Greater Lawndale Conservation Commission records
Descriptive Summary
- Repository
-
University of Illinois at Chicago,
801 S. MorganChicago, ILUSA
- Repository Number
- MSGLCC68
- Creator
- Greater Lawndale Conservation Commission (Chicago, Ill.).
- Title
- Greater Lawndale Conservation Commission records
- Dates
- 1954-1968
- Quantity
- 4.5 linear feet.
- Abstract
- The Greater Lawndale Conservation Commission was a community organization serving Chicago's central west side neighborhood of Lawndale. The collection consists of correspondence, minutes, programs, legal and financial records, clippings, and published material.
- Language of the Material
- English
Administrative Information
Biography/Profile
The Greater Lawndale Conservation Commission was a community organization serving Chicago's central west side neighborhood of Lawndale. It was formed in 1954 as an interracial organization to serve as an information agency, a nucleus for block clubs, and a liaison between Lawndale and Chicago social service organizations. The Commission worked to improve local housing and schools and sponsored beautification projects in the area.
Scope and Content
The collection consists of correspondence, minutes, programs, legal and financial records, clippings, and published material. The material pertains to the administration of the Greater Lawndale Conservation Commission and its committees in the fields of housing, education, and welfare. The collection also contains information on urban renewal, education, civil rights legislation, employment, and crime in Chicago.
Access Restrictions
Access restrictions -- Available without restriction.
Use/Re-use Restrictions
Use restrictions -- Available without restriction.
Preferred Citation
Greater Lawndale Conservation Commission records, Special Collections and University Archives, University of Illinois at Chicago
Indexed Terms
- Civil rights
- Crime
- Education
- Labor supply
- North Lawndale (Chicago, Ill.)
- Urban renewal
- Chicago (Ill.)
- Greater Lawndale Conservation Commission (Chicago, Ill.).
Inventory
- Title
- Citizens School Committee
- Dates
- 1953-1955
- Title
- Citizens School Committee
- Dates
- 1956-1956
- Title
- Citizens School Committee
- Dates
- 1957-1957
- Title
- Citizens School Committee
- Dates
- 1958-1958
- Title
- Citizens School Committee
- Dates
- 1959-1959
- Title
- Citizens School Committee - budget hearing
- Dates
- 1959-1959
- Title
- Citizens School Committee, - budget hearing
- Dates
- 1959-1959
- Title
- Citizens School Committee
- Dates
- 1960-1960
- Title
- Citizens School Committee
- Dates
- 1960-1960
- Title
- Citizens School Committee
- Dates
- 1960-1960
- Title
- Citizens School Committee
- Dates
- 1960-1960
- Title
- Citizens School Committee
- Dates
- 1960-1960
- Title
- Citizens School Committee - double shift petitions
- Dates
- 1960-1960
- Title
- Citizens School Committee - recreation questionnaire
- Dates
- 1960-1960
- Title
- Financial reports
- Dates
- 1965-1965
- Title
- Fund drive - financial records
- Dates
- 1962-1962
- Title
- Fund drive - financial records
- Dates
- 1963-1963
- Title
- Fund drive - financial records
- Dates
- 1964-1964
- Title
- Fund drive
- Dates
- 1964-1964
- Title
- Fund drive - large contributors
- Dates
- 1964-1964
- Title
- Health and Welfare Committee - report
- Dates
- 1964-1964
- Title
- Holiday Lighting Contest
- Dates
- 1965-1966
- Title
- Holiday Lighting Contest
- Dates
- 1965-1966
- Title
- "L" Miscellaneous
- Dates
- 1964-1966
- Title
- Ladies Auxiliary
- Dates
- 1959-1966
- Title
- Lake View Citizens' Council
- Dates
- 1963-1966
- Title
- Lawndale Business Directory, undated
- Title
- Lawndale Citizens Committee
- Dates
- 1965-1966
- Title
- Lawndale Clergymen in Christian Action
- Dates
- 1965-1966
- Title
- Lawndale Community Calendar
- Dates
- 1966-1966
- Title
- Lawndale Community Committee
- Dates
- 1965-1965
- Title
- Lawndale Conservation Community Council
- Dates
- 1965-1965
- Title
- Lawndale Executives' Group
- Dates
- 1961-1966
- Title
- Lawndale for Better Jobs
- Dates
- 1965-1965
- Title
- Lawndale Neighborhood Services
- Dates
- 1961-1964
- Title
- Lawndale Urban Progress Center
- Dates
- 1965-1966
- Title
- Lawndale Workers' Association
- Dates
- 1962-1965
- Title
- Lawndale Youth Council
- Dates
- 1865-1966
- Title
- Lawndale Youth Mobilization
- Dates
- 1961-1962
- Title
- Legal Aid Bureau
- Dates
- 1965-1966
- Title
- Little Village Community Council
- Dates
- 1965-1965
- Title
- Logan Square Neighborhood Association
- Dates
- 1964-1964
- Title
- Marcy Center
- Dates
- 1964-1966
- Title
- Mrs. Daisy Matthews
- Dates
- 1965-1966
- Title
- Membership Drives
- Dates
- 1965-1965
- Title
- Mentally Handicapped
- Dates
- 1965-1966
- Title
- Metropolitan Housing and Planning Council of Chicago
- Dates
- 1964-1965
- Title
