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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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Chicago visit of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin
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Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin (left) and Mayor Richard J. Daley shaking hands at the airport upon Rabin's arrival. Daley's daughter, Eleanor R. Daley, stands alongside the Mayor.
Date:
1976
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access
Crowd waiting at the airport to greet the astronauts
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A crowd of adults and children at the airport wait to greet the Gemini astronauts (Young and Grissom).
Date:
March 30, 1965
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access
Dedication of the DC 10 Friend Ship "Curtis Barkes"
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A chef and two other unidentified people inside the DC 10 aircraft cabin with a cake that says "Dedication of the Curtis Barkes DC 10 Friend Ship".
Date:
September 30, 1971
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access
Dedication of the DC 10 Friend Ship "Curtis Barkes"
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Unidentified man and woman seated in the aircraft cabin during the dedication of the United Airlines DC 10 Friend Ship "Curtis Barkes".
Date:
September 30, 1971
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access
Dedication of the DC 10 Friend Ship "Curtis Barkes"
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Group of unidentified people wearing floral leis on the tarmac beside the United Airlines DC 10 Friend Ship "Curtis Barkes", at the dedication ceremony for the plane.
Date:
September 30, 1971
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access
Dedication of the DC 10 Friend Ship "Curtis Barkes"
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Group of men stand in the aircraft cabin with their glasses raised in a toast, at the dedication of the United Airlines DC 10 Friend Ship "Curtis Barkes".
Date:
September 30, 1971
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access
Dedication of the DC 10 Friend Ship "Curtis Barkes"
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Group of unidentified people standing next to a set of airplane steps at the dedication of the United Airlines DC 10 Friend Ship "Curtis Barkes", held inside a hangar. Part of the plane's wing is visible at the top of the image.
Date:
September 30, 1971
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access
Dedication of the DC 10 Friend Ship "Curtis Barkes"
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A uniformed member of a flight crew shakes hands with an unidentified woman holding a bouquet of roses, at the dedication of the United Airlines DC 10 Friend Ship "Curtis Barkes", held inside a hangar. Part of the plane's wing is visible at the top of the image.
Date:
September 30, 1971
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access
Dedication of the DC 10 Friend Ship "Curtis Barkes"
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Group of unidentified people wearing floral leis on the steps of the United Airlines DC 10 Friend Ship "Curtis Barkes", at the dedication ceremony for the plane.
Date:
September 30, 1971
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access
Dedication of the DC 10 Friend Ship "Curtis Barkes"
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Unidentified guests seated in the aircraft cabin during the dedication of the United Airlines DC 10 Friend Ship "Curtis Barkes".
Date:
September 30, 1971
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access
Dedication of the DC 10 Friend Ship "Curtis Barkes"
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Unidentified guests seated in the aircraft cabin during the dedication of the United Airlines DC 10 Friend Ship "Curtis Barkes".
Date:
September 30, 1971
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access
Dedication of the DC 10 Friend Ship "Curtis Barkes"
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Unidentified couple seated in the aircraft cabin during the dedication of the United Airlines DC 10 Friend Ship "Curtis Barkes". A flight attendant stands beside them.
Date:
September 30, 1971
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access
Dedication of the DC 10 Friend Ship "Curtis Barkes"
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Unidentified guests seated in the aircraft cabin during the dedication of the United Airlines DC 10 Friend Ship "Curtis Barkes".
Date:
September 30, 1971
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access
Dedication of the DC 10 Friend Ship "Curtis Barkes"
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Flight attendants and a group of unidentified others on the tarmac beside the United Airlines DC 10 Friend Ship "Curtis Barkes", at the dedication ceremony for the plane.
Date:
1971
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access
Dedication of the DC 10 Friend Ship "Curtis Barkes"
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Guests seated in the aircraft cabin during the dedication of the United Airlines DC 10 Friend Ship "Curtis Barkes".
Date:
September 30, 1971
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access
Dedication of the DC 10 Friend Ship "Curtis Barkes"
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Unidentified guests seated in the aircraft cabin during the dedication of the United Airlines DC 10 Friend Ship "Curtis Barkes".
Date:
September 30, 1971
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access
Eleanor Daley with Walter Mondale at O'Hare airport
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On the tarmac at O'Hare, Vice President Walter Mondale kisses Eleanor "Sis" Daley on the cheek at the conclusion of his campaign visit to Chicago.
