Showing Collections: 1 - 20 of 26
1968 Democratic National Convention Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS61
Abstract
The McCormick Library’s small collection on the events surrounding the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago was donated by Kaye Miller in 1982. Miller, a professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago, was creating a documentary with one of his classes during the convention. He collected periodical articles and materials related to the events, focusing on publicity, demonstrations, violence, arrests, reports, and the trials that followed. This collection consists of those topical...
Dates:
1965-1970; Other: Date acquired: 11/30/1981
Center for Urban Affairs and Policy Research: 1992 Chicago World's Fair Planning
Collection
Identifier: 8/2/15
Abstract
The records of the Center for Urban Affairs and Policy Research (CUAPR), filling three boxes, document theCenter's involvement in the planning of the proposed 1992 Chicago World's Fair. Most of the records reflect Louis Masotti's involvement in the planning process. Records date from 1977 to 1985, with the bulk of the materials falling between 1984 and 1985. While many of the reports and most of the newspaper clippings collected by CUAPR are not directly connected with the Center or with Dr....
Dates:
1977 - 1985; Other: Majority of material found within 1984 - 1985
Found in:
Northwestern University Archives
Reports of the Center for Urban Affairs and Policy Research
Collection
Identifier: 8/2/12
Abstract
The Center for Urban Affairs and Policy Research at Northwestern University was founded in September of 1968 with a grant of $700,000 from the Ford Foundation. The bulk of the Center’s research dealt with social policy and its effects on the people, communities, and institutions that utilize it. In September, 1996, the Center’s name was changed to the Institute for Policy Research.
Dates:
1970 - 1995
Found in:
Northwestern University Archives
Chicago Commission on Women's Affairs
Collection
Identifier: MS126
Abstract
The Chicago, Illinois City Council established the Mayor’s Advisory Commission on Women’s Affairs in 1984. This archive includes materials from the Chicago Commission on Women’s Affairs, including the Commission’s mission, procedures, minutes, first year accomplishments, and report to the Mayor for 1984.
Dates:
1984-1985
Chicago Theaters Scrapbooks
Collection
Identifier: MS131
Abstract
This collection on Chicago area theatres consists primarily of three scrapbooks filled with clippings, programs, reviews, and publicity generated for the theatre seasons between 1908 and 1915.
Dates:
1908-1915
Chicago Tribune. Business manager's files: labor relations
Collection
Identifier: XI-313
Abstract
Files created by W.E. Macfarlane (Chicago Tribune business manager from 1928 until his death on 1944-10-09) and Elbert M. Antrim (business manager from 1944 to 1954)
Dates:
1930 - 1955
Chicago Tribune. Departmental Papers. Marketing Department, Promotion material, miscellaneous
Collection
Identifier: XI-125-7
Abstract
This small collection of promotion material was retained by the Tribune Company Marketing Department between 1957 and 1972. It documents special occasions like the Chicago Tribune 125th Anniversary in 1972, the First Division Museum dedication in 1960, and the McCormick Charitable Trust Historymobile and McCormick Place in 1960. The collection includes clippings, correspondence, and printed promotional matter can also be found.
Dates:
1957 - 1972
Chicago Tribune. Labor relations. Strike of 1947-1949
Collection
Identifier: XI-310
Abstract
This collection documents the 1947/1949 strike of the Chicago Typographical Union (CTU) against the Chicago Tribune Company. This collection consists of news stories clipped from the Chicago Tribune; correspondence and accounts of meetings and negotiations of the Chicago Newspaper Publishers Association (CNPA) and the unions involved (CTU, and the International Typographical Union (ITU)); contract proposals; union publications and anti-union pamphlets; and...
Dates:
1947 - 1952
Papers of the Clergy Consultation Service
Collection
Identifier: MS128
Abstract
E. Spencer Parsons served as chairman of both the Chicago Clergy Consultation Service on Problem Pregnancies, and the Illinois Clergy Consultation Service. This collection contains articles and newspaper ephemera on abortion, his files related to the National Clergy Consultation Service on Abortion (1969-1973), the Chicago Clergy Consultation Service on Problem Pregnancies (1967-1973), and the Illinois Religious Coalition for Abortion Rights (1974-1979). The collection includes articles,...
Dates:
1967-1979
Dwight Conquergood (1949-2004) Papers
Collection
Identifier: 20/74
Abstract
Conquergood received his Ph.D. in Performance Studies from Northwestern University in 1977 and served as an Assistant Professor of Rhetoric and Communication at The State University of New York in Binghamton for a year before returning to Northwestern to teach in 1983. He remained at Northwestern until his death in 2004. His research focused on marginalized societies and refugee groups, as well as the implications, purpose and rituals of the death penalty in/on American society. The Dwight...
