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Lake View Citizens' Council records, part 1 and part 2
Correspondence, meeting minutes, reports, financial records, clippings, and printed materials of the LVCC, a civic organization. Early files primarily relate to the conservation and improvement of homes, apartment buildings and businesses in the Lake View and Lincoln Park community areas of Chicago; later files include broader social service topics, such as parades and festivals, services for children and seniors, and
Student Protests and Strikes at Northwestern University, 1965-1979
The Student Protests and Strikes Collection consists of diverse materials that document political demonstrations and protests organized by students, spanning from August 1965 through October 1979. Each event included in this collection documents a segment of the history of Northwestern students' political activism. The collection as a whole illustrates the ascendance of political activism among NU students and faculty, both
William A. Sypher papers
Diaries (2 v., 1862 Sept. 2-1863 Dec. 31 and 1865 Jan. 1-1865 July 30, and notations through November 1865) of William A. Sypher, a private in Company A of the 42nd Ohio Infantry during the Civil War, and later pension application information (1890-1901). Handwritten entries made almost daily in diaries describe drills, training and maneuvers, weather conditions, and identify his
Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War records
These papers cover the Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War, primarily in respect to the Illinois Department. They also include documents pertaining to the Maywood Home for Soldiers' Widows.
Association House of Chicago records
Correspondence, minutes, financial records, staff handbooks, workshop materials, program reports, staff evaluations, newsletters, scrapbooks of newsclippings, and other materials created by staff, board members, community groups, and support groups affiliated with Association House, a Presbyterian-sponsored settlement house based in the West Town neighborhood of Chicago, concerning its administration, fund-raising, training of social workers and religious service workers, welfare services, day
Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union Midwest photographs
Includes photographs related to the activites of the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union. Images include groups pf people assembled for lectures, portraits of union leaders, and group portraits of union members. Also includes several views of union members at demonstrations and political rallies. There is also an album of group portraits taken at annual conventions held in Chicago and
Congress of Racial Equality, Chicago Chapter records
Correspondence, meeting minutes, reports, press releases, articles, newspaper clippings, maps, brochures and booklets, advertisements, newsletters, testimonials, and other administrative documents of the Congress of Racial Equality, Chicago Chapter (CORE); plus papers from CORE's national office and local branches in various regions of the United States; the Chicago Urban League; the Coordinating Council of Community Organizations; and other civil rights organizations.
Claude M. Lightfoot Collection of Visual Materials
Claude M. Lightfoot was a prominent African American official in the Communist Party (CPUSA). He was highly visible and active on local, national and international levels and often represented the CPUSA in Eastern European and other Communist countries. Lightfoot was politically active from his teen years until his death in 1991.
Fritz Pollard papers
An early and exceptional football star, Fritz Pollard played for Lane Tech High School, Brown University, and in the National Football League.
LeRoy Winbush design papers
LeRoy Winbush is an African-American design consultant who became famous for his innovative work with elaborate advertising displays in Chicago's financial district. The LeRoy Winbush Design Papers consist of publications designed by LeRoy Winbush, promotional information for Winbush Associates, an offprint of an article from Ebony profiling LeRoy Winbush, as well as Winbush's resume.
Kitchel Family and Tyrrell Family papers
Family letters, some on Chicago (Ill.) letterheads, by Charles W. Tyrrell and his mother, H.D. Kitchel, and Harriet T. Kitchel.
Bronzeville Artifacts Grand Theatre tickets, 1950s
Three tickets to the Grand Theatre, 3110 S. State Street, Chicago with face value of 25 cents each. Artifact.
George Washington Rains slavery document
Special orders issued at Office, Columbus Arsenal, Madison, Georgia, by Colonel Rains, Chief of Ordnance, regarding the transportation of people enslaved by the Nitre and Mining Bureau.
