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Christopher C. Wimbish papers

Sundry papers including Army bulletins and orders (1917-1918), newsclippings, legal documents and trial transcripts, correspondence, and speeches of Wimbish, an African American lawyer, and his family, most pertaining to his career as a First Lieutenant in the 366th Infantry Brigade, 92nd Division, in Kansas and in France during World War I; Democratic Ward Committeeman in Chicago; Illinois state senator, 1942-1954

Dates: 1870-1962   |   Extent: 1 linear ft. (2 boxes); 1 oversize folder.
Archives: Chicago History Museum

United Steelworkers of America, District 31 collection of visual materials

Photoprints relating to USWA, District 31, whose purpose is to provide plant level union leaders in northern Indiana (St. Joseph, LaPorte, Porter & Lake counties) and Illinois (Cook, DuPage, Kane, Kendall, Grundy, Will & Kankakee counties) with services and skilled advice. Subjects include union leaders including the Steel Workers Organizing Committee (1930s), especially Joseph Germano, director of District 31 from

Dates: 1920s-1970s, bulk 1930s-1950s   |   Extent: 842 photographic prints : b&w ; 31 x 51 cm. (12 x 20 in.) or smaller.; 17 albums (311 photographic prints) : 31 x 26 cm. (12 1/4 x 10 in.) or smaller.; 13 photographic prints : b&w ; 119 x 23 cm. (46 3/4 x 9 in.) or smaller.; 6 photographic prints : col. ; 11 x 14 in. or smaller.; 2 boxes of motion picture film.; 1 folder of non-graphic material.
Archives: Chicago History Museum