Dates:
1974-2005; Other: Majority of material found within 1980-2002
Found in:
Northwestern University Archives
Donald Haider Papers
Collection
Identifier: 12/3/14
Abstract
Donald Haider (professor at Northwestern University's Kellogg Graduate School of Management) ran for mayor of the City of Chicago in 1987. His papers include biographical materials, academic publications, and material relating to Haider's mayoral campaign (the bulk of the collection).
Dates:
1961-2007; Other: Date acquired: 03/11/2015
Found in:
Northwestern University Archives
James S. Roberts Photographs
Collection
Identifier: 75/31/29
Abstract
Northwestern University alumnus James (Jim) S. Roberts studied history and took photographs during a tumultuous time on and off the campus. His photos (prints, color slides, and black-and-white negatives) include depictions of anti-war events such as the November 15, 1969 Moratorium march on Washington, D.C. and the May, 1970 strike at Northwestern University, as well as scenes from Cuernavaca, Mexico, and general student activities at Northwestern.
Dates:
1968 - 1972
Found in:
Northwestern University Archives
Paula Kamen Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS125
Abstract
Paula Kamen interviewed men and women associated with the clandestine
JANE abortion service in Chicago between 1969 and 1972 in order to obtain
background material for a play, “JANE: Abortion and the Underground.”
Dates:
1969-1972
Jenny Knauss Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS93
Abstract
Jenny Knauss, a member of the Chicago Women’s Liberation Union, worked primarily on women’s education, health issues and day care. She also served as the director of the Illinois Caucus for Adolescent Health for two decades, from 1983-2002. The Knauss Collection consists of her personal topical files related to the Chicago Women's Liberation Union and feminist health issues, primarily in Chicago, between 1971 and 1978. Knauss wrote a history on the Chicago Women's Health Movement and...
Dates:
1971-1978
Jenny Knauss Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS162
Abstract
Jenny Knauss, a member of the Chicago Women’s Liberation Union, worked primarily on women’s education, health issues and day care. She also served as the director of the Illinois Caucus for Adolescent Health for two decades, from 1983-2002. The Jenny Knauss Papers consist of personal material and files and fill 13 boxes, arranged in 4 series: Correspondence; Personal Planners; Miscellaneous Materials; and Photographs. The bulk of the collection consists of personal correspondence, mostly...
Dates:
1950-2005; Other: Date acquired: 01/12/2009
Eric R. Lund papers
Collection
Identifier: 31/6/171
Abstract
American journalist Eric R. Lund was born to Swedish immigrants on November 1, 1925 in Chicago, Illinois. Lund attended Northwestern University 1942-1949 (B.S. in journalism). Lund worked primarily at the Evanston review and Chicago daily news. After the latter paper ceased publication, Lund undertook a number of research and editing projects. The Eric R. Lund papers cover Lund’s ancestry and life, including both his professional...
Dates:
1900 - 2006
Found in:
Northwestern University Archives
Records of the Northwestern Club of Chicago
Collection
Identifier: 32/2/2
Abstract
The Northwestern Club of Chicago (founded in 1919 as the Northwestern University Club of Chicago), is the largest and most active of Northwestern Unviersity's alumni clubs. The records of the Northwestern Club of Chicago, covedring the years 1947-1976, include copies of the By Laws and Objectives; records of the Membership Committee; records of the Alumni Directory Committee; records of the Board of Directors; General Correspondence; Financial Records; records of the Program Committee; records...
Dates:
1947-1976
Found in:
Northwestern University Archives
Northwestern University Settlement Association Glass Transparency Slides
Collection
Identifier: 41/13
Abstract
The collection consists of 100 glass transparency slides (3.25 x 4 inches), also known as magic lantern slides, divided into two thematic clusters, dating from the turn of the 20th century, and identified with the Northwestern University Settlement.
Dates:
1891 - 1920
Found in:
Northwestern University Archives
Northwestern University Settlement Association Photographs
Collection
Identifier: 41/6
Abstract
The photographs in this series document the Northwestern University Settlement Association from 1890 — 1991. Prints as well as safety film negatives are included. This collection includes many of the photographs that appear in The Worn Doorstep by Mark Wukas.
Dates:
1890-1991
Found in:
Northwestern University Archives
Paul Sills and Viola Spolin Oral History Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS198
Abstract
Paul Sills and Viola Spolin Oral History Collection is a project to collect oral histories documenting improvisational theatre, particularly in the Chicago region.
