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Haute Couture Club records
Newsletters, minutes, correspondence, financial records, membership data, newspaper clippings, programs, photographs, and other working files of the Haute Couture Club (Chicago, Ill.).
Henry W. McGee papers
Correspondence, speeches, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, minutes, newsletters, certificates, photographs, and other papers of Henry W. McGee, who served as the first African American postmaster of Chicago (Ill.) after a long career with the United States Postal Service in Chicago. Topics include McGee's career as a postal worker, his service as president of the Chicago branch of the National Alliance of
Hoke Norris Papers
Collection of correspondence, works, research materials, and personal information by and about Hoke Norris, reporter, book reviewer, novelist, and public affairs director. Norris worked for several papers including the Raleigh News and Observer, the Winston-Salem Journal-Sentinel, the Chicago Sun-Times, and the Chicago Daily News.
Homeowners' Federation records
Newspaper clippings, reports, petitions, transcripts of talks, legal papers, correspondence, printed materials, financial records, and other materials of the Homeowners' Federation (Chicago, Ill.) that primarily operated in the far Southwest Side neighborhoods. Topics include policies of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, redlining, derelict neighborhoods, Federal Housing Administration (FHA) legislation, real estate, neighborhood crime, and mortgages. Fannie Mae
Illinois Council to Repeal the Draft records
Office files of Richard Weston, coordinator/president of the Illinois Council to Repeal the Draft (ICRD), including Weston's files on the draft, 1962-1971; form letters, notices, and clippings of letters to the editor from various newspapers; tearsheets from the Congressional Record and other publications, leaflets and fliers opposing the draft; and correspondence on the operation of the ICRD, such as, solicitations
Illinois Labor History Society records
Administrative files, meeting minutes, research files, correspondence, newspaper articles, and other records of the Illinois Labor History Society (ILHS), which was formed in 1969 to promote and assist awareness of labor history. Included are fliers and correspondence from society and labor-related events, issues of the society's newsletter Reporter (1975-1988), and the papers of Les Orear, ILHS president, including information on
Irene McCoy Gaines papers
Correspondence, mimeographed and printed material, certificates, posters, phonograph records of speeches, minutes of meetings and conventions, scrapbooks, and other papers relating to activities of Mrs. Gaines, a leader in local, state, and national organizations of African American club women, Chicago social service organizations, and the Republican Party. Topics include the civil rights movement; her service as president of the National
Irving Meyers papers
Irving Meyers died in Chicago in 2003 at the age of 95. His brother Ben Meyers also was a labor lawyer in Chicago.
J. Archie Hargraves papers
Correspondence, reports, proposals, and other papers of Reverend J. Archie Hargraves, chiefly concerning the West Side Organization (WSO), a community organization in Chicago (Ill.). Topics include WSO development plans, drug abuse counseling (a project of the WSO Health Services Corporation), and urban education. Also present are the transcript of a eulogy and tributes to Hargraves, historical notes about the WSO,
Jack L. Cooper papers
Scripts of radio programs, correspondence, contracts, appointment books (12 v.), and scrapbook of Jack Leroy Cooper, a Chicago pioneer in African American radio broadcasting. Includes Black dialect comedy and other program scripts by Cooper, mainly 1930s; scrapbook of clippings and handbills on Cooper's early theater and radio career, chiefly 1918-1931; correspondence, 1939-1988, primarily relative to Jack L. Cooper Radio Advertising
James Balanoff papers
Announcements, newspaper clippings, correspondence, and other papers related to James Balanoff's work with United Steelworkers of America, District 31 (Indiana and Illinois). Notable are items about his campaigns for president of Local 1010 against Babe Lopez in April 1976, and for director of District 31 against Jack Parton in May 1981. Other topics include foreign imports, quotas, price increases, pollution,
Jerome A. Gross papers
Journals (1953-1994), correspondence (1957-1991), photographs, and other papers of Jerome A. Gross, who was a veteran, a graduate of the University of Chicago, and a gay man who died from complications resulting from HIV in 1995. The bulk of the collection is comprised of journals and correspondence that document the daily activities of Gross, mostly in Chicago, and begin when
Jewish Council on Urban Affairs records
Correspondence, newspaper clippings, bulletins, reports, staff records, topical files, planning files, accounting documents, meeting minutes, and other office files of the Jewish Council on Urban Affairs (JCUA), about its own operations, its relations with other organizations, and topical files on urban problems. JCUA, founded in 1964, is a Jewish organization working to address Chicago's urban problems, such as homelessness, joblessness,
