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Founded in 1910, the National Urban League is one of the oldest African American social service, research, and advocacy organizations in the United States. This collection primarily contains materials generated or collected by the Chicago Urban League. It documents the history, leadership, activities, social services provided by and the mission of the Chicago Urban League.

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Agency Brochure, 1973 (Folder IV-717)
10 Text
Date:
9 Feb - 10 Apr 1973
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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Public access
Annual Reports, 1958-1968 (Folder I-33)
236 Text
This collection primarily contains materials generated or collected by the Chicago Urban League. It documents the history, leadership, activities, social services provided by and the mission of the Chicago Urban League. Series 1, the Administrative Files series, pertains to the operations, organization, and decision making of the Chicago Urban League.
Date:
1957-1969
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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Public access
Annual reports, 1980-1999 (Folder I-35)
169 Text
This collection primarily contains materials generated or collected by the Chicago Urban League. It documents the history, leadership, activities, social services provided by and the mission of the Chicago Urban League. Series 1, the Administrative Files series, pertains to the operations, organization, and decision making of the Chicago Urban League.
Date:
1980-1999
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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Public access
Black All Male Workshop - Sydney Johnson and Charles E, Parnell, 1972 (Folder II-2254)
18 Text
Date:
17 Mar 1972 - 25 Jul 1973
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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Public access
Black College Enrollment, 1969 (Folder IV-1098)
25 Text
Date:
7 Apr 1969 - 20 Jul 1974
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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Public access
CF review Committee, 1961-1962 (Folder III-2467)
60 Text
Date:
9 Oct 1961 - 10 Aug 1962
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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Public access
CUL Community Services Advisory Committee Special Data and Reports, 1956-1957 (Folder III-2454)
108 Text
Date:
25 May 1956 - 8 Aug 1957
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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Public access
CUL Publications, 1972 (Folder IV-716)
6 Text
Date:
25 Jan 1972 - Jul 1973
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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Public access
CUL publications, 1945-1954 (Folder I-2738)
89 Text
This collection primarily contains materials generated or collected by the Chicago Urban League. It documents the history, leadership, activities, social services provided by and the mission of the Chicago Urban League. Series 1, the Administrative Files series, pertains to the operations, organization, and decision making of the Chicago Urban League.
Date:
1945-1954
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
Access:
Public access
Census Data, 1970 (Folder III-296)
78 Text
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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Public access
Chicago Council Against Racial and Religious Discrimination committees, 1953-1954 (Folder I-2785)
5 Text
This collection primarily contains materials generated or collected by the Chicago Urban League. It documents the history, leadership, activities, social services provided by and the mission of the Chicago Urban League. Series 1, the Administrative Files series, pertains to the operations, organization, and decision making of the Chicago Urban League.
Date:
1953-1954
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
Access:
Public access
Chicago Council Against Racial and Religious Discrimination newsletters and publications, 1949-1953 (Folder I-2639)
68 Text
This collection primarily contains materials generated or collected by the Chicago Urban League. It documents the history, leadership, activities, social services provided by and the mission of the Chicago Urban League. Series 1, the Administrative Files series, pertains to the operations, organization, and decision making of the Chicago Urban League.
Date:
Jul 1949 - Jun 1953
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
Access:
Public access
Chicago Council Against Racial and Religious Discrimination newsletters and publications, 1953-1954 (Folder I-2641)
33 Text
This collection primarily contains materials generated or collected by the Chicago Urban League. It documents the history, leadership, activities, social services provided by and the mission of the Chicago Urban League. Series 1, the Administrative Files series, pertains to the operations, organization, and decision making of the Chicago Urban League.
Date:
Oct 1953 - Feb 1954
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
Access:
Public access
Chicago Council Against Racial and Religious Discrimination, 1950-1955 (Folder I-2805)
102 Text
This collection primarily contains materials generated or collected by the Chicago Urban League. It documents the history, leadership, activities, social services provided by and the mission of the Chicago Urban League. Series 1, the Administrative Files series, pertains to the operations, organization, and decision making of the Chicago Urban League.
Date:
Feb 1950 - Jan 1955
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
Access:
Public access
Chicago Freedom Movement, 1966 (Folder III-2934)
97 Text
Date:
12 Mar - 14 Sep 1966
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
Access:
Public access
Chicago Housing Authority - Elizabeth Wood, 1952-1954 (Folder I-2746)
28 Text
This collection primarily contains materials generated or collected by the Chicago Urban League. It documents the history, leadership, activities, social services provided by and the mission of the Chicago Urban League. Series 1, the Administrative Files series, pertains to the operations, organization, and decision making of the Chicago Urban League.
