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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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Apollo 10 astronauts Eugene Cernan and Thomas Stafford at Chicago City Hall
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Apollo 10 astronaut Eugene Cernan (right) presents Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley with a framed montage. The gift contains an American flag, an Illinois flag, and an Apollo 10 patch.
Date:
June 30, 1969
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
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Apollo 10 astronauts Eugene Cernan and Thomas Stafford at Chicago City Hall
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Mayor Richard J. Daley presents silver bowls to the Apollo 10 astronauts Thomas Stafford (left) and Eugene Cernan (right). The astronauts' wives are sitting on the podium next to their husbands. Eleanor "Sis" Daley is also on the podium, standing and applauding with members of the audience.
Date:
June 30, 1969
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
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Apollo 10 astronauts Eugene Cernan and Thomas Stafford at Chicago City Hall
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Mayor Richard J. Daley accepts a framed montage from Apollo 10 astronauts Thomas Stafford (left) and Eugene Cernan (right) during a special city council meeting held in the astronauts' honor.
Date:
June 30, 1969
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
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Astronaut Grissom receiving award from Richard J. Daley
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Astronaut Virgil "Gus" Grissom accepting an award from Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley during a visit to the Chicago City Council.
Date:
March 30, 1965
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
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Astronaut Grissom receiving award from Richard J. Daley
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Astronaut Virgil "Gus" Grissom shaking hands and accepting an award from Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley during a visit to the Chicago City Council.
Date:
March 30, 1965
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
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Astronaut Grissom receiving award from Richard J. Daley
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Astronaut Virgil "Gus" Grissom accepting an award from Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley during a visit to the Chicago City Council.
Date:
March 30, 1965
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
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Astronaut Gus Grissom accepts an award from Richard J. Daley
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Astronaut Gus Grissom accepts an award from Mayor Richard J. Daley at a special City Council meeting in the astronauts' honor.
Date:
March 30, 1965
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
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Astronaut Young receiving award from Richard J. Daley
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Astronaut John Young accepting an award from Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley during a visit to Chicago City Council.
Date:
March 30, 1965
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
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Astronaut Young showing his award at Chicago City Council
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Astronaut John Young displaying his award in Chicago City Council chambers. Mayor Richard J. Daley stands behind the astronaut clapping.
Date:
March 30, 1965
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
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Award ceremony and banquet for Samuel Lichtmann
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Mayor Richard J. Daley and Mr. Fitzgerald present a plaque to Samuel A. Lichtmann (center) at an award ceremony and banquet for the Chicago architect.
Date:
circa 1970s
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
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Award ceremony and banquet for Samuel Lichtmann
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Mayor Richard J. Daley and Mr. Fitzgerald present a plaque to Samuel A. Lichtmann (center) at an award ceremony and banquet for the Chicago architect.
Date:
circa 1970s
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
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Award ceremony and banquet for Samuel Lichtmann
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Samuel Lichtmann (left) holds a plaque presented to him by Mayor Richard J. Daley and Mr. Fitzpatrick (center) at an award ceremony and banquet for the Chicago architect.
Date:
circa 1970s
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
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Award presented to Mattie Smith Colin at a "We Care" campaign event
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William (Bill) Daley presents a Certificate of Appreciation to Mattie Smith Colin for her dedication to the "We Care" campaign, as a group standing behind them look on.
Date:
1971
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
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Carol Channing presenting Mayor Richard J. Daley with a trophy
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Carol Channing presenting Mayor Mayor Richard J. Daley with a trophy as winner of the National Cleanest Town Contest.
Date:
1960
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
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Chicago's 120th Anniversary Scrapbook, page 22 of 97
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Richard J. Daley (second from left, front row) presents checks from Mayor Daley's Youth Foundation to a group of young people.
Date:
circa 1959
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
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Chicago's 120th Anniversary Scrapbook, page 25 of 97
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Richard J. Daley and an unidentified man (from the Chicago Association of Commerce and Industry?) with a group of young people at an achievement luncheon.
Date:
circa 1959
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
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Chicago's 120th Anniversary Scrapbook, page 37 of 97
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Richard J. Daley (left) congratulates Joseph J. Shine on being awarded a Pharmacy Council of Illinois "Man of the Year" award. An unidentified man at the right holds the award plaque.
