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Frank W. McCulloch papers
Correspondence, notes, articles, reports, minutes, newsletters, and other papers of Frank W. McCulloch about his activities in Chicago on behalf of unemployment relief in the 1930s and labor education in the 1940s. Except for a few miscellaneous items, the collection does not extend beyond late 1948, when McCulloch accepted a staff appointment with Senator-elect Paul Douglas (Democrat; Illinois). Large portions
Illinois Central Railroad Company Archives
The Archives of the Illinois Central Railroad Company document the activities of the Company and its subsidiary lines and companies from before its charter on Feb. 10, 1851, through and a bit beyond 1972, when the line merged with the Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad to become Illinois Central Gulf Railroad. The collection includes correspondence of administrators and staff, minutes,
Hoop Dreams Film Project records
Hoop Dreams is a 176-minute 1994 film directed by Steve James and Produced by Kartemquin Films. First exhibited at the 1994 Sundance Film Festival, where it won the audience award for best documentary, Hoop Dreams is a reflection on contemporary American inner-city culture, following two ordinary young men on the courts of the game they love. Plucked from the streets
Black History collection
This collection was assembled from various small manuscript items donated to the UIC Library Special Collections department starting in 1968.
University of Chicago. Library. Chicago Jazz Archive. Exhibits. Records
The University of Chicago Library Chicago Jazz Archive Exhibits Records contain publicity material, photocopies, brochures, announcements, articles, and ephemera related to Chicago Jazz Archive-produced exhibits, primarily "From Dreamland to Showcase: Jazz in Chicago, 1912-1996" and “Jazz-The Chicago Scene: The Art of Stephen Longstreet.”
Records of the Northwestern University Settlement Association Records North Shore Junior Board 1937-1992
This collection consists of 11 boxes organized in 4 series: Administrative Notebooks, 1959-1983; Benefit Committee records, 1978-1986: President's Books, 1980-1986; and Publicity records, 1969-1977. The materials include: meeting agendas and minutes; correspondence; treasurer's reports; financial records; tax letters; committee notes, secretary, treasurer, and chairman reports; meeting agendas and minutes; guidelines; calendars; annual reports; yearbook materials; press releases; clippings; income tax
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
Heartland International Records
Heartland International was a non-profit organization founded in 1989 and based in Chicago, Illinois. The organization designed and implemented international programs that promoted the development of civil society around the world. The materials in this collection include documents, financial records, correspondence, and media including CDs, DVDs, and a VHS tape.
Chicago Seed (Newspaper) Photograph Collection
The Chicago Seed (Newspaper) Photograph Collection Includes photoprints from the alternative newspaper Chicago Seed. Some photoprints relate to the 1968 Democratic Convention demonstrations in Chicago, the civil rights movement, and other national social and political issues. Negatives show a construction project, an earth-moving project, and an unidentified event with a crowd, possibly in a park. A contact sheet, stored with
Welfare Council of Metropolitan Chicago records
Correspondence, minutes, financial records, committee and division files, member agency files, annual and other reports, historical summaries, statistical information and printed materials of the Welfare Council relating to the evaluation and coordination of private charities and public health and welfare services in Chicago and suburbs. Contains information on agencies, funding, social workers, and social conditions, such as housing, disease, delinquency,
Zeta Xi Lambda Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. Collection
The Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, the first intercollegiate, African-American fraternal organization for men, was formed at Cornell in 1906 to promote and defend African-American civil rights. The Zeta Xi Lambda chapter was formed in Evanston, Illinois in 1956. The Zeta Xi Lambda Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. Collection spans from 1942 to 1997 and contains information relating to
Mellissia Elam-Lauretta Peyton papers
Mellissia Elam came to Chicago in 1876 from Missouri. She established a club home for working girls in 1919; it became a center for social and cultural activities. Ms. Elam belonged to Quinn Chapel A.M.E. Church. After her death in 1941, the work at Elam Home was carried on by Lauretta Peyton.
Paul H. Douglas 1967 photograph albums
One album shows neighborhood parks in Philadelphia. A second album contains photographs of "In Our Time," a 1967 television show featuring Douglas with guests.
Edward Manney papers
Edward Manney was the Assistant Curator of the Vivian G. Harsh Research Collection from 1984 to 1992.
Sadie Bruce and Mary Bruce Dance Studio records
Sadie Bruce and her sister, Mary Bruce, each operated their own dance schools in Bronzeville. Sadie Bruce's dance studio was located at 54th and Calumet; Mary Bruce's was at 58th and South Parkway. The schools gave dance and music training to thousands of Bronzeville youth, and helped build public awareness of dance and music in the Black community.
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;
Sylvia Cotton papers
Sylvia Cotton (1912- ) was the founder and president of the Day-Care Crisis Council of the Chicago Area (later the Day Care Action Council), an organization that advocates for safe, affordable child care in the Chicago area. Cotton's work as a child care advocate began with her involvement in the education section of the National Council of Jewish Women. Cotton
Mildred Johnson papers
Mildred Johnson was an educator, poet, children’s book author, principal of Howalton School (1982-1985), and director of “Say! Children’s Theater.
Family Focus Evanston Records
Founded in Chicago in 1976, Family Focus is a Chicago-based nonprofit family support organization that provides community-based programs for parents, children and teens. In 1979, it expanded with the opening of Family Focus- Our Place, located in the Weissbourd-Holmes Center on Evanston’s West Side. The Family Focus Evanston Records primarily consist of paper documents, namely annual reports, publications, financial reports,
Office of the Chancellor -- Campus Planning and Development records
This collection contains information about the expansion of the Chicago Undergraduate Division at Navy Pier to the four-year University of Illinois at Chicago Circle. Included are press releases, correspondence, and reports from various faculty committees.
Jazz Institute of Chicago. Martin, Terry. Papers
Terry Martin, professor, jazz author, critic, and collector. Terry Martin is a Professor in Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology at the University of Chicago. He has been involved in the Chicago jazz scene for over five decades, including as a board member and committee chair of the Jazz Institute of Chicago, participation in the Association for the Advancement of Creative
National Organization for Women, Chicago Chapter Records
The National Organization for Women (NOW) was founded in 1966 and the Chicago Chapter of NOW was organized two years later, in 1968. By working with business leaders, politicians, and social organizers, Chicago NOW focused on creating jobs, equal wages, and legislation for workplace safety for women and other marginalized groups. The National Organization for Women, Chicago Chapter Records document
Office of the Chancellor -- Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs -- Publications -- Affirmative Action Goals and Timetables for Academic and Administrative Personnel (1979), and UICC Affirmative Action Plan, 1981/82 (December 1981) and UICC Goals and Timetable Analysis (March 1977)
Affirmative Action Goals and Timetables for Academic and Administrative Personnel (1979), is based on a survey and data gathered by the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, to assess compliance with interim goals set for 1981. "UICC Affirmative Action Plan, 1981/82" (December 1981) and "UICC Goals and Timetable Analysis" (March 1977).
Joan S. Wallace papers
Joan Wallace, daughter of painter William Edouard Scott and widow of anti-poverty federal official Maurice Dawkins, was an assistant secretary of agriculture during the Carter administration. Her papers contain correspondence, speeches, scrapbooks, photographs and memorabilia. The paper span the years 1901-2006, with the bulk of the material from 1977-1994.
Bronzeville Design Symposium collection, 1999
Materials related to "Bronzeville Design Symposium: The Impact of Design on Urban Communities," held at Illinois Institute of Technology October 29-30, 1999. Project was a joint activity of IIT, the College of Architecture, and Harvard Graduate School of Design.