Contents
- Descriptive Summary
- Scope and Content
- Conditions for Access
- Conditions Governing Use
- Preferred Citation
- Custodial History
- Other Descriptive Data
- Related Material
- Indexed Terms
Collection Access
Chicago Federation of Labor collection of visual material
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Chicago Federation of Labor collection of visual material
- Dates
- 1914-1984
- Identifier
- 1986.0083
- Creator
- Chicago Federation of Labor and Industrial Union Council
- Creator
- Federation news
- Size
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4,568 photographic prints :
b&w ;11 x 14 in. or smaller.
- Size
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5 albums (176 photographic prints) :
b&w, col. ;26 x 31 cm. (10 x 12 in.) or smaller.
- Size
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37 photographic prints :
col. ;11 x 14 in. or smaller.
- Size
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2 photographic prints :
col. ;24 x 36 in. or smaller.
- Size
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3,468 negatives :
b&w ;70 mm. or smaller.
- Size
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117 negatives :
b&w ;8 x 10 in. or smaller.
- Size
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40 photomechanical prints :
b&w ;18 x 28 cm. (7 x 11 in.)
- Size
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3 reels of 3 ;
16 mm.
- Size
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1 transparency :
col. ;8 x 10 in.
- Size
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1 photograph :
cabinet card ;17 x 11 cm. (6 3/4 x 4 1/2 in.)
- Size
- 1 folder of non-graphic material.
- Language
- Material is in English unless otherwise noted.
Scope and Content
Visual materials from the office of the Federation News, owned and controlled by the CFL-IUC, the federation of unions in Chicago. Subjects include members and leaders, conventions and banquets, international events, interiors of their radio station WCFL, and their members participation in community affairs. Large oversize color photographs show the St. Patrick's Day parade (ca. 1970s) and a composite group of parade floats. Two films are labels Issues film, and Do it. One film is unlabeled.
Conditions for Access
Advance appointment required to view color material in cold storage and negatives in cool storage; please email research@chicagohistory.org. In order to view an original motion picture film, it is necessary for a research copy to be made.
Conditions Governing Use
Credit photographer(s).
Preferred Citation
A common citation for archives is as follows: Item, Folder number and/or title, Box number, Collection title, ID number, Repository name, location.
Custodial History
Gift of Chicago Federation of Labor, 1985 (1986.0083).
Other Descriptive Data
Some photoprints match negatives in this collection.
Unpublished inventory available (1986-083).
Indexed Terms
- Borah, William Edgar -- 1865-1940 -- Portraits
- Burbank, Luther -- 1849-1926 -- Portraits
- Byrd, Richard Evelyn -- 1888-1957 -- Portraits
- Coolidge, Calvin -- 1872-1933 -- Portraits
- Daley, Richard J. -- 1902-1976 -- Portraits
- Debs, Eugene V. -- (Eugene Victor) -- 1855-1926 -- Portraits
- Douglas, Paul H. -- (Paul Howard) -- 1892-1976 -- Portraits
- Edison, Thomas A. -- (Thomas Alva) -- 1847-1931 -- Portraits
- Einstein, Albert -- 1879-1955 -- Portraits
- Eisenhower, Dwight D. -- (Dwight David) -- 1890-1969 -- Portraits
- Hoover, Herbert -- 1874-1964 -- Portraits
- Humphrey, Hubert H. -- (Hubert Horatio) -- 1911-1978 -- Portraits
- Johnson, Lyndon B. -- (Lyndon Baines) -- 1908-1973 -- Portraits
- Kennedy, John F. -- (John Fitzgerald) -- 1917-1963 -- Portraits
- Kerner, Otto -- 1908-1976 -- Portraits
- Lewis, John Llewellyn -- 1880-1969 -- Portraits
- Meany, George -- 1894-1980 -- Portraits
- Roosevelt, Eleanor -- 1884-1962 -- Portraits
- Roosevelt, Franklin D. -- (Franklin Delano) -- 1882-1945 -- Portraits
- Roosevelt, Theodore -- 1858-1919 -- Portraits
- Stevenson, Adlai E. -- (Adlai Ewing) -- 1900-1965 -- Portraits
- Truman, Harry S. -- 1884-1972 -- Portraits
- Wells, H. G. -- (Herbert George) -- 1866-1946 -- Portraits
- Lee, William A. -- 1895-1984 -- Portraits
- Chicago Federation of Labor and Industrial Union Council
- Federation news
- American Association of the Red Cross
- Marina City (Chicago, Ill.)
- Federation news
- New majority
- Jewish Labor Committee (Chicago, Ill.)
- Chicago Federation of Labor and Industrial Union Council
- Occupations -- Illinois -- Chicago
- Labor unions -- Illinois -- Chicago
- Laborers -- Illinois -- Chicago
- Laboring classes -- Illinois -- Chicago
- Strikes -- Illinois -- Chicago
- Women -- Work -- Illinois -- Chicago
- Men -- Work -- Illinois -- Chicago
- Broadcasting -- Illinois -- Chicago
- Buildings -- Illinois -- Chicago
- Building -- Illinois -- Chicago
- Housing -- Illinois -- Chicago
- Meetings -- Illinois -- Chicago
- Banquet halls -- Illinois -- Chicago
- Social security -- Illinois -- Chicago
- Eating & drinking -- Illinois -- Chicago
- Public speaking -- Illinois -- Chicago
- Parades & processions -- Illinois -- Chicago
- Adult education -- Illinois -- Chicago
- Students -- Illinois -- Chicago
- Vocational education -- Illinois -- Chicago
- Apprentices -- Illinois -- Chicago
- African Americans -- Employment -- Illinois -- Chicago
- Irish Americans -- Work -- Illinois -- Chicago
- Film transparencies
- Interior views
- Photograph albums
- Periodical illustrations
- Portrait photographs
- Group portraits
- Snapshots
- Cabinet photographs
- Film negatives
- Motion pictures
- Photomechanical prints
- Photographic prints
- Gelatin silver prints