Date:
April 8, 1956
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
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Chicago's 120th Anniversary Scrapbook, page 79 of 97
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Richard J. Daley (third from right) accepts a certificate for distinguished service from the Order of Ahepa (American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association), presented by an unidentified man. A group of unidentified men look on.
Date:
May 1956
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
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Chicago's 120th Anniversary Scrapbook, page 85 of 97
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Richard J. Daley (right) shakes hands with an unidentified man. They hold a plaque with a doorknob and keyhole on it.
Date:
circa 1959
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
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Chicago's 120th Anniversary Scrapbook, page 93 of 97
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Richard J. Daley (second from right) aboard the M.S. Prins William, looks on as an unidentified man presents a certificate from the Chicago Association of Commerce and Industry to a ship's officer.
Date:
circa 1959
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
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Chicago's 120th Anniversary Scrapbook, page 95 of 97
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Richard J. Daley (left) congratulates Joseph J. Shine on being awarded a Pharmacy Council of Illinois "Man of the Year" award. An unidentified man at the right holds the award plaque.
Date:
April 8, 1956
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
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Dr. Hugh Dryden accepting an award from Richard J. Daley
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Dr. Hugh Dryden, NASA Deputy Administrator, accepting an award from Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley in City Council chambers during the visit of astronauts Young and Grissom.
Date:
March 30, 1965
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
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Dr. Hugh Dryden displays award at a special City Council meeting
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Deputy Administrator of NASA, Dr. Hugh Dryden displays his award at a special City Council meeting in the astronauts' honor. Also shown are Mayor Richard J. Daley, and astronauts John Young, Gus Grissom, and Grissom's son.
Date:
March 30, 1965
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
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Edward H. White and James McDivitt accepting awards from Richard J. Daley
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Astronauts Edward H. White and James McDivitt accepting awards from Mayor Richard J. Daley in City Council chambers.
Date:
June 14, 1965
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
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Edward H. White and James McDivitt receiving awards from Richard J. Daley
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Astronauts Edward H. White and James McDivitt receiving awards from Mayor Richard J. Daley in City Council chambers.
Date:
June 14, 1965
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
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Eleanor Daley and others congratulate Ann La Vine
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Dan Ryan (left), Eleanor "Sis" Daley (second from right), and Judge Wendall E. Green (right) congratulate Ann La Vine (second from left) of the Catholic Home Bureau as she receives certificate for 1957 Mother of the Year.
Date:
1957
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
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Eleanor Daley receives Woman of the Year plaque
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Eleanor "Sis" Daley smiles as she looks at her Woman of the Year plaque. Three unidentified women at the left look on.
Date:
November 18, 1974
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
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Eleanor Daley receives Woman of the Year plaque
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Three unidentified women hold a Woman of the Year plaque over the head of Eleanor "Sis" Daley while a photographer composes his shot. The plaque was presented to her by the Friends of the Chicago School and Workshop for the Retarded.
Date:
November 18, 1974
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
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Eleanor Daley receives Woman of the Year plaque
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Three unidentified women hold a Woman of the Year plaque over the head of Eleanor "Sis" Daley. The plaque was presented to her by the Friends of the Chicago School and Workshop for the Retarded.
Date:
November 18, 1974
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
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Eleanor Daley receives Woman of the Year plaque
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Eleanor "Sis" Daley standing between an unidentified woman and an unidentified man. She is displaying a Woman of the Year plaque presented by the Friends of the Chicago School and Workshop for the Retarded.
Date:
November 18, 1974
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
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Eleanor Daley receives Woman of the Year plaque
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Three unidentified women hold a Woman of the Year plaque over the head of Eleanor "Sis" Daley while a photographer takes a picture. The plaque was presented to her by the Friends of the Chicago School and Workshop for the Retarded.
Date:
November 18, 1974
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
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Eleanor Daley receives Woman of the Year plaque
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Eleanor "Sis" Daley (right) receives a "Woman of the Year" plaque from an unidentified woman. Text on the plaque reads "The Friends of the Chicago School and Workshop for the Retarded acclaim Our Woman of the Year Mrs. Eleanor Daley for her cooperation, assistance and understanding of our needs. November 18, 1974"
Date:
November 18, 1974
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
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Frank Sinatra and Richard J. Daley
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Frank Sinatra, smiling broadly, standing with his arm around Mayor Richard J. Daley shoulders; Mayor Richard J. Daley is holding the citizenship medal he has presented to Sinatra.
