Contents
- Descriptive Summary
- Conditions for Access
- Conditions Governing Use
- Preferred Citation
- Acquisition Information
- Custodial History
- Biography or History
- Scope and Content
- Arrangement
- Indexed Terms
- Varying Form of Title
Collection Access
Scottsdale Homeowners Association Records
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Scottsdale Homeowners Association Records
- Dates
- 1916-2006
- Identifier
- ARCHIVES SHA
- Creator
- Scottsdale Homeowners Association (Chicago, Ill.)
- Size
- 9 linear feet.
- Language
- Material is in English unless otherwise noted.
Conditions for Access
Available for research in the Special Collections and Preservation Division Reading Room of the Chicago Public Library.
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.
Acquisition Information
Accession information not specified.
Custodial History
The papers of the Scottsdale Homeowners Association were donated by Mr. and Mrs. John Keating in 2006. Mr. Keating was president of the association from 1977 to 1978 and again from 1983 to 1985.
Biography or History
The Scottsdale Homeowners Association (SHA) was established in 1952 by a group of residents of Scottsdale, a newly formed subdivision on the southwest side of Chicago. The mission of the SHA is to meet regularly with Scottsdale residents in order to discuss and take action on community issues and services; for example, the association worked to obtain sidewalks on major streets in the neighborhood, to acquire the Rainey, Durkin and Scottsdale Park Fieldhouses and to establish a Summer Swim Program at Daley College, among other initiatives. In addition, SHA members have been extremely active in the neighborhood by promoting community events such as the yearly Santa Claus visit program, the Annual Picnic in the Park, and the Annual Inaugural Ball dedicated to newly elected SHA officers. The SHA also puts out a newsletter, which began in 1952 and is still being published. Scottsdale, a subdivision of the Ashburn neighborhood, grew out of a residential development project and shopping center planned by Raymond Lutgert. Lutgert was a real estate developer and built roughly 1,000 homes on the site of the old Ashburn Flying Field in 1952. He named the community after his son, Scott. The Scottsdale Shopping Center was completed in November of 1955 in the midst of post-World War II industrial and population growth in the area. Scottsdale runs approximately from Pulaski Avenue west to Cicero Avenue and from 77th Street south to 87th Street.
Scope and Content
While the collection begins in 1916 with the construction of Ashburn Flying Field, Chicago's first airfield, the majority of the records span the period from the inception of the Scottsdale Homeowners Association as a non-profit organization in 1952 to 2006. The collection provides an inside look at some of the major issues affecting Chicagoans during this time period, particularly the development of shopping centers, the cross-town expressway proposal, and the Civil Rights Movement and the subsequent desegregation initiative in the Chicago Public Schools during the 1960s and 1970s. Bulk Dates 1952-2006.
Arrangement
The collection includes manuscript material documenting SHA involvement with local businesses, municipal agencies, schools, and other groups and people in the community in addition to a complete run of SHA newsletters from 1952 through May of 2006. A scrapbook containing photographs is housed separately, as are all oversized materials.
Finding aid available in the Reading Room of the Special Collections and Preservation Division and on the library's web site.
Indexed Terms
- Scottsdale Homeowners Association (Chicago, Ill.) -- Archives.
- Scottsdale (Chicago, Ill.) -- History -- Sources
Varying Form of Title
Scottsdale Homeowners Association records, 1916-2006