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Hans Mattick papers
Correspondence, reports, and other files of Hans W. Mattick, a Chicago sociologist; topical files on criminal justice; and records of studies he directed, especially the Illinois Selective Service Felon Project (1950-53, re. World War II era), the Chicago Youth Development Project (1958-1966), and the Illinois Jails Survey (1967-68). Materials relate to Mattick's work as an academic, as an employee of
Harold F. Gosnell papers
Clippings, correspondence, statistics, reports, ballots, brochures, and other research files of Harold Foote Gosnell, a political scientist working at the University of Chicago during his early career. In the 1920s and 1930s Gosnell applied experimental and statistical methods to the study of political behavior, particularly voter turnout, African-American politics, and Chicago's Democratic machine. Also included are files on politicians, such
Harry R. Booth papers
Legal papers, correspondence, autobiographical writings, and newsclippings (ca. 1950s-1974) related to Harry R. Booth's role as a lawyer in class-action lawsuits against Illinois gas, electric, and telephone utility companies; the Chicago Transit Authority and other Chicago-area common carriers; the Metropolitan Sanitary District; and radio stations WFMT and WEFM. Also includes correspondence (1930s) with Paul Douglas, Henry Horner, Harold Ickes, David
Haute Couture Club records
Newsletters, minutes, correspondence, financial records, membership data, newspaper clippings, programs, photographs, and other working files of the Haute Couture Club (Chicago, Ill.).
Haute Couture Club visual materials
Black-and-white (89) and color (22) photographic prints and contact sheets and press releases documenting the activities of the Haute Couture Club, a Chicago-based tailoring and fashion club begun by students of tailor Helen Barker including fashion shows, gatherings at fabric stores, and the Mod Hat party for which participants created decorated hats. Some images were used to publicize the club
Hector Davis & Company account books
Account books of Hector Davis & Company, Richmond (Va.), one of the largest slave dealers in the South, including notations of cost, selling price, doctor and food bills, advertising, profits, and commissions on slave sales.
Heman Swift slavery document
Document, from Cornwall, Litchfield County, to Daniel Rexford: Order for return of fugitive from slavery to Amos Bochford [i.e. Botsford] at New Haven. Rexford's bill for expenses added.
Henry W. McGee papers
Correspondence, speeches, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, minutes, newsletters, certificates, photographs, and other papers of Henry W. McGee, who served as the first African American postmaster of Chicago (Ill.) after a long career with the United States Postal Service in Chicago. Topics include McGee's career as a postal worker, his service as president of the Chicago branch of the National Alliance of
Henry W. McGee photograph collection
Photoprints relating to McGee while he held the office of Chicago postmaster (1966-1973). The largest group shows the 1971 promotion campaign for early mailing and use of zip codes. Includes scenes from radio and television interviews, publicity appearances with an African American religious congregation and the Christmas Seal queen for 1971, and signs throughout the Chicago area. Also includes views
Homeowners' Federation records
Newspaper clippings, reports, petitions, transcripts of talks, legal papers, correspondence, printed materials, financial records, and other materials of the Homeowners' Federation (Chicago, Ill.) that primarily operated in the far Southwest Side neighborhoods. Topics include policies of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, redlining, derelict neighborhoods, Federal Housing Administration (FHA) legislation, real estate, neighborhood crime, and mortgages. Fannie Mae
Ida Roberta Bell papers
Autobiographical data sheets, newspaper clippings, postcards of dolls, and other materials about Ida Roberta Bell, a retired Chicago school teacher and a distinguished doll maker. Many of Bell's dolls depicted famous African Americans. Also includes a copy of Doll Emissaries of Black History: A Study of an Artist and Her Dolls, by Frank B. Jones (1976), which discusses Bell's work.
Illinois Council to Repeal the Draft records
Office files of Richard Weston, coordinator/president of the Illinois Council to Repeal the Draft (ICRD), including Weston's files on the draft, 1962-1971; form letters, notices, and clippings of letters to the editor from various newspapers; tearsheets from the Congressional Record and other publications, leaflets and fliers opposing the draft; and correspondence on the operation of the ICRD, such as, solicitations
Illinois Labor History Society records
Administrative files, meeting minutes, research files, correspondence, newspaper articles, and other records of the Illinois Labor History Society (ILHS), which was formed in 1969 to promote and assist awareness of labor history. Included are fliers and correspondence from society and labor-related events, issues of the society's newsletter Reporter (1975-1988), and the papers of Les Orear, ILHS president, including information on
Illinois State Anti-Slavery Society minute book
Minutes of the statewide abolitionist society. Part written by the Rev. Elijah P. Lovejoy, Secretary.
Institute for Community Empowerment records
The Institute for Community Empowerment (ICE) was founded in the 1980s by Chicago community leaders and activists. ICE works with urban communities ""in crisis"" where residents have faced wrenching dispossession and relocation owing to political, social, and/or economic forces seemingly beyond local control. To counteract the democratic deficit typically lying at the root of such communities' problems, ICE provides residents
Interviews about Arthur W. Mitchell
Interviews relating to the life and career of Chicago resident Arthur W. Mitchell, U.S. Congressman from Illinois (Democrat, 1st Congressional district, Chicago (Ill.), 1935-1943) and a prominent African American leader.
Interviews about the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters by Greg Leroy
Interviews with present and former officials and members of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters (BSCP) or of its International Ladies Auxiliary, conducted by Greg Leroy as the labor union came to a close (dissolved 1978). The BSCP had been the largest predominantly African American union in the United States. Most interviews took place in the Chicago area or aboard
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
Irene McCoy Gaines papers
Correspondence, mimeographed and printed material, certificates, posters, phonograph records of speeches, minutes of meetings and conventions, scrapbooks, and other papers relating to activities of Mrs. Gaines, a leader in local, state, and national organizations of African American club women, Chicago social service organizations, and the Republican Party. Topics include the civil rights movement; her service as president of the National
Irving Meyers papers
Irving Meyers died in Chicago in 2003 at the age of 95. His brother Ben Meyers also was a labor lawyer in Chicago.
J. Archie Hargraves papers
Correspondence, reports, proposals, and other papers of Reverend J. Archie Hargraves, chiefly concerning the West Side Organization (WSO), a community organization in Chicago (Ill.). Topics include WSO development plans, drug abuse counseling (a project of the WSO Health Services Corporation), and urban education. Also present are the transcript of a eulogy and tributes to Hargraves, historical notes about the WSO,
J. Woodhull slavery manifest
Manifest of enslaved people to be transported on board of the Steamer Florida from A.W. Parker, Savannah, consisting of one female enslaved person, consigned to New York.
Jack L. Cooper collection of visual materials
Portrait photographs of Jack L. Cooper and relatives, friends, and business associates at social events and sometimes on Cooper's boat. Includes a few posters advertising his WSBC radio programs and the National Negro Business League. Cooper was an earlier leader in African American radio broadcasting.
Jack L. Cooper papers
Scripts of radio programs, correspondence, contracts, appointment books (12 v.), and scrapbook of Jack Leroy Cooper, a Chicago pioneer in African American radio broadcasting. Includes Black dialect comedy and other program scripts by Cooper, mainly 1930s; scrapbook of clippings and handbills on Cooper's early theater and radio career, chiefly 1918-1931; correspondence, 1939-1988, primarily relative to Jack L. Cooper Radio Advertising
Jack L. Cooper photograph collection
Visual materials pertaining to Jack Cooper, African American radio announcer in Chicago (1930s-50s) and his family and friends. Subjects include family gatherings (mostly snapshots), radio entertainers and vaudeville performers.