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Chester Commodore Papers

Chester Commodore was one of the most influential and acclaimed African-American cartoonists of the twentieth century. During the nearly 50 years his cartoons appeared in the Chicago Defender, Commodore used his art to advocate for racial justice, human rights, and equality of opportunity.

Records of The Northwestern University Settlement Association Evanston Woman's Board, 1911-1990

Boxes 1-3 contain records relating to the “Dollar Letter” program, spanning the years from 1928 through 1979. The President's Records, 1958-1981 (Boxes 3-6), contain annual reports, meeting agendas and minutes, correspondence, "Dollar Letters," financial records, and newspaper clippings. The Publicity Chair Notebook, 1968-1972, also contains meeting minutes and newspaper clippings. The Treasurer's Records, 1911-1983 (Boxes 6-7) contains deposit, withdrawal, and

Leo Kuper (1908-1994) papers

Leo Kuper was a South African born sociologist. In 1961 Kuper was appointed Professor of Sociology at the University of California at Los Angeles, where he remained until his retirement in 1976. While at U.C.L.A., he served for four years as the Director of the African Studies Center and also as a member of the Board of Directors of the

University of Illinois at the Medical Center -- Office of the Chancellor -- Office of Student Affairs -- Administrative Files

The Office of Student Affairs dealt with student housing, student employment, financial aid, student government, and other student services and extracurricular activities. In 1968, the Board of Trustees approved the appointment of Donald A. Boulton as Dean of Student Affairs, to begin January 1969 (Source: University of Illinois Board of Trustees Fifty-Fifth Report 1969-1970, November 22 1968, p. 176). Throughout

Susan Cayton Woodson papers

Art gallery owner Susan Cayton Woodson has been hailed for her work publicizing and preserving the art of the Chicago Renaissance period. Active with the Southside Community Art Center, she is a member of the famed Cayton family, and a descendent of Senator Hiram Revels.

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.

Chapin Hall for Children records

Correspondence, minutes of meetings, 1867-1958, admission and dismissal ledgers, financial records, case files, and other records of the organization, which provided day-care services for working mothers and served as a temporary shelter for dependent children and as an orphanage. The Chicago Nursery and Half-Orphan Asylum was known since the 1930s as Chapin Hall for Children (the name of its building

Gwendolen M. Carter papers

Gwendolen M. Carter was a South African specialist and a professor of political science and African studies. Carter first visited Africa in 1948 while working on a study of the British Commonwealth. Her scholarly interests immediately turned to that continent, and she returned to South Africa for a yearlong study in 1952. In addition to receiving Ford and Rockefeller Foundation

Vice President of Student Affairs and Student Services records

This collection includes various record groups related to Student Affairs and Service in addition to the continuing history of Lake Shore Student Government Association (LSGA).

Church Women United in Greater Chicago records

Correspondence, minutes, annual reports, newsletters, and membership directories of C.W.U. and its predecessor organizations of Protestant, and later Catholic, women in Chicago and suburbs for fellowship and service. Concerns administration and social service activities, including work with Juvenile Court, Cook County Jail and Chicago Residential Schools, World Day of Prayer, Mission Institutes, and May Fellowship Day. From 1919 to 1972,

John Jones papers

Notebook/scrapbook (ca. 1850s-1870s) with text of Fourth of July speech, comments, and pasted newspaper clippings compiled by John Jones about Africans and African Americans, politics, and history; freedom certificates issued to John and Mary Jones by the Madison County Circuit Court at Edwardsville (Ill.), and signed by William Brown, Clerk, 1844 Nov. 28; letter of Mary Jones to Albert Hager

Chicago Committee to Defend the Bill of Rights and related organizational records

Includes correspondence, minutes, and other files of the Chicago Committee to Defend the Bill of Rights (CCDBR), organized in 1960 to protect rights guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution, and of forerunner organizations that shared office files, including the Civil Rights Congress of Illinois, the Lightfoot Defense Committee, and the Smith Act Families Committee. The CCDBR staff also functioned as the

Near West Side Community Committee records

The Near West Side Community Committee was founded as the West Side Community Committee in 1938 to improve Chicago's 20th ward. The collection contains correspondence, photographs, financial records, directories, newsletters as well as the constitution and by-laws of the organization dating from 1947 to 1966.

