Earl B. Dickerson photographs

Includes photographs related to the career of Earl Burrus Dickerson, a Chicago area businessman, president of Supreme Liberty Life Insurance Company, and politician. Dickerson is shown at banquets, at his desk, and with groups of men and women. Several photographs show Dickerson with Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall at a civil liberties program held at an Elks convention in 1954.

Dates: 1939-1985   |   Extent: 17 photographic prints : b&w ; 8 x 10 in or smaller.; 2 photographic prints : b&w ; 13 1/4 x 8 in.; 7 photographic prints : col. ; 3 x 5 in. or smaller.
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George A. Patterson collection of visual materials

Relating to Patterson's career with the United Steelworkers of America in Chicago and Wisconsin; his family and civic activities. Subjects include the first Steel Workers Organizing Committee convention in Chicago and Pittsburg, PA (1927), the Employee Representatives at South Works in Chicago; and the first Grievancemen of USWA Local 65. Many of the photographs are group portraits and banquet scenes.

Dates: 1930s-1960s   |   Extent: 79 photographic prints : b&w ; 49 x 25 cm. (19 1/4 x 9 3/4 in.) or smaller.; 11 photographic prints : col. ; 9 x 9 cm. (3 1/2 x 3 1/2 in.); 5 negatives : b&w ; 4 x 5 in. or smaller.; 3 photomechanical prints : posters, col. ; 71 x 56 cm. or smaller.; 2 photomechanical prints : calendars, b&w ; 8 x 10 in.
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Jack L. Cooper photograph collection

Visual materials pertaining to Jack Cooper, African American radio announcer in Chicago (1930s-50s) and his family and friends. Subjects include family gatherings (mostly snapshots), radio entertainers and vaudeville performers.

Dates: 1915-1970s, bulk 1960s-1970s   |   Extent: 215 photographic prints : b&w ; 8 x 10 in. or smaller.; 56 photographic prints : col. ; 8 x 10 in. or smaller.; 38 negatives : b&w ; 8 x 10 in. or smaller.; 14 negatives : col. ; 35 mm.; 1 folder of non-graphic material.
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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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Leon Despres photograph collection

Includes photographs relating to the career of former Chicago 5th ward alderman Leon Despres of Chicago (Ill.). Includes portraits of Despres and views of Despres with other Chicago municipal officials, such as mayors Jane Byrne and Harold Washington. Despres is shown at various events, such as ground breaking ceremonies, elections, and meetings. Includes a group of large format photographs showing

Dates: ca 1957-1989   |   Extent: 591 photographic prints : b&w ; 12 x 20 in. or smaller.; 27 photographic prints : b&w, contact sheet ; 8 x 10 in.; 18 photographic prints : col. ; 8 x 10 in. or smaller.; 49 negatives : b&w ; 1 x 1 cm.; 1 folder of non-graphic material.
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Morris Williams family photograph collection

Includes visual materials related to the Morris Williams family, an African American family that came to Chicago (Ill.) in the 1920s. Includes two portraits of L. K. Williams, pastor of Olivet Baptist Church (Ill.), and a group portrait of members of the church including Willa. One halftone print shows the church. One portrait shows the Williams family, Morris and Annie,

Dates: 1930-1949   |   Extent: 17 photographic prints : b&w ; 8 x 10 in. or smaller.; 1 photographic print : hand col. ; 8 x 10 in.; 2 photomechanical prints : halftone photomechanical print ; 10 x 14 in. or smaller.; 1 album (including 2 cartes de visite, 4 tintypes) ; 5 x 7 in.
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