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Era Bell Thompson papers
Era Bell Thompson, author of American Daughter and Africa, Land of My Fathers, was a pioneering photo-journalist for Ebony and international editor for Johnson Publishing Company for over thirty years. She was also an important figure in the Chicago Renaissance; her ties to the Vivian G. Harsh Collection span nearly 50 years.
United Woodlawn, Inc. Records
The collection documents efforts on behalf of neighborhood improvement projects undertaken by United Woodlawn, Inc.
Alice Tregay Papers
Alice Lucille Tregay (Hicks) was born November 14, 1929 in Evanston, Illinois. She is one of three siblings; she has three children with her husband James Tregay, and has six grandchildren. She attending Evanston Township High School and later graduated from Roosevelt University. Throughout her life, Tregay was known as a political activist, advocating for civil rights issues. She worked
Fred D. Hubbard collection
The Fred D. Hubbard Collection includes issues of the Independent People's Organization (I.P.O) newsletter, plus a campaign flyer for his 1967 run for the Office of Alderman of Chicago's 2nd Ward.
Art Resources in Teaching Records
Art Resources in Teaching was founded as the Chicago Public School Art Society in 1894 at Hull-House. It was led by Ellen Gates Starr and included a group of women from the Chicago Woman’s Club. Its goal was to serve young people in the inner city. It did this initially by refurbishing classrooms and by providing art appreciation lectures and
Barbara Shepherd papers
Barbara Shepherd worked on the 1940 American Negro Exposition (ANE) held at the Chicago Coliseum. She also served in staff positions in several social service organizations.
Evalyn Hamilton papers
Evalyn Hamilton, the first coordinator of the Vivian G. Harsh Society, was also active in “Go On Girl! Book Clubs” in Chicago.
Illinois Coalition Against Domestic Violence records
The Illinois Coalition Against Domestic Violence (ICADV) is a private, not-for-profit corporation composed of member organizations throughout the state which are committed to the common goal of preventing and eliminating domestic violence by providing a statewide network of services and through exposing and educating about the roots of such violence. The Coalition was founded in January, 1978 when representatives from
Joe Jacobs papers
Biographical materials, correspondence, research files, legal documents, newsletters, press releases, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks (2 volumes; newsclippings 1938), and other papers of Joe Jacobs, a Chicago labor lawyer. Most of the collection relates to Jacobs' work with labor unions, including the Chicago Teachers Union, Upholsterers' International Union, United Steelworkers of America, Amalgamated Transit Union, and Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences -- Department of Black Studies -- Grace Holt papers
Grace Holt was an instructor at UIC for 22 years. In addition to teaching in the Department of Speech and Theatre and the Black Studies Program (African-American Studies Department), Professor Holt was active in the UIC community throughout her career and became involved in women's and African-American issues at the national level. Professor Holt was a pioneer both for promoting
Winnie Wright, Age 11 Film Project elements
Winnie Wright, Age 11 is a 26-minute 1974 film by Kartemquin Films. Winnie, the daughter of a steel worker and a teacher lives in Gage Park, a Chicago neighborhood that is changing from white to black. Her family struggles with racism, inflation and a threatened strike, as Winnie learns what it means to grow up white, working class, and female.
Eugene Winslow papers
Eugene Winslow was born on Nov. 17, 1919. He attended Froebel High School in Gary, Indiana and received a B.A. degree from Dillard University in New Orleans in 1943. Winslow graduated from the TAAF School in Tuskegee, Alabama during World War II attaining the rank of 2nd Lieutenant. He later served in the U.S. Air Force Reserve attaining the rank
Office of the President records
The Office of the President collection contains the records of the past seven presidents of Chicago State University: Milton Bruce Byrd, 1966-1974 Benjamin H. Alexander, 1974-1982, 7 folders George Edward Ayers, 1982-1989, 2 folders Harold Delaney, 1982-1990, 1 folder Dolores E. Cross, 1990-1997, 5 folders Avan, Billimoria, 1997-1998 Elnora D. Daniels, 1998-2008, 10 binders
Catholic Inter-Racial Council of Chicago records
CIC was established in 1945. The name is sometimes spelled Catholic Interracial Council.
