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Harold Saffold papers
Howard Saffold was an early member of the Afro-American Patrolmen's League (later the African American Police League). He served as AAPL President from 1979 until roughly 1983. The AAPL was formed in 1968 to elevate the image of the African American police person in the African American community and eliminate police brutality in law enforcement.
Theodore Charles Stone papers
Theodore Charles Stone (1912-1998) was a Chicago-based baritone operatic singer and journalist who served as president of both the National Association of Negro Musicians and Chicago Music Association. The Theodore Charles Stone papers span from 1929-2001 and provide insight into the African-American operatic music scene throughout the 20th century. Material includes programs, flyers, invitations to concerts and performances, subject and
William Gaston letter
Letter, from Savannah, to Messrs. Chas. W. Karthaus & co., Baltimore. Delay in privateer case; chance of selling Gobel's claim to McKinne, enslaved people to be removed to South Carolina; prices; statistics on exports from Savannah October - December, 1818.
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.
Office of the President records
The Office of the President collection contains the records of the past seven presidents of Chicago State University: Milton Bruce Byrd, 1966-1974 Benjamin H. Alexander, 1974-1982, 7 folders George Edward Ayers, 1982-1989, 2 folders Harold Delaney, 1982-1990, 1 folder Dolores E. Cross, 1990-1997, 5 folders Avan, Billimoria, 1997-1998 Elnora D. Daniels, 1998-2008, 10 binders
Chicago SNCC History Project Archives
The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) was founded in 1960 on the initiative of Ella Baker, a member and former executive director of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC). Seeing the need to capitalize on the student sit-in movement across the South and to incorporate more youth into the civil rights movement, Baker held a conference for student leaders in
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen collection
The Brotherhood of Railroad Brakemen (BRB), is one of the largest of four transportation unions in the United States. It was established on September 23rd 1883 by eight railway workers who met in Oneonta, New York, in the yards of the Delaware and Hudson Railroad. The organization changed its name to the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen (BRT) in 1890. The
Good Shepherd Parish Metropolitan Community Church records
The Good Shepherd Parish Metropolitan Community Church was chartered in Chicago in 1970 by the Reverend Arthur Green. The Metropolitan Community Church doctrine included open acceptance and welcoming of gays and lesbians, and Good Shepherd Parish was the first MCC to minister specifically to Chicago's gay community. Among its efforts at outreach to the community were its participation in the
Captain William Russell papers
Illinois Central Railroad Company Archives
The Archives of the Illinois Central Railroad Company document the activities of the Company and its subsidiary lines and companies from before its charter on Feb. 10, 1851, through and a bit beyond 1972, when the line merged with the Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad to become Illinois Central Gulf Railroad. The collection includes correspondence of administrators and staff, minutes,
Jeanne Boger Jones papers
The Jeanne Boger Jones papers contain materials that document the history of African Americans in the Midwest, including religious, military, occupational, and recreational endeavors, from the Civil War to the present. The records highlight such issues as equal opportunity in employment and housing, fair administration of veteran's benefits, and the history of African-American participation in the armed forces. Venues of
Leigh Fisher Papers related to Chicago O’Hare International Airport 1960-1962
Leigh Fisher (1922-1982) was an airport consultant and founder of Leigh Fisher Associates (LFA) who advised on the design and construction of airports throughout the second half of the 20th century. Fisher advised on over 200 airports worldwide. He participated in the design and construction of Chicago O'Hare International Airport from the airport lease negotiations in 1959 to participation as
Hoop Dreams Film Project records
Hoop Dreams is a 176-minute 1994 film directed by Steve James and Produced by Kartemquin Films. First exhibited at the 1994 Sundance Film Festival, where it won the audience award for best documentary, Hoop Dreams is a reflection on contemporary American inner-city culture, following two ordinary young men on the courts of the game they love. Plucked from the streets
Merriam, Robert E. Papers
Robert E. Merriam (1918-1988), historian and politician. Papers include personal and professional correspondence, notes, manuscripts, and offprints of published and unpublished historical and political writings, and speech transcripts. The papers span Merriam's career and document his World War II combat experience, his Chicago political career and federal government service, as well as his connections with the national political and Illinois
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
Community Hospital of Evanston Collection
Founded in 1914 as the Evanston Sanitarium and Training School, the Community Hospital of Evanston was created when the Sanitarium merged with The Booker T. Washington Association of Evanston in 1930. The Community Hospital of Evanston was the first African American medical center north of the Chicago loop, and it was only one of four area hospitals to accept African-American
South Shore Newspaper Collection
The collection contains twelve partial runs of newspapers from the South Shore neighborhood, some of which are rare. The newspapers from the 1960s and 1970s illustrate the changing population of the South Shore neighborhood.
Eleanor F. Dolan papers
Eleanor Frances Dolan was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, May 30, 1907, the daughter of Harry Francis Roby and Lillie Eleanor (McFall) Dolan. She has one sister, Elizabeth M. Dolan of New York City. Eleanor F. Dolan received a B.A. (1927) from Wellesley College and her M.A. (1928) and Ph.D. (1935) from Radcliffe College. She served as an intern at Niantic
Lawrence Laird Sutherland papers
Audits and other financial records, annual meeting material, and tenant correspondence pertaining to Sutherland's ownership and management of the Rowan Trees Hotel (500 W. Englewood, Chicago) for over fifty years. Also includes some personal materials of Sutherland, including greeting cards and correspondence received from relatives and some narrative family history material.
Sylvia Alvino papers
Sylvia Alvino wrote her PhD thesis on Illinois state senator Arthur Berman and his efforts at legislative reform of Chicago schools.
Fagot La Garcinière declaration, manuscript
St. Genevieve; declaration of La Garcinière that he is not responsible for the two enslaved Black people that Casaud is sending to Illinois to go to Monsieur de Vaugines.
Burgess, Ernest Watson. Papers
Ernest Burgess(1886-1966), Professor of Sociology, University of Chicago, 1916-1952. Contains correspondence; manuscripts; minutes; reports; memoranda; research material that includes proposals, case studies, questionnaires, tables, and interviews; teaching and course materials, class record books; letters of recommendation; bibliographies; student papers; offprints; and maps and charts. Includes material relating to professional organizations with which Burgess was associated. Topics reflect Burgess' interest in
Booker T. Washington Progressive Club album
Richard Henry Williamson (1865 - 1953) was a retired railroad porter who founded the Booker T. Washington Progressive Club in 1936 based on a dream of promoting equality and goodwill between all people in the North Shore area. The Zion civic and social organization, named for the founder of the Tuskegee Institute, was a primarily black organization that was active
Snitow-Kaufman "Black and Jews" videotapes
Videocassette copies, transcripts, and brochures related to Snitow-Kaufman Productions documentary, Blacks and Jews. Most of the footage consists of interviews with Rabbi Robert Marx, Dempsey Travis, and others about the Contract Buyers League. Also includes archival footage not owned by Snitow-Kaufman such as Jack, an Irish television documentary about the Contract Buyers League, as well as a film about the
Emmett McBain design papers
Emmett McBain became a prominent African American advertising designer, working as a designer for Vince Cullers and Associates, an art supervisor for J. W. Thompson in Detroit, and a creative consultant for Soft Sheen Products. This collection consists of various visual advertisements designed by McBain, primarily print ads, transparencies of bill boards and record album covers.