Date:
16 Sep 1952 - 23 Oct 1954
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
Access:
Public access
Chicago Housing Authority, 1946-1953 (Folder I-2748)
76 Text
This collection primarily contains materials generated or collected by the Chicago Urban League. It documents the history, leadership, activities, social services provided by and the mission of the Chicago Urban League. Series 1, the Administrative Files series, pertains to the operations, organization, and decision making of the Chicago Urban League.
Date:
5 May 1953 - 31 May 1955
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
Access:
Public access
Chicago Lawn Riots, 1967 (Folder IV-1313)
7 Text
Date:
12 Sep 1967-25 Oct 1975
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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Public access
Chicago State University, 1968 (Folder IV-1092)
18 Text
Date:
24 Oct 1968 - 20 Feb 1969
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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Public access
Chicago Urban League report, 1938 (Folder I-13)
7 Text
This collection primarily contains materials generated or collected by the Chicago Urban League. It documents the history, leadership, activities, social services provided by and the mission of the Chicago Urban League. Series 1, the Administrative Files series, pertains to the operations, organization, and decision making of the Chicago Urban League.
Date:
1938
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
Access:
Public access
Chicago Urban League report, 1943 (Folder I-16)
5 Text
This collection primarily contains materials generated or collected by the Chicago Urban League. It documents the history, leadership, activities, social services provided by and the mission of the Chicago Urban League. Series 1, the Administrative Files series, pertains to the operations, organization, and decision making of the Chicago Urban League.
Date:
1943
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
Access:
Public access
Chicago Urban League report, 1946 (Folder I-17)
5 Text
This collection primarily contains materials generated or collected by the Chicago Urban League. It documents the history, leadership, activities, social services provided by and the mission of the Chicago Urban League. Series 1, the Administrative Files series, pertains to the operations, organization, and decision making of the Chicago Urban League.
Date:
1946
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
Access:
Public access
Chicago Urban League report, 1949 (Folder I-21)
7 Text
This collection primarily contains materials generated or collected by the Chicago Urban League. It documents the history, leadership, activities, social services provided by and the mission of the Chicago Urban League. Series 1, the Administrative Files series, pertains to the operations, organization, and decision making of the Chicago Urban League.
Date:
1949
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
Access:
Public access
Chicago Urban League report, 1950 (Folder I-22)
19 Text
This collection primarily contains materials generated or collected by the Chicago Urban League. It documents the history, leadership, activities, social services provided by and the mission of the Chicago Urban League. Series 1, the Administrative Files series, pertains to the operations, organization, and decision making of the Chicago Urban League.
Date:
1950-1953
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
Access:
Public access
Chicago Urban League report, 1981 (Folder I-34)
28 Text
This collection primarily contains materials generated or collected by the Chicago Urban League. It documents the history, leadership, activities, social services provided by and the mission of the Chicago Urban League. Series 1, the Administrative Files series, pertains to the operations, organization, and decision making of the Chicago Urban League.
Date:
1981
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
Access:
Public access
Chicago's Southwest Side The Trauma of Racial Change, 1977 (Folder III-1834)
28 Text
Date:
28252
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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Public access
Civil Rights - Employment, 1968 (Folder II-207)
Image nop
Date:
1968
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
Access:
Public access
Civil Rights and Education, 1966 (Folder III-2935)
13 Text
Date:
1966
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
Access:
Public access
Commentary on Area of Negro Residence Map, 1950-1964 (Folder III-276)
302 Text
Date:
23863
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
Access:
Public access
Committee Meetings, 1974 (Folder II-1010)
106 Text
Date:
1974
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
Access:
Public access
Complaints Against the Morris B Sachs Store, 1949 (Folder III-2929)
22 Text
Date:
8 Mar - 8 Nov 1949
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
Access:
Public access
Congress of Industrial Organizations - The Negro in 1944 pamphlet, 1944 (Folder I-2702)
17 Text
This collection primarily contains materials generated or collected by the Chicago Urban League. It documents the history, leadership, activities, social services provided by and the mission of the Chicago Urban League. Series 1, the Administrative Files series, pertains to the operations, organization, and decision making of the Chicago Urban League.
Date:
1944
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
Access:
Public access
Court Cases Discrimination by Chicago Housing Authority, 1960 (Folder III-339)
93 Text
Date:
27 Oct 1966 - 18 Jan 1967
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
Access:
Public access
Defense Industries, 1952-1954 (Folder I-2704)
17 Text
This collection primarily contains materials generated or collected by the Chicago Urban League. It documents the history, leadership, activities, social services provided by and the mission of the Chicago Urban League. Series 1, the Administrative Files series, pertains to the operations, organization, and decision making of the Chicago Urban League.
