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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

Curt Teich Postcard archives

Curt Teich (1877-1974) was a printer who immigrated to the United States from Lobenstein, Germany in 1896. Curt Teich & Company opened in January 1898 in Chicago, Illinois and closed in 1978. The Teich Company was the world's largest printer of view and advertising postcards. Teich is best known for its ""Greetings From"" postcards with their big letters, vivid colors,

Amos Paul Kennedy Jr. Ephemera Collection

Posters, paper fans, broadsides, and other ephemera created by Amos Paul Kennedy, Jr.

Englewood High School Records

The Englewood High School Records contains historical sketches, laboratory notebooks, photographs, programs, publications and yearbooks that chronicle school history and student activities.

Prince Hall Freemasonry archives

Prince Hall Freemasons are a branch of US Freemasonry which separated from the US Freemasons about two centuries ago and decided to become independent. Prince Hall Freemasonry has been deemed regular by the United Grand Lodge of England. Prince Hall Freemasons were originally all African-American, although today’s Prince Hall Freemasons have slightly more varied Lodges and welcome other races as

Church Women United in Illinois records

Church Women United in Illinois (CWUI) is the state chapter of the national organization, Church Women United (CWU). Formed in 1941, CWU is an ecumenical movement of interdenominational Christian women from diverse racial, ethnic, age, and economic backgrounds. The fundamental purpose of CWU is to bring Christian women together, united in their faith, to work towards the betterment of the

Howalton Day School collection

An outgrowth of Oneida Cockrell's pioneering pre-school and kindergarten, the Howalton Day School (1947-1986) was founded by three black educators: June Howe-White, Doris Allen-Anderson, and Charlotte B. Stratton. The name of the school is from a combination of the founders' three last names. Chicago's oldest African American, private, non-sectarian school, Howalton's educational philosophy stressed discovery, enthusiasm, creativity, the arts and

Vigils Against Violence posters

Includes notices for speeches and other anti-violence activities held at Stateway Gardens public housing project, located at 35th and State Street in Chicago (Ill.). Collectively known as the Vigils Against Violence, the activities included a candlelight remembrance of the victims of violence on Chicago's south side.

Hughes, Everett Cherrington. Papers

The papers of Everett Cherrington Hughes comprise 73.5 linear feet of professional material. The papers document his career as a sociologist and educator, as well as his research in occupations, race relations, and education. The collection consists of a large body of correspondence; course materials from McGill University, the University of Chicago, Brandeis University and Boston College, and lectures, articles,

Louise Overall Weaver papers

The collection includes correspondence, programs, and a contract to play for the church, awards, anniversary celebration scrapbooks and news clippings. This includes thank-you notes and letters of congratulations, autographs including Rev. Jesse Jackson and Mahalia Jackson, photos from her inclusion in the Profiles of Black Chicagoans exhibit and an unpublished memoir. Weaver's contract to play for the 44th Baptist Street

Harry Jackson Jr. Papers

Harry Jackson Jr. was a resident and postal worker in Evanston, Illinois. Jackson was a member of the 10 Pinners League, a local bowling league. This collection contains Jackson’s professional and personal papers, and personal library; which were donated by his wife after his death in 2012.

Tutoring Project For Mothers records

By-laws, announcements, lists of volunteers, training and organizing information, etc. of a project by women in the Woodlawn community of Chicago, Ill., to tutor mothers free in reading and other household and vocational skills. This adult education project was based at the YWCA and at Immanual Lutheran Church.

