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Harold L. Lucas papers
Papers documenting the activities of organizer, preservationist, and entrepreneur Harold L. Lucas. Material is related to African American communities, both in Chicago and nationwide. Also includes other activities including historic building preservation, Bronzeville history, heritage tourism, and political work for the city of Chicago.
Cook County Democratic Party collection
The Cook County Democratic Party underwent a factional split in the 1930's. The materials in this collection highlight the issues that divided the party.
Richards, Bob. Productions. Collection
The Bob Richards Productions Collection contains a photograph of Ray Brown and Roy Eldridge.
South Shore Commission records
Topical files, operating files, financial records, newsclippings, membership cards, and other records of the South Shore Commission, a community organization serving the Far South Side of Chicago. During a period of racial change in the neighborhood, the Commission attempted to manage integration to promote racial balance and prevent a decline in housing values. Affiliated organizations include Bryn Mawr East Area
Charles A. Sengstock, Jr. papers
Charles A. Sengstock Jr. was an associate in the public relations office for Armour Research Foundation from Feb. 1958 - Feb. 1962. His office was located initially in the "33rd St. apartments" (apparently the Armour Flats building) before moving to the former Arcade building at 10 W. 35th St. (35th and State Sts.) Sengstock had a particular interest in the
Illinois Gay and Lesbian Task Force records
Like the New York-based National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, The Illinois Gay and Lesbian Task Force (originally the Illinois Gay Rights Task Force) was formed to support the rights of gays and lesbians in Illinois by monitoring legislative bills (including the long-running campaign to pass an anti-discrimination bill that would make sexual orientation a protected class in Illinois) and
Maria Mootry papers
Poet, literary critic, and essayist Maria Mootry was a professor at the University of Illinois-Springfield and the author of literary criticism on Gwendolyn Brooks.
Justice Graphics, Inc. Records
Keep Strong Publishing began in 1975 in Chicago's Uptown neighborhood. It was started by progressive community activists Walter "Slim" Coleman, Helen Shiller and others, and soon changed its name to Justice Graphics, Inc. This collection consists of Justice Graphics Inc.'s files about Harold Washington and other related politicians. Of note is a series related to Washington's 1985 trip to Israel
Chicago Seed (newspaper) records
Sundry mailings, underground press announcements and brochures, a few letters, and other office files of Seed Publishing Company, publishers of the Chicago Seed, an alternative newspaper. Topics include the 1968 Democratic Convention demonstrations in Chicago, the civil rights movement, rights of high school students, the war in Vietnam, and other national social and political issues.
William H. Exum (1942-1986) Papers1965-1985
William H. Exum became involved in school integration efforts during the late 1950s and early 1960s both as a student and as a civil rights worker. He joined the faculty of Northwestern University in September, 1977 and served as Associate Professor of African-American Studies and Sociology. Exum's research interests are centered around his concern for understanding the "phenomena of difference,"
Hyde Park Historical Society. Collection
The Hyde Park Historical Society was founded in 1977 to record and preserve the history of the Hyde Park-Kenwood neighborhood. Included are the Hyde Park Historical Society's administrative records, as well as its collection of historic materials. The collection contains architectural drawings, artifacts, audio material, clippings, correspondence, deeds, manuscripts, maps, memorabilia, oral histories, photographs, postcards, posters, publications, scrapbooks, and slides.
Printed label (gray on black) for a 1940s-era phonograph record titled "Lovin's Been Here and Gone to Mecca Flats" by Jimmie Blythe.
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.
Sylvia Alvino papers
Sylvia Alvino wrote her PhD thesis on Illinois state senator Arthur Berman and his efforts at legislative reform of Chicago schools.
Morton, Charles, Agency. Collection of American Popular Drama
The collection holds theatrical plays of the late 19th early 20th centuries, film screenplays from the Depression and New Deal periods, as well as television scripts from the 1950s. The majority of the plays were written, copyrighted, or possibly produced by Charles Morton and his agency.
Quentin Young Papers 1937-2002
The Quentin Young papers consist of 47 boxes, and contain a wide variety of papers relating to Young's personal life and the organizations he was affiliated with. Since the 1960's, Young had been an advocate for progressive policy reform in medicine, having founded both the Medical Committee for Human Rights and the Chicago-based Health and Medicine Policy Research Group, and
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.
Lang, Harvey. Collection
Harvey Lang, drummer. Lang started playing the drums at age three and played for over sixty years, primarily in Chicago, Las Vegas, and Disneyworld in Orlando. He played for a long list of performers including Wayne Newton, Herbie Fields, Ginny and the Gallions, Lee Caron, Frank Sinatra, Bubba Kolb, Louis Prima, and Clark Terry. The Harvey Lang Collection includes lists
University of Chicago. Committee on African Studies. Records
Administrative records of the Committee on African Studies, including correspondence, curriculum syllabi, information on internal and external fellowship applications, and financial information.
Leroy Bryant papers
Leroy Bryant served as chair and professor of History and African American Studies at Chicago State University, and was active in civil rights work.
Academic Affairs, College of Education, Box 43
The Carruther's Center for Inner City Studies (CCICS) was established on the south side of Chicago over 30 years ago by Northeastern Illinois University as part of its urban mission to meet the educational needs of Chicago's inner-city communities. Studies at CCICS are distinguished by their interdisciplinary nature in the social sciences and humanities with an emphasis on ethnic and
Students for a Democratic Society collection
The collection consists of statements, newspapers, newsletters, and a resolution pertaining to the educational and social action activities of the Students for a Democratic Society.
Lori Husband papers
Lori Husband was a leading researcher, teacher and author in the field of African American genealogy. The author of three studies of genealogical information found in the Chicago Defender newspaper, Husband also taught genealogical methodology.
Hoke Norris Papers
Collection of correspondence, works, research materials, and personal information by and about Hoke Norris, reporter, book reviewer, novelist, and public affairs director. Norris worked for several papers including the Raleigh News and Observer, the Winston-Salem Journal-Sentinel, the Chicago Sun-Times, and the Chicago Daily News.
Chicago Committee to Defend the Bill of Rights records
The Chicago Committee to Defend the Bill of Rights Collection consists of correspondence, newsletters, meeting minutes, newspapers, court records, petitions, pamphlets, FBI files and handwritten notes. The collection mainly comprises correspondence and promotional literature such as pamphlets and newsletters from precursor organizations to the CCDBR, organizations affiliated with the CCDBR, as well as the CCDBR and its two executive directors.