Contents
- Descriptive Summary
- Biographical note
- Scope and Contents note
- Processing Information note
- Related Archival Materials note
- Immediate Source of Acquisition note
- Indexed Terms
Collection Access
Steven Balkin Maxwell Street, Chicago Collection
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Steven Balkin Maxwell Street, Chicago Collection
- Identifier
- BMRC.CSU.MAXWELL-STREET
- Repository
- Chicago State University, Archives and Special Collections
- Language
- English
- Size
- 19.0 Linear feet
- Dates
- 1994-2009
- Creator
- Balkin, Steven
Biographical note
Steven Balkin is a Professor of Economics at Roosevelt University. He is a member of the Maxwell Street Foundation, formerly known as the Maxwell Street Historic Preservation Coalition. Beginning in the mid-90s, Balkin began assembling materials related to the history of the Maxwell Street Market and neighborhood, including blues heritage, architecture, and community groups.
Scope and Contents note
Collection consists of 5000 photographic prints and negatives of Maxwell Street neighborhood as taken in the 1990s and early-2000s; DVDs of video footage; additional photographs and personal papers; audio recordings; ephemera; newspapers, and folk art.
Processing Information note
This collection was surveyed as part of the Black Metropolis Research Consortium's Survey Initiative on 2009 October 7 by Andrew Steadham and Lauren Kalal.
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
Donated by Steve Balkin.