Date:
September 1975
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
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Frank Sinatra and Richard J. Daley
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Mayor Richard J. Daley presents an honorary citizenship medal to singer Frank Sinatra in Daley's City Hall office.
Date:
September 1975
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
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Frank Sinatra and Richard J. Daley
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Mayor Richard J. Daley presents an honorary citizenship medal to singer Frank Sinatra in Daley's City Hall office.
Date:
September 1975
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
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Frank Sinatra and Richard J. Daley
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Singer Frank Sinatra receives a gift from Mayor Richard J. Daley at a City Hall press conference.
Date:
September 1975
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
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Frank Sinatra and Richard J. Daley
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Singer Frank Sinatra receives an honorary citizenship medal from Mayor Richard J. Daley in Daley's City Hall office.
Date:
September 1975
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
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Henry B. Forster accepting an award from Richard J. Daley
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Henry B. Forster accepts an award from Richard J. Daley.
Date:
circa 1950s
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
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Henry B. Forster accepting an award from Richard J. Daley
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Date:
circa 1950s
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
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Illinois Business Hall of Fame Banquet, William Patterson inducted
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William A. "Pat" Patterson of United Airlines (center) receives a framed Pledge of Trusteeship as he is inducted into the Hall of Fame at an Illinois Business Hall of Fame banquet. Mayor RIchard J. Daley is at the right. The event was held at the Continental Plaza Hotel.
Date:
November 30, 1973
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
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James McDivitt applauded by Hubert Humphrey and Richard J. Daley
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Astronaut James McDivitt (standing, center) being applauded by Vice President Hubert Humphrey (left), Mayor Richard J. Daley (right) and others in City Council chambers.
Date:
June 14, 1965
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
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James McDivitt speaks in City Council chambers after receiving award
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Astronaut James McDivitt speaks at a podium in City Council chambers upon receiving an award from Mayor Richard J. Daley. Astronaut Edward H. White and Vice President Hubert Humphrey are seated at left; Mayor Richard J. Daley is to the right.
Date:
June 14, 1965
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
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John Daley shaking hands with a man at a "We Care" campaign event
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John Daley shaking hands with a man at a ceremony during the "We Care" campaign; a beribboned paper is being exchanged.
Date:
circa 1970-1976
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
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John Daley shaking hands with a woman at a "We Care" event
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John Daley accepting a plaque honoring his father handed to him by a woman during the "We Care" campaign; a girl wearing a tiara is in the background.
Date:
circa 1970s
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
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Mayor Daley's Physical Fitness Award event, Richard J. Daley and awardee Mamie Rallins
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Mayor Richard J. Daley with awardee Mamie Rallins on the podium at a Mayor Richard J. Daley's Youth Foundation Physical Fitness Award event.
Date:
1966
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
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Mayor Daley's Physical Fitness Award event, Richard J. Daley and awardee Willye Whyte
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Mayor Richard J. Daley shakes hands with awardee Willye Whyte on the podium at a Mayor Richard J. Daley's Youth Foundation Physical Fitness Award event.
Date:
1966
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
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Mayor Daley's Physical Fitness Award event, Richard J. Daley and other speakers
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Mayor Richard J. Daley stands on a dais with other speakers at a Mayor Richard J. Daley's Youth Foundation Physical Fitness Award event.
Date:
1966
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
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Mayor Daley's Physical Fitness Award event, Richard J. Daley and other speakers
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Mayor Richard J. Daley stands on a dais with other speakers at a Mayor Richard J. Daley's Youth Foundation Physical Fitness Award event.
Date:
1966
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
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Mayor Daley's Physical Fitness Award event, Richard J. Daley and other speakers
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Mayor Richard J. Daley stands on a dais with Colonel Jack Riley and other speakers at a Mayor Richard J. Daley's Youth Foundation Physical Fitness Award event.
Date:
1966
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
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Mayor Daley's Physical Fitness Award event, Richard J. Daley and other speakers
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Mayor Richard J. Daley, Colonel Jack Riley and other speakers on a dais at a Mayor Richard J. Daley's Youth Foundation Physical Fitness Award event.
Date:
1966
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
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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