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Unprocessed Slides and Photos
Collection of 6 binders of photographs from the 1950s portraying student life, academic departments and activities.
Northwest Neighborhood Federation records
Correspondence, topical files, petitions, and records of projects of the Northwest Neighborhood Federation (covering the Chicago neighborhoods of Portage Park, Irving Park, Belmont-Cragin, Hermosa, and Avondale), an activist organization formed in the late 1970s; plus similar materials from a predecessor organization, Citizen Action Program, opposing city plans to run a crosstown expressway through the neighborhood in the early 1970s. Topics
Olivet Baptist Church Records
Ledgers, minutes, scrapbooks, correspondence, sermons, and other records of Olivet Baptist Church based at 3101 South King Drive, on Chicago's South Side. The collection includes writings by and about Olivet's famous ministers: Dr. L. K. Williams (1916-1940) and Dr. J. H. Jackson (1941-1990); ledgers listing members; minutes and other records of its missionary efforts, which reached out to other African
Church Federation of Greater Chicago photograph collection, Part 2
Photographs from the CFGC documenting television and radio programs originated by the Federation, meetings, staff members, religious services, community projects, and civil rights marches. Much material is unidentified.
Near Northwest Side Planning Commission photograph collection
Primarily dwellings, commercial and industrial buildings which have been targeted for, or have benefited from NNWPC activities. Includes some group portraits of members. Many buildings are unidentified.
Michael A. Bilandic papers
Michael A. Bilandic served as Mayor of Chicago from 1976-1979 and as Supreme Justice of the Illinois Supreme Court from 1994-1997. This collection includes minutes and reports of the Chicago City Council, Bilandic's personal notes and information he gathered in preparation for City Council meetings and hearings, correspondence between Bilandic and fellow alderman, Mayor Daley, interested parties, and citizens. The
Ashford, Jr., Calvin design papers
Calvin Ashford was an African American designer whose company Gilmore-Ashford-Powers Designs was located in Chicago. His collection consists of awards, news clippings, articles and photographs of interior design samples designed by Calvin Ashford.
William Taliaferro document
Letter to Charles C. Stuart...considers arrangement with Swain a good one...provided the payments are properly secured...Mr. Barton writes that he will meet them in Chicago to settle business relating to Carr claim...Expects to have trouble with enslaved people...Jacob, the enslaved man with him, refuses to return to Peckatone, unless in irons.
Calvin B. Jones papers
Calvin B. Jones was a Chicago painter and illustrator educated at the Art Institute of Chicago, co-director of the avant garde AFAM Gallery, and painter of murals in various cities, including Atlanta and Chicago.
Campbell, Wilbur and Valarie. Collection
Wilbur and Valarie Campbell. Wilbur Campbell, Chicago drummer; Valarie Campbell, wife and jewelry maker. The Wilbur and Valarie Campbell Collection contains correspondence, articles, artifacts, photographs, publications, posters, audio-visual material, and event ephemera.
Chicago Reader Records
Original copy of articles, legal files, miscellaneous administrative files, and unsolicited manuscripts of the Chicago Reader alternative weekly newspaper.
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.
Social and Civic Clubs and Organizations Collection
The Social and Civic Clubs and Organizations collection is comprised of files, compiled by Shorefront Legacy Center, documenting the history, events, and members of Illinois' North Shore, African-American clubs and organizations.
Harry R. Booth papers
Legal papers, correspondence, autobiographical writings, and newsclippings (ca. 1950s-1974) related to Harry R. Booth's role as a lawyer in class-action lawsuits against Illinois gas, electric, and telephone utility companies; the Chicago Transit Authority and other Chicago-area common carriers; the Metropolitan Sanitary District; and radio stations WFMT and WEFM. Also includes correspondence (1930s) with Paul Douglas, Henry Horner, Harold Ickes, David
Marillac House (Chicago, Ill.) records
Correspondence, minutes, financial records, studies, reports, and other papers (primarily in the form of photocopies) of Marillac House, a social settlement house on the West Side of Chicago operated by the Sisters of Charity of St. Vincent DePaul, a Roman Catholic order. Topics include African Americans, neighborhood organizations, race relations, and social action.
Joseph Logsdon papers
The papers consist of Logsdon's typed dissertation submitted to the University of Chicago for a master of arts in social sciences. The dissertation traces the Rev. Archibald J. Carey and his impact on politics in Chicago.
Earl Bush papers
Earl Bush (1915-2006) served as Mayor Richard J. Daley's press secretary and speech writer from 1955 to 1973. These papers consist of items created during his tenure with Mayor Daley and later years. They include background materials, memoranda, newspaper clippings, press releases, reports, and speeches.
Office of the Chancellor -- Campus Planning and Development records
This collection contains information about the expansion of the Chicago Undergraduate Division at Navy Pier to the four-year University of Illinois at Chicago Circle. Included are press releases, correspondence, and reports from various faculty committees.
National Catholic AIDS Network (NCAN) records
NCAN was founded in 1989 by a group of clergy and lay people in the Catholic Church and was devoted to helping the Catholic Church respond with compassion and understanding to the HIV/AIDS crisis. NCAN provided educational resources to Catholic agencies, communities, and individuals. It ceased operations August 1, 2007.
Coach Jim Brown of DuSable High School collection of visual materials
Photographs relating to the career of Coach Jim Brown, who coached football, baseball, and basketball teams and taught at DuSable High School (Chicago, Ill.) in the 1950s and 1960s. Images include his George Williams College Graduating Class of 1949; Jim Brown playing baseball for the Great Lakes Naval Training Center and playing basketball for Southern University; DuSable sports teams with
New World Resource Center (Chicago, Ill.) records
Correspondence, financial records, mailing lists, newspaper clippings, newsletter, pamphlets, book lists for prisoners, and other administrative records of the New World Resource Center, a non-profit, left-wing bookstore and meeting space in Chicago. The majority of the collection consists of bulletins, newspapers, newsletters, journals, reports, fliers, and other printed material collected by the NWRC from organizations promoting minority and women’s rights,
William H. Hyde, Jr. papers
William H. Hyde, Jr. was an Illinois Institute of Technology faculty member (Library Science) and the university's librarian, circa 1948.
Claude Barnett Research Collection circa 1950-1970
Consists of news clippings, photographs, and newsletters pertaining to African affairs during the 1950s and 1960s. The collection was assembled by Claude Barnett, director of the Associated Negro Press, a wire organization serving Black American newspapers, and the World News Service, which provided similar service to African newspapers from 1960 until 1963.
Path Press Archives
Path Press, one of the first black-owned publishing companies in the United States, was founded in Chicago in 1969 and remained in operation from 1969-1972 and then again from 1982-2001. In fact, the press had been in the works since as early as 1961, when Bennett J. Johnson (now the Vice President of Third World Press) and Herman C. Gilbert
Harold Washington Archives and Collections. Mayoral Records. Legislative Liaison and Intergovernmental Affairs Records
Records created by the Harold Washington's Office of Intergovernmental Affairs (IGA) and the Legislative Liaison. IGA was established to coordinate legislative and lobbying efforts for and with various city departments, boards and commissions and with state and federal governments. Major topics in the collection include transportation issues and Chicago's anti-apartheid and divestment from South Africa efforts.