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Pitcher, W. Alvin. Papers

W. Alvin Pitcher (1913-1996), professor, minister, community and social justice activist. The Pitcher Papers include manuscripts, correspondence, press clippings, and extensive records from numerous political and civic organizations. The papers document Pitcher's scholarly career at Denison University and the University of Chicago, his ministerial work, and his participation in the civil rights movement and in various community organizations.

Eugene Sawyer Mayoral Records

Eugene Sawyer worked in Chicago's Water Department before being elected 6th Ward Alderman in 1971. Following Harold Washington's death in November 1987, Sawyer was elected by his fellow City Council members to serve as mayor. Sawyer lost the special election in 1989 to Richard J. Daley, and after that, he left public office to pursue private business. Events that are

Rev. Martin L. Deppe Papers

Rev. Martin L. Deppe created and collected the materials in this collection during his time working with the Southern Christian Leadership Conference's (SCLC) Operation Breadbasket program, Clergy and Laity Concerned (CALC), the Alliance to End Repression (AER) and the United Farm Workers (UFW). The collection is comprised of meeting materials, memos, flyers, photographs, posters, publications, reports, speeches, buttons and artifacts

Harold Washington Archives and Collections. Mayoral Records. Press Office Photographs

Harold Washington was the first African American mayor of Chicago, elected in 1983. The Press Office was part of the Office of the Mayor, and was responsible for the mayor's scheduling and for ensuring he was prepared for each event by producing briefing notes with detailed background information. The photographs, contact sheets and negatives in this collection were mostly taken

Dorothy Chaplik papers

Dorothy Chaplik was born on June 15, 1922, in Chicago, Illinois, to Isidore and Marion Rose Goldberg. She lived almost entirely in Chicago until 1951 when she moved to Evanston and later to Skokie, Illinois. She graduated from Roosevelt High School in Chicago in 1939 and attended Schurz Junior College the following year. On July 3, 1946, Dorothy married Seymour