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Hyde Park Neighborhood Club records

The Hyde Park Neighborhood Club (HPNC) was founded in 1909 as part of the settlement house movement, to serve neglected or abandoned youth in Chicago's south side neighborhood of Hyde Park. It was deliberately named "the Club" as a reaction to the exclusivity of private clubs of the time. Over the years it has redefined its mission to respond to

Dates: 1936-1985   |   Extent: 111.5 Linear feet.
Archives: University of Illinois at Chicago

Oscar D'Angelo papers

The collection documents the activism of Oscar D’Angelo and other community leaders of the University Village area in Chicago, a neighborhood that encompasses University of Illinois at Chicago and is bordered by the expansive Illinois Medical District to the West, the Pilsen community to the South, and the Dan Ryan (1-90/94) and Eisenhower (I-290) Expressways to the East and North.

Dates: 1931-2016   |   Extent: 230 Legal Document Boxes (Hollinger Boxes) (15.5 x , 5 x 10.5), 1 Oversize Box (13 x 6.5 x 7), 1 Oversize Box (16 x 5 x 12.5), 1 Oversize Box (12 x 2 x 12), 1 Oversize Box (13 x 2 x 12.5), 1 Oversize Box (18 x 3.5 x 13.5), 1 Oversize Box (20 x 3.5 x 16), and 15 Oversize Folders (36 x 40)
Archives: University of Illinois at Chicago

Packingtown, U.S.A.

The collection consists of black and images that were used in the 1969 narrative film by William Adelman, Packingtown, U.S.A. The images were donated to the Chicago Historical Society by the Chicago Daily News and show the citizens of Packingtown, Union Stockyard, strikers, strikebreakers, union members and the Packingtown neighborhood.

Dates: c.1880-1971   |   Extent: 2.0 linear feet.
Archives: University of Illinois at Chicago