Contents
- Descriptive Summary
- Biographical note
- Scope and Contents note
- Processing Information note
- Related Archival Materials note
- Indexed Terms
Collection Access
Martin Bickham papers
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Martin Bickham papers
- Identifier
- BMRC.UIC.BICKHAM
- Repository
- University of Illinois at Chicago, Special Collections and University Archives Department at the Richard J. Daley Library
- Language
- English
- Size
- 134.0 Linear feet
- Predominant Dates
- Bulk, 1930-1960
- Dates
- 1895-1970
- Creator
- Bickham, Martin
Biographical note
Rev. Martin Hayes Bickham (October 7, 1880 - May, 1976) was a minister, sociologist, civil rights activist, and civil liberties advocate. Martin Bickham's work brought him into a leading role in addressing the issues of his times, including temperance, unemployment, the rights of the disabled, civil rights, and fair housing. He was a member of the Illinois chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and remained active with that group for nearly two decades. For nearly a decade at the end of this life Bickham worked on a manuscript, "A History of Racism," which never saw publication.
Scope and Contents note
The Martin Bickham Papers contain agendas, financial statements, bulletins, memoranda, minutes, newsletters, press releases, by-laws, clippings, correspondence, journals, letters, manuscripts, maps, pamphlets, artifacts, photographs, plans, posters, proceedings, research notes, resolutions, speeches, and reports spanning the mid-1920s through about 1971. The bulk of the material covers the 1930s, 1950s and 1960s.
Processing Information note
This collection was surveyed as part of the Black Metropolis Research Consortium's Survey Initiative on 2009 November 16 by Andrew Steadham and Lauren Kalal.