Date:
March 6, 1980
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access
Eleanor Daley with Walter Mondale at O'Hare airport
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Eleanor "Sis" Daley clasps hands with Vice President Walter Mondale at the airport to say goodbye at the conclusion of his campaign visit to Chicago.
Date:
March 6, 1980
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access
Eunice Kennedy Shriver, Richard J. Daley, John F. Kennedy and others at O'Hare
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Eunice Kennedy Shriver, Mayor Richard J. Daley, President John F. Kennedy and others at Chicago's O'Hare airport.
Date:
April 28, 1961
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
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Public access
Eunice Kennedy Shriver, Richard J. Daley, John F. Kennedy, and others at the airport
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Eunice Kennedy Shriver, Mayor Richard J. Daley, President John F. Kennedy, and others standing on the airport tarmac in Chicago.
Date:
April 28, 1961
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access
Gemini astronauts with Richard J. Daley and Otto Kerner
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Astronaut John Young standing at a microphone on the airport tarmac. Mayor Richard J. Daley, Astronaut Virgil "Gus" Grissom, and and Governor Otto Kerner are standing behind him.
Date:
March 30, 1965
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access
Greeting Vice-President Alben Barkley on Polish Constitution Day
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Greeting Vice-President Alben Barkley on Polish Constitution Day on the airport tarmac. Among the welcomers are Richard J. Daley, Dan Rostenkowski, Frank Lorenz and many others.
Date:
May 5, 1952
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access
Group handshake with Harry S. Truman
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A group handshake takes place between President Harry S. Truman (center), Richard J. Daley (right) and an unidentified man (left). They are standing on an airport tarmac in front of an airplane.
Date:
circa 1950s
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access
Gus Grissom and John Young at the airport
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Astronauts Virgil "Gus" Grissom and John Young being greeted by Mayor Richard J. Daley and others on the airport tarmac upon their arrival in Chicago.
Date:
March 30, 1965
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access
Gus Grissom and John Young at the airport in Chicago
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Astronauts Virgil "Gus" Grissom and John Young disembark from a plane in Chicago.
Date:
March 30, 1965
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access
Gus Grissom speaking at the airport
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Astronaut Virgil "Gus" Grissom stands at a microphone on the airport tarmac in Chicago. Astronaut John Young and Governor Otto Kerner are standing behind him. Mayor Richard J. Daley (hidden) is behind Grissom.
Date:
March 30, 1965
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access
John Daley meeting Lady Bird Johnson
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Mayor Richard J. Daley's son, John, greeting and shaking hands with Lady Bird Johnson on the airport tarmac upon her arrival in Chicago. Mayor Daley stands at right.
Date:
circa 1966
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access
John F. Kennedy at the O'Hare Airport dedication
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President John F. Kennedy laying a wreath at a monument to Lieutenant Commander Edward "Butch" O'Hare during the O'Hare Airport expansion dedication. Mayor Richard J. Daley stands at left. A group of school children in ethnic dress stand in the background.
Date:
March 23, 1963
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access
John F. Kennedy at the O'Hare Airport expansion dedication
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President John F. Kennedy carrying a wreath and shaking hands with a serviceman at the O'Hare Airport expansion dedication ceremony. Mayor Richard J. Daley stands right of Kennedy and alongside a monument to Lieutenant Commander Edward "Butch" O'Hare. School children in ethnic dress and servicemen stand in the background.
Date:
March 23, 1963
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access
John F. Kennedy at the airport in Chicago
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President John F. Kennedy upon his arrival at the airport in Chicago.
Date:
April 28, 1961
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access
John F. Kennedy being greeted by Governor Otto Kerner
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President John F. Kennedy being greeted by Governor Otto Kerner. Paul Douglas and Eunice Kennedy Shriver stand in the background.
Date:
April 28, 1961
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access
John F. Kennedy greeting a Chicago policeman at O'Hare
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President John F. Kennedy greeting a Chicago policeman at O'Hare airport.
Date:
April 28, 1961
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access
John F. Kennedy speaks at the O'Hare Airport expansion dedication
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President John F. Kennedy standing on a dais at the airport, giving the dedication speech for the opening of an expansion to Chicago's O'Hare Airport. In his speech, the President recalls memories of Lieutenant Commander Edward "Butch" O'Hare and discusses the technological modernity of the airport. Dignitaries standing beside Kennedy include Mayor Richard J. Daley, Governor Otto Kerner, and Eleanor "Sis" Daley (on the left). Senator Paul Douglas is standing at far right.