- Midwest Youth and Community Committee
- Dates
- 1966-1966
- Title
- Miles Square Federation
- Dates
- 1964-1964
- Title
- Miscellaneous
- Dates
- 1950-1965
- Title
- NAACP
- Dates
- 1965-1965
- Title
- NAACP - school materials
- Dates
- 1958-1959
- Title
- National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials
- Dates
- 1964-1968
- Title
- National Casting Company
- Dates
- 1964-1964
- Title
- Negro History Week
- Dates
- 1965-1965
- Title
- Neighborhood Youth Corps
- Dates
- 1965-1965
- Title
- Newsletter material
- Dates
- 1964-1966
- Title
- Newspaper Clippings
- Dates
- 1965-1965
- Title
- North Eastern Illinois Planning Commission
- Dates
- 1964-1965
- Title
- North Lawndale Girl Scout Sponsors
- Dates
- undated
- Title
- "O" Miscellaneous
- Dates
- 1963-1963
- Title
- Operation Headstart
- Dates
- 1965-1965
- Title
- Operation Pride
- Dates
- 1964-1965
- Title
- Pepsi-Cola dinner
- Dates
- 1964-1964
- Title
- Personnel practices
- Dates
- undated
- Title
- Physically handicapped - service directory
- Dates
- 1962-1962
- Title
- Pilsen Neighbors Community Council
- Dates
- 1964-1964
- Title
- Politics in Illinois
- Dates
- 1965-1965
- Title
- Proxy forms
- Dates
- undated
- Title
- Public Relations forum
- Dates
- 1965-1965
- Title
- Red Cross
- Dates
- undated
- Title
- Reports from staff members
- Dates
- 1964-1965
- Title
- Resignations and terminations
- Dates
- 1965-1965
- Title
- Rockwell Herald
- Dates
- 1965-1965
- Title
- Rogers Park Community Council
- Dates
- 1964-1964
- Title
- Sanborn Map Company
- Dates
- 1964-1965
- Title
- School Health Forms
- Dates
- undated
- Title
- Schools Advisory Committee
- Dates
- 1963-1966
- Title
- Sears Roebuck and Company
- Dates
- 1964-1964
- Title
- Sears Roebuck and Company
- Dates
- 1965-1966
- Title
- Senior Citizen Program
- Dates
- 1964-1965
- Title
- South Central Alliance
- Dates
- 1965-1965
- Title
- South Central Planning Council
- Dates
- 1965-1965
- Title
- Staff memoranda
- Dates
- 1965-1966
- Title
- Staff roster
- Dates
- 1965-1965
- Title
- Statements - financial
- Dates
- undated
- Title
- Subcommittee on Employment
- Dates
- 1965-1965
- Title
- Subcommittee on Public Health Services
- Dates
- 1964-1965
- Title
- Subcommittee on Social Services
- Dates
- 1965-1965
- Title
- Telegrams
- Dates
- 1965-1965
- Title
- Time Records
- Dates
- 1965-1965
- Title
- Town Hall Meetings
- Dates
- undated
- Title
- Trainee Minutes
- Dates
- 1966-1966
- Title
- Trainee Program
- Dates
- 1965-1965
- Title
- Trainee Work
- Dates
- 1965-1965
- Title
- Trumbull Park Community Center
- Dates
- 1964-1966
- Title
- Tutoring
- Dates
- undated
- Title
- Twelfth Night Soiree
- Dates
- 1964-1965
- Title
- University of Chicago Social Service
- Dates
- 1966-1966
- Title
- Urban Progress Center
- Dates
- 1965-1966
- Title
- Villa Venice Dance
- Dates
- 1965-1965
- Title
- Voter Registration
- Dates
- undated
- Title
- "W" Miscellaneous
- Dates
- 1965-1966
- Title
- War on Poverty
- Dates
- 1965-1966
- Title
- Welfare Council of Metropolitan Chicago
- Dates
- 1964-1965
- Title
- Welfare Public Relations Forum
- Dates
- 1964-1965
- Title
- West Lawndale Citizens' Council
- Dates
- 1965-1965
- Title
- West Side Association for Community Action
- Dates
- 1965-1965
- Title
- West Side Baptist Ministers
- Dates
- undated
- Title
- West Side Career-O-Rama
- Dates
- 1965-1965
- Title
- West Side Employment Opportunities Fair
- Dates
- 1965-1965
- Title
- West Side Planning Committee for Mental Health
- Dates
- 1965-1965
- Title
- West Side Real Estate Board
- Dates
- 1965-1965
- Title
- Youth Conference Committee
- Dates
- 1965-1965
- Title
- WYWK
- Dates
- 1964-1964
- Title
- Chicago Commission on Human Relations - reports
- Dates
- 1960-1963
- Title
- Chicago Metropolitan Planning materials
- Dates
- 1954-1960
- Title
- Crime and Juvenile Delinquency Materials
- Dates
- 1957-1957
- Title
- Employment materials
- Dates
- undated
- Title
- Employment surveys
- Dates
- 1959-1962
- Title
- Greater Lawndale Conservation Commission - reports
- Dates
- 1955-1965
- Title
- Housing and Urban Renewal Materials
- Dates
- 1960-1964
- Title
- Illinois statutes
- Dates
- 1954-1966
- Title
- Lawndale Service Directory
- Dates
- 1965-1971
- Title
- Medical materials
- Dates
- undated
- Title
- Misc. published materials
- Dates
- 1954-1961
- Title
- Neighborhood change materials
- Dates
- 1955-1959
- Title
- Neighborhood organization materials
- Dates
- 1958-1959
- Title
- Neighborhood rehabilitation
- Dates
- 1958-1958
- Title
- Public schools materials
- Dates
- 1964-1965
- Title
- Social services
- Dates
- 1963-1964
- Title
- Transportation materials
- Dates
- 1964-1965
- Title
- U.S. Census - housing
- Dates
- 1960-1960
- Title
- U.S. Census - population
- Dates
- undated
- Title
- YMCA and YWCA
- Dates
- 1959-1962