Jim Brown papers
Correspondence, newspaper clippings, award certificates and other papers relating to the life and career of Jim Brown, DuSable High School teacher and coach of football, baseball, and basketball teams circa 1950-1980. Brown graduated from George Williams College in 1949; coached the DuSable team to the 1954 Illinois state basketball tournament (later featured in an NCAA exhibition); and was inducted into
Joe Jacobs papers
Biographical materials, correspondence, research files, legal documents, newsletters, press releases, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks (2 volumes; newsclippings 1938), and other papers of Joe Jacobs, a Chicago labor lawyer. Most of the collection relates to Jacobs' work with labor unions, including the Chicago Teachers Union, Upholsterers' International Union, United Steelworkers of America, Amalgamated Transit Union, and Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen
John A. McDermott papers
Correspondence, clippings, speeches and other materials documenting the life and career of John A. McDermott, an urban affairs and civil rights advocate who founded The Chicago Reporter in 1972, served as chairman of CONDUCT (Committee on Decent Unbiased Campaign Tactics) from 1984 to 1990, and served as executive director of the Catholic Interracial Council (CIC). In addition to the Catholic
John Brown papers
The papers contain twenty-seven items by John Brown, 1842-1859. Twelve items are letters to members of his family. They deal chiefly with personal and household matters. Three pieces are business letters on the sale of sheep and wool. Seven letters are fundraising notes and receipts for Brown's western expeditions. There is also Brown's draft of the articles of peace between
John Fischetti Papers
Political cartoons and assorted miscellaneous items (clippings, photographs, correspondence, etc.) of Pulitzer Prize-winning artist John Fischetti. Fischetti worked for several newspapers and magazines during his long career, including Coronet, Esquire, the Chicago Sun, the New York Herald Tribune, the Chicago Daily News, and the Chicago Sun-Times.
John Jones papers
Notebook/scrapbook (ca. 1850s-1870s) with text of Fourth of July speech, comments, and pasted newspaper clippings compiled by John Jones about Africans and African Americans, politics, and history; freedom certificates issued to John and Mary Jones by the Madison County Circuit Court at Edwardsville (Ill.), and signed by William Brown, Clerk, 1844 Nov. 28; letter of Mary Jones to Albert Hager
John Kearney papers
Bulletins, newsclippings, reports, correspondence, and political leaflets of Kearney, a Chicago teacher, Catholic social activist, and administrator of various public and private social service agencies. Topics include race relations, open residency, Hispanic empowerment, Kearney's campaign to be a delegate to the 1970 Illinois Constitutional Convention, and two organizations that Kearney served as director, Independent Voters of Illinois and Friendship House.
John T. Rettaliata Office Files,1955-1973
John T. Rettaliata (1911-2009) served as Illinois Institute of Technology's second president from 1952 - June 30, 1973. His tenure at IIT began in 1945 as a professor of mechanical engineering. He held various campus positions prior to become president including director of the mechanical engineering department, dean of engineering, and vice-president for academic affairs. As president of IIT, he
Joint Youth Development Committee (Chicago, Ill.) records
The Joint Youth Development Committee (JYDC) was established by the city of Chicago in 1962 to fight juvenile delinquency. The JYDC emphasized the role of community institutions in the rehabilitation of youth by using a decentralized approach with numerous sub-committees. In preparing project proposals, the JYDC often focused on Chicago's Near North Side and Lincoln Park community areas, which included
Joseph D. Bibb papers
Correspondence, political statements, newspaper clippings, four scrapbooks, and other materials of Joseph D. Bibb, a Chicago lawyer and newspaper columnist, an African American activist for equal rights and economic opportunity, and a state law enforcement official. Materials relate to the Republican Party, state corrections policies, and Bibb's work against racial discrimination. Scrapbooks contain articles Bibb wrote for the Pittsburgh Courier;
Joyce A. Hughes papers
Correspondence, meeting minutes and agendas, reports, legal and financial records, newspaper clippings, and other papers of Joyce A. Hughes, a Northwestern University law professor who served on the Chicago Board of Education (1980-1982). Materials chiefly pertain to school desegregation and related financial issues. Includes records of the Chicago Board of Education (CBE) Desegregation Committee, Audit and Finance Committee, and Real
Judge Sidney A. Jones, Jr. papers
Correspondence, publications, programs, legal documents, newspaper clippings, photographs, and writings by and about Judge Sidney A. Jones, Jr., attorney, alderman of the 6th Ward, Cook County Circuit Court judge, and mayoral appointee as director of the Mayor's License Commission under Mayor Harold Washington in the 1980s. A portion of the collection documents his involvement in various fraternities, clubs, and religious