885 |
| 20 | Applications for assistance, 1885-1886 |
| 21 | Applications for assistance, 1886 |
| 22 | Applications for assistance, 1886 |
| 23 | Applications for assistance, 1886-1887 |
| 24 | Applications for assistance, 1887 |
| 25 | Applications for assistance, 1887 |
| 26 | Applications for assistance, 1887-1888 |
| 27 | Applications for assistance, 1888 |
| 28 | Applications for assistance, 1888 |
| 29 | Applications for assistance, 1888-1889 |
| 30 | Applications for assistance, 1889 |
| 31 | Applications for assistance, 1889 |
| 32 | Applications for assistance, 1889-1890 |
| 33 | Applications for assistance, 1890 |
| 34 | Applications for assistance, 1890 |
| 35 | Applications for assistance, 1890-1891 |
| 36 | Applications for assistance, 1891 |
| 37 | Applications for assistance, 1891 |
| 38 | Applications for assistance, 1891-1892 |
| 39 | Applications for assistance, 1892 |
| 40 | Applications for assistance, 1892 |
| 41 | Applications for assistance, 1892 |
| 42 | Applications for assistance, 1892-1893 |
| 43 | Applications for assistance, 1893 |
| 44 | Applications for assistance, 1893 |
| 45 | Applications for assistance, 1893 |
| 46 | Applications for assistance, 1893 |
| 47 | Applications for assistance, 1893 |
| 48 | Applications for assistance, 1893-1894 |
| 49 | Applications for assistance, 1894 |
| 50 | Applications for assistance, 1894 |
| 51 | Applications for assistance, 1894 |
| 52 | Applications for assistance, 1894 |
| 53 | Applications for assistance, 1894 |
| 54 | Applications for assistance, 1894 |
| 55 | Applications for assistance, 1894 |
| 56 | Applications for assistance, 1894 |
| 57 | Applications for assistance, 1894-1895 |
| 58 | Applications for assistance, 1895 |
| 59 | Applications for assistance, 1895 |
| 60 | Applications for assistance, 1895 |
| 61 | Applications for assistance, 1895 |
| 62 | Applications for assistance, 1895-1896 |
| 63 | Applications for assistance, 1896 |
| 64 | Applications for assistance, 1896 |
| 65 | Applications for assistance, 1896 |
| 66 | Applications for assistance, 1896-1897 |
| 67 | Applications for assistance, 1897 |
| 68 | Applications for assistance,, 1897 |
| 69 | Applications for assistance, 1897 |
| 70 | Applications for assistance, 1897 |
| 71 | Applications for assistance, 1897 |
| 72 | Applications for assistance, 1897-1898 |
| 73 | Applications for assistance, 1898 |
| 74 | Applications for assistance, 1898 |
| 75 | Applications for assistance, 1898 |
| 76 | Applications for assistance, 1898 |
| 77 | Applications for assistance, 1898 |
| 78 | Applications for assistance, 1898-1899 |
| 79 | Applications for assistance, 1899 |
| 80 | Applications for assistance, 1899 |
| 81 | Applications for assistance, 1899-1900 |
| 82 | Applications for assistance, 1900 |
| 83 | Applications for assistance, 1900 |
| 84 | Applications for assistance, 1900-1901 |
| 85 | Applications for assistance, 1901 |
| 86 | Applications for assistance, 1901-1902 |
| 87 | Applications for assistance, 1902 |
| 88 | Applications for assistance, 1902 |
| 89 | Applications for assistance, 1902-1903 |
| 90 | Applications for assistance, 1903 |
| 91 | Applications for assistance, 1903 |
| 92 | Applications for assistance, 1903-1904 |
| 93 | Applications for assistance, 1904 |
| 94 | Applications for assistance, 1904 |
| 95 | Applications for assistance, 1904 |
| 96 | Applications for assistance, 1904-1905 |
| 97 | Applications for assistance, 1905 |
| 98 | Applications for assistance, 1905 |
| 99 | Applications for assistance, 1905 |
