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Black Women in the Middle West Project collection

Correspondence, lists, publicity materials, and other records of the Black Women in the Middle West (BWMW) Project, a grant-funded project to document the lives of African American women and organizations in Illinois and Indiana and to encourage the donation of their historical records to research repositories. Includes files created by the project under the administration of Darlene Clark Hine, an

Dates: 1924-1985   |   Extent: 3.5 linear ft. (10 boxes); 1 oversize folder; 3 sound cassettes
Archives: Chicago History Museum

Edward Sadlowski papers

Correspondence, legal documents, election and poll materials, financial records, newsletters, press releases, newspaper clippings, speeches, and other papers of Ed Sadlowski, a labor leader who was elected director of District 31, United Steelworkers of America (USWA) in 1973 and then campaigned for the presidency of USWA. Most of the collection relates to Sadlowski's 1977 campaign against the incumbent, Lloyd McBride;

Dates: 1956-1991   |   Extent: 14 linear ft. (35 boxes); 16 sound cassettes. (Original).; 23 sound tapes. (Original).; 14 sound discs : analog. (Original).; 1 motion-picture film. (Original).
Archives: Chicago History Museum

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'

Dates: 1910-1986   |   Extent: 72 linear ft. (179 boxes, 1 v.); 2 oversize folders.; 45 sound recordings.; 54 sound cassettes.; 1 microfilm reel.
Archives: Chicago History Museum