Pearl Hart papers

Descriptive Summary

Title: Pearl Hart papers
Dates: ca 1942-1974
Creator: Hart, Pearl, 1890-1974
Creator: Andrulis, Alfred , Hyndman, Katherine , Keller, James,1901- , Lightfoot, Claude M., 1910-1991 , Spector, Efroim , Weber, Joe , Witkovich, George , George and Anna Portes Cancer Prevention Center (Chicago, Ill.) , Midwest Committee for Protection of Foreign Born (Chicago, Ill.) , National Lawyers Guild
Size: 77.5 linear ft. (82 boxes)
Size: 1 oversize folder.
Language: Material is in English unless otherwise noted.

Scope and Content

Speeches, correspondence, income tax returns and other financial records, pamphlets, and newsclippings of Pearl Hart, a Chicago lawyer who was a leader in leftist political organizations and civil liberties cases, especially some opposing suppression of the American Communist Party, discrimination against gay men and lesbians, and harassment of prostitutes. Topics include Hart's political and civil liberties activities and interests, including the legal defense of George Witkovich, Joe Weber, Katherine Hyndman, James Keller, Claude M. Lightfoot, Efroim Spector, and Alfred Andrulis; and the George and Anna Portes Cancer Prevention Center in Chicago, for which Hart was a legal adviser.

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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.

Acquisition Information

M1976.0008. Gift of Mrs. Weiner (sp?), who was Hart's niece. Hart left her correspondence with Archie Motley of CHS in her files with her will, but did not donate her papers during her lifetime.

Custodial History

Donation (M1976.00008).

Descriptive inventory available in Chicago History Museum, Research Center.

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