Chicago Area Project photograph collection

Descriptive Summary

Title: Chicago Area Project photograph collection
Dates: 1930-1978
Identifier: 1985.0392
Creator: Chicago Area Project
Creator: Gibson Studios, photographer, Institute for Juvenile Research (Ill.), photographer
Size: 42 photographic prints :
b&w ;

8 x 10 in. or smaller.
Size: 1 transparency :
b&w ;

17 x 30 cm. (7 x 12 in.)
Language: Material is in English unless otherwise noted.

Scope and Content

Photoprints relating to inner-city neighborhood programs to prevent and treat juvenile delinquency. Includes shots of staff-members Clifford Shaw, Henry McKay, and Peter Scalise; scenes of youth programs such as the Italian Welfare Council's Jolly Boys Camp (Pistakee Bay, McHenry County, Ill.), Russell Square Community Committee's St. Michael's Boys Club, and neighborhood organizations such as the Russell Square and West Side Community Committees; group portraits of members of the Chicago Federation of Community Committees.

Conditions for Access

Advance appointment required to view color material in cold storage; please email research@chicagohistory.org.

Conditions Governing Use

Credit photographer(s).

Custodial History

Gift of the Chicago Area Project, 1972 and 1973 (1985:0392); 1984 (1986:0278).

Biography or History

CAP (1932-ca. 1972), incorporated in 1934 as a private non-profit organization, related the treatment and services of the Institute for Juvenile Research to the needs of the neighborhood communities it served.

Related Material

Related materials at Chicago History Museum, Research Center, include the Chicago Area Project records; the Joint Civic Committee of Italian Americans records; the Joint Civic Committee of Italian Americans visual materials (1974.0020); the Peter R. Scalise papers; and the Anthony Sorrentino papers, part 1 and part 2.

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