Kadlec, Anna, Papers, 1898-1988 | Eastern Kentucky University - Special Collections and Archives

Physical Description: Photographs, school papers, news clippings and publications from the University of Chicago Settlement Schools.

Scope and Contents: The Kadlec Papers contain information pertaining to the settlement house movement in Chicago during the early twentieth century; in particular, the University of Chicago Settlement House. In addition, the researcher will find information about Miss Mary McDowell, who was an early advocate of the settlement house movement in Chicago. In this collection the researcher will find various pamphlets and articles from Anna's days as a student at the University of Chicago. There is also information about the Morris Packing Company in Chicago, where Anna Kadlec was employed after graduation from college in 1917. The collection includes pamphlets published by the Juvenile Protection Association of Chicago, personal collection, business correspondence related to Morris Packing Company and newspaper clippings relating to Miss Mary McDowell, Jane Addams and the settlement house movement. A unique item in the collection is a photograph of Dwight Eisenhower when he was a 2nd Lt. and a Tactical Officer in the Mexican Border Control, dated 1916.