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Near Northwest Side Planning Commission records

Correspondence, financial and legal records, meeting agendas and minutes, code violation complaints, contact lists, publications, maps, architectural drawings, materials collected from other local organizations, and other administrative records of the Near Northwest Side Planning Commission, a non-profit organization aimed at revitalizing the West Town community of Chicago (Ill.). Materials relate to the commission's membership, board meetings, zoning issues, other Chicago

Max Naiman papers

Correspondence and career papers of Max R. Naiman, and a much larger lot of topical files that contain reports, fliers, brochures, mailings, and some correspondence relating to Naiman's role as a lawyer and staff member of the International Labor Defense (ILD); and to his participation or interest in the American Committee for Protection of Foreign Born, Cook County Bar Association,

Pegasus Players collection

Pegasus Players is located at Truman College.

Ann Brown papers

Ann Brown was a member of the National Association of Colored Women’s Clubs and longtime member of the Missionary Society of Arnett Chapel A.M.E. Church.

Chicago Normal College records

Chicago Normal College expanded the curriculum of its Normal School predecessors and began attracting students from Chicago’s immigrant communities. During the Depression, however, the school only managed to stay open through a fierce campaign on the part of students and faculty. The collection includes course catalogs, a literary supplement to the student yearbook, a curriculum committee survey, an annual report,

Pat Patrick Collection of Sun Ra Materials

The Pat Patrick Collection of Sun Ra Materials, 1957-1979, contains the ephemera, sermons and writings of the influential jazz musician Sun Ra. Patrick was a musician in his own right and a long standing member of Sun Ra's orchestra as well as being influenced and involved in Sun Ra's spiritual beliefs and outlook on life.

Paul Stensland papers

From 1982-1983, Paul Stensland served on the Steering Committee of the Chicago chapter of the National Association of Black and White Men Together (NABWMT), a gay, multiracial, multicultural organization committed to overcoming racism, sexism, homophobia, HIV/AIDS discrimination and other inequities through educational, political, and social activities.

Chicago Department of Urban Renewal Records

The records in this collection were created and collected by the Department of Urban Renewal, its predecessors and other Chicago city departments with duties related to planning and development. The majority of the collection is comprised of photographs, contact sheets, negatives and slides of Chicago neighborhoods considered and targeted for improvement, including images that show buildings and neighborhoods that were

Goodman Theatre archives

The collection documents the theater's early production history through promotional materials such as programs, press releases and reviews and clippings. Materials for the last 30 years of productions include an extensive collection of prompt books, production research and technical information. Other series in the collection include the papers of Artistic Director John Reich, dramaturg Tom Creamer, the Graff Family Papers,

Hudland/Snowden Family papers

Henry Jackson Lewis collection

Henry Jackson Lewis (1837?-1891) was an African American artist who gained notoriety for his political cartoons, the majority of which were published while he worked for The Freeman, in Indianapolis, Indiana. The Henry Jackson Lewis collection spans from 1891-1967, and contains copies of cartoons by Henry Jackson Lewis that were originally drawn during the Reconstruction and post-Reconstruction era, personal material

University Offices -- Vice-president for Academic Affairs -- Publications -- "Overview of Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action" (1975)

Overview of Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action, a report prepared for presentation to the Board of Trustees on October 8th, 1975.

Rev. Clay Evans Archive

The Rev. Clay Evans Archive spans his 50 years of pastoral leadership at Chicago's Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church that he founded in 1950, and beyond his retirement in 2000. His ministry reached into the larger community with the What a Fellowship Hour broadcasts, Gospel choir performances and an engagement with the Civil Rights Movement along with numerous religious and community

William Henry Huff scrapbooks

Photocopies, photographs, newspaper clippings, sheet music, and other papers of William Henry Huff (1888-1963), a Chicago (Ill.) lawyer, pharmacist, and poet. Huff was a member of the Cook County Bar Association and was a strong and active advocate of civil rights. Also included are photocopies of Huff's poems and writings as well as two scrapbooks of newspaper clippings about Huff

Brenetta Howell Barrett papers

A life-long Chicagoan, Brenetta Howell Barrett was a leader and political activist in West Side community organizations. She served in the mayoral administrations of Harold Washington and Eugene Sawyer. Active in housing, environmental and civil liberties issues, she was also involved in community protests in the 1960s and 1970s.

Carol Moseley-Braun materials on 2011 mayoral election

Report issued by the Federal Election Commission regarding Moseley-Braun's senatorial campaign spending in 1991and 1992 and newspaper clippings, speech notes, and other campaign material from her 1992 senatorial campaign. Former United States Senator Carol Moseley-Braun used these materials during her unsuccessful campaign for Chicago mayor in 2011.

Eleanor Wormeley slavery receipt

Richmond. Receipt for $1159 from James Fox for 3 enslaved people. Jos. Chew, her attorney, signing for her. Witnessed by Geo. D. Nicholson. On reverse is Fox's deed of same enslaved people to Mrs. Wormeley for same sum, dated March 10, 1813.

James L. Smith photograph collection

James L. Smith served in the U.S. Army, 1942 to 1953, and was a member of the first group of African American soldiers chosen to serve in a racially integrated unit of the military. The unit served in heavy combat in Germany in 1945 but received little popular recognition until the Association of the 2,221 Negro Volunteers of WWII began

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.

Loyola News and Loyola Phoenix newspapers

Loyola News was the campus newspaper and was published from 1924 to 1969. In 1969, the newspaper changed to its present day title, Loyola Phoenix.

Harold Washington Archives and Collections. Mayoral Records. Community Services Sub-Cabinet Series

When Harold Washington took office in 1983 he formed five sub-cabinets that were responsible for the coordination, development and implementation of policies that cut across departmental boundaries. The Community Services Sub-Cabinet focused on the "people-oriented" departments of city government, including Human Services, Human Relations, Departments of Health and Aging and Disabilities and the Chicago Public Library. Records include reports, correspondence

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

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

Catholic Inter-Racial Council of Chicago poster collection

Includes handmade posters advertising support of equal housing, unionization, anti-war events, American Indians, and Catholic Inter-Racial Council events and awards, including the annual JFK awards. Some posters in the collection include photographs (pasted to board) of JFK-awardees, including Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (1964) and Senator Paul Douglas (1970).

Northwestern University Settlement Association Records Scrapbooks, 1917-1984

The Northwestern University Settlement Association was founded in 1891 by a group of administrators and faculty from Northwestern University in order to provide social services, educational programs, referrals, and emergency relief to a poor immigrant neighborhood on Chicago's near northwest side.The scrapbooks in this series, compiled by different groups associated with the Northwestern University Settlement, typically contain newspaper clippings, programs,