City Club of Chicago records
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- City Club of Chicago records
- Dates
- 1903-1978,
- Predominant Dates
- bulk 1947-1970s
- Creator
- City Club of Chicago
- Size
- 36.25 linear ft. (70 boxes)
- Language
- Material is in English unless otherwise noted.
Scope and Content
Correspondence, minutes, reports, newsclippings, forum notices, financial and membership materials, and other records of the City Club of Chicago, an organization founded in 1903 to investigate and improve municipal conditions in Chicago (Ill.). Topics include city and state government, revenue, taxation, planning, elections, courts, civil service, transportation, utilities, welfare, education, employment, housing, health, racial discrimination and social services in general. Also includes materials related to the club's efforts to save the Chicago Theater.
Conditions for Access
The collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Contact the archives for more information on licensing and permissions for use and reproduction.
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 the City Club of Chicago (M1973.0004; 2010.0052).
Descriptive inventory available for a portion of the collection.
Indexed Terms
- City Club of Chicago
- 175 North State Street (Chicago, Ill.)
- Chicago Theater
- Civic improvement -- Illinois -- Chicago -- 20th century
- Elections -- Illinois -- 20th century
- Historic buildings -- Conservation and restoration -- Illinois -- Chicago
- Historic buildings -- Illinois -- Chicago -- 20th century
- Housing -- Illinois -- Chicago -- 20th century
- Labor supply -- Illinois -- Chicago -- 20th century
- Municipal government -- Illinois -- Chicago -- 20th century
- Planning -- Illinois -- Chicago -- 20th century
- Public health -- Illinois -- Chicago -- 20th century
- Public welfare -- Illinois -- Chicago -- 20th century
- Real property and taxation -- Illinois -- Chicago -- 20th century
- Schools -- Illinois -- Chicago -- 20th century
- Theaters -- Conservation and restoration -- Illinois -- Chicago
- Theaters -- Illinois -- Chicago -- 20th century
- Transportation -- Illinois -- Chicago -- 20th century
- Chicago (Ill.) -- Politics and government -- 20th century
- Correspondence
- Membership lists
- Minutes
- Press releases
- Reports