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.

West End Block Club Records

Organized in 1961 in Evanston, Illinois, West End Block Club was a neighborhood organization that focused on general relaying and resolving neighborhood concerns, such as park maintenance, too many one way streets, traffic lights, and public safety on the West side of the Evanston, Illinois.

Leon Despres photograph collection

Includes photographs relating to the career of former Chicago 5th ward alderman Leon Despres of Chicago (Ill.). Includes portraits of Despres and views of Despres with other Chicago municipal officials, such as mayors Jane Byrne and Harold Washington. Despres is shown at various events, such as ground breaking ceremonies, elections, and meetings. Includes a group of large format photographs showing

CSC Oral History Research Program papers

The CSC Oral History Project conducted a Chicago-wide oral history program in the late 1960s. The collection is composed of tapes, transcripts, and preliminary research and contact information.

Edith T. Ross Collection

Edith Ross was an English teacher at Chicago's DuSable High School during the 1960s. She attended Western Illinois State College, and received her M.A. in 1951. A religious woman, Edith Ross was involved in her church, the Sixth Grace United Presbyterian Church of Chicago.

Illinois Commission on Human Relations collection

The Illinois Commission on Human Relations Collection includes official State of Illinois documents, Commission reports, biographical sketches of Commission staff, pamphlets, articles, and bibliographies on the issue of race.

Sheila Malkind Photographs

Malkind, a Chicago photojournalist, worked for the Ruth Page Foundation from 1981 to 1992. Her photographs primarily feature cultural life in Chicago, dance and performing arts events, as well as her personal life. The collection also includes clippings, correspondence, publicity materials, written work by Malkind and Ruth Page, and audio recordings.

Wirth, Mary Bolton. Papers

Social worker. Contains correspondence, manuscripts, reports, memoranda, interviews, articles, notes, notebooks, travel accounts, biographical material, and photographs. Papers document Wirth's active career as a social worker, especially in the area of Chicago public housing. Includes material relating to the Chicago Housing Authority for which Wirth served as Supervisor of Community and Tenant Relations (1952-1958), the Department of Urban Renewal, and

Office of the Chancellor -- Associate Chancellor -- South Campus Development records

The East Campus buildings of UIC were built in the 1960s. Since then the campus has been gradually expanding to other buildings such as the Sangamon Street building, the Gold Seal Building, and the Circle Court Building. The expansion of the University Southward is the first major expansion project. The area south of Roosevelt Road was considered in the University's

Richard Durham radio scripts

Photocopies of scripts by Richard Durham for 95 radio programs featuring biographies of outstanding African Americans that were broadcast on WMAQ Radio station (NBC, Chicago) in the series called Destination Freedom. Individuals discussed include Crispus Attucks, Jesse Owens, Langston Hughes, Nat King Cole, Ida B. Wells, Sugar Ray Robinson, Lonnie Johnson, and many others. Box 4 contains a history and

John Anthony Brooks photographs of CHA residents

Photographs of residents of apartments in the Rogers Park community area of Chicago (Ill.) whose rents were subsidized through the Chicago Housing Authority’s Section 8 program, allowing them to relocate from public housing projects that were in the process of being dismantled. Includes informal portraits of people inside their homes, usually posing or interacting with family members.

Steven Balkin Maxwell Street, Chicago Collection

Steven Balkin is a Professor of Economics at Roosevelt University. He is a member of the Maxwell Street Foundation, formerly known as the Maxwell Street Historic Preservation Coalition. Beginning in the mid-90s, Balkin began assembling materials related to the history of the Maxwell Street Market and neighborhood, including blues heritage, architecture, and community groups.