What is the ethnic history of Chicago’s Taylor Street?
Answer: Jane Addams labeled the community as “The Hull House Neighborhood.” One of the first newspaper articles ever written about Hull House (Chicago Tribune, May 1890) acknowledges the following invitation sent to the residents of the “Hull House Neighborhood.” It begins with the following salutation: “Mio Carissimo Amici”…and is signed, Le Signorine, Jane Addams and Ellen Starr. Read more…
The most important criticism is the failure to reference the symbiotic relationship that existed between Hull House and the residents of “The Hull House Neighborhood.” Quoting the Taylor Street Archives: UIC: Flawed Hustory, Taylor Street’s Little Italy was the laboratory upon which the Hull House elite had tested their theories and formulated their challenges to the establishment. Read more…
January 20, 2011
Presentation to the U of I Trustees
Chicago Campus
Vince Romano
The Hull House Museum, under the guardianship of the UIC, is the primary outlet for the dissemination of information to the public. Consistent with the code of the International Community of Museums, the Museum preserves the legacy of the Jane Addams Hull House and the Neighborhood it served. Read more…
By Vince Romano
September 2006
“History should include the stories of those who lived it.” - Lisa Lee, Director of the Hull House Museum. “You talk the talk, but do you walk the walk?” -Full Metal Jacket.
“If our generation doesn’t act now, and act boldly, to preserve and remember and disseminate the Italian American past, it will die.” -Dominic Candeloro, noted historian and writer. Read more…