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When quoting material from this collection the preferred citation is:
Loeb, Hedwig L. Papers, [Box #, Folder #], Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library
Hedwig L. Loeb (1879-1981) graduated from the University of Chicago in 1902. In 1903 and 1904 she took graduate work in History and Political Science. During her lifetime she was active in numerous organizations. In 1902, she became a settlement worker for Hull House. She also was a caseworker for the American Red Cross. Loeb was a member of the League of Women Voters since 1920; charter member of the Independent Voters of Illinois; founder of Friends of Roosevelt University; vice president of World Federalists; as well as a life member of the United Nations Association; member of daughters of the Union Veterans of the Civil War, and a member of Dames of the Loyal Legion.
The papers consist of class notes and themes for courses in English, History, Political Science, and Sociology. Loeb's professors included James Weber Linn and George F. Reynolds in English; James Westfall Thompson, Edwin E. Sparks, Oliver J. Thatcher, Ferdinand W. Schwill, Benjamin Terry, Edward Gaylord Bourne, and Francis W. Shepardson in History; Harry Pratt Judson and Charles E. Merriam in Political Science; and George E. Vincent in Sociology.
The notes are unusually full and legible, offering potentially valuable information about classroom teaching at the beginning of the twentieth century. The English themes are accompanied by detailed faculty comments and criticisms.