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Richard J. Daley collection

The Richard J. Daley Collection documents the public offices, political career, and personal life of Daley and contains documents, publications, ephemera, memorabilia, artifacts, and photographs dating from 1870-2010. The bulk of the collection dates from Richard J. Daley’s six terms as mayor of the city of Chicago, and as Chairman of the Cook County Democratic Central Committee.

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Banquet hall at Kennedy Democratic fundraising dinner
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View of the banquet hall and crowd at a Democratic Party fundraising dinner at McCormick Place, where President John F. Kennedy spoke.
Date:
April 28, 1961
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access
Banquet hall at Kennedy Democratic fundraising dinner
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View of the banquet hall and crowd at a Democratic Party fundraising dinner at McCormick Place, where President John F. Kennedy spoke.
Date:
April 28, 1961
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access
Banquet hall at Kennedy Democratic fundraising dinner
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View of the banquet hall and crowd at a Democratic Party fundraising dinner at McCormick Place, where President John F. Kennedy spoke.
Date:
April 28, 1961
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access
Banquet hall at Kennedy Democratic fundraising dinner
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View of the banquet hall and crowd at a Democratic Party fundraising dinner at McCormick Place, where President John F. Kennedy spoke.
Date:
circa 1961
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access
Banquet hall at Kennedy Democratic fundraising dinner
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Overview of the banquet hall and crowd at a Democratic Party fundraising dinner at McCormick Place, where President John F. Kennedy spoke.
Date:
April 28, 1961
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access
Banquet hall at Kennedy Democratic fundraising dinner
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View of the long head table at a Democratic Party fundraising dinner held at McCormick Place, with President John F. Kennedy speaking at the podium. The Presidential Seal hangs on the wall behind the head table.
Date:
April 28, 1961
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access
Banquet hall at Kennedy Democratic fundraising dinner
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View of hall at McCormick Place prepared for a Democratic Party fundraising dinner featuring President John F. Kennedy as speaker.
Date:
circa 1961
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access
Banquet hall at Kennedy Democratic fundraising dinner
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Overview of the banquet hall and crowd at a Democratic Party fundraising dinner at McCormick Place, where President John F. Kennedy spoke. All the attendees, including the head table guests, are standing.
Date:
April 28, 1961
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access
Banquet hall at Kennedy Democratic fundraising dinner
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View of the banquet hall and crowd at a Democratic Party fundraising dinner at McCormick Place, where President John F. Kennedy spoke. All the attendees, including the head table guests, are standing.
Date:
April 28, 1961
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access
Banquet hall at Kennedy Democratic fundraising dinner
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View of the banquet hall and crowd at a Democratic Party fundraising dinner at McCormick Place, where President John F. Kennedy spoke. In this view, you can also observe the length of the head table.
Date:
April 28, 1961
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access
Banquet hall at Kennedy Democratic fundraising dinner
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View of the banquet hall and crowd at a Democratic Party fundraising dinner at McCormick Place, where President John F. Kennedy spoke.
Date:
April 28, 1961
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access
Banquet hall at Kennedy Democratic fundraising dinner
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View of President John F. Kennedy speaking at the podium at the head table at a Democratic Party fundraising dinner held at McCormick Place.
Date:
April 28, 1961
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access
Betty and Gerald Ford meet the Daleys
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Betty Ford is greeted by Eleanor "Sis" Daley while President Gerald Ford talks with Mayor Richard J. Daley (hidden) at Meigs Field upon the Fords' arrival in Chicago.
Date:
1974
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access
Boat Show at McCormick Place
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Boat Show at McCormick Place
Date:
circa 1960s
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access
Boat Show at McCormick Place
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Boat Show at McCormick Place.
Date:
circa 1960s
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access
Boat Show at McCormick Place
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Boat Show at McCormick Place.
Date:
circa 1960s
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access
Burnham Harbor, Meigs Field Airport and Lake Shore Drive
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Aerial view looking northeast towards Lake Shore Drive, Burnham Harbor, and Meigs Fields Airport. A trucking facility sits along the west side of the harbor.
Date:
circa 1963
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access
Crowd at Democratic fundraising dinner
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Overview of the banquet hall and crowd at a Democratic Party fundraising dinner at McCormick Place, at which President Kennedy spoke.