Date:
10 Jun 1952 - Dec 1954
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
Access:
Public access
Desegregation Coalition, 1976-1977 (Folder II-2616)
218 Text
Date:
1976-1977
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
Access:
Public access
Desegregation Conference, 1977 (Folder II-2619)
48 Text
Date:
13 Apr - 4 Jun 1977
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
Access:
Public access
Disturbances at Housing Projects for Negro's, undated (Folder III-501)
31 Text
Date:
19845
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
Access:
Public access
Disturbances at Trumbull Park Housing project, 1953-1954 (Folder III-502)
70 Text
Date:
12 Nov 1953 - 18 Sep 1954
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
Access:
Public access
E15 Race Relations Study, undated (Folder III-1845)
19 Text
Date:
n.d.
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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Public access
Education and Desegregation - pamphlets and reports, 1967 (Folder I-2963)
150 Text
This collection primarily contains materials generated or collected by the Chicago Urban League. It documents the history, leadership, activities, social services provided by and the mission of the Chicago Urban League. Series 1, the Administrative Files series, pertains to the operations, organization, and decision making of the Chicago Urban League.
Date:
Feb 1966 - Feb 1971
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
Access:
Public access
Facts for use by Coalition for 1970 a Black Count, 1970 (Folder III-297)
24 Text
Date:
25603
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
Access:
Public access
Guidance Association, 1950-1954 (Folder I-2778)
42 Text
This collection primarily contains materials generated or collected by the Chicago Urban League. It documents the history, leadership, activities, social services provided by and the mission of the Chicago Urban League. Series 1, the Administrative Files series, pertains to the operations, organization, and decision making of the Chicago Urban League.
Date:
May 1950 - 6 Dec 1954
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
Access:
Public access
Housing "where Blacks Live", 1978-1979 (Folder III-528)
119 Text
Date:
May 1965 - 1 Mar 1979
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
Access:
Public access
Housing Demographics, 1980 (Folder III-309)
141 Text
Date:
29538
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
Access:
Public access
Housing, 1952-1969 (Folder III-498)
362 Text
Date:
11 Feb 1949 - Jan 1969
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
Access:
Public access
Housing, 1976-1977 (Folder I-3178)
47 Text
This collection primarily contains materials generated or collected by the Chicago Urban League. It documents the history, leadership, activities, social services provided by and the mission of the Chicago Urban League. Series 1, the Administrative Files series, pertains to the operations, organization, and decision making of the Chicago Urban League.
Date:
27 Jan 1975 - 9 Jun 1980
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
Access:
Public access
Housing, 1978 (Folder III-305)
58 Text
Date:
c.1978
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
Access:
Public access
Human Relations Department - Chicago Council Against Racial and Religious Discrimination, 1952-1954 (Folder I-2632)
44 Text
This collection primarily contains materials generated or collected by the Chicago Urban League. It documents the history, leadership, activities, social services provided by and the mission of the Chicago Urban League. Series 1, the Administrative Files series, pertains to the operations, organization, and decision making of the Chicago Urban League.
Date:
16 Dec 1952 - 30 Sep 1954
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
Access:
Public access
Human Relations Department - Chicago Council Against Racial and Religious Discrimination, 1954 (Folder I-2631)
66 Text
This collection primarily contains materials generated or collected by the Chicago Urban League. It documents the history, leadership, activities, social services provided by and the mission of the Chicago Urban League. Series 1, the Administrative Files series, pertains to the operations, organization, and decision making of the Chicago Urban League.
Date:
3 Feb - 6 Dec 1954
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
Access:
Public access
Industrial Department - correspondence, 1954-1955 (Folder I-2782)
52 Text
This collection primarily contains materials generated or collected by the Chicago Urban League. It documents the history, leadership, activities, social services provided by and the mission of the Chicago Urban League. Series 1, the Administrative Files series, pertains to the operations, organization, and decision making of the Chicago Urban League.
