Contents
- Descriptive Summary
- Historical Note
- Indexed Terms
- Administrative Information
- Scope and Contents
- Detailed List of Contents
Collection Access
Records of the Citizens' Police Committee (Chicago) 1928-1933
Descriptive Summary
- Collection Title
- Records of the Citizens' Police Committee (Chicago) 1928-1933
- Identification
- 55/37
- Creator
- Citizens' Police Committee (Chicago, Ill.)
- Physical Description
- 1.00 Boxes
- Language of Materials
- English
- Repository
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Northwestern University Archives
Deering Library, Room 1101970 Campus Dr.Evanston, IL, 60208-2300URL: http://www.library.northwestern.edu/archivesEmail: archives@northwestern.eduPhone: 847-491-3354
- Abstract
- The Citizens' Police Committee, formed in 1929, analyzed the staffing and organization of the Chicago Police Department. The Committee studied contemporary manpower and administrative issues and made recommendations for departmental reorganization based upon its study. The Committee worked with the cooperation of the Commissioner of Police, W.F. Russell, and the assent of Chicago Mayor William Hale Thompson. Prominent among the Chicago area business, academic, and community leaders who sponsored or served on the Committee were Northwestern University President Walter Dill Scott and John H. Wigmore and Frederic B. Crossley of the University's School of Law.<lb/> The series includes a relatively small amount of general correspondence, meeting minutes, reports, and related materials.
Historical Note
The Citizens' Police Committee, formed in 1929, analyzed the staffing and organization of the Chicago Police Department. The Committee studied contemporary manpower and administrative issues and made recommendations for departmental reorganization based upon its study. The Committee worked with the cooperation of the Commissioner of Police, W.F. Russell, and the assent of Chicago Mayor William Hale Thompson. Prominent among the Chicago area business, academic, and community leaders who sponsored or served on the Committee were Northwestern University President Walter Dill Scott and John H. Wigmore and Frederic B. Crossley of the University's School of Law.
Indexed Terms
This Collection is indexed under the following controlled access subject terms.
Indexed Terms
Indexed Terms
Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
These records have been separated from the papers of John H. Wigmore (Accession #97-54).
Processing Information
Kevin B. Leonard; May 21, 1997.
This collection was also included in the set of finding aids and accompanying website created by the University of Chicago's Uncovering Chicago Archives Project (UNCAP), funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation from 2007 to 2010.
Conditions Governing Access
None
Scope and Contents
The Citizens' Police Committee, formed in 1929, analyzed the staffing and organization of the Chicago Police Department. The Committee studied contemporary manpower and administrative issues and made recommendations for departmental reorganization based upon its study. The Committee worked with the cooperation of the Commissioner of Police, W.F. Russell, and the assent of Chicago Mayor William Hale Thompson. Prominent among the Chicago area business, academic, and community leaders who sponsored or served on the Committee were Northwestern University President Walter Dill Scott and John H. Wigmore and Frederic B. Crossley of the University's School of Law.
The series includes a relatively small amount of general correspondence, meeting minutes, reports, and related materials.
Detailed List of Contents
- Title
- Advisory Committee
- Dates
- 1929-1931
- Title
- By-laws
- Dates
- n.d.
- Title
- Financial
- Dates
- 1929-1931
- Title
- General Correspondence
- Dates
- 1928-1931
- Title
- Manual
- Dates
- 1930-1931
- Title
- Meetings
- Dates
- 1929-1933
- Title
- Publicity
- Dates
- 1931
- Title
- Questionnaire
- Dates
- n.d.
- Title
- Reports
- Dates
- 1929-1931