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Chicago Federation of Labor collection of visual material
Visual materials from the office of the Federation News, owned and controlled by the CFL-IUC, the federation of unions in Chicago. Subjects include members and leaders, conventions and banquets, international events, interiors of their radio station WCFL, and their members participation in community affairs. Large oversize color photographs show the St. Patrick's Day parade (ca. 1970s) and a composite group
Donald O'Toole memoirs and commentaries
Autobiographical chapters discuss Irish American family and community life in the Woodlawn community of Chicago, Ill., ca. 1909-1920s, the author's boyhood, and his career in the 1930s in real estate development in the Chicago area. The commentaries discuss race relations during World War II and after, the Princeton Park Homes, the Pullman community, and public housing policy from the 1940s
Harold Washington Archives and Collections. Mayoral Records. Finance and Administration Sub-Cabinet Series.
When Harold Washington took office in 1983 he formed five sub-cabinets that were responsible for the coordination, development and implementation of policies that cut across departmental boundaries. Major topics in the collection include the renovation of the Chicago and Regal Theaters, the Chinatown Basin Project and the North Loop Development Project. Documents include reports, memoranda, correspondence and minutes.
Harold Washington Archvies and Collections, Pre-Mayoral Records, U.S. Congressional Records
Correspondence, speeches, press releases and reports from Washington's tenure as Congressman for the First District and a member of the Congressional Black Caucus. Of note are his legislative files and those from his committee and caucus work.
Neighborhoods, Keepers of Culture project oral histories and transcripts
Recorded oral histories and community meetings, as well as transcripts (including some interviewer check list forms, topic sheets, log sheets, and release forms) that were made as part of the project, Neighborhoods: Keepers of Culture. Some oral history interviews were made by students at Loyola University of Chicago, some were completed by CHS staff and others involved in the project.
Southwest Community Congress records
Office files of the Southwest Community Congress (SCC) in Chicago (Ill.) including topical files, newspaper clippings, committee minutes, correspondence, SCC publications, press releases, annual SCC delegate information sheets, SCC constitution, financial and accounting records, personnel records, fundraising records, photographs, and other organizations' publications. Primarily records of SCC's activities regarding Daley College, Midway Airport, pre-purchase counseling for FHA mortgage buyers, the
Waller & Beckwith Realty Co. Records
Business records of Waller & Beckwith Realty Co., a family-owned Chicago real estate company, including general business files and legal documents. Papers include city assessments and municipal regulations, rent payments, leases, tenant complaints, applications for employment, contracts, collections, lawsuits, and insurance records. Covering primarily 1920-1940, the collection documents living conditions in Chicago and changes in the city during the Depression