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Collection of Woodlawn and Hyde Park neighborhood slides
Color 35mm slides of the Woodlawn and Hyde Park neighborhood communities photographed by Tom Staniszewski. Images document deterioration in the built environment of these neighborhoods, including schools, churches, cemeteries, social service facilities, and storefronts. Notable buildings include Tower Theater, Wedgewood Hotel, Holy Cross Roman Catholic Church, and 63rd Street elevated train stations.
Slavery in North America Collection
The collection is comprised of various documents and letters from many sources which document slavery and the treatment of enslaved persons in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century, primarily in the United States. Documents include several bills of sale, a memorandum describing the slave trade in Havana (1783), estate inventories, public notices, letters, deeds, a will, and an indemnity bond. A
Civil War African American troops muster rolls and rosters
Collection of miscellaneous muster rolls, rosters, and payment vouchers for African American soldiers in the U.S. Army during the Civil War.
Haute Couture Club records
Newsletters, minutes, correspondence, financial records, membership data, newspaper clippings, programs, photographs, and other working files of the Haute Couture Club (Chicago, Ill.).
League of Women Voters of Cook County records
The collection contains minutes of Board of Directors' annual meetings, correspondence, programs, studies, memoranda, pamphlets, annual reports, and surveys from 1923 until the present. The materials pertain to such issues as corrections, housing, health care, elections, the environment, and the organization of the League of Women Voters in Cook County.
Hoke Norris Papers
Collection of correspondence, works, research materials, and personal information by and about Hoke Norris, reporter, book reviewer, novelist, and public affairs director. Norris worked for several papers including the Raleigh News and Observer, the Winston-Salem Journal-Sentinel, the Chicago Sun-Times, and the Chicago Daily News.
UE/Wells Film Project elements
UE/Wells is a 15-minute 1975 film by Gordon Quinn, Jerry Blumenthal, and Guillermo Brzostowski. The film follows an organizing drive by the United Electrical Workers Union at the Wells Foundry in Chicago. The multi-ethnic work force of Polish, Arab, Jewish, Hispanic and African American men and women unite together despite the company's efforts to use race as a wedge to
Bruce Washington papers
Correspondence, photographs, and personal papers of Bruce Washington, an African American World War I veteran. Included are event programs from the Bethel A.M.E. Church on Dearborn Street in Chicago (Ill.), of which Washington was an active member, and magazines from the 1920s and 1930s, including six issues of The Crisis.
Willard Motley Papers
Willard Motley was born on July 14, 1909 into a middle class family in Chicago and grew up in the almost exclusively white neighborhood of Englewood. In fact, the Motley family was the only African-American family in their immediate neighborhood. Willard Motley was born to Florence Motley, but was raised by Florence's parents, Archibald Motley, Sr., and Mary "Mae" Motley.
Women's Suffrage collection
The Women's Suffrage Collection includes political pamphlets, published articles, clippings, correspondence, programs, reports, and other political literature representing the struggle of American women to secure the right to vote.
Sarah Ozella papers
The collection was donated by Sarah Ozella in effort to preserve documentation on Maudelle Bousfield, the first African American woman teacher/dean/principal of Wendell Phillips HS.
Ann Stull papers
Ann Stull was director of Friendship House in Chicago from 1951 to 1955. Friendship House was a Roman Catholic mission that preached and practiced racial tolerance in the pre-civil rights era.
Luther Barnes/Quincy Club records
Advocate for African American railroad workers. The Quincy Club accommodated Black railroad workers operating on the City of New Orleans railroad route along the Mississippi River. Their exclusion from ""white only"" Chicago hotels encouraged their creating their own community facilities.
Bernard Weisberg papers
Correspondence, research files, legal documents, meeting minutes, newsletters, press releases, newspaper clippings, booklets, and other personal papers of Bernard Weisberg, a Chicago human rights lawyer. Materials relate to Weisberg's involvement with the 1970 Illinois Constitutional Convention and to his legal work, especially as general counsel for the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Illinois. Topics include police activities, the 1968
Just the Beginning Foundation archives
Just the Beginning Foundation is a not-for-profit organization founded in 1992 to honor Judge James Benton Parsons, the first African American appointed to the U.S. District Court with life tenure. JTBF’s mission is to highlight the accomplishments of African Americans in the federal judiciary, and to provide education and outreach to youth on career opportunities in the legal profession.
James Taylor Graves papers
Civil War soldier and Congregational minister. The son of Rev. Horatio Nelson Graves and Martha (Arms) Graves, James Taylor Graves was born in 1841. He entered Yale with the Class of 1865, but left after his freshman year to join the Union army. Graves served for a year as a corporal in the 52nd Massachusetts Infantry, mainly in Louisiana, before
Samuel Hall receipt to Amos Botsford for enslaved woman, Prudence, manuscript
Wallingford. Receipt to Amos Botsford for sale of enslaved woman named Prudence, cost £50. Witnessed by Joshua Chandler and Damaris Hall.
Edgar McLean Papers
Correspondence, writings, and official military documents of 1st Lieutenant Edgar McLean. McLean fought for the Union in the Civil War with the 122nd Illinois Regiment, and then became a Lieutenant in the 110th U.S. Colored Infantry. Most correspondence was written by Edgar McLean’s mother and other relatives to him during his service.
Marillac House (Chicago, Ill.) records
Correspondence, minutes, financial records, studies, reports, and other papers (primarily in the form of photocopies) of Marillac House, a social settlement house on the West Side of Chicago operated by the Sisters of Charity of St. Vincent DePaul, a Roman Catholic order. Topics include African Americans, neighborhood organizations, race relations, and social action.
Sarah Sears deed of sale for enslaved Black girl
New Haven. Deed of sale to Amos Botsford for enslaved Black girl. Witnessed by Eliam Raymond and Benjamin Jarvis, attached seal.
Thomas McReynolds papers
Correspondence of McReynolds, a resident of Macoupin County (Ill.); bill of sale (1832) to McReynolds for an enslaved girl from Kentucky; and a list of trustees of a Macoupin County school (1839). McReynolds describes Illinois and the Black Hawk War in an 1831 letter. Letters from his native Kentucky contain his father's description of a cholera epidemic (1835) and his
E. H. Duckworth Photograph Collection
Edward Harland Duckworth (1893-1972) was Inspector of Education in Nigeria from 1930 to 1953. He was the founder and editor of the magazine Nigeria, and fought for the recognition of Nigerian arts and crafts, the establishment of museums and the preservation of “antiquities,” and above all for a wider concept of education.
Kale Williams papers
Reports, publications, correspondence, memoranda, briefings, research materials, and newspaper clippings comprising the papers of Kale Williams, former director of the Midwest Office of the American Friends Service Committee and the Leadership Council for Metropolitan Open Communities. In 1951, he began his career with the American Friends Service Committee. Williams also worked as a part of the Chicago Freedom Movement with
Pauline Williams Papers
Pauline Williams (1911-2005) was an African-American community leader who lived most of her life in Evanston, Illinois. She was an active member in a number of social and civic clubs and organizations in Evanston throughout her life. The Pauline Williams papers contain material related to her work with these organizations and her interest in African-American history. The collection spans from
O'Quinn Family papers, 1943-1984.
The O'Quinns are perhaps best known for the O'Quinn Royal Gladiators Drum and Bugle Corps, which they founded in 1962. The Corps have "posted the colors" in numerous community and city events, won awards, and traveled nationwide, while providing recreation and training for hundreds of boys and girls. The Drum and Bugle Corps evolved out of the Fine Arts Academy