Date:
11 May 1954 - 17 Jun 1955
Collection:
Chicago Urban League records
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:
African American History
Social Services & Settlement Houses
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54 Chicago Urban League (CUL) 14 National Urban League (NUL) 11 Berry, Edwin C 8 Chicago Council Against Racial and Religious Discrimination 8 Compton, James W 6 Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) 6 Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) 5 Chicago Commission on Human Relations (CCHR) 5 King, Martin Luther, Jr 4 Young, Whitney 3 Daley, Richard J 3 National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) 3 Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) 3 Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) 3 Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) 2 Dr Martin Luther King Jr. Movement 2 Du Sable, Jean Baptiste Pointe 2 Federal Housing Administration (FHA) 2 Jackson, Jesse 2 National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders 2 Pierce, Elbridge Bancroft 2 Raby, Al 2 Taeuber, Karl 2 Wood, Elizabeth 1 American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) 1 American Jewish Congress 1 Anti-Defamation League 1 Baltimore Urban League 1 Bousfield, M O 1 Bridges, Horace J 1 Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters (BSCP) 1 Building Construction Employers' Association 1 Bureau of Jewish Employment Problems 1 CIO Political Action Committee 1 Canton Urban League 1 Chicago Association of Commerce and Industry 1 Chicago Commission on Human Relations 1 Chicago Committee on Urban Opportunity 1 Chicago Freedom Movement 1 Chicago Guidance and Personnel Association 1 Coordinating Council of Community Organizations 1 Detroit Urban League 1 Florence, Franklin 1 Freedom, Independence, God, Honor, Today (FIGHT) 1 Grand Rapids Urban League 1 Home Builders Association of Chicagoland 1 Illinois Committee for Fair Housing Law 1 Johnson, George E 1 Johnson, Lyndon B 1 Kennedy, John F 1 Kennelly, Martin H 1 Leadership Conference on Civil Rights 1 Leadership Council for Metropolitan Open Communities 1 Los Angeles Urban League 1 Missouri Commission on Human Rights 1 Molotch, Harvey 1 Muhammad, Elijah 1 Murray, Philip 1 National Association of Home Builders of the United States 1 National Negro Congress 1 Park, Robert E 1 Powell, Adam Clayton 1 Randolph, A Philip 1 Sears, Amelia 1 Seattle Urban League 1 South Deering Improvement Association 1 St Clair Drake, John Gibbs 1 Stratton, William G 1 Tri-County (Peoria) Urban League 1 United States Commission on Civil Rights 1 Urban League of Essex County 1 Urban League of Greater New York 1 Urban League of Pittsburgh 1 Welfare Public Relations Council of Greater Chicago

88 segregation 58 discrimination 54 employment 52 housing 47 education 46 Health, Welfare and Housing 46 Poverty and Discrimination 44 racial tensions 39 schools 31 Organisations, Associations and Societies 31 finance 25 poverty 23 research 23 wages 22 Employment and Labour 22 community organisations 22 health 22 integration 21 Education and Training 21 statistics 20 equality 20 living conditions 19 legislation 19 unemployment 18 community development 18 crime 17 demographics 17 ghetto 17 police 16 business 16 government 16 housing segregation 16 public housing projects 16 racial violence 16 youth 15 desegregation 15 training 14 civil rights 14 migration 13 population 12 economy 12 rights 12 riots 12 social work 11 Protest and Race Riots 11 community protest 11 industry 11 labour 10 Business and Industry 10 family 10 interracial 10 students 10 urban renewal 9 Civil Rights and Black Power 9 city politics 9 membership 9 public welfare 8 legal cases 8 politics 8 religion 8 social change 8 violence 7 charity 7 leadership 7 military 7 police brutality 6 church 6 theory 6 university 5 Police and Community Relations 5 black power 5 civil unrest 5 hospitals 5 media 4 arrests 4 benevolent societies 4 busing 4 clubs 4 construction 4 insurance 4 juvenile 4 property 4 protest march 4 slavery 4 transport 4 unionism 4 voting rights 4 working conditions 3 Christianity 3 Government and Politics 3 Legislation and Legal Cases 3 blockbusting 3 election 3 housing crisis 3 real estate practices 3 reform 3 residential segregation 3 scholarship 3 shootings 3 speeches 3 tax 3 voter registration 3 white flight 2 Crime and Delinquency 2 anti-Semitism 2 democracy 2 donation 2 drugs 2 grass roots community action 2 hospital 2 human rights 2 leisure 2 neo-Nazism 2 punishment 2 sit-in 2 urban decay 2 vandalism 1 Brown v. Board of Education 1 Family and Daily Life 1 Islam 1 Judaism 1 Ku Klux Klan 1 Neo-Nazism 1 Supreme Court 1 Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education 1 alcohol 1 army 1 assassination 1 block clubs 1 cars 1 civil liberties 1 community 1 corruption 1 elections 1 farming 1 gentrification 1 immigration 1 inequality 1 judicial 1 loan 1 lobbying 1 medicine 1 morality 1 political rally 1 prejudice 1 prisoner 1 propaganda 1 public housing program 1 public housing project 1 public opinion 1 recreation 1 rehabilitation 1 riot 1 rural community 1 social security 1 sport 1 student 1 teachers 1 television 1 tenant 1 universities 1 urban planning 1 veteran 1 women's rights 1 zoning