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William B. Lloyd Jr. papers
William Bross Lloyd, Jr. has written extensively on decolonization, nuclear disarmament, international cooperation, and Third World development. He is the founder and editor of "Toward Freedom," a monthly newsletter which has been published under his guidance since 1953. Initially, "Toward Freedom" focused on the Decolonization movement, especially in Africa. In recent years Lloyd has widened the scope of this publication
Martin & Morris Music, Inc. papers
In 1940, Morris left Bowles Music House and teamed with gospel singer Sallie Martin to start his own publishing business, the Martin and Morris Music Company. Sallie Martin (1896-1988) had come to Chicago in 1927 from Pittsfield, Georgia to work with another gospel pioneer, Thomas A. Dorsey. Her group, the Sallie Martin Singers, traveled throughout the United States and Europe.
Ada Williams Letters collection
Howell, Standley. Collection
Standley Howell, jazz collector. The Standley Howell Collection contains a copy of the book Glenn Miller’s Method of Orchestral Arranging, piano instruction books, music scores, and sheet music.
Rosenwald, Julius. Papers
Julius Rosenwald, businessman and philanthropist. The papers of Julius Rosenwald contain correspondence, reports, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, memorabilia, and a 1963 Rosenwald family tree. The collection documents Rosenwald's deep sense of social responsibility and commitment to philanthropic and civic endeavors, in particular his support of rural schools for African Americans, higher education, Jewish charities, and medical care. The collection also includes
Clementine Skinner papers
Clementine Skinner was a Chicago Public Schools assistant principal, teacher and librarian. She was active during four decades in the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) and served as president of the Chicago branch. She was also active in the YWCA, the NAACP, and in genealogical organizations.
Wieboldt Foundation photograph collection
Includes photographs of buildings, primarily housing charitable organizations located in the Chicago metropolitan area (Ill.) that may have been recipients of funds from the Wieboldt Foundation. Organizations include orphanages, settlement houses, clubs, and community centers, among others. One view shows the Wieboldt's North Town Annex on Ashland Avenue.
Jazz Institute of Chicago. Sheet Music. Collection
The Jazz Institute of Chicago Sheet Music Collection contains two handwritten arrangements by Prince Shell.
Burgess, Ernest Watson. Papers
Ernest Burgess(1886-1966), Professor of Sociology, University of Chicago, 1916-1952. Contains correspondence; manuscripts; minutes; reports; memoranda; research material that includes proposals, case studies, questionnaires, tables, and interviews; teaching and course materials, class record books; letters of recommendation; bibliographies; student papers; offprints; and maps and charts. Includes material relating to professional organizations with which Burgess was associated. Topics reflect Burgess' interest in
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
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
The Suburbanites Social and Civic Club Collection
The Suburbanites Social and Civic Club was a non-profit African-American women’s club in Evanston, Illinois. The Suburbanites Social and Civic Club collection spans from 1965 to 1978, and consists of photographs, artifacts, and meeting information.
Ann C. DeRamus papers
Autobiographical data sheets, brochures, and sundry personal papers of Ann C. DeRamus, a Chicago social worker. Many items are photocopies of originals retained by Ms. DeRamus.
Learning Logic Foundation archives
Learning Logic Foundation, headed by Calvin Pearce, was a not-for-profit organization think tank created to promote educational discussion and experimental programs between senior citizens and school-age youth.
University Photograph collection
Young Men's Christian Association - Wabash Avenue records
The YMCA at 3763 S. Wabash Avenue was designed by Robert C. Berlin and financed primarily by Julius Rosenwald, Chairman of Sears, Roebuck, and Company, who added his funds to those raised by community residents. Completed in 1913, the facility provided housing, education, and vocational training for African Americans emigrating from the South who sought new opportunities in Chicago's growing
Chicago Federation of Labor records
Meeting minutes, 1903-1922, of the Chicago Federation of Labor (CFL); broadsides containing lists of dues paid by local unions to the CFL and other reports, 1911-1918; office files of the CFL, ca. 1890s-1940s, containing letters, notes, reports, etc., mostly during the presidency of John Fitzpatrick; scrapbooks 1912-1947; later topical files, 1950s-1980s, mostly during the presidency of William Lee; Cook County
The Heritage Collection
The Heritage was the official publication of the African History and Culture Club in Evanston, Illinois. Established in 1998 by four members of the African History and Culture Club, it was published bi-monthly as the club's official publication from 1998 to 2000. The collection consists of a full three-year run and is arranged chronologically by publication date.
Prexy Nesbitt Anti Apartheid Collection
Wells, Ida B. Papers
Ida B. Wells, (1862-1931) teacher, journalist and anti-lynching activist. Paper contain correspondence, manuscript of Crusade for Justice: the Autobiography of Ida B. Wells, diaries, copies of articles and speeches by Wells, articles and accounts about Wells, newspapers clippings, and photographs. Also contains Alfreda M. Duster's (Wells' daughter) working copies of the autobiography which Duster edited. Correspondents include Frederick Douglass and
Unidentified artifacts collection
The Unidentified Artifact Collection consists of discarded items from the Bronzeville neighborhood. In 2009, Sherry Williams collected these items with attempts to preserve the social and cultural aspects of everyday life in the community. The collection is organized in a container list. Currently, the items fit in one archival box. The majority of the items are not dated.
Honorable R. Eugene and Alzata C. Pincham Collection
The collection consists of well organized and mounted scrapbooks that includes personal materials such as photographs, newsclippings, and memorabilia like post cards, flyers and posters; administrative papers, and correspondence which include correspondence between R. Eugene Pincham and Reverend Jeremiah Wright, former Pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ between 1995 and 2002; Pincham and Margaret Taylor Burroughs, educator and artist;
The Compassionate Friends records
The Compassionate Friends is a national nonprofit, self-help support organization founded in Coventry, England in 1969 to provide bereaved parents and siblings with support following the death of a child. The Paula and Arnold Shamres of Florida established the first chapter of the Compassionate Friends in the United States in 1972. Since then, the organization has spread, with Compassionate Friends
Ouida Lindsey ("For Real") papers
Ouida Lindsey was a talk show hostess, a newspaper columnist, and an assistant dean at Columbia College Chicago. In 1974 she and her husband, Paul Lindsey, published Breaking the Bonds of Racism about their interracial marriage. She wrote a column for the Chicago Sun-Times called ""For Real"" from 1971-1978.
Josie Brown Childs papers
The Josie Brown Childs papers consist of materials from Childs’ political career. The collection specifically includes her work on the Mayor’s Office of Special Events especially under Mayor Harold Washington; newspaper clippings about Chicago politics, Childs’ professional and personal correspondence, and materials from events she planned, such as the Great Lakes Experience Reunion and the Ellington International Conference. Also included