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Better Government Association records

Candidates' statements, topically-arranged investigation files, newsclippings, press releases, minutes, and correspondence of the BGA, a Chicago non-profit, investigative organization founded in 1923 that has focused media attention on waste and corruption in city, state, and federal government. Topics are primarily Chicago area cases, including the Alderman Thomas Keane case; investigations of government agencies, policies, and contracts, especially in health care,

Dates: 1904-1990,   |   Extent: 274 linear ft.; 20 cassettes.; 2 audio reels.
Archives: Chicago History Museum

Claude A. Barnett papers

Correspondence, clippings, reports, minutes, speeches, and financial records of Claude Albert Barnett, the director of the Associated Negro Press (ANP); news releases of the ANP (1928-1964) and of the World News Service (1961-1963). Topics include African American newspapers and journalists; colleges, especially Tuskegee Institute and the Conference of Presidents of Negro Land Grant Colleges; businesses, especially advertising, beauty products, and

Dates: 1918-1967,   |   Extent: 180 linear ft.; 2 oversize folders.; 1 microfilm reel : b&w ;(camera negative of Robinson scrapbook). 35 mm.; 1 box. (Index to the collection).
Archives: Chicago History Museum