Contents
- Descriptive Summary
- Biographical note
- Scope and Contents note
- Processing Information note
- Immediate Source of Acquisition note
- Conditions Governing Access note
- Related Archival Materials note
- Indexed Terms
Collection Access
Ira Berkow Collection
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Ira Berkow Collection
- Identifier
- BMRC.UIC.BERKOW
- Repository
- University of Illinois at Chicago, Special Collections and University Archives Department at the Richard J. Daley Library
- Language
- English
- Size
- 3.5 Linear feet
- Dates
- 1970
- Creator
- Berkow, Ira
Biographical note
Born in 1940, Ira Berkow grew up on Chicago's Near West Side. As a teenager, he sold women's nylons and men's belts at various stands in the Maxwell St. marketplace. Upon graduating from Northwestern University's journalism program, Berkow worked as a sports writer for the New York Times. Among other books, he is the author of Maxwell Street: Survival in a Bazaar. He was active in the public campaign to save the Maxwell St. Market from demolition.
Scope and Contents note
This collection consists of tapes and transcripts collected for the book, Maxwell Street: Survival in a Bazaar. The interviews pertain to the Maxwell St. Market, the Near West Side neighborhood, Jewish immigrants, sweatshop labor and tenement housing.
Processing Information note
This collection was surveyed as part of the Black Metropolis Research Consortium's Survey Initiative on 2009 November 11 by Andrew Steadham and Lauren Kalal.
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
Acquired from Ira Berkow.
Conditions Governing Access note
Access to this collection is restricted; please contact the holding institution for details.