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Abraham Feinglass papers
Correspondence, speeches, articles, memoranda, reports, reference materials, U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation file spanning four decades on Feinglass's alleged left-wing activities, and bound vols. of periodicals Fur Worker and Fur and Leather Worker, issued by International Fur Workers Union of the United States and Canada and its successor International Fur and Leather Workers Union of the United States and Canada.
Greater Lawndale Conservation Commission records
Correspondence, board minutes, financial records, fund raising materials, newsletters, and newspaper clippings of the Greater Lawndale Conservation Commission, a community organization operated by businessmen in Chicago's West Side community of Lawndale during the period when its population changed from predominantly Jewish to almost totally African American. Topics include the response of the local business community to the commission's pleas for
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
Judge Julius Hoffman papers addition
Papers of Judge Julius J. Hoffman, primarily trial hearing documents related to the Chicago Seven case (U. S. v. David T. Dellinger, et al., 1969-1970). Judge Hoffman wrote marginalia on some of the Dellinger case documents, making comments and rulings on petitions. Also present are lists of the attorneys representing the Chicago Seven; a copy of Bobby Seale's speech delivered
Pearl Hart papers
Speeches, correspondence, income tax returns and other financial records, pamphlets, and newsclippings of Pearl Hart, a Chicago lawyer who was a leader in leftist political organizations and civil liberties cases, especially some opposing suppression of the American Communist Party, discrimination against gay men and lesbians, and harassment of prostitutes. Topics include Hart's political and civil liberties activities and interests, including
Sidney Lens papers
Correspondence, newspaper clippings, articles, newsletters, notes, manuscripts of Lens' major books, financial records, and sound recordings from his career as a Chicago labor organizer, peace activist, political candidate, lecturer, and writer. Includes materials from the Revolutionary Workers' League; Local 329 of United Service Employees Union; National Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam; and other groups. Also includes Lens'