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YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago records
Office files of the central office of the YMCA of metropolitan Chicago (Ill.) primarily concerning administration, fund raising and building campaigns, program development, and coordination of activities of YMCA departments in Chicago neighborhoods and suburbs. Includes minutes of the board of trustees (1868-1975), the board of managers (1858-1975), the General Secretary's cabinet (1913-1962), and boards of directors of the branches,
Wieboldt Foundation (Chicago, Ill.) records
Meeting minutes (1921-1950), financial records, newsclipping scrapbook, and grant project files (ca. 1921-1980) of the Wieboldt Foundation (Chicago, Ill.) concerning its support for social service work by various non-profit organizations, primarily related to children and to community development in the Chicago metropolitan area. Project files include applications to the foundation that were funded and not funded, and reports and other
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,
Welfare Council of Metropolitan Chicago Photograph Collection
The Welfare Council of Metropolitan Chicago was founded in 1914 as the Chicago Central Council of Social Agencies; incorporated in 1919 as the Chicago Council of Social Agencies; in the 1940s, became the Welfare Council of Metropolitan Chicago; in 1971 renamed the Council of Community Services; in 1977 merged with the Community Fund of Chicago to become the United Way
Visiting Nurse Association of Chicago records
Miscellaneous correspondence, bulletins, pamphlets, clippings, annual reports, statistical data, etc. of the Visiting Nurse Association of Chicago. Correspondence is chiefly with donors (1903-1949, 1957), who included many socially prominent Chicagoans; plus case study data in Patient Service, Nursing Substation & Coordinated Home Care Program reports, 1962-1968. Also, many items on the Mayor's City-County Polio Planning Committee (1956); a VMA 75th
Visiting Nurse Association of Chicago photograph collection
From 1890 to 1995, the Visiting Nurse Association of Chicago employed its own nurses and other health professionals to provide health care to the underprivileged. Now the VNA Foundation operates exclusively as a grantmaking foundation, giving financial support to nonprofit organizations offering home- and community-based care to the underserved.
United Steelworkers of America, District 31 collection of visual materials
Photoprints relating to USWA, District 31, whose purpose is to provide plant level union leaders in northern Indiana (St. Joseph, LaPorte, Porter & Lake counties) and Illinois (Cook, DuPage, Kane, Kendall, Grundy, Will & Kankakee counties) with services and skilled advice. Subjects include union leaders including the Steel Workers Organizing Committee (1930s), especially Joseph Germano, director of District 31 from
Sidney Lens papers
Correspondence, newspaper clippings, articles, newsletters, notes, manuscripts of Lens' major books, financial records, and sound recordings from his career as a Chicago labor organizer, peace activist, political candidate, lecturer, and writer. Includes materials from the Revolutionary Workers' League; Local 329 of United Service Employees Union; National Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam; and other groups. Also includes Lens'
Seymour Simon papers
Correspondence, speeches, articles, reports, newspaper clippings, and other papers of Seymour Simon, chiefly related to his service as president of the Cook County Board of Commissioners and mostly concerning the departments operated by the board, but including 14 Simon speeches, 1980-87, while serving as a Justice of the Illinois Supreme Court. Much of the correspondence is with members of the
Reverend J.H. Jackson papers
Reverend Joseph H. Jackson (1900-1990) was a missionary, pastor, diplomat, scholar, an outspoken Republican, and an African American Baptist leader during the Civil Rights Movement in the United States. Jackson was the pastor at Olivet Baptist Church on Chicago’s South Side from 1941-1990, and president of the National Baptist Convention (NBC) from 1953-1982. Before his tenure at Olivet Baptist Church,
Rev. J.H. Jackson and Olivet Baptist Church architectural drawings
Blueprints (9) documenting Rev. Joseph Harrison Jackson's residence (formerly the Harry Holton residence) at 4935-37 Kimbark Ave., Chicago, Ill. originally designed and constructed in 1926 by Chatten & Hammond and annotated diazo prints (3) of the Olivet Baptist Church (405 E. 31st Street, Chicago, Ill.) steeple constructed in 1978 and designed by Lester Johnson.
Rev. J. H. Jackson visual materials
The Rev. J. H. Jackson visual materials contains black and white and color photographs and negatives from ca. 1920 until 1986. It contains special events Jackson attended and spoke at, including several of the Annual National Baptist Conventions and anniversary celebrations as pastor of Olivet Baptist Church, as well as Jackson with public figures such as former president Lyndon B.
Patrick B. and Annabel Carey Prescott papers
Correspondence, newspaper clippings, biographical material, and newsletters related to Patrick B. and Annabelle Carey Prescott. Patrick Prescott’s papers relate to his career as lawyer, politician, and Judge of the Municipal Court of Chicago (Ill.), including his run for Republican Congressmen (circa 1944). Also included are materials from Prescott’s involvement with the Four Minute Men (1917-1918) including certificates, correspondence, and fliers.
