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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.

Dates: 1939-1992   |   Extent: 20 linear ft. (48 boxes)
Archives: Chicago History Museum

Leon M. Despres papers

Subject files, correspondence, constituent requests, and newsclippings, chiefly from Despres' service as Chicago 5th Ward Alderman (Independent), 1955-1975. Topics include Hyde Park and Kenwood neighborhood matters, city planning, budgets, racial discrimination, schools, crime, and urban renewal. The collection also contains a small group of papers from Despres' private law practice, many involving civil liberties.

Dates: 1929-1982,   |   Extent: 103 linear ft.; 3 microfilm reels : neg. ;(Legislative record 1961-1975). 35mm.; 3 microfilm reels ; (Reader copy of Legislative record). 35 mm.; 21 microfilm reels ; (Newsclippings 1953-1976). 35mm.; 1 microfilm reel ; (Notebooks 1977, 1982). 16 mm.
Archives: Chicago History Museum

Roland V. Libonati papers

Correspondence with friends and political constituents; copies of speeches, reports, drafts of legislation, and appointment books; reference files containing newsclippings, letters, and brochures on various civic and political organizations, and other papers of Roland Victor Libonati, a Chicago lawyer (office on the Near West Side) who served as Illinois State Representative, State Senator, and U.S. Congressman (Democrat) from Illinois's Seventh

Dates: 1928-1964   |   Extent: 80 linear ft. (78 boxes); 1 oversize folder.
Archives: Chicago History Museum