{"id":295,"date":"2008-11-06T11:39:47","date_gmt":"2008-11-06T17:39:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.lib.luc.edu\/locl\/2008\/11\/06\/library-speaker-series-ellen-skerrett\/"},"modified":"2026-01-12T15:38:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T21:38:16","slug":"library-speaker-series-ellen-skerrett","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/2008\/11\/06\/library-speaker-series-ellen-skerrett\/","title":{"rendered":"Library Speaker Series &#8211; Ellen Skerrett"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"left\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.lib.luc.edu\/locl\/files\/2008\/10\/skerrett.jpg\" title=\"skerrett.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" align=\"right\" width=\"181\" src=\"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/files\/2008\/10\/skerrett.jpg\" alt=\"skerrett.jpg\" height=\"189\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Join social historian Ellen Skerrett for an illustrated slide <a rel=\"attachment wp-att-285\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.lib.luc.edu\/locl\/2008\/10\/24\/reclaiming-loyola-universitys-chicago-roots\/285\/\" title=\"skerrett.jpg\"><\/a>lecture, as she highlights discoveries she m<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-285\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.lib.luc.edu\/locl\/2008\/10\/24\/reclaiming-loyola-universitys-chicago-roots\/285\/\" title=\"skerrett.jpg\"><\/a>ade in researching and writing Loyola&#8217;s first published history.\u00a0<em> Born in Chicago: A History of Chicago&#8217;s Jesuit University<\/em> reclaims Loyola&#8217;s urban roots and explores the evolution of the university from its beginnings in 1870 on the city&#8217;s Near West Side. Immediately following her lecture, Ellen Skerrett, will be available to sign her book.\u00a0 A reception will follow.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">She is the co-author of Chicago, City of Neighborhoods (1986) and Catholicism, Chicago Style (1993). Ms. Skerrett has been a consultant for the Jane Addams Papers Project, Duke University; project coordinator &amp; associate editor for the University of Illinois at Chicago&#8217;s &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.uic.edu\/jaddams\/hull\/urbanexp\/\">Urban Experience in Chicago: Hull House and its Neighborhoods<\/a>&#8221; website; and the primary scholar advisor for &#8220;Catholic Chicago&#8221; exhibit at the Chicago History Museum.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Date &amp; Location<\/strong>:<br \/>\nThursday,\u00a0November 13, 2008 &#8211;\u00a06:00 pm<br \/>\nInformation Commons, 4th Floor<br \/>\n6501 N. Kenmore Avenue<br \/>\nLake Shore Campus<\/p>\n<p>Free Admission. Book signing and reception to follow.<br \/>\nReception co-sponsored by the Office of the President.\u00a0<br \/>\nRSVP to Carol Franklin at 773.508.2641 or <a href=\"mailto:cfrankl@luc.edu\">cfrankl@luc.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Join social historian Ellen Skerrett for an illustrated slide lecture, as she highlights discoveries she made in researching and writing Loyola&#8217;s first published history.\u00a0 Born in Chicago: A History of Chicago&#8217;s Jesuit University reclaims Loyola&#8217;s urban roots and explores the evolution of the university from its beginnings in 1870 on the city&#8217;s Near West [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":""},"categories":[5,1,13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=295"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7118,"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295\/revisions\/7118"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}