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Chicago (Ill.) -- Politics and government -- To 1950

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Robert R. McCormick. Personal and business correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: I-23
Abstract

Papers of Robert R. McCormick during his terms as Chicago alderman, president of the Chicago Sanitary District, and early days as president of the Tribune Company

Dates: 1904 - 1914

Robert R. McCormick. Diary as Chicago Alderman

 Collection
Identifier: I-21
Abstract

This diary illustrates Robert R. McCormick's brief career as a member of the City Council of Chicago as Alderman for the 21st Ward. Each entry in the diary describes a request from a constituent (identified by name, address and sometimes organization), and any action taken. Although the entries themselves are not dated, the date can be determined in most cases by the correspondence attached to entries, or laid into the volume.

Dates: 1904-04 - 1905-01