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William Gaston letter
Letter, from Savannah, to Messrs. Chas. W. Karthaus & co., Baltimore. Delay in privateer case; chance of selling Gobel's claim to McKinne, enslaved people to be removed to South Carolina; prices; statistics on exports from Savannah October - December, 1818.
Unprocessed Slides and Photos
Collection of 6 binders of photographs from the 1950s portraying student life, academic departments and activities.
Photograph collection
Herbert Hill papers
Herbert Hill served as the NAACP’s labor director in the 1950s and 1960s, where he was one of the most effective voices raised against racial discrimination by unions. He was later Professor of Afro-American Studies at the University of Wisconsin.
Second Baptist Church Records
Second Baptist Church was the first African-American Baptist church formed in Evanston, Illinois. Founded in 1882, the church still functions today. The Second Baptist Church records span from 1875 to 2008. The Second Baptist Church records concern the social history of the church rather than the organizational.
Northwestern University Archives Photograph Collection
The photograph collection reflects Northwestern University history, faculty and student body.
Chicago Actors' Ensemble collection
The Company was incorporated as a not-for-profit organization in July 1984. In 1986, they moved into the fifth floor of The People's Church (now known as The Preston Bradley Center). Company produced the first Suzan-Lori Parks play in Chicago,""Death of the Last Black Man in the Whole Entire World."
Dorothy Chaplik papers
Dorothy Chaplik was born on June 15, 1922, in Chicago, Illinois, to Isidore and Marion Rose Goldberg. She lived almost entirely in Chicago until 1951 when she moved to Evanston and later to Skokie, Illinois. She graduated from Roosevelt High School in Chicago in 1939 and attended Schurz Junior College the following year. On July 3, 1946, Dorothy married Seymour
Montgomery, Mike. Collection
The Mike Montgomery Collection contains a copy of "Pekin Rag" by Joe Jordan, photocopies of Toddle News from the 1920's, an article about a lecture by Montgomery, and blank stationery.
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee collection
The collection consists of the records of the Chicago SNCC Freedom Center, a local branch which was developed in order to establish programs attacking poverty and poor housing conditions, and to create community action projects and youth council programs. It includes mimeographed correspondence, statements, reports, articles, memoranda, press releases, minutes, programs, newsletters, bulletins, and speeches pertaining to the purposes, objectives,
Harold Washington Archives and Collections, Illinois State Senatorial Records
Reports, minutes, correspondence, newsletters and news clippings from Harold Washington's tenure as State Senator from 1976 to 1980. The records reflect Washington's involvement with various committees, particularly the Fair Employment Practices Commission and the Illinois Legislative Black Caucus, of which he was a founding member.
Leroi Jones: The Moderns
This collection reflects LeRoi Jones's early interest in publishing new American writing. Throughout his career he has been a literary as well as a political activist, writing innovative and controversial plays, poetry and essays. He has also been the influential editor of numerous journals and anthologies which published new, young writers.
West Side Riots (Chicago) Photograph Collection
The West Side Riots (Chicago) Photograph Collection consists of documenting the riots on Chicago's West Side following the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., in April 1968. The photographs are from the vicinity of Marillac House, a community center at 2822 West Jackson, by a staff member, Sister Julia.
Charles Burroughs papers
In 1959, teachers Margaret and Charles Burroughs founded what was to become the DuSable Museum of African-American History in their residence at 3806 S. Michigan Ave. Called the Ebony Museum of Negro History and Art, it started out with 100 items. In 1973, the museum moved to its current location, the former administration building of Washington Park at 740 E.
Victory Gardens Theater collection
Victory Gardens Theater is a theater in Chicago, Illinois dedicated to the development and production of new plays and playwrights. The theater was founded in 1974 when seven Chicago artists, Warren Casey, Cordis Heard, Roberta Maguire, Mac McGuinnes, Cecil O'Neal, June Pyskaček, and David Rasche each fronted $1,000 to start a company outside the Chicago Loop. The theater's first production,
American Committee to Keep Biafra Alive records
The American Committee to Keep Biafra Alive was an organization created to inform Americans of the conditions in Biafra during the Nigerian Civil War of 1967-1970.
Clarence Markham and "The New Negro Traveler" records
African American travel writer. Founded the Travelers Research Publishing Company of Chicago.
Marjorie Stewart Joyner papers
Marjorie Stewart Joyner was National Supervisor of Madame C.J. Walker Beauty Colleges, chair of Chicago’s Bud Billiken Parade and Chicago Defender Charities, benefactor of Bethune-Cookman College, and an activist in the Democratic Party in Chicago.
Chicago Police Department collection
Personnel registers (3 v.: 1890-1897, 1897-1904, 1904-1910) providing departmental and biographical information on police officers appointed from 1866 to 1910 and one news clipping scrapbook (1 v.) relative to the police and to crime and criminals, 1912-1914. The personnel registers list name, birth date and place, former occupation, date of appointment, resignation, fines, promotions, etc. Entries are arranged by the
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.
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.
Institute for Community Empowerment records
The Institute for Community Empowerment (ICE) was founded in the 1980s by Chicago community leaders and activists. ICE works with urban communities ""in crisis"" where residents have faced wrenching dispossession and relocation owing to political, social, and/or economic forces seemingly beyond local control. To counteract the democratic deficit typically lying at the root of such communities' problems, ICE provides residents
City Club of Chicago records
Correspondence, minutes, reports, newsclippings, forum notices, financial and membership materials, and other records of the City Club of Chicago, an organization founded in 1903 to investigate and improve municipal conditions in Chicago (Ill.). Topics include city and state government, revenue, taxation, planning, elections, courts, civil service, transportation, utilities, welfare, education, employment, housing, health, racial discrimination and social services in general.
Tax, Sol. Papers
Sol Tax (1907-1995), Anthropologist. Papers include personal and professional correspondence, ethnographic field notes, published and unpublished articles, papers, and manuscripts, lecture notes and transcripts, student papers, audiotapes, photographs, and memorabilia. Documentation begins with Tax's youth in Milwaukee, continuing through his student years at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and at the University of Chicago, his field research and writing on Middle
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.