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Roland V. Libonati papers
Correspondence with friends and political constituents; copies of speeches, reports, drafts of legislation, and appointment books; reference files containing newsclippings, letters, and brochures on various civic and political organizations, and other papers of Roland Victor Libonati, a Chicago lawyer (office on the Near West Side) who served as Illinois State Representative, State Senator, and U.S. Congressman (Democrat) from Illinois's Seventh
Roland W. Burris papers
Speech transcripts, press clippings, event backgrounders for speaking engagements, and other papers of Roland W. Burris, an Illinois lawyer and politician, who was the first African American elected to state-wide office in Illinois. The speeches were given by Burris at various civic engagements during his tenure as Illinois Comptroller (1979-1991) and Illinois Attorney General (1991-1995). Event backgrounders include preparatory information
Samuel Cochran certificate
State of Illinois, Jackson County, Brownsville. Certificate for removal of two Black servants (possibly enslaved or formerly enslaved men) from Randolph County to Jackson County. Signed also by T. Nash, clerk of the county commissioner's court of Jackson County. Note of Cochran's assignment of rights and interests in above mentioned men.
Samuel Hall receipt to Amos Botsford for enslaved woman, Prudence, manuscript
Wallingford. Receipt to Amos Botsford for sale of enslaved woman named Prudence, cost £50. Witnessed by Joshua Chandler and Damaris Hall.
Samuel Hunter manuscript
Manuscript, from Summerville, Fayette County, Tennessee, to the editor of the Illinois Gazette, Shawnytown, Illinois: Notice to be inserted in Illinois Gazette advertising for three runaway slaves.
Samuel Smith papers
Letter, from Baltimore, to Mr. Cox. Order for fifer's suit for bearer (1777 April 19, Autograph letter signed, 1 page); Indenture between William Hannah, Baltimore and Samuel Smith, of the same County, Merchant, for one enslaved Black girl named Clem (1782 November, Document signed, 1 page).
Sarah Sears deed of sale for enslaved Black girl
New Haven. Deed of sale to Amos Botsford for enslaved Black girl. Witnessed by Eliam Raymond and Benjamin Jarvis, attached seal.
Scotty Piper papers
Miscellaneous letters to Louis V. Piper, known as Scotty Piper, a custom tailor who operated Bronzeville Clothiers and Lincoln Loan Bank on the South Side of Chicago. Letters are from various African American organizations soliciting his aid or participation or thanking him for his contributions.
Scotty Piper photograph collection
Photographs of African American entertainers collected by Chicago tailor Scotty Piper. One view shows singer Lena Horne with the wife of boxer Joe Louis; another shows Horne with Duke Ellington.
Seminarians Organized for Racial Justice records
Correspondence, newsletters, reports, memos, and history of Seminarians Organized for Racial Justice (SORJ), a Chicago-area group organized in 1968 to eliminate racism, promote Catholic Church ties with affirmative action businesses, and construction of low-income housing for minorities in Arlington Heights. Most of the newsletters discuss "Project Equality," an attempt to raise awareness from within the dioceses on SORJ’s activities. Box
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
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'
Sigmund J. Osty visual materials
Black-and-white photographic prints depicting the built environment, predominantly in Chicago, but also Evanston, Skokie, and Galena, Illinois. All the images depict exterior views, the majority of which are street intersections, though the collection also documents streetscapes, residences, and individual businesses, particularly churches, department stores, and burlesque and pornographic film establishments. Osty most frequently documented the River North, Near North Side,
Sister Miriam Wilson's Collection on the Pontiac Brothers Prison Reform Movement
Newspaper clippings, pamphlets, flyers, booklets, handouts, correspondence, and other documents of the Pontiac Brothers prison reform collection compiled by Sister Miriam Wilson. Materials document the response to the conviction of 31 prisoners in the 1978 Pontiac prison rebellion in Pontiac, Illinois, one of the largest prison riots in the United States. The Pontiac Prison was known for its crowded quarters
Snitow-Kaufman "Black and Jews" videotapes
Videocassette copies, transcripts, and brochures related to Snitow-Kaufman Productions documentary, Blacks and Jews. Most of the footage consists of interviews with Rabbi Robert Marx, Dempsey Travis, and others about the Contract Buyers League. Also includes archival footage not owned by Snitow-Kaufman such as Jack, an Irish television documentary about the Contract Buyers League, as well as a film about the
Solomon Nash papers
Inventory of sundries at Old Ordinary Farm, Westmoreland County, [Virginia] belonging to Robert Carter (1788 January 1, Autograph document signed, 2 pages); Inventory of sundries at Old Ordinary Farm, Westmoreland Co., [Va.] belonging to Robert Carter (1789 February 27, Autograph document signed, 2 pages).
The Sophia Fund records
Correspondence and other operating files of The Sophia Fund, a Chicago-based foundation that supported women's organizations and projects. Collection includes grant applications, reports, brochures, newsletters, newsclippings, etc. produced by and about groups that received funding. Topics include pro-choice advocacy and reproductive rights, prevention of violence against women, rape counseling, and economic justice. The files include information on the agencies and
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
South Shore Open House Committee records
Questionnaires, newsclippings, and posters produced by and about the neighborhood group called the South Shore Open House Committee, which organized in 1963 to stabilize the South Shore community of Chicago (Ill.), at a time of racial change and white flight. Topics include the hosting of annual open house days and the semi-annual inspection of neighborhood groceries and supermarkets to monitor
Southwest Community Congress records
Office files of the Southwest Community Congress (SCC) in Chicago (Ill.) including topical files, newspaper clippings, committee minutes, correspondence, SCC publications, press releases, annual SCC delegate information sheets, SCC constitution, financial and accounting records, personnel records, fundraising records, photographs, and other organizations' publications. Primarily records of SCC's activities regarding Daley College, Midway Airport, pre-purchase counseling for FHA mortgage buyers, the
Southwest Parish & Neighborhood Federation records
Meeting minutes and agendas, correspondence, financial records, surveys, reports, project proposals, bulletins, newspaper clippings, and other records of the Southwest Parish and Neighborhood Federation (SPNF), an umbrella organization for eight neighborhood groups on Chicago's Southwest Side. Materials relate to administrative tasks of the organization, as well as the SPNF's programs on crime prevention, transportation, neighborhood development and preservation, housing, real
St. Leonard's House (Chicago, Ill.) records
St. Leonard’s House opened its doors in the mid-1950s through the efforts of Father James Jones, Chaplain at Chicago’s Bridewell Jail, and many interested members of the Episcopal Diocese of Chicago. Father Jones and Father Robert Taylor, both Episcopal priests, were early forces in shaping St. Leonard’s; both were well known in Chicago and with the Illinois Department of Corrections
Sterling Stuckey papers
Professor Stuckey was born in 1932 and holds a Ph.D. from Northwestern University.
Street types of Chicago: character studies photograph collection
Studio portraits of people commonly seen on the street in Chicago (Ill.) photographed with objects of their occupations. Subjects include repairmen, newspaper boys, beggars, street musicians, ethnic stereotypes, poor people, etc.
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).