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South Suburban Human Relations (SHURE) Council papers
This collection reflects SHURE's activities in the south suburban Cook County area between the years of 1963 and 1974. It includes information on SHURE's membership, its history and its development as an organization. It also contains documentation of SHURE's various projects and programs, as well as some background information on the political climate of the era in which SHURE was
R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company. Archive
Founded in Chicago in 1864 by Canadian immigrant Richard Robert Donnelley, R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company is a leading global provider of printing and print-related services. The archive contains business records, product samples and promotional material, biographical files and personal papers, historical writings and oral histories, artifacts, and thousands of documentary photographs. While the material in this collection is concentrated
Danner, Margaret. Papers
Margaret Esse Danner, poet, editorial assistant, and community activist. The Margaret Danner Papers contain drafts, manuscripts, publications, unpublished poems, poetry journals, ephemera, biographical material, correspondence, newspaper articles, cassette tapes, course materials, and interviews. The papers document Danner’s literary career.
Buildings and Grounds records, 1938-1967
Bulks with 1960s specimen and cancelled bonds, some showing payment schedules, for dormitories and student union constructions. Also gymnasium document showing bid comparison figures. Real estate acreage schedule. Unidentified drawing (of parking lot?). State St. campus site plan (1949) showing buildings "pending demolition"; and one later date plan. Materials unrelated to State Street campus include cancelled note and trust deed
Judge Richard Parker papers
Legal and family papers, diary (1869), a bank book, and ca. 70 receipts. Topics include slavery, Parker's service in the U.S. House of Representatives, his work as a lawyer and judge, his sentencing of John Brown at Charles Town in 1859, and his support for the Confederate States of America during the Civil War. Includes a manuscript map of Major
Chicago Video Project recordings
The Chicago Video Project is a Chicago-based video production company focused on projects concerning advocacy groups, community development organizations, labor unions, and economic and social justice. This collection of recordings includes 235 videotapes created for the co-production of "Telling Our Story” by the Chicago Video Project and the Central Advisory Council of Chicago Public Housing Residents. The tapes are a
Chicago Alliance for Collaborative Effort records
Correspondence, newsclippings, pamphlets, and other records of the Chicago Alliance for Collaborative Effort and of its Juvenile Justice Task Force, which worked to develop an integrated system of service delivery to youth, especially in the area of juvenile justice.
Midwest Academy (Chicago, Ill.) records
Board meeting minutes, correspondence, pamphlets and fliers, budgets, grant applications and reports, annual reports, news clippings, news releases, research data and topical files, student files, and training curricula of Midwest Academy, a training school for grass-roots organizers in political action campaigns and community organizing. The collection also includes office files of Citizen Action (U.S.); files of the Citizen/Labor Energy Coalition;
Africana Curriculum Project records
Records contain curriculum outlines, correspondence, drafts of working papers presented for the Africana Curriculum Project.
University of Chicago. Social Science Research Committee. Records
The records of the University of Chicago Social Science Research Committee contain minutes, budgets, financial statements, correspondence, and reports related to the administration of research projects supported by the Committee and its predecessor, the Local Community Research Committee (1923-1930).
The Heritage Collection
The Heritage was the official publication of the African History and Culture Club in Evanston, Illinois. Established in 1998 by four members of the African History and Culture Club, it was published bi-monthly as the club's official publication from 1998 to 2000. The collection consists of a full three-year run and is arranged chronologically by publication date.
Englewood Community Collection
The collection contains a range of articles, brochures, historical sketches, newsletters, photographs, programs and reports that focus on Englewood's neighborhood events, persons and organizations, particularly during the late 19th century to the early 1960s. Of particular note are the neighborhood photographs and the series devoted to schools in Englewood.
Printed label (gray on black) for a 1940s-era phonograph record titled "Lovin's Been Here and Gone to Mecca Flats" by Jimmie Blythe.
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.
Frank Holzfeind Blue Note Photograph Collection
The Frank Holzfeind Blue Note Photograph Collection primarily includes images relating to Holzfeind and his Blue Note jazz club in Chicago. Many of the photographs are publicity shots of musicians who performed at the club.
Jacobs, Phoebe. Papers
Phoebe Jacobs, Executive Vice President of The Louis Armstrong Educational Foundation, Inc. The Phoebe Jacobs Papers contain correspondence, announcements, brochures, advertisements, articles, event ephemera, and press kits.
Arthur W. Mitchell Photograph Collection
Arthur Wergs Mitchell--teacher, lawyer, Congressman and farmer--was born in Roanoke, Alabama, on December 22, 1883, to Taylor and Ammar Mitchell. Both of his parents had been born into slavery, and his father worked as a farmer. From these modest beginnings, Mitchell became the first African American Democrat elected to the United States Congress (on November 6, 1934, representing the First
Jearl Wood Defense Committee papers
Jearl Wood, an auto worker, Viet Nam veteran, UAW member and artist was accused of attempted murder, aggravated battery and armed violence.
Evanston Connection Newsletters
The Evanston Connection is a newsletter for and about current and former Evanston residents. Norma Taylor is a former Evanston resident and publisher of The Evanston Connection and is featured prominently in the newsletters. The collection consists of copies of The Evanston Connection newsletter.
Helen Walker-Hill papers
Helen Walker-Hill (born in 1936 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada) is a scholar, editor and performer specializing in the music of black women composers. She has a BA degree from the University of Toledo in Ohio (1957), an MA in musicology from Smith College (1965), and a DMA in piano performance from the University of Colorado at Boulder (1981). She has
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.
Now We Live on Clifton Film Project elements
"Now We Live on Clifto" is a 26-minute 1974 film by Kartemquin Films. It follows 10 year old Pam Taylor and her 12 year old brother Scott around their multiracial West Lincoln Park neighborhood. The kids worry that they'll be forced out of the neighborhood they grew up in by the gentrification following the expansion of DePaul University.
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.
E. P. Stickney papers
Civil War letters written from Fort Bunker Hill, Washington, D.C., to his sister; typical day's food rations: "Salt horse", beans, etc.; visits to Washington, D.C.: Rock Creek Church (Episcopal), soldiers' burying ground. Speaks about system of ventilation used in Capitol Building; desertion of some enslaved Black people.
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.