Dates:
2020 - 2021
Filtered By
- Subject: Chicago (Ill.) X
Filter Results
Additional filters:
- Repository
- Charles Deering McCormick Library of Special Collections 15
- Northwestern University Archives 11
- Subject
- Chicago (Ill.) 17
- Abortion services 4
- Evanston (Ill.) 4
- Chicago (Ill.)--Politics and government--1951- 2
- Chicago (Ill.)--Social conditions--20th century--Research 2
- Industrial relations 2
- Journalism 2
- Newspaper employees--Labor unions 2
- Social settlements 2
- Theater 2
- Abortion 1
- Buildings--Illinois--Chicago 1
- Chicago (Ill.)--Description and travel 1
- Chicago (Ill.)--Exhibitions--Planning 1
- Chicago (Ill.)--Intellectual life 1
- Chicago (Ill.)--Social conditions--19th century 1
- Chicago (Ill.)--Social conditions--20th century 1
- Chicago (Ill.)--Social life and customs 1
- Cities and towns--Research 1
- College students--Illinois--Evanston 1
- Englewood (Chicago, Ill.) 1
- Ethnology--Study and teaching 1
- Feminism 1
- Feminism--Illinois--Chicago 1
- Gangs 1
- Hmong (Asian people) 1
- Hyde Park (Chicago, Ill.) 1
- Immigrants 1
- Improvisation (Acting) 1
- Journalists 1
- Letters to the editor 1
- Literature--Societies, etc. 1
- Management--Study and teaching 1
- Mayors--Election 1
- Mexico 1
- Pastoral counseling 1
- Political campaigns 1
- Political conventions 1
- Press 1
- Princesses 1
- Printing industry--Employees--Labor unions 1
- Riots--Illinois--Chicago 1
- San Francisco (Calif.)--Description and travel 1
- Social policy--Research 1
- Strikes and lockouts--Newspapers 1
- Swedish Americans 1
- United States 1
- United States--Social conditions--20th century 1
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Protest movements 1
- Women 1
- Women college students--Illinois--Evanston 1
- Women's health services--Illinois--Chicago 1
- Women--Legal status, laws, etc.--Illinois--Chicago 1
- Women--Societies and clubs 1
- World War, 1939-1945--Japan 1 ∧ less
- Names
- Jane (Abortion service) 4
- Tribune Company 3
- Charles Deering McCormick Library of Special Collections 2
- Chicago Newspaper Publishers Association 2
- Chicago tribune 2
- Knauss, Jenny 2
- Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.) 2
- Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.). Center for Urban Affairs and Policy Research 2
- Northwestern University Settlement (Chicago, Ill.) 2
- Antrim, Elbert M., 1885-1961 1
- Art Institute of Chicago 1
- Associated Newsboys of Chicago 1
- Brown, Ralph E., 1929-2008 1
- Campbell, William J. (William Joseph), 1905-1988 1
- Carmen, Arlene 1
- Chicago (Ill.). Mayor's Advisory Commission on Women's Affairs 1
- Chicago Women's Liberation Union 1
- Chicago World's Fair--1992 Authority 1
- Chicago daily news 1
- Conquergood, Lorne Dwight, 1949-2004 1
- Cragg, Miriam Thomas, 1882-1977 1
- Democratic National Convention (1968 : Chicago, Ill.) 1
- Dubois, Jules, 1910-1966 1
- Elliot, Frank M., 1853-1919 1
- Evanston review 1
- First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Chicago 1
- Haider, Donald H. 1
- Illinois Caucus for Adolescent Health 1
- Illinois Caucus on Teenage Pregnancy 1
- Illinois Religious Coalition for Abortion Rights 1
- International Typographical Union. Local 16 (Chicago, Ill.) 1
- J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management--Faculty 1
- Kamen, Paula 1
- Ketchum, Jesse 1
- Larson, Mark (Mark Allen) 1
- Lund, Eric R. (Eric Rudolph) 1
- Lund, Florence, -1989 1
- Lundin, Frederick, 1868-1947 1
- Macfarlane, W. E., 1882-1944 1
- Masotti, Louis H. 1
- Miller, Kaye 1
- Miller, Vern, 1928- 1
- Moody, Howard, 1921-2012 1
- National Clergy Consultation Service on Abortion 1
- Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.)--Faculty 1
- Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.). Department of Performance Studies 1
- Northwestern University Club of Chicago 1
- Parsons, E. Spencer 1
- Raddin, Belle Alling, 1864-1930 1
- Raddin, Charles S. (Charles Salisbury), 1863-1930 1
- Roberts, James S. 1
- Ruether, Rosemary Radford 1
- Shuman, Andrew, 1830-1890 1
- Sills, Aretha Amelia 1
- Sills, Paul, 1927-2008 1
- Spolin, Viola 1
- Stilwell, Catherine, 1915-2009 1
- Stilwell, Kenneth, 1912-2003 1
- Study Club (Hyde Park (Chicago, Ill.)) 1
- Ticktin, Max D. 1
- Wendt, Lloyd 1
- Wolkonsky, Marina, 1893-1985 1
- Woods, Denis 1
- World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.) 1
- World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.)--Buildings 1
- World's Fair (1992 : Chicago, Ill.) 1 ∧ less
∨ more
∨ more