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Carter Temple C. M. E. Church archives
Carter Temple Christian Methodist Episcopal church was founded in 1921. Carrie McMorris, a longtime member of the congregation, donated this collection.
Ada Williams Letters collection
Charles Hayes papers
Charles Hayes was a union leader in the United Packinghouse Workers of America and in two successor unions from the 1940s through the 1980s. He was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1983 to 1993.
Oscar DePriest Photograph collection
Portrait and group portrait photographs of Oscar DePriest, African American Congressman from Illinois' 1st District (Chicago's near South Side), and his family. Includes images of DePriest's son Oscar Stanton DePriest as a child and as a teenage member of the Lane Tech City Champs basketball team. Several photographs show a wedding reception, possibly for Oscar Stanton DePriest. Of the people
University of Chicago. African Studies Workshop. Records
The University of Chicago African Studies Workshop is an interdisciplinary forum conducted and operated under the auspices of the University Council for Advanced Studies. The collection of African Studies Workshop Records contains administrative data such as period evaluations by the Council for Advanced Studies, participant lists, requests for refunding, meeting agendas, invitations to present and related correspondence, as well as
Black Radical Congress Archive
The Black Radical Congress or BRC is an organization founded in 1998 in Chicago. It is a grassroots network of individuals and organizations of African descent focused on advocating for broad progressive social justice, racial equality and economic justice goals within the United States.
Herbert Simmons papers
Born in St. Louis in 1931, Herbert Simmons was one of the earliest Black genre crime writers. His protagonists fought the restrictive nature of white society toward Black men.
United Steelworkers of America, Local 2374 (Chicago, Ill.) records
Grievances, memoranda, membership materials, correspondence, agreement booklets, pension and insurance plan booklets, newsletters, a ledger, and other records of the United Steelworkers of America, Local 2374 in Chicago (Ill.). Local 2374 was the union for Continental Can Company's Clearing Plant located at 5401 West 65th Street on Chicago's Southwest Side in the Clearing community area. Materials relate to company-worker relations,
Studs Terkel papers
Correspondence, playbills, photographs, newspaper clippings, and other materials concerning the work, career, and interests of author and oral historian Louis "Studs" Terkel. The collection contains interview transcripts and manuscripts for a number of Terkel's books including “Division Street” (1967), “Hard Times” (1970), “Working” (1974), “American Dreams” (1983), the Pulitzer Prize winning “The Good War” (1984) and “Race” (1992).
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
Lipscomb Collection : 1968 Democratic National Convention (Chicago) 1968
H. Alan Lipscomb became a Field Representative for the Northern Illinois University Swen Parson Library in August of 1968. He collected research material pertaining to the Democratic National Convention of 1968 and acquired the passes and credentials which gave him access to all convention activities.
IMPACT Archives
IMPACT was one of Chicago's earliest gay and lesbian political action committees. Formed in 1987, it charged itself with increasing politicians' responsiveness to the needs of Chicago's gay and lesbian community.
Friendship House (Chicago, Ill.) photograph collection, part 1
Friendship House was a Catholic interracial apostolate founded in Toronto in the early 1930s, then New York City in 1938, and established in Chicago in 1942. Friendship House Chicago closed its facilities on March 31, 2000.
Rev. J.H. Jackson and Olivet Baptist Church architectural drawings
Blueprints (9) documenting Rev. Joseph Harrison Jackson's residence (formerly the Harry Holton residence) at 4935-37 Kimbark Ave., Chicago, Ill. originally designed and constructed in 1926 by Chatten & Hammond and annotated diazo prints (3) of the Olivet Baptist Church (405 E. 31st Street, Chicago, Ill.) steeple constructed in 1978 and designed by Lester Johnson.
Office of the President records
Founded in 1949 as a branch of Chicago Teachers College on the North Side of Chicago and established as an independent institution in 1967, Northeastern Illinois State College was granted university status in 1971. Today, Northeastern Illinois University (NEIU) is a public state university serving approximately 12,000 students with more than 70 undergraduate and graduate programs in the arts, sciences,
William Earl Washington Jr. collection
The William Earl Washington Jr. Collection contains materials related the fmaily of William Earl Washington Jr. The William Earl Washington Jr. collection spans from 1847 through 1979 and is comprised of six series containing family documents, Washington family genealogical records, photographs, realia, Sears Catalogs, and books.
June Dolnick papers
Correspondence, reports, lists, and other papers of June Dolnick, related to her work with community organizations in Chicago (Ill.), especially in the Englewood, Near West Side, Kenwood, and Hyde Park neighborhoods. Topics include neighborhood conservation, the impact of urban renewal and redevelopment plans, and housing. Organizations represented include the Green Street Association.
Project IRENE records
Project IRENE began as a result of the initiative of Leadership Conference of Women Religious Region 8, July 1996. The shortened name of this organization is derived from the first letters of the formal title: Illinois Religious Engaging Nonviolent Endeavors. Its mission is to create systemic change through legislation related to decreasing violence against women and children in Illinois. The
United Steelworkers of America, District 31 records
Correspondence, reports, minutes, contracts, grievances, arbitrations, appeals to the international union, dues reports, political campaign materials, newsletters, newsclippings, publications, and other records related to the operations of the United Steelworkers of America, District 31, serving northern Illinois and Indiana, and to the activities and policies of USWA's international office in Pittsburgh (Pa.). Topics include the Steelworkers Organizing Committee, local unions
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.
Jazz Textile. Collection
The Jazz Textile Collection contains t-shirts promoting jazz-related events and organizations. The t-shirts date from around the mid-1990s through 2001.
Hugh Holton Papers
Chicago policeman and police fiction author. Holton's papers consist of his published and unpublished works, book production and promotional materials (including posters), awards and certificates, clippings, correspondence, photographs, and a full working police uniform.
Clarence Markham and "The New Negro Traveler" records
African American travel writer. Founded the Travelers Research Publishing Company of Chicago.
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
Jesse Lee Albritton papers
Jesse Lee Albritton (1911-1964) was a Chicago based labor organizer and author of the “Color in the News” column, which ran throughout the 1940s in Federation News, a publication of the Chicago Federation of Labor. He offered news commentary for the Chicago Federation of Labor’s radio station, WCFL, and an early commercial television station, WBKB. He was a World War