Program of African Studies Lecture Series Audiotapes 1965-1978
The Northwestern University Archives’ audiotapes from Program of African Studies lectures date from the period 1965-1974. They include recordings from the Monday Night Lecture Series, which sponsored speakers to visit Northwestern’s Africa House and speak on some topic relating to Africa. Speakers ranged from academics to political figures to authors and artists and included members of Northwestern faculty and staff
Patricia Liddell Researchers (PLR) archives
In 1989 the Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society (AAHGS), based in Washington, D.C., invited several members of the Harsh Researchers to organize as the Chicago Chapter of the Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society, Inc. Founding members Dr. Adlean Harris, Curtis Brasfield, CGRS, and Robert Miller, Harsh Collection curator, were listed on the application, representing 22 other charter members. In March
Edith Wilson papers
Highly regarded as a blues singer and vaudeville performer by the 1920s, Edith Wilson went on to perform on radio, television, and as a spokeswoman for the Quaker Oats Company. Wilson was born Edith Goodall on September 2, 1896 in Louisville, Kentucky to Susan Jones and Hundley Goodall. After performing locally in her youth and at Louisville’s Park Theater, Wilson
Victor Storino papers on United Steelworkers of America, Local 1033
Union constitutions, union convention materials, collective bargaining agreements, benefit plans, workplace safety, and other job and union related manuals, agendas, meeting minutes, newsletters, and notes of Victor Storino, the last president of United Steelworkers of America, Local 1033. Also included are materials from the Republic Engineered Steels Partnership Committee meetings, which Storino attended in 1997.
North Side Cooperative Ministry records
The North Side Cooperative Ministry, formally organized in 1963, was a non-profit cooperative ministry composed of eight Protestant denominations concerned with such issues as racial discrimination in housing, day care facilities, mental health services, neighborhood public schools, and the Vietnam anti-war movement. The collection consists of correspondence, constitutions and by-laws, reports, financial records, photographs, and published materials.
Harold Washington’s Political Education Project (PEP) records
Harold Lee Washington (1922-1987) served as Mayor of the city of Chicago from 1983 until his death in 1987. The Political Education Project (PEP) was formed in 1984 from members of Washington’s mayoral campaign staff. The organization served as Washington’s political arm, organizing delegates to the 1984 Democratic National Convention, Washington’s 1987 mayoral re-election campaign and the campaigns of his
Bari-Ellen Roberts papers
In March of 1994, Bari-Ellen Roberts became the lead plaintiff in the largest class action discrimination suit in history. “I’ve never been afraid to compete with white people. I’ve been doing it since I was a child.” These are the challenging words that introduce Bari-Ellen Roberts to the reader of her book, Roberts vs. Texaco.
Paul H. Douglas 1967 photograph albums
One album shows neighborhood parks in Philadelphia. A second album contains photographs of "In Our Time," a 1967 television show featuring Douglas with guests.
Unprocessed photos collection
Illinois Institute of Technology was created in 1940 by the merger of two Chicago technical colleges (both opened in the 1890s), Armour Institute of Technology (AIT) and Lewis Institute. IIT continued the engineering, architecture, science, humanities, and home economics programs taught by Armour and Lewis, making higher education available to both men and women. IIT’s student body has always included
Judge Sidney A. Jones, Jr. papers
Correspondence, publications, programs, legal documents, newspaper clippings, photographs, and writings by and about Judge Sidney A. Jones, Jr., attorney, alderman of the 6th Ward, Cook County Circuit Court judge, and mayoral appointee as director of the Mayor's License Commission under Mayor Harold Washington in the 1980s. A portion of the collection documents his involvement in various fraternities, clubs, and religious
Princeton Park Homes collection
Letters, promotional brochure, newspaper and journal articles on Princeton Park Homes (Chicago, Ill.) housing development built in the 1940s for African American defense workers, especially from the South. Later letters from O'Toole and Russell Higgins recall their roles in financing and construction of homes, support from Mayor Edward Kelly, and opposition from community. Also present is a 1965 report on
Citizens Alert records
Citizens Alert was created in 1967 in Chicago, Illinois as an organization to help victims of police brutality. Since that time, it broadened its role into that of police watchdog group and sought to improve relations between the police and the communities they served.