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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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Ballet students in a gymnasium
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Group of ballet students pose in a gymnasium.
Date:
circa 1963
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
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Ballet students in a gymnasium
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Group of ballet students pose in a gymnasium. A teacher assists one student with her form.
Date:
circa 1963
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
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Public access
Baseball with Dad, Richard J. Daley and his sons
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Richard J. Daley plays baseball with three of his sons. Pictured left to right are: William (Bill), Richard. M., Richard J., and Michael Daley.
Date:
circa 1950s
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
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Boys playing basketball in a gymnasium
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A group of boys play basketball in the gymnasium at Tuley Park Fieldhouse. A Chicago Parks District employee is the referee.
Date:
circa 1963
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
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Butterfield Cruise Day, Butterfield Country Club
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Richard J. Daley with three other men at the Butterfield Country Club golf course.
Date:
August 7, 1946
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
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Chicago National Electric Chiefs, National Stan Musial Champions
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The Chicago National Electric Chiefs baseball team, the 1967 National Stan Musial Champions, pose with the championship pennant.
Date:
1967
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
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Chicago White Sox Summer Camp, baseball clinic
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A Chicago White Sox player demonstrates how to pitch a baseball to a group of children at the Chicago White Sox Summer Camp.
Date:
1975
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
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Chicago White Sox Summer Camp, baseball clinic
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White Sox player teaching a young boy how to hold and swing a baseball bat, at the Chicago White Sox Summer Camp.
Date:
1975
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
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Public access
Chicago White Sox Summer Camp, baseball clinic
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A White Sox player demonstrates techniques for holding and throwing a baseball to a group of children at the Chicago White Sox Summer Camp.
Date:
1975
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
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Public access
Chicago White Sox Summer Camp, baseball clinic
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Chicago White Sox player teaching a young girl how to hold a baseball for a pitch, at the Chicago White Sox Summer Camp.
Date:
1975
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
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Public access
Chicago White Sox Summer Camp, baseball clinic
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Chicago White Sox player demonstrates a technique for throwing a baseball to group of children at the Chicago White Sox Summer Camp.
Date:
1975
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
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Public access
Chicago White Sox Summer Camp, baseball clinic
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Group of youths attending a prep talk given by White Sox baseball team members at the Chicago White Sox Summer Camp.
Date:
1975
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
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Public access
Chicago White Sox Summer Camp, baseball clinic
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White Sox players demonstrate techniques of holding and throwing a ball to a group of children attending the Chicago White Sox Summer Camp to learn the fundamentals of baseball.
Date:
1975
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access
Chicago White Sox Summer Camp, baseball clinic
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White Sox player teaching a young boy how to hold and swing a baseball bat, at the Chicago White Sox Summer Camp.
Date:
1975
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access
Chicago White Sox Summer Camp, baseball clinic
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A Chicago White Sox player demonstrates how to pitch a baseball to a group of children at the Chicago White Sox Summer Camp.
Date:
1975
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access
Chicago White Sox Summer Camp, baseball clinic
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Chicago White Sox player teaching a young girl how to hold a baseball for a pitch, at the Chicago White Sox Summer Camp.
Date:
1975
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access
Chicago's 120th Anniversary Scrapbook, page 35 of 97
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Richard J. Daley (third from right) with Miss Centennial Queen and three others in period costumes, standing outdoors behind a large stack of newspapers. Some in the group display copies, with the headline "Yanks Take Lead On Perfect Game". A helicopter is behind them.
Date:
circa 1959
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
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Co-Ho Fishing Derby, Richard J. Daley looking at a fish chart
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Mayor Richard J. Daley and a man look at a fish chart at a Co-Ho Fishing Derby. Edward Barrett looks on at the left.
Date:
circa 1970s
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
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Public access
Co-Ho Fishing Derby, Richard J. Daley shakes hands
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Mayor Richard J. Daley (holding a fishing rod) shakes hands with a man over a dining table at a Co-Ho Fishing Derby event.
Date:
circa 1970s
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access
Co-Ho Fishing Derby, Richard J. Daley with children
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Mayor Richard J. Daley with children from Mayor Daley's Neighborhood Summer Program at a Co-Ho fishing derby.
Date:
circa 1970s
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access
Co-Ho Fishing Derby, photo of Richard J. Daley with a coho salmon
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Two men display a large photo of Mayor Richard J. Daley with a coho salmon that he caught.
Date:
circa 1970s
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
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Daley boys greet White Sox Pitcher Billy Pierce
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The four Daley boys welcome White Sox pitcher Billy Pierce back to Chicago. A man behind them holds a "Welcome Committee" sign. The boys' mother, Eleanor "Sis" Daley, is in the background at the right.
Date:
1950s
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access
Daley boys greet White Sox Pitcher Billy Pierce
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The four Daley boys welcome White Sox pitcher Billy Pierce back to Chicago. A crowd stands behind them, some holding signs.
Date:
1950s
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
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Public access
Daley boys greet White Sox Pitcher Billy Pierce
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The four Daley boys pose on the steps of an airplane as they welcome back White Sox pitcher Billy Pierce and another unidentified man to Chicago.
