Chicago Area Women's Sports Association records

Meeting minutes, reports, financial records, membership files, correspondence, brochures, newspaper clippings, newsletters, press releases, photographs, and other records of the Chicago Area Women's Sports Association (CAWSA). The majority of the collection relates to sporting events and activities offered by the organization, such as sports clubs, tournaments, races, conferences, and fundraising events. Also included are materials pertaining to fundraising and membership,

Dates: 1979-1996   |   Extent: 5 linear feet (12 boxes)
Archives: Chicago History Museum

Chicago Federation of Labor collection of visual material

Visual materials from the office of the Federation News, owned and controlled by the CFL-IUC, the federation of unions in Chicago. Subjects include members and leaders, conventions and banquets, international events, interiors of their radio station WCFL, and their members participation in community affairs. Large oversize color photographs show the St. Patrick's Day parade (ca. 1970s) and a composite group

Dates: 1914-1984   |   Extent: 4,568 photographic prints : b&w ; 11 x 14 in. or smaller.; 5 albums (176 photographic prints) : b&w, col. ; 26 x 31 cm. (10 x 12 in.) or smaller.; 37 photographic prints : col. ; 11 x 14 in. or smaller.; 2 photographic prints : col. ; 24 x 36 in. or smaller.; 3,468 negatives : b&w ; 70 mm. or smaller.; 117 negatives : b&w ; 8 x 10 in. or smaller.; 40 photomechanical prints : b&w ; 18 x 28 cm. (7 x 11 in.); 3 reels of 3 ; 16 mm.; 1 transparency : col. ; 8 x 10 in.; 1 photograph : cabinet card ; 17 x 11 cm. (6 3/4 x 4 1/2 in.); 1 folder of non-graphic material.
Archives: Chicago History Museum

Leon Despres photograph collection

Includes photographs relating to the career of former Chicago 5th ward alderman Leon Despres of Chicago (Ill.). Includes portraits of Despres and views of Despres with other Chicago municipal officials, such as mayors Jane Byrne and Harold Washington. Despres is shown at various events, such as ground breaking ceremonies, elections, and meetings. Includes a group of large format photographs showing

Dates: ca 1957-1989   |   Extent: 591 photographic prints : b&w ; 12 x 20 in. or smaller.; 27 photographic prints : b&w, contact sheet ; 8 x 10 in.; 18 photographic prints : col. ; 8 x 10 in. or smaller.; 49 negatives : b&w ; 1 x 1 cm.; 1 folder of non-graphic material.
Archives: Chicago History Museum

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;

Dates: 1896-2015   |   Extent: 392 linear feet, including approximately 1,000 black and white images (75 boxes); approximately 600 color images; 40 film negatives; 1 sound reel; 3 vinyl records; 2 DVDs; 2 VHSs; 3 CDs
Archives: Chicago History Museum

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.

Dates: 1920-1986   |   Extent: 3.5 linear feet, including approximately 600 b&w photographs and 400 color photographs (7 boxes, 3 folders)
Archives: Chicago History Museum

Women for Peace (Chicago, Ill.) records

Correspondence, brochures, fliers, press releases, newsletters, reports, financial materials, newspaper clippings, photographs, and other records of Women for Peace, the Chicago chapter of the national organization: Women Strike for Peace. Includes materials related to activities and interests of the Chicago chapter and the national organization, as well as other local and national anti-war, activist groups. Also present are copies of

Dates: 1961-1988   |   Extent: 9.5 linear ft. (12 boxes); 1 v.; 1 sound cassette.; 1 video recording.
Archives: Chicago History Museum