Atkinson family collection of visual materials

Photographs and prints related to Isaac and Emma Atkinson and their descendants, one of the first African-American families to settle in Chicago. Isaac was the son of Richard Atkinson, who emigrated from Scotland to the United States, and Cecilia, a full-blooded Cherokee. Isaac married Emma Jane, who was half African American and half Cherokee, and they came to Chicago in

Dates: ca 1860-1929   |   Extent: 4 photographic prints : b&w ; 3 1/2 x 5 3/4 in. or smaller.; 8 photographs : cabinet card photograph ; 4 1/2 x 6 in.; 4 photographs : carte de visite photograph ; 2 1/2 x 4 in.; 7 photomechanical prints : b&w ; 5 1/4 x 6 in. or smaller.; 4 photographs : tintype ; 6 1/2 x 8 in. or smaller.; 1 box of non-graphic material.
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Chicago Commons Association collection of additional photographs

Includes photographs documenting people, facilities and activities of the CCA. Adults and children are shown participating in educational groups, theatrical productions and a few athletic activities. Women are shown in group portraits and doing handicraft. Identified ethnic groups are Italian, Norwegian and (after 1940) African Americans. One photo series (ca. 1965-1979) shows social workers Rev. John Russell and William Brueckner

Dates: ca 1896-1979   |   Extent: 248 photographic prints : b&w ; 14 x 17 1/4 in. (36 x 44 cm.) or smaller.; 15 negatives : b&w ; 8 x 10 in. or smaller.; 1 folder of non-graphic material.
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Chicago Commons Association visual materials

Photographic material documenting activities of the Chicago Commons Association settlement houses in the Near West Side of Chicago (Ill.). Includes views of activities for adults, children, teenagers, and senior citizens, such as handicraft, educational, vocational, and social activities. Also includes scenes relating to nutrition, physical fitness and sports for children and teenagers; children's summer camp (ca. 1920-1969); portraits of various

Dates: 1896-1969   |   Extent: 939 photographic prints : b&w ; 11 x 14 in. or smaller; 3 albums (ca. 600 photographic prints plus ephemera) ; 11 x 14 in. or smaller; 5 photomechanical prints ; 8 x 10 in. or smaller; 25 photographic prints : col., snapshots ; 9 x 14 cm. (3 1/2 x 5 1/4 in.) or smaller; 13 negatives : col. ; 35 mm.; 12 transparencies : lantern slide ; 4 x 5 in. or smaller; 2 transparencies : b&w ; 8 x 10 in.; 34 negatives : b&w ; 8 x 10 in. or smaller; 25 negatives : cellulose nitrate ; 9 x 11 cm. (3 1/2 x 4 1/2 in.) or smaller; 1 folder of non-graphic material
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Claude A. Barnett collection of visual materials

Primarily photoprints of Afro-Americans collected during Barnett's career as founder and director of the Chicago-based Associated Negro Press (1919-1964), some images photographed by Gordon Parks. Includes Black events and significant personalities in diverse fields supplied to the ANP for distribution to Black newspapers, 1920s-1960s; his topical interests (higher education, agriculture, entrepreneurship, entertainment, medicine, politics, civil rights, sports, armed forces, and

Dates: 1890-1969,   |   Extent: 1879 photographic prints : b&w ; 11 x 14 in. or smaller.; 5 albums (containing 500 photographic prints) ; 8 x 10 in.; ca. 75 photomechanical prints : b&w ; 47 x 32 cm (23 1/2 x 16 in.) or smaller.; 14 photomechanical prints : broadside, few col. ; 11 x 14 in. or smaller.; 7 photomechanical prints : envelope, col. ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.; 14 negatives : cellulose nitrate ; 4 x 5 in. or smaller.; 5 negatives : b&w ; 4 x 5 in. or smaller.; 4 negatives : col. ; 4 x 5 in. or smaller.; 1 folder of non-graphic material.; 17 broadsides ; large format.
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John M. Ragland collection of visual materials

Items relating to John Ragland, his family and his career, ca. 1917 to 1970's, working for the betterment of African Americans, economically and socially, in Ohio, in Chicago, in the U.S. Army during World War II; and as executive director of the South Central Association (Chicago). Also includes materials relating to his son, Albert Ragland while serving as executive director

Dates: 1890s-1979, bulk 1960s-1970s   |   Extent: 577 photographic prints : b&w ; 51 x 31 cm. (20 1/4 x 12 1/4 in.) or smaller.; 124 photographic prints : col. ; 11 x 14 in. or smaller.; 8 photographic prints : hand col. ; 8 x 10 in. or smaller.; 1 photographs : tintype ; 10 x 7 cm. (4 x 2 3/4 in.); 6 photographic prints : postcard, silver gelatin ; 9 x 14 cm. ( 3 3/4 x 5 1/2 in.); 1 negatives : glass ; 5 x 7 in.; 18 photomechanical prints : poster, col. ; 18 x 10 cm. (7 1/2 x 4 in.) or smaller.; 1 drawing : hand col. ; 30 x 25 cm. (11 3/4 x 10 in.); 1 folder of non-graphic material.
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