Daniel Cantwell papers

Personal and official correspondence, sermons, memos, reports, minutes, newsclippings, articles, and pamphlets of Monsignor Daniel Cantwell. Materials primarily document Cantwell's work as a Catholic priest in Chicago from the 1940s onward, in the areas of race relations, fair housing practices, and working people's rights, including material about his role as co-founder and chaplain of activist Catholic lay groups such as

Leadership Council for Metropolitan Open Communities collection of visual materials

Black-and-white photographic negatives (approximately 1059), photographic prints (383) and contact sheets (76); color transparencies (238) and photographic prints (4) depicting the activities of the Leadership Council for Metropolitan Open Communities (LCMOC) and affiliated organizations, including the Housing Investments Fund (HIF), the Regional Housing Coalition, and the South Shore Scene newspaper. The majority of the images depict events, workshops, and publicity

Ladies of Charity of the United States of America (LCUSA) records

The Ladies of Charity have been established in the United States since December 8, 1857 with the founding of the Guardian Angel Settlement Association in St. Louis, Missouri. Although other Ladies of Charity associations formed elsewhere in the country, it was not until their centennial in 1957 that a national organization was conceptualized. At the annual meeting for all Ladies

Thomas Fardon bill of sale for two enslaved people

Rumbouts, Dutchess County, New York. Bill of sale for 2 enslaved Black people to Abraham Fardon. Witnessed by John Gibson and Jacobus Fardon. Attested by Jacobus Fardon, Feb. 13, 1772, whose statement is notarized by Andrew Gautier. Red wax seal.

Lea Taylor papers

Correspondence, minutes, financial and statistical records, articles, sociological studies, arrangements for speaking engagements, and other papers of Lea Taylor, relating to her career as a social worker and head resident of the Chicago Commons settlement house, founded by her father Graham Taylor. Topics include schools, housing, racial discrimination in housing and other areas, employment problems, child care, child labor, juvenile

Carole Powell papers

Carole Powell was the Treasurer of the Gerber/Hart Library from 1989-1991; served on the board of Directors of IMPACT, a Chicago based gay and lesbian political action committee; and was involved with the Illinois Gay and Lesbian Task Force. In 1989, she served as Assistant to the Director of Eugene Sawyer's campaign for Mayor of Chicago. She also worked on

Friendship House (Chicago, Ill.) records

Correspondence, staff meeting materials and annual convention reports, photographs, and other records, mainly from the Catholic interracial organization Chicago Friendship House (FH) and national headquarters; together with records from Friendship Houses in Shreveport (La.), New York City, Portland (Or.), and Washington, D.C. Includes information on the operation of the Friendship Houses, known as centers, and on the policies of the

Klutznick, Philip M. Papers

Philip M. Klutznick, businessman, philanthropist, diplomat, government official and Jewish leader. The Philip M. Klutznick Papers comprise 175.5 linear feet and include correspondence, manuscripts, notes, published materials, photographs, scrapbooks, architectural plans, awards and mementos and audio and video recordings. The papers document Klutznick's career as a real estate developer, philanthropist, United Nations representative in the 1950s and 1960s, President of

Frances Minor Papers

Frances Minor was born Frances Anderson, an only child, to Francis Elmo Anderson and Sadie Hilyard on February 8, 1923, in Provident Hospital, Chicago, Illinois. She married Chicago Public Schools administrator Byron Minor. Ms. Minor has collected from, and provided support to, African American artists in Chicago for nearly five decades. She is a board member of the both the

Walton, Charles. Collection

Charles Walton, drummer and author. The Charles Walton Collection contains a photograph of jazz musicians, including legendary vibraphonist Lionel Hampton, circa late 1930s-1940s.

Ted and Wyn Hiser Hull House Uptown Center Collection

The collection includes two scrapbooks of color photographs of the activities of VISTA (Volunteers in Service to America) Ted and Wyn Hiser at the Hull House Uptown Center from 1978-1979.

Mecca Building tile, 1892

Hexagonal terra cotta-colored glazed ceramic (?) floor (?) tile from the Mecca Flats building which was located at 34th Street and Dearborn streets, Chicago, IL. Ca. 6" diameter.

Institute of Human Resources and Industrial Relations records

In 1941, Ralph A. Gallagher, S.J., established the Institute of Human Resources and Industrial Relations (HRIR) under the name the Institute of Social Administration (ISA) with the goal of cultivating a graduate level program covering the field of labor management relations. The program, the first of its kind in the Midwest, equips its students with economic, social, and political theories,