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Betty Brown Chappell interviews of Chicago politicians and officials
Typed transcripts of interviews conducted by Betty Brown Chappell (Ph.D. candidate, University of Chicago) with notable Chicago aldermen and other public officials relating to her dissertation topic, "The Black Movement Model of Mayoral Leadership."
Interviews with former members of Chicago Women's Liberation Union
Sound recordings, transcripts, and release forms of interviews conducted by Strobel with other former members of the Chicago Women's Liberation Union, which was formed in 1969 as a radical, anti-capitalist, anti-imperialist, feminist organization. Usually interviewees tell how they became involved in the women's movement and in the CWLU. Specific topics relate to the CWLU, its founding, its activities, and its
Richard H. Newhouse, Jr. papers
Correspondence, reports, news clippings, speeches, legal documents, biographical materials, and other papers of Richard H. Newhouse, Illinois State Senator, 1967-1989, from Chicago's South Side. Topics include discriminatory employment practices, especially in the construction industry; education for minorities; low-income housing; and political participation of minorities. Present are materials related to the Futures Conference, established by Newhouse address the causes of poverty,
Studs Terkel papers
Correspondence, playbills, photographs, newspaper clippings, and other materials concerning the work, career, and interests of author and oral historian Louis "Studs" Terkel. The collection contains interview transcripts and manuscripts for a number of Terkel's books including “Division Street” (1967), “Hard Times” (1970), “Working” (1974), “American Dreams” (1983), the Pulitzer Prize winning “The Good War” (1984) and “Race” (1992).
Chicago History Museum
1601 N. Clark Street Chicago, IL 60614 Access to archives and manuscripts at the Research Center.Sort & Filter
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- Chicago (Ill.) -- Politics and government -- 20th century (2)
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- Architecture--Illinois--Chicago--20th century (1)
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- Photographic prints--Color (1)
- Public schools--Illinois--Chicago--20th century (1)
- Lesbians -- Illinois -- Chicago -- 20th century -- Interviews (1)
- United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century (1)
- World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives (1)
People
- Strobel, Margaret, 1946-interviewer (1)
- Studs Terkel, 1912-2008--American dreams, lost and found (1)
- Brown Chappell, Betty (1)
- Studs Terkel, 1912-2008--Interviews (1)
- Washington, Harold, 1922-1987 (1)
- Studs Terkel, 1912-2008--Division Street (1)
- Louis "Studs" Terkel (1)
- Studs Terkel, 1912-2008--Coming of age (1)
- Brown Chappell, Betty, interviewer (1)
- Richard H. Newhouse (1)
- Studs Terkel, 1912-2008--Archives (1)
Organizations
- Black Legislative Clearing House (1)
- Michael Reese Hospital (1)
- Washburn Trade School (Chicago, Ill.) (1)
- McCormick Place (Chicago, Ill.) (1)
- Futures Conference (1)
- Chicago Women's Liberation Union -- Interviews (1)
- Illinois--General Assembly--Senate (1)
- Newhouse Architecture Competition (Chicago, Ill.) (1)
- Democratic Party (Ill.) (1)
Places
- Chicago (Ill.)--Politics and government--20th century (2)
- United States--Intellectual life--20th century (1)
- United States--Politics and government--20th century (1)
- United States--Social conditions--20th century (1)
- Chicago (Ill.)--Social conditions--20th century (1)
- South Side Chicago (Ill.) (1)
- Chicago (Ill.)--Economic conditions--20th century (1)
- Illinois--Politics and government--20th century (1)
- Chicago (Ill.)--Intellectual life--20th century (1)
- United States--Economic conditions--20th century (1)
Archives
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