Date:
April 28, 1961
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access
Daley mayoral re-election bench sign
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Daley mayoral re-election campaign advertisement painted on the back of a bench located at Outer Drive and 16th Street.
Date:
circa 1959
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access
Democratic Party of Cook County Reception and Dinner photo album
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Souvenir photo album from a Democratic Party of Cook County reception and dinner held at McCormick Place containing portraits of President John F. Kennedy and Mayor Richard J. Daley, and a snapshot of Eleanor "Sis" Daley with Richard J. Daley.
Date:
1962-10-19
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access
Democratic Party of Cook County, 1962 dinner
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Overhead view of the Cook County Democratic Party dinner event held in Chicago at McCormick place in 1962.
Date:
October 19, 1962
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access
Democratic party fundraising dinner at McCormick Place
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Overview of the banquet hall and attendees at the Democratic fundraising dinner at McCormick Place.
Date:
April 28, 1961
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access
Eleanor and Richard J. Daley at a dinner at Arie Crown Theatre, McCormick Place
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Eleanor "Sis" Daley and Mayor Richard J. Daley seated at a dinner held on the stage at the Arie Crown Theatre in McCormick Place. The dinner was hosted by the McCormick Place Arts Center.
Date:
circa 1970s
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access
Eleanor and Richard J. Daley with Lady Bird and Lyndon Johnson
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Eleanor "Sis" Daley, Mayor Richard J. Daley, Senator Paul Douglas, Lady Bird Johnson, President Lyndon B. Johnson, and Governor Otto Kerner going to a reception and dinner at McCormick Place. An unidentified man stands behind Mayor Daley.
Date:
April 1965
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access
Empty banquet hall before Democratic fundraising dinner
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Empty hall at McCormick Place prior to Kennedy's Democratic fund raising dinner in Chicago.
Date:
April 28, 1961
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access
Fireboat outside McCormick Place
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A Chicago Fire Department fireboat on Lake Michigan sprays water in multiple directions outside McCormick Place.
Date:
circa 1963
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access
Guests at a Democratic fundraising dinner
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An overview of the banquet hall with guests sitting at tables during the Democratic fundraising dinner held at McCormick Place in Chicago.
Date:
April 28, 1961
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access
Guests standing at Democratic fundraising dinner
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Guests at the head table and as well as the full crowd stand at the Democratic fundraising dinner; a picture of Mayor Richard J. Daley is being shown on the backdrop screen behind the head table.
Date:
April 28, 1961
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access
Illinois Day at the Chicago Railroad Fair
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Illinois Day at the Chicago Railroad Fair - A group portrait of individuals including Richard J. Daley and Adlai Stevenson II standing in the center.
Date:
August 8, 1949
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access
John F. Kennedy and Richard J. Daley at Democratic fundraising dinner
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President John F. Kennedy and Mayor Richard J. Daley at a Democratic Party fundraising dinner held at McCormick Place.
Date:
April 28, 1961
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access
John F. Kennedy at Democratic fundraising dinner
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President John F. Kennedy walks along the head table at a Democratic Party fundraising dinner held at McCormick Place, while the standing crowd applauds.
Date:
April 28, 1961
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access
John F. Kennedy at Democratic fundraising dinner
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President John F. Kennedy with hand raised in acknowledgement of the audience at a Democratic Party fundraising dinner held at McCormick Place.
Date:
April 28, 1961
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access
John F. Kennedy at the speaker's podium at Democratic fundraising dinner
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President John F. Kennedy getting ready to speak from the podium at a Democratic fundraising dinner held in Chicago. The Presidential Seal is on the front of the podium.
Date:
April 28, 1961
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access
John F. Kennedy at the speaker's podium at Democratic fundraising dinner
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President John F. Kennedy speaks from a podium with the Presidential Seal on the front, at a Democratic Party fundraising banquet held at McCormick Place.
Date:
April 28, 1961
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access
John F. Kennedy listens to opening prayer at Democratic fundraising dinner
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President John F. Kennedy (at right) and others stand during an opening prayer given at the podium by an unidentified man during a Democratic Party fundraising dinner at McCormick Place.