Date:
March 23, 1963
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access
Lyndon B. Johnson at the airport in Chicago
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A smiling President Lyndon B. Johnson walking tall at the airport upon his arrival in Chicago. In the background, Governor Otto Kerner can be seen.
Date:
circa 1966
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access
Lyndon B. Johnson stepping off the presidential plane
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President Lyndon B. Johnson exiting the Presidential plane in Chicago, smiling at the waiting crowd.
Date:
1965
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access
Lyndon B. Johnson with Richard J. Daley
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President Lyndon B. Johnson and Mayor Richard J. Daley posing on the airport tarmac, clasping hands. Lady Bird Johnson is behind them at left.
Date:
circa 1966
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access
Lyndon B. and Lady Bird Johnson arrive in Chicago
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President Lyndon B. Johnson holds the elbow of Lady Bird Johnson, as they disembark from the Presidential plane plane upon their arrival in Chicago.
Date:
circa 1966
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access
Lyndon B. and Lady Bird Johnson greeted upon their arrival in Chicago
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Mayor Richard J. Daley and Eleanor "Sis" Daley greeting President Lyndon Johnson and Lady Bird Johnson at the airport. Mrs. Daley presents a bouquet of red roses to Lady Bird Johnson. Senator Paul Douglas and Illinois governor Otto Kerner are also present on the tarmac, greeting the visitors.
Date:
circa 1966
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access
Lyndon B. and Lady Bird Johnson greeted upon their arrival in Chicago
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President Lyndon B. Johnson and Lady Bird Johnson disembarking from the Presidential plane, with others in the entourage following. Prominent politicians are standing on the airport tarmac waiting to greet them, with some applauding.
Date:
circa 1966
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access
Lyndon B. and Lady Bird Johnson with Richard J. Daley and Paul Douglas
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President Lyndon B. Johnson and Lady Bird Johnson posing on the airport tarmac with others after their arrival in Chicago. Mayor Richard J. Daley and Senator Paul Douglas stand right of President Johnson.
Date:
circa 1966
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access
Motorcade taking Gemini astronauts from airport to downtown
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A police escorted motorcade takes the Gemini astronauts from O'Hare Airport to downtown Chicago.
Date:
March 30, 1965
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access
O'Hare Airport
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An aerial view of O'Hare Airport with TWA planes docked at their gates, and a circular terminal building being constructed behind them.
Date:
circa 1963
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access
President John F. Kennedy shaking hands on the airport tarmac
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President John F. Kennedy shakes hands with well-wishers waiting to receive him upon his arrival at O'Hare airport. Mayor Richard J. Daley stands to the right of President Kennedy.
Date:
April 28, 1961
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access
President John F. Kennedy shaking hands with Chicago dignitaries
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President John F. Kennedy shaking hands with Commissioner Robert Quinn. Mayor Richard J. Daley is on the left; Richard M. Daley and Commissioner of Aviation Pat Dunne are standing on the right.
Date:
April 28, 1961
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access
President Kennedy's plane lands in Chicago
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Ground crewman guiding President John F. Kennedy's plane into position on the airport tarmac.
Date:
April 28, 1961
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access
Queen Margrethe II of Denmark visits Chicago
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Eleanor "Sis" Daley presents a bouquet of roses to Queen Margrethe II of Denmark upon her arrival in Chicago. Behind them, Mayor Richard J. Daley greets Prince Henrik.
Date:
May 1976
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access
Queen Margrethe II of Denmark visits Chicago
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Queen Margrethe II of Denmark and Prince Henrik being greeted by Mayor Richard J. Daley and Eleanor "Sis" Daley at the airport upon their arrival in Chicago.
Date:
May 1976
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access
Richard J. Daley and John F. Kennedy at O'Hare airport
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Mayor Richard J. Daley and President John F. Kennedy at O'Hare airport.
Date:
April 28, 1961
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access
Richard J. Daley and Otto Kerner greet astronauts John Young and Gus Grissom at the O'Hare airport
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Mayor Richard J. Daley and Governor Otto Kerner greet astronauts John Young and Gus Grissom at O'Hare airport.
Date:
March 30, 1965
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access
Richard J. Daley and Otto Kerner welcome Lyndon B. and Lady Bird Johnson
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A windblown Lady Bird Johnson and President Lyndon B. Johnson stand outside on an airport tarmac with Mayor Richard J. Daley, Senator Paul Douglas, and Governor Otto Kerner.
Date:
2April 4, 1964
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access

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