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Minutes of the Session of the Presbyterian Church of China Grove, Harnett County, No. Car., organized in March 1836
Printed record book of 1859, containing the manuscript minutes from 1836-1894 of the Session of the Presbyterian Church of China Grove, North Carolina, and the church register for the same dates. In 1859, the Presbyterian Church Board of Publication in Philadelphia printed a ""model volume"", containing blank pages for keeping Session Records, and a church register as well, in order
William H. Twiggs Collection
William H. Twiggs (1865-1960) was a African-American printer, civic leader, and barber in Evanston, Illinois. In 1889, he was involved with the publishing the Afro-American Budget, an early periodical for the African-American community. Spanning from 1905 to 1998, the collection contains original as well as photocopied materials relating to the life, work, and legacy of William H. Twiggs.
Ronald E. Kennedy papers
Ronald Eugene Kennedy was appointed assistant professor at the Northwestern University School of Law in 1974. Kennedy was active in legal work on behalf of ethnic minority groups as well as in several professional organizations.
Photographs at Stateway Gardens
Informal portrait photographs of staff and residents of Stateway Gardens, one of the Chicago Housing Authority's facilities in Chicago (Ill.). Topics include family, children, and daily life in public housing.
Center for Urban Policy records
The Loyola Center for Urban Policy (CUP) began in December 1979 and was phased out in 1988. During its nine years of existence, CUP gained a reputation for supplying timely and creditable research on practical, urban policy-oriented subjects. CUP was headed by Dr. Raymond Tatalovich, a professor in the political science department at Loyola University. As director, Tatalovich was involved
Doris E. Saunders papers
Doris Saunders was born August 8, 1921 in Chicago, Illinois. After graduating from Englewood High School in Chicago, Saunders attended Northwestern University and Central YMCA College in Chicago. In 1941 Saunders took a Chicago Public Library Training Class and began work as a librarian for the Chicago Public Library. She left the Chicago Public Library to start a corporate library
AMF Midway Postal Retirement Organization archives
The first African Americans allowed to work at Midway Airport’s AMF postal facility founded the AMF Midway Organization in 1991. They worked on trains, distributing mail throughout the Midwest. AMF Midway Postal Retirement Organization Archives include materials relating to the experience of AMF Midway (PTS)’s employees and the formation and history of AMF Midway Organization.
Youth Network Council records
Project notes, research files, meeting agendas and minutes, committee reports, and financial records of the Youth Network Council. A majority of the records date from the 1960s and 1970s.
Hilliard, Thomas. Papers
Thomas Hilliard, saxophone, clarinet, and flute teacher. The Thomas Hilliard Papers contain printed music and jazz pedagogical instruction books.
Clementine Skinner papers
Correspondence, newsclippings, scrapbook, minutes, and financial records relating to Dr. Clementine Skinner, an African American school teacher and librarian in Chicago, and her many civic and professional activities. Includes records of Kappa Delta Pi, an honor society in education (1968-1978) and records of the Sixth-Grace Presbyterian Church (1964-1981). A scrapbook of photographs documents Skinner's service in the WAACs during World
Leo Sowerby music manuscripts, 1911-1995
Leo Sowerby was an American composer and church musician.
Sterling Stuckey papers
Professor Stuckey was born in 1932 and holds a Ph.D. from Northwestern University.
Estelle Carol materials on the Chicago Women's Liberation Union
Chicago Women's Liberation Union (CWLU) poster and phonograph record. Founded in 1969, the CWLU was a radical feminist organization. The 1972 record album features The Chicago Women's Liberation Rock Band and The New Haven Women's Liberation Rock Band. Chicago Women's Graphic Collective created the poster for the 2004-2005 exhibition: Outspoken: Chicago's Free Speech Tradition, which was displayed at The Newberry
Lucien Eaton letter
Letter, from St. Louis, Missouri, to Willard P. Hall, Acting Governor of Missouri. Entreats Hall to heed petition advocating pardon of three prisoners jailed for aiding fugitives from slavery. Plus Hall's endorsement on disposition of matter.
VHS video collection
The VHS video collection at the Bronzeville / Black Chicagoan Historical Society consists of various VHS videos associated with black history.
Hum 255 Film Project elements
"Hum 255" is a 28-minute 1970 film by Kartemquin founders Gordon Quinn, Gerald Temaner, and others. In 1968, striking students at the University of Chicago occupied an administration building. Many were suspended and a few were expelled. A year later, two expelled young women were asked by their former classmates to talk about the experience as a class project. The
Theodore Charles Stone papers
Theodore Charles Stone served as president of the Chicago Music Association (CMA) for more than 50 years and as president of the National Association of Negro Musicians (NANM). His papers include correspondence, programs, photographs, clippings and memorabilia documenting his career as a concert baritone, his work in the CMA and NANM, and his work as a music writer for several
Koester, Bob. Collection
Bob Koester, record collector, owner of Delmark Records and Jazz Record Mart in Chicago. The Bob Koester Collection includes issues of Jazz Report and Music Memories and Jazz Report.
John Fischetti Papers
Political cartoons and assorted miscellaneous items (clippings, photographs, correspondence, etc.) of Pulitzer Prize-winning artist John Fischetti. Fischetti worked for several newspapers and magazines during his long career, including Coronet, Esquire, the Chicago Sun, the New York Herald Tribune, the Chicago Daily News, and the Chicago Sun-Times.
Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, Prince Hall Affiliation of Peoria Illinois records
South Shore Community Collection
The South Shore Community Collection contains manuscripts, printed material and photographs on businesses, clubs and organizations, religious institutions, residents, schools and street scenes in the community area.
Dr. Fouche collection
Girl's Best Friend Foundation Organizational Archives
The mission of Girl's Best Friend Foundation (GBF) was to promote and protect the human rights of girls and young women by advancing and sustaining policies and programs that ensure their self-determination, power, and well-being. As the foundation matured in its grant making practice, it reaffirmed and focused on its original social change agenda for girls by funding girl-led organizing,
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
Cyrus Colter Papers
Cyrus Colter, a distinguished African-American writer, lawyer and professor, was born on January 8, 1910, in Noblesville, Indiana. Colter was the eldest of two children born to James Alexander Colter and Ethel Marietta Basset Colter, whose families had moved from North Carolina to rural Indiana in the 1830s in search of safe haven. His mother died when he was six