| 100 | Applications for assistance, 1905-1906 |
| 101 | Applications for assistance, 1906 |
| 102 | Applications for assistance, 1906-1907 |
| 103 | Applications for assistance, 1907 |
| 104 | Applications for assistance, 1907-1908 |
| 105 | Applications for assistance, 1907-1908 |
| 106 | Applications for assistance, 1908 |
| 107 | Applications for assistance, 1908 |
| 108 | Applications for assistance, 1910 |
| 109 | Armack and Tolz, Nutzliches und Belehendes fur Deutsche Einwanderer, 1887 |
| 110 | Board of Trustees - minutes, 1898-1911 |
| 111 | Board of Trustees - minutes, 1911-1917 |
| 112 | Case histories, 1907-1908 |
| 113 | Chicago School of Languages - flyer, undated |
| 114 | Deutsch-Amerikanischen Nationalbund, 1907 |
| 115 | Executive Board, 1894-1898 |
| 116 | Financial Ledgers, 1920-1938 |
| 117 | Financial Ledgers, 1920-1938 |
| 118 | German Aid Society of the City of New York - annual reports, 1920-1928 |
| 119 | German Aid Society of the City of New York - guide, 1903 |
| 120 | German Aid Society of the City of New York - publications, 1934 |
| 121 | German Aid Societies of other cities - annual reports, 1903-1930 |
| 122 | German Aid Societies of other cities - annual reports, 1930-1939 |
| 123 | German Aid Society of San Francisco - 60th Anniversary Issue, 1914 |
| 124 | German Club of Chicago -World's Fair Souvenir Year Book, 1933 |
| 125 | Germania Lodge of Chicago - anniversary issue, 1905 |
| 126 | Germania Mannerchoir - German-American Library Committee, 1891 |
| 127 | Mithra Lodge of Chicago - anniversary issue, 1914 |
| 128 | North American Singers' Union - Centennial Celebration, 1949 |
| 129 | Plan of Jackson Park - the German Exhibit in the World's Columbian Exposition, 1893 |
| 130 | Policy statement and historical background, 1896 |
| 131 | Presidents and secretaries - lists, 1911 |
| 132 | Prospectus - Germania Mannerchoir, 1896-1897 |
| 133 | Receipts, 1916 |
| 134 | Receipts, 1916 |
| 135 | Receipts, 1916 |
| 136 | Receipts, 1916 |
| 137 | Receipts, 1916 |
| 138 | Receipts, 1916 |
| 139 | Requests, 1907 |
| 140 | Schiller Lodge of Peoria - anniversary issues, 1902-1909 |
| 141 | Schwaben Verein von Chicago - annual reports, 1935 |
| 142 | Schwaben Verein von Chicago - Century of Progress Exposition - souvenir issue, 1933 |
| 143 | Sixtieth anniversary issue, 1914 |
| 144 | Solicitations for contributions - English, 1908 |
| 145 | Solicitations for contributions - German, 1897-1933 |
| 146 | Steuben Society of America - national convention, 1924 |
| 147 | Swiss Aid Society of Chicago - annual reports, 1908-1918 |
| 148 | Swiss case histories handled by German Aid Society, 1908 |
| 149 | Swiss case histories handled by German Aid Society, 1908 |
| 150 | Swiss case histories handled by German Aid Society, 1909 |
| 151 | Swiss case histories handled by German Aid Society, 1909 |
| 152 | U.S. Department of Justice - registration of German Alien Females - booklet, 1918 |
| 153 | Waldeck Lodge of Chicago - anniversary issue, 1921 |
| 154 | Warnungen und Aufklarungen - leaflet, undated |
| 155 | Women's Trade Union League of Illinois - Immigration Committee - correspondence, 1907 |
| 156 | Scrapbook, 1873-1896 |
| 157 | Scrapbook, 1901-1902 |
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Supplement II
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| Box | Folder |
| 1 | 1 | Accounting journal, 1942-1952 |
| 2 | Accounting journal, 1942-1960 |
| 3 | Accounting journal, 1963-1969 |
| 4 | Accounting journal, 1973-1975 |
| 5 | Annual report, 1916-1931 |