Oscar De Priest papers
Correspondence, clippings, scrapbooks, bulletins, and other papers of Oscar De Priest relating to his political career and family. He was U.S. Congressman (Republican) from 1st District of Illinois (Chicago's near South Side), 1929-1935, and active in Chicago politics before and after that period. Materials include several dozen condolence letters received by De Priest and his wife in 1916 upon the
Olivet Baptist Church Records
Ledgers, minutes, scrapbooks, correspondence, sermons, and other records of Olivet Baptist Church based at 3101 South King Drive, on Chicago's South Side. The collection includes writings by and about Olivet's famous ministers: Dr. L. K. Williams (1916-1940) and Dr. J. H. Jackson (1941-1990); ledgers listing members; minutes and other records of its missionary efforts, which reached out to other African
Moses M. Shaw papers
Correspondence; newsletters, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, programs, and flyers; church and youth scrapbooks, a bank marketing expenses ledger; notebooks, speaker's notes, poems, jokes, song lyrics, etc.; and other papers of Moses M. Shaw, a Chicago businessman active in community and civil rights affairs in the Woodlawn neighborhood. Most of the collection relates to Shaw’s leadership of the Young People's Christian Union,
Michael Reese Nurses Alumnae Association collection of visual materials
Founded in 1881 by the United Hebrew Relief Association, Michael Reese Hospital’s first mission was to provide healthcare to immigrants. A bequest by Michael Reese (1817-1878), a German Jewish immigrant, gave the UHRA the funding needed to establish the hospital. The cornerstone was laid on November 4, 1880, and the hospital opened on Oct. 23, 1881. A nurse training school
Michael Reese Hospital School of Nursing and Alumnae Association records
Newsletters, photographs, correspondence, printed materials, newspaper clippings, personnel rosters, and other records of the Michael Reese Hospital School of Nursing and Alumnae Association. A majority of the materials relate to anniversary celebrations and reunions. Included is a 50th anniversary binder (1959), Department of Nursing Procedure book (1960) and written histories of the hospital and nursing program. Four scrapbooks compiled by
Max Naiman papers
Correspondence and career papers of Max R. Naiman, and a much larger lot of topical files that contain reports, fliers, brochures, mailings, and some correspondence relating to Naiman's role as a lawyer and staff member of the International Labor Defense (ILD); and to his participation or interest in the American Committee for Protection of Foreign Born, Cook County Bar Association,
Luis Kutner papers
Correspondence; news clipping scrapbooks; manuscripts of legal articles, fiction, poetry, short stories; some legal and business records; and sound recordings of radio interviews of Luis Kutner, a lawyer who became involved in public-interest lawsuits and other high-profile cases in Chicago and in national and international affairs; and an author whose writings ranged from philosophy and legal theory to poetry, fictionalized
Lois Weisberg papers
Scrapbooks, meetings, minutes, newsletters, programs, scripts, publications, publicity materials, correspondence, and other materials documenting Lois Weisberg's personal and professional activities. Materials document Weisberg’s roles in and the activities of the South Shore Railroad advocacy organization; the Harold Washington administration, the Chicago chapter of the George Bernard Shaw Society; Chicago's Department of Cultural Affairs, where she served as the first Commissioner;
Leonidas H. Berry papers
Biographical materials, correspondence, reports, published articles, newsletters, programs, newspaper clippings, photographs, scrapbooks, administrative documents, and other papers of Leonidas H. Berry, a Chicago African American gastroenterologist. The materials relate to various aspects of Berry's career, including the establishment and progress of his clinics for treatment of addiction to narcotics; his work at Provident Hospital (1935-1970), Michael Reese Hospital (ca. 1946),
Leon M. Despres papers
Subject files, correspondence, constituent requests, and newsclippings, chiefly from Despres' service as Chicago 5th Ward Alderman (Independent), 1955-1975. Topics include Hyde Park and Kenwood neighborhood matters, city planning, budgets, racial discrimination, schools, crime, and urban renewal. The collection also contains a small group of papers from Despres' private law practice, many involving civil liberties.
Lawrence Laird Sutherland papers
Audits and other financial records, annual meeting material, and tenant correspondence pertaining to Sutherland's ownership and management of the Rowan Trees Hotel (500 W. Englewood, Chicago) for over fifty years. Also includes some personal materials of Sutherland, including greeting cards and correspondence received from relatives and some narrative family history material.
LaJulia Rhea papers
Correspondence, newsclippings, concert programs, autobiographical booklet, and other papers of LaJulia Rhea, the first African American to audition at the Metropolitan Opera House and America's first black artist to star with a major opera company (which occurred in Chicago in 1937).