Greater Lawndale Conservation Commission records
The Greater Lawndale Conservation Commission was a community organization serving Chicago's central west side neighborhood of Lawndale. The collection consists of correspondence, minutes, programs, legal and financial records, clippings, and published material.
Records of the Evanston-North Shore Branch of the NAACP
This collection, which fills two archival boxes, consists of materials collected by a NAACP member, who was at one time a member of the national executive committee. The records for the most part date between the years 1996 and 2003. Constitutions and bylaws for both the national NAACP and those that pertain to all of its branches are part of
Starr, Frederick. Papers
Frederick Starr (1858-1933) Assistant professor of anthropology, University of Chicago, 1892-95; associate professor, 1895-1923. Curator of the anthropological section, Walker Museum, University of Chicago, 1895-1923 Contains professional and personal correspondence; research material; field notebooks; diaries; class lecture notes; memorabilia; photographs; bibliographies; and scrapbooks. Correspondents include Frank Boas, W.E.B. Du Bois, Federico Gamboa, William Rainey Harper, John Haynes Holmes, Jenkin Lloyd
Illinois Commission on the 50th Anniversary of Brown vs. Board of Education records
These records detail the planning and execution of the Commemorative Celebration of the 50th Anniversary of Brown v. Topeka Board of Education on May 17, 2004, hosted by Chicago State University. The collection includes financial records, programs, research notes, newspaper clippings, two CDs and a computer hard drive.
Quentin Young Papers 1937-2002
The Quentin Young papers consist of 47 boxes, and contain a wide variety of papers relating to Young's personal life and the organizations he was affiliated with. Since the 1960's, Young had been an advocate for progressive policy reform in medicine, having founded both the Medical Committee for Human Rights and the Chicago-based Health and Medicine Policy Research Group, and
The Sophia Fund records
Correspondence and other operating files of The Sophia Fund, a Chicago-based foundation that supported women's organizations and projects. Collection includes grant applications, reports, brochures, newsletters, newsclippings, etc. produced by and about groups that received funding. Topics include pro-choice advocacy and reproductive rights, prevention of violence against women, rape counseling, and economic justice. The files include information on the agencies and
Black Ensemble Theater Company Records
The Black Ensemble Theater was founded in 1976 by noted actress, producer and playwright Jackie Taylor. The collection includes reviews and promotional pieces for such productions as Taylor's The Other Cinderella and Muddy Waters: The Hoochie-Coochie Man in addition to administrative and financial records dating from the company's inception.
Kuumba Theatre Company collection
Large collection featuring production history files, administrative records and artistic files. Includes information on Kuumba's nationally recognized productions: The Amen Corner, The Little Dreamer and In the House of the Blues. Affiliation files in the administrative series document a wide range of artistic, political and social groups with which Kuumba maintained connections."
Shorefront Legacy Center Publications Collection
Shorefront Legacy Center began as a response to a lack of documentation concerning the African-American experience in and around Evanston, Illinois's North Shore. Shorefront seeks to promote, preserve, educate, and offer and outlet for research of local African-American history. As part of this mission, the Center has produced, and continues to produce, several publications related to its efforts. The collection
Booker T. Washington Progressive Club album
Richard Henry Williamson (1865 - 1953) was a retired railroad porter who founded the Booker T. Washington Progressive Club in 1936 based on a dream of promoting equality and goodwill between all people in the North Shore area. The Zion civic and social organization, named for the founder of the Tuskegee Institute, was a primarily black organization that was active
Chicago Teachers Union records
The records of the Chicago Teachers Union are primarily textual and include meeting minutes and agendas, correspondence, reports, financial information, contracts, publications, clippings, flyers, scrapbooks, materials for mass distribution, and general office files created by the CTU, the Men’s Teachers Union, the Federation of Women High School Teachers, the Joint Board of Teachers’ Unions and the American Federation of Teachers.