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Midwest Women's Center (Chicago, Ill.) records

Descriptive Summary

Title
Midwest Women's Center (Chicago, Ill.) records
Dates
ca 1975-1993
Creator
Midwest Women's Center
Creator
Size
106.75 linear ft. (123 boxes)
Language
Material is in English unless otherwise noted.

Scope and Content

Correspondence, memos, topical resource files on other feminist and women's organizations, and other working files of the Midwest Women's Center, an organization based in Chicago (Ill.) that offered job training, placement services, and literacy education to help women enhance their skills and self esteem. Topics include the programs of the Center and efforts to influence public policy concerning the rights and advancement of women. Includes files about the compilation of the Illinois Women's Directory, which the Midwest Women's Center published in 1978.

Scope and Content

Includes newsletters, pamphlets and clippings related to various women's organizations and social service organizations in Chicago and the larger metropolitan area extending to the Great Lakes Region; reports and minutes from the Women's Center; government organizations working to improve the lives and employment of women (Chicago and Federal); client information; 1981 conference materials: correspondence, minutes, contracts, etc.; fundraising and benefit planning files; project notebooks; group files; tutor records; job fair information; files on Women's Center conducted studies; board of directors files; administrative files; financial reports; topical files; files from the Illinois Women's Agenda, including cassette tapes; Women in business directories; workshop packets; personnel files; strategic planning files; Equal Rights Amendment; MWC committee files circa 1981-1993.

Conditions for Access

The 2010.0045 accession is unprocessed. Contact research@chicagohistory.org for access to unprocessed portions. Staff will typically respond to your inquiry within two weeks. However, due to the high volume of inquiries and depending upon the nature of your request additional time may be required to respond. Please note that not all material will be available for researcher access due to condition, location, staff availability, confidentiality and/or other factors. Scheduling an appointment to view available material may require several additional weeks.

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 Midwest Women's Center in the early 1980s and 1997 (M1980.0028; M1981.0018; 2010.0045).

Related Material

Related material at Chicago History Museum, Research Center, includes the Midwest Women's Center (Chicago, Ill.) photograph collection (1981.0136) and publications cataloged separately.

Finding aid available for part of collection in the repository.

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