Date:
1961
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access
John F. Kennedy listens to opening prayer at Democratic fundraising dinner
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President John F. Kennedy (at right) and others stand during an opening prayer given at the podium by an unidentified man during a Democratic Party fundraising dinner at McCormick Place.
Date:
April 28, 1961
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access
John F. Kennedy speaking at Democratic fundraising dinner
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President John F. Kennedy speaks at a podium during a Democratic Party fundraising dinner at McCormick Place.
Date:
circa 1961
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access
John F. Kennedy speaking at Democratic fundraising dinner
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President John F. Kennedy speaks from the podium at a Democratic Party fundraising dinner at McCormick Place. Jacob Arvey is seated in the background at the left.
Date:
April 28, 1961
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access
John F. Kennedy speaking at Democratic fundraising dinner
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President John F. Kennedy giving a speech at a Democratic Party fundraising dinner held at McCormick Place.
Date:
April 28, 1961
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access
John F. Kennedy speaking at a 1962 Democratic Party dinner in Chicago
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President John F. Kennedy holds the sides of the podium while speaking at a Cook County Democratic Party dinner held at Chicago's McCormick Place.
Date:
October 19, 1962
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access
John F. Kennedy speaking at a 1962 Democratic Party dinner in Chicago
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President John F. Kennedy speaking at a Cook County Democratic dinner at McCormick Place. Seated at the head table (from the far left) are Bill Lee, Dan Ronan, Helena Kerner, Governor Otto Kerner, and Congressman Sidney Yates.
Date:
October 19, 1962
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access
John F. Kennedy speaking at a 1962 Democratic Party dinner in Chicago
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President John F. Kennedy giving a speech from the podium at a Democratic dinner at McCormick Place. Congressman Sidney Yates and Governor Otto Kerner are seated nearby.
Date:
October 19, 1962
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access
John F. Kennedy speaks at Democratic fundraising dinner
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President John F. Kennedy speaks from a podium with the Presidential Seal on the front, at a Democratic Party fundraising banquet held at McCormick Place. Joseph McGill is in the background, applauding.
Date:
April 28, 1961
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access
John F. Kennedy speaks at Democratic fundraising dinner
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President John F. Kennedy acknowledges applause during a speech at a Democratic Party fundraising dinner at McCormick Place. On stage behind Kennedy stand Mayor Richard J. Daley (far right) and Gov. Otto Kerner (next to Daley).
Date:
April 28, 1961
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access
John F. Kennedy speaks at Democratic fundraising dinner
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President John F. Kennedy pauses during a speech at a Democratic Party fundraising dinner to acknowledge applause from the audience. An applauding Mayor Richard J. Daley stands at the right (in front of a flag).
Date:
April 28, 1961
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access
John F. Kennedy speaks at Democratic fundraising dinner
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President John F. Kennedy stands at the speaker's podium, poised, looking out at an audience of over 5000 attendees at a Democratic fundraising dinner held at McCormick Place in Chicago. The Presidential Seal is displayed on the front of the podium.
Date:
April 28, 1961
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access
John F. Kennedy speaks at Democratic fundraising dinner
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President John F. Kennedy stands behind a podium with the Presidential Seal on the front. He is speaking to a large audience in attendance at a Democratic Party fundraising dinner held at McCormick Place in Chicago.
Date:
April 28, 1961
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access
John F. Kennedy speaks at Democratic fundraising dinner
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President John F. Kennedy acknowledges applause during a speech at a Democratic Party fundraising dinner held at McCormick Place in Chicago. Mayor Richard J. Daley is standing on the far right, with Governor Otto Kerner standing next to Daley.
Date:
April 28, 1961
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access
John F. Kennedy speaks at Democratic fundraising dinner
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President John F. Kennedy speaks from a podium with the Presidential Seal on the front, at a Democratic Party fundraising banquet held at McCormick Place.
Date:
April 28, 1961
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access
John F. Kennedy with Richard J. Daley
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President John F. Kennedy and Mayor Richard J. Daley seated at the head table of a Democratic dinner held at McCormick Place in Chicago.
Date:
October 19, 1962
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access

Collection Details

Repository
University of Illinois Chicago. Library. Special Collections and University Archives Department (Richard J. Daley Library)
Collection Type
Manuscript Collections
Collection Location
Richard J. Daley Library
Theme
Politics & Civic Life
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