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Michael St. James photograph collection
Michael St. James, a photographer, collected early images produced by Chicago’s pioneering African American photographers.
Melville J. Herskovits (1895-1963) Biographical Materials, 1920-1996
Biographical materials relating to Melville J. Herskovits fill one archival box and include obituaries, news clippings, Northwestern news releases, correspondence pertaining to university matters, Northwestern faculty information, conference programs, a statement Herskovits gave before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (for the report, drafts, and research materials, see series 35/6, box 99-102), and reprints of Herskovits' scholarly articles. The material is
Biographical and Correspondence Files
Roosevelt’s founding in 1945 as an independent, nonsectarian, coeducational institution of higher learning was a feat requiring considerable courage. The new administration was determined to make higher education available to all students who could qualify academically. Considerations of social or economic class, racial or ethnic origin, sex, or age were, and remain, irrelevant in determining who is admitted. Originally named
Squibb, Francis P. Papers
Francis P. Squibb, jazz musician, curator, and writer. The Francis P. Squibb Papers contain advertisements, articles, correspondence, interviews, photographs, songbooks, fake books, method books, programs, publications, liner notes, record catalogs and discographies, essays, and manuscripts. There is handwritten, printed, and photocopied music as well as music transcriptions.
Henry T. Heald, University President's papers, 1920-1953
Henry Townley Heald served as Armour Institute of Technology's president from 1937-1940, and oversaw the consolidation of Armour and Lewis Institute. That merger led to the formation of Illinois Institute of Technology in 1940, with Heald serving as IIT's first president. Heald served until 1952, and under his guidance, IIT evolved from a small engineering school to a significant technology
Lucy Montgomery papers
Lucy Montgomery (1911-1990) was an activist and philanthropist who supported civil rights and anti-war movements, the arts, and other liberal causes. During the 1960s, Montgomery’s personal financial support helped sustain the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), the Southern Christian Leadership Council (SCLC), the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, and The Black Panther Party. The Lucy Montgomery papers spans from 1901-1988 with
Dena J. Epstein papers
Dena Julia Polacheck Epstein was born November 30, 1916 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the second of four children of William S. Polacheck of Wisconsin and Hilda R Satt of Wloclawek, Poland. After the death of her father when Epstein was 11, she and heDena Julia Polacheck Epstein was born November 30, 1916 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She attended the University of Chicago,
West End Block Club Records
Organized in 1961 in Evanston, Illinois, West End Block Club was a neighborhood organization that focused on general relaying and resolving neighborhood concerns, such as park maintenance, too many one way streets, traffic lights, and public safety on the West side of the Evanston, Illinois.
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
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.
Metropolitan Planning Council records
The Metropolitan Planning Council is an independent nonprofit Chicago area planning organization. According to its website, it is committed to developing a sustainable and prosperous Chicago region, and since its founding in 1934 it has played a critical role in city infrastructure planning, providing housing for low income individuals, sponsoring urban renewal, protecting the environment, and advocating health care for
Ira Berkow Collection
Born in 1940, Ira Berkow grew up on Chicago's Near West Side. As a teenager, he sold women's nylons and men's belts at various stands in the Maxwell St. marketplace. Upon graduating from Northwestern University's journalism program, Berkow worked as a sports writer for the New York Times. Among other books, he is the author of Maxwell Street: Survival in
Photograph collection
Women's Action Coalition - Chicago records
The Women's Action Coalition - Chicago was a grass-roots organization that responded to issues concerned with women's rights. This collection includes both administrative and subject folders.
Franklyn Atkinson Henderson collection of photographs of African American old settlers of Chicago
Primarily photographic portraits of the first African American settlers in the Chicago area collected by Henderson as historian for the Chicago Old Settlers Social Club (ca. 1902-1918). Includes portraits of Mary Davenport (first black police matron), Edward Hopkins Morris who served in the Illinois Legislature from 1890-1902, John Jones (first black Cook County Commissioner) who was elected to office in
Evanston Newsette Publications
Founded by life-long Evanston, Illinois resident Melvin S. Smith in 1941, the Evanston Newsette covered the African-American experience on the Illinois North Shore and the life of former Evanston residents living outside Illinois. Published by Smith, the weekly newspaper ran from 1941 to 1942, when it went on hiatus, and resumed in 1946, continuing until 1950. The Evanston Newsette publications
Adrian Scheltes collection
The Adrian Scheltes collection contains photographs either taken by or collected by Scheltes while he was the Supervisor of Counsel and Guidance for the Blind from the Illinois Division of Vocational Rehabilitation in the late 1940s and early 1950s. In this position he assisted blind people with learning professional skills to enter the workforce. Scheltes also advocated for black blind
Jacob Siegel papers
Jacob Siegel served as managing editor of the Chicago edition of the Jewish Daily Forward and was active in Jewish labor organizations such as the Workmen's Circle. After the Jewish Labor Committee (JLC) formed in New York City in 1934, Jacob Siegel chaired the Chicago branch of the national organization. The Jacob Siegel Papers include correspondence, memoranda, reports, financial records,
Publicity photographs of Mayor Harold Washington of Chicago
Includes portraits and informal scenes of Chicago Mayor Harold Washington during his tenure as the first African American mayor of the city. Views include public events (such as parades, ribbon-cuttings, award ceremonies, community and church meetings, galas, fundraisers, press conferences, city council meetings, campaign-related events) and informal meetings with Chicago citizens entertainers, athletes, foreign officials, politicians, and religious leaders. Also
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
Loyola University Archives Audio/Visual collection
Midwest Academy (Chicago, Ill.) records
Board meeting minutes, correspondence, pamphlets and fliers, budgets, grant applications and reports, annual reports, news clippings, news releases, research data and topical files, student files, and training curricula of Midwest Academy, a training school for grass-roots organizers in political action campaigns and community organizing. The collection also includes office files of Citizen Action (U.S.); files of the Citizen/Labor Energy Coalition;
Vice President for Academic Affairs, Deborah Lott Holmes, records
Included in the files of Deborah Lott Holmes are correspondence, memoranda, reports, policy statements, proposals, minutes, and financial data. Minority Access and Retention Program includes records relating to the Minority Access and Retention Program (the ""STARS""), a cooperative grant to Loyola University of Chicago, DePaul University, and Mundelein College from the Illinois Board of Higher Education (IBHE) Higher Education Cooperation
Captain Edward B. Walker papers
Edward Bruce Walker was a veteran and collector of Tuskegee Airmen memorabilia.
Mary Griffin papers
Agnes Marie Griffin, English professor, feminist, and innovative educator, was the sixth child of Michael and Margaret Griffin, born on December 25, 1916 in Chicago, Illinois. She studied music education at Mundelein College, where she received a Bachelors of Music Education degree in 1939. In 1961,after completing her doctorate, Griffin returned to Mundelein College, serving as Academic Dean. During her