Date:
1950s
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
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Public access
Daley boys greet White Sox Pitcher Billy Pierce
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The four Daley boys pose on the steps of an airplane as they welcome back White Sox pitcher Billy Pierce and another unidentified man to Chicago.
Date:
circa 1950s
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
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Public access
Daley family at World Series game in Milwaukee
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Eleanor and Richard J. Daley and their sons enjoy a light meal with others at a World Series game in Milwaukee. Pictured left to right are: unidentified man, Fred McCahey Jr., Richard J. Daley, Bill Lynch (law partner), John McGuane (11th Ward), Michael Daley, William Daley, John Daley, Eleanor "Sis" Daley, and [?] McCahey.
Date:
1957
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access
Edmund Kelly, Richard J. Daley, and William Lee display their catch of fish
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Edmund Kelly, Mayor Richard J. Daley, and William Lee display fish that they caught.
Date:
1975
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
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Public access
Eleanor Daley fishing from a boat
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Eleanor "Sis" Daley fishing from a boat.
Date:
circa 1970s
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access
Eleanor Daley with her sons in Chicago Police baseball uniforms
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Eleanor "Sis" Daley with her two youngest sons, John Daley and William Daley, wearing Chicago Police baseball uniforms.
Date:
circa 1950s
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access
Eleanor and Richard J. Daley with sons in Chicago Police baseball uniforms
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Richard J. and Eleanor "Sis" Daley with their two youngest sons, John Daley and William Daley, wearing Chicago Police baseball uniforms.
Date:
circa 1950s
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
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Eleanor and Richard J. Daley with their sons in Chicago Police baseball uniforms
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Richard J. and Eleanor "Sis" Daley with their two youngest sons, John Daley and William Daley, wearing Chicago Police baseball uniforms.
Date:
circa 1950s
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
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Public access
Eleanor and Richard J. Daley with their sons in Chicago Police baseball uniforms
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Eleanor and Richard J. Daley with their two youngest sons, John Daley and William Daley, wearing Chicago Police baseball uniforms.
Date:
circa 1950s
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
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Public access
Man fishing from a boat
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Unidentified man fishing from a boat.
Date:
circa 1960s
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
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Man standing next to three fish displayed on a dock
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Unidentified man standing next to three fish displayed on a dock.
Date:
1967
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
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Man with fishing pole and fish
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An unidentified man holds a fishing pole and a fish.
Date:
circa 1966
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
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Martin Kennelly, Adlai Stevenson II, and Richard J. Daley at a baseball game
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Mayor Martin Kennelly sits next to Governor Adlai Stevenson II (holding a baseball), with Richard J. Daley sitting behind them (at right) at a baseball game.
Date:
circa 1950s
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access
Mayor Daley's Physical Fitness Award event, Richard J. Daley beside a boxing ring
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Mayor Richard J. Daley stands beside a boxing ring 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, Youth Foundation program participants with trophy
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Youth Foundation program participants pose with a uniformed officer and a man holding a basketball trophy at a Mayor Richard J. Daley's Youth Foundation Physical Fitness Award event.
Date:
1966
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access
Mayor Daley's Physical Fitness Award event, basketball game
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A group of youths play basketball at a Mayor Richard J. Daley's Youth Foundation Physical Fitness Award event. A large photograph of Mayor Richard J. Daley is displayed on the wall of the gymnasium.
Date:
1966
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access
Michael J. Daley and man beside a fishing boat
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Michael J. Daley (right) and man beside a fishing boat in Florida.
Date:
1950s
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
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Michael J. Daley at the Plantation Tackle Company
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Michael J. Daley (father of Richard J. Daley) standing outside the Plantation Tackle Company.
Date:
1950s
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
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Michael J. Daley displaying his catch
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Michael J. Daley (father of Richard J. Daley) displaying his catch on a dock.
Date:
1950s
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
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Michael J. Daley displaying his catch
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Michael J. Daley (father of Richard J. Daley) displaying his catch on a dock. A fishing boat is at the left.
Date:
1950s
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access
Michael J. Daley fishing
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Michael J. Daley (father of Richard J. Daley) fishes from a boat. An unidentified man stands behind him.
Date:
1956
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
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Public access
Michael J. Daley fishing from a boat
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Michael J. Daley (father of Richard J. Daley) fishing from a boat.
Date:
1950s
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
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Michael J. Daley fishing from a boat
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Michael J. Daley (father of Richard J. Daley) fishing from a boat.
Date:
1956
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
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Michael J. Daley fishing from a boat
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Michael J. Daley (father of Richard J. Daley) fishing from a boat.
Date:
1950s
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
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Michael J. Daley fishing from a boat
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Michael J. Daley (father of Richard J. Daley) fishing from a boat.
Date:
1950s
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
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Michael J. Daley fishing from a boat
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Michael J. Daley (father of Richard J. Daley) fishing from a boat.
Date:
1950s
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
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Michael J. Daley fishing from a boat
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Michael J. Daley (father of Richard J. Daley) fishing from a boat.
Date:
1950s
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
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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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