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Earl B. Dickerson papers
Scrapbooks (7 v.) and unbound materials, including newsclippings, photographs, speeches, correspondence, campaign literature, legal briefs, and other materials of Earl B. Dickerson, a Chicagoan, relating to his career as a lawyer and his activities in politics, civil rights and civil liberties, and government service. Topics include his graduation from the University of Chicago Law School (the first African American to
Chicago Circle Center -- Campus Programs -- records
Campus Programs is an office in Office of the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs, and within the Department of Campus unions. The office of the Vice Chancellor works to "create a student body that reflects the diversity of Illinois, facilitate graduation through special programs and services, and establish a positive and diverse learning environment that is necessary to expand student's
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
Cook County Normal School records
Cook County Normal School was a teacher training institute designed to serve the Cook County school system. Under the leadership of Francis W. Parker it developed in the 1880s and 90s into a leading center of progressive education. The collection includes catalogs, school reports, speeches, a grade ledger, and alumni information.
Gosnell, Harold F. Papers
Harold Foote Gosnell (1896-1997) was a political scientist at the University of Chicago during the 1920s and 1930s. He also worked for the federal government and spent the latter part of his academic career at American and Howard Universities. He was renowned for his work on voter behavior, particularly with reference to African-American politics and Chicago politics. The Harold F.
Paul H. Douglas papers
Chiefly research files and constituent correspondence, recordings, scrapbooks, and other papers, from Douglas' career as U.S. Senator (Democrat, Illinois, 1949-1967), relating to Douglas' election campaigns, labor and unemployment issues, social security, the civil rights movement, preservation of natural resources and preservation of the Indiana Dunes, irrigation subsidies and the family farm, congressional ethics, government contracts, Truth in Lending bill, investigation
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,
YWCA of Metropolitan Chicago records
The YWCA of Metropolitan Chicago was founded in 1876 at a time when a growing number of young single women came to Chicago looking for work. The YWCA provided services to these women, including safe housing, religious and vocational instruction, and help in improving labor conditions labor conditions. The YWCA of Metropolitan Chicago records contain administrative records, publications, newsletters, promotional
Black Sash papers
The Black Sash was a non-violent white women's resistance organization founded in 1955 in South Africa. The Black Sash provided widespread and visible proof of white resistance towards the apartheid system. Its members worked as volunteer advocates to families affected by apartheid laws; held regular street demonstrations; spoke at political meetings; brought cases of injustice to the attention of their
Trick Bag Film Project records
Trick Bag is a 21-minute 1974 film coproduced by Kartemquin Films, Columbia College Chicago, and the Chicago area activist newspaper Rising Up Angry. Gang members, Vietnam vets, and young factory workers from Chicago's neighborhoods tell of their personal experience with racism - who gets hurt and who profits.
Wirth, Mary Bolton. Papers
Social worker. Contains correspondence, manuscripts, reports, memoranda, interviews, articles, notes, notebooks, travel accounts, biographical material, and photographs. Papers document Wirth's active career as a social worker, especially in the area of Chicago public housing. Includes material relating to the Chicago Housing Authority for which Wirth served as Supervisor of Community and Tenant Relations (1952-1958), the Department of Urban Renewal, and
Women Employed records
Founded in 1973, Women Employed sought to address issues of sex discrimination among Chicago's Loop office workers. Mixing a combination of innovative campaigning and traditional challenges through federal agencies such as the Office of Federal Contract Compliance, Women Employed helped thousands of women find employment, develop their careers, and overcome sex discrimination in the workplace throughout the 1970s and 1980s.
Business and Professional People for the Public Interest records
Working files, including correspondence, memoranda, legal documents, and topical files of the Business and Professional People for the Public Interest (BPPPI), a public interest law firm engaged in litigation against police spying, segregation in public housing, industrial pollution, and other issues. Materials include files of attorney Alexander Polikoff on the Gautreaux case against the Chicago Housing Authority for allegedly building
Office of the Chancellor -- Office of Community Relations records
The Office of Community Relations is an office within the Office of the Vice Chancellor for External Affairs. The Office of the Vice Chancellor for External Affairs works to build and maintain relationships between UIC and its neighboring communities. This collection consists of records from the Office of Community Relations.
Neal Burroughs papers
Obituary and Funeral Program Collection
The Obituary and Funeral Program collection is comprised of almost 1200 African American obituaries, funeral programs, funeral hymns, and thank you cards and letters from Evanston and the North Shore area. A database of the holdings is available onsite at Shorefront Legacy Center for use by researchers. The materials span from 1941 to 2012.
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.
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.
Uptown Chicago Commission photographs of buildings
Photographs of buildings in the Uptown community of Chicago (Ill.) and in adjoining community areas (Edgewater, Lake View, Lincoln Square) taken by the Commission to show housing conditions. For some buildings there are several photographs, interiors and exteriors, showing decline in condition over several years prior to demolition. Photographs are filed in order by street name and address number for
Elma Stuckey papers
Autobiography; biography by her son, Sterling Stuckey; manuscripts of published and unpublished poetry by Elma Stuckey, and reviews and commentaries on her work; correspondence; incoming greeting cards, financial and medical records, and other papers of Stuckey, a Chicago resident who became famous for her poetry, which often dealt with slavery and its legacy in the United States. Correspondents include her
Jerome A. Gross papers
Journals (1953-1994), correspondence (1957-1991), photographs, and other papers of Jerome A. Gross, who was a veteran, a graduate of the University of Chicago, and a gay man who died from complications resulting from HIV in 1995. The bulk of the collection is comprised of journals and correspondence that document the daily activities of Gross, mostly in Chicago, and begin when
E. Winston and Ina D. Williams NAACP Papers
Papers of Chicago NAACP and labor union leader E. Winston Williams, who served as president of the Chicago Southside NAACP chapter from 1971-1974. Papers also reflect activities of Ina D. Williams (wife of E. Winston Williams), who played an integral behind-the-scenes role in Williams' administration. Collection includes photographs, clippings, programs, brochures, and correspondence documenting the activities of the NAACP chapter
Faculty Governance
The Faculty Governance record group covers the activities of the CSU Faculty Senate and other related organizations. The CSU Faculty Senate is charged with presenting faculty issues and recommendations to the University on all matters affecting the academic functions of the University and the general welfare of the University.
Ken Allen papers
Ken Allen was a long-time member of Men of All Colors Together (MACT), 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.
Betty Ann Papangelis (1925- ) Papers1965-1970
Betty Ann Papangelis was born February 9, 1925, at West Palm Beach, Florida, the daughter of Herbert E. and Ruth Hyed Seidel. She took a B.A. degree from Boston University in 1946 and a Master of Arts degree from the University of Chicago in 1950. A social worker by profession, Papangelis was an administrator with the Children’s Home and Aid