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Citizens Schools Committee records

Correspondence, minutes, financial and other reports, annual proceedings, speeches, scrapbooks, press releases, etc. relating to Citizens Schools Committee's (CSC) work promoting quality in Chicago public education and monitoring administration of the school system. Includes materials from parents' and teachers' organizations in 1920s and 1930s; Chicago Board of Education; Chicago Teachers Union; records of the annual Civic Assembly, sponsored by CSC

Dates: 1911-1983   |   Extent: 27.75 linear ft. (55 boxes, 3 transfer files, 3 wrapped v.); 14 sound recordings.
Archives: Chicago History Museum

Leon M. Despres papers

Subject files, correspondence, constituent requests, and newsclippings, chiefly from Despres' service as Chicago 5th Ward Alderman (Independent), 1955-1975. Topics include Hyde Park and Kenwood neighborhood matters, city planning, budgets, racial discrimination, schools, crime, and urban renewal. The collection also contains a small group of papers from Despres' private law practice, many involving civil liberties.

Dates: 1929-1982,   |   Extent: 103 linear ft.; 3 microfilm reels : neg. ;(Legislative record 1961-1975). 35mm.; 3 microfilm reels ; (Reader copy of Legislative record). 35 mm.; 21 microfilm reels ; (Newsclippings 1953-1976). 35mm.; 1 microfilm reel ; (Notebooks 1977, 1982). 16 mm.
Archives: Chicago History Museum

Project L.E.A.P. records

Press releases, correspondence, clippings, brochures, meeting minutes, calendars, checklists, publications, reports, financial information, canvas results, primary and election information, ward files, and other papers of the Chicago area Project L.E.A.P. (Legal Elections in All Precincts). Topics mostly relate to elections and voting, including election histories and voter fraud. Sheldon Gardner was a leader of Project LEAP.

Dates: 1936-1996,   |   Extent: 51 linear ft. (58 boxes)
Archives: Chicago History Museum