| 6 | Annual filings to Secretary of State, 1963-1979 |
| Box | Folder |
| 2 | 7 | Bank account books, 1902-1951 |
| 8 | Blank letterhead and envelopes, undated |
| 9 | Building tenancy - correspondence, 1942-1952 |
| 10 | Bulletin - "Money", undated |
| 11 | Bulletin -"Some thoughts about a New Project", undated |
| 12 | By Laws of the German Aid Society, 1948-1966 |
| 13 | Care - Relief for Germany - order book, 1946-1948 |
| 14 | Carl Schurz Memorial Foundation, Inc. - Program, 1955 |
| 15 | Christmas donations - appeal to past supporters, 1965-1977 |
| 16 | Christmas donations - receipts, disbursements, appeal records, 1960-1969 |
| 17 | Contributions received - bulletin, 1916-1955 |
| 18 | Corporation certificate, 1883 |
| 19 | Correspondence, 1920-1978 |
| 20 | Distribution of Office Cash, 1949-1950 |
| 21 | Estimated insurable amount report, 1951 |
| Box | Folder |
| 3 | 22 | Expenses and Christmas donations, 1914-1950 |
| 23 | Expenses - Book 4, 1942-1946 |
| 24 | Expenses - Book 5, 1947-1951 |
| 25 | Expenses - Book 6, 1951-1954 |
| 26 | Expenses, 1954-1958 |
| 27 | Expenses, 1958-1959 |
| 28 | Financial reports, 1950-1951 |
| 29 | Financial reports, 1951-1952 |
| 30 | Financial reports, 1952-1953 |
| 31 | Financial reports, 1953-1954 |
| Box | Folder |
| 4 | 32 | Financial reports, 1954-1955 |
| 33 | Financial reports, 1955-1956 |
| 34 | Financial reports, 1956-1957 |
| 35 | Financial reports, 1957-1959 |
| 36 | Financial reports, 1964-1965 |
| 37 | Financial reports, 1965-1966 |
| 38 | Financial reports, 1966-1967 |
| 39 | Financial reports, 1967-1968 |
| 40 | Financial reports, 1968-1969 |
| 41 | Financial reports, 1969-1970 |
| 42 | Financial secretary's reports, 1949-1956 |
| 43 | German Society of the City of New York - pamphlets, 1967-1972 |
| Box | Folder |
| 5 | 44 | Groh, Frieda - correspondence, passport and receipts, 1941-1971 |
| 45 | Legislative report and index, 1977-1978 |
| 46 | List of yearly contributors, 1928-1945 |
| 47 | List of yearly contributors, 1944-1946 |
| 48 | List of yearly contributors, 1945-1950 |
| 49 | List of yearly contributors, 1945-1959 |
| 50 | Magazine - Saxon story, 1982 |
| 51 | Membership list of dues and donations, 1934-1944 |
| Box | Folder |
| 6 | 52 | Membership list of dues and donations, 1939-1950 |
| 53 | Membership list of dues and donations, 1950-1955 |
| 54 | Minutes, 1959-1967 |
| 55 | Newspaper clippings, 1943-1963 |
| 56 | Notes and clippings, undated |
| 57 | Pamphlets, 1911-1958 |
| 58 | Photograph - Dr. Albert Borchert, undated |
| 59 | Photograph - Herman Hintzpeter, undated |
| 60 | Photograph - Joseph Martini, undated |
| 61 | Presidents reports, 1950-1952 |
| 62 | Receipts, 1929-1969 |
| 63 | Receipts - composition book, 1951-1955 |
| 64 | Receipts - composition book, 1955-1959 |
| 65 | Secretary's reports, 1943-1955 |
| 66 | Steinmetz, Dr. Charles - biographical sketch, photograph, 1966 |
| 67 | Tax returns, 1956-1975 |
| Box | Folder |
| 7 | 68 | Treasurers receipts, 1945-1947 |
| 69 | Treasurers receipts, 1947-1951 |
| 70 | Treasurers reports, 1949-1950 |
| 71 | Trial balance book, 1928-1946 |
| 72 | Trial balance book, 1946-1950 |
| 73 | Women's Auxiliary of the German Aid Society - minutes, 1942-1943 |
| 74 | Women's Auxiliary of the German Aid Society - minutes, 1943-1959 |
| Box | Folder |
| 8 (oversized) | 75 | Expenses, 1941-1947 |
| 76 | Minutes, 1928-1943 |
| 77 | Minutes, 1943-1950 |
| Box | Folder |
| 9 (oversized) | 78 | Membership list of dues and donations, 1923-1940 |
| 79 | Scrapbook, undated |
