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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 13 NASA team Youth event
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View of an audience in Orchestra Hall, comprised primarily of students and school children attending an event with representatives from the Apollo 13 mission.
Date:
May 1, 1970
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access


Apollo 13 NASA team Youth event
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View of an audience in Orchestra Hall, comprised primarily of students and school children attending an event with representatives from the Apollo 13 mission.
Date:
May 1, 1970
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access


Apollo 13 astronaut John Swigert Jr. at Youth event
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Astronaut John Swigert Jr. on stage at Orchestra Hall leaning over to accept a gift being presented to him by a student during a Youth event with representatives from the Apollo 13 mission.
Date:
May 1, 1970
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access


Astronauts James Lovell Jr. and John Swigert Jr. at Youth event
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Astronauts James Lovell Jr. and John Swigert Jr. seated on stage with space officials at an Apollo 13 youth event in Orchestra Hall. A banner hangs along the side reading "The Youth of Chicago Welcomes Apollo XIII team".
Date:
May 1, 1970
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access


Bridgeport youths visit an office
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Bridgeport youths gathered around the desk of an unidentified seated man.
Date:
June 1950
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
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Bridgeport youths visit an office
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Bridgeport youths gathered around the desk of an unidentified seated man. Two other men stand behind the desk with the boys.
Date:
June 1950
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access


Bridgeport youths visit courtroom
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Bridgeport youths in courtroom listen to Judge Abraham Lincoln Marovitz.
Date:
June 1950
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
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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
Access:
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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
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 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
Access:
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
Access:
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


Children at the dedication of the Welles Park field house and pool
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Children with "Thank-you Mayor Daley" signs at a dedication of the Welles Park field house and pool (47th Ward).
Date:
circa 1970
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access


Children at the dedication of the Welles Park field house and pool
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Children with thank-you signs at the dedication of the Welles Park field house and pool (47th Ward).
Date:
circa 1970
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access


Children waiting to spot the astronauts in the parade
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A group of children sitting on a city salt box wait for the arrival Gemini astronauts' parade.
Date:
March 30, 1965
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


Daley family at dedication ceremony for Richard J. Daley Bicentennial Plaza
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Eleanor "Sis" Daley with her children and grandchildren at the dedication ceremony for Richard J. Daley Bicentennial Plaza.
Date:
August 15, 1979
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access


Democratic Club of Schaumburg Township parade
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Democratic Club of Schaumburg Township parade.
Date:
1976
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access


Eleanor Guilfoyle (Daley) - Childhood
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Elementary school photo of Eleanor Sis" Guilfoyle (Daley).
Date:
circa 1910s
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access


Eleanor Guilfoyle (Daley) - Childhood
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Eleanor "Sis" Guilfoyle (Daley) seated in her third grade classroom with her fellow students. Eleanor is marked with an X and the word "Sis".
Date:
circa 1910s
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
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Eleanor Guilfoyle (Daley) - Childhood
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Eleanor "Sis" Guilfoyle (Daley) with her kindergarten class at St. Bridget's School. She is second row from top, third from left, marked with an X.
Date:
circa 1913
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access


Eleanor Guilfoyle (Daley) - Childhood
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St. Bridget School kindergarten class with Eleanor "Sis" Guilfoyle (Daley) in the second row from the top, third from left.
Date:
circa 1913
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
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Eleanor Guilfoyle (Daley) with her parents and siblings
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Eleanor "Sis" Guilfoyle (Daley) with her parents, brothers and sisters.
Date:
circa 1913
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access


Fitzpatrick family holiday greeting photo card
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Fitzpatrick family holiday greeting photo card, showing their two children.
Date:
1971
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access


Group of children in a horse-drawn wagon.
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Group of children in a horse-drawn wagon.
Date:
1880s-1920s
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access


Group of four children waving on a parade float
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Group of four children dressed in coats and hats waving from a parade float next to a photo of Mayor Richard J. Daley.
Date:
1981
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access


Guilfoyle Family
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Group of women and children posing in front of tents at Arden Shore summer camp, Illinois.
Date:
1880s-1920s
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access


Guilfoyle Family
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Group of women and children at Arden Shore summer camp, Illinois.
Date:
circa 1916
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access


Lyndon B. Johnson shaking hands with a boy
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President Lyndon B. Johnson shaking hands with an unidentified youth standing in a line with others.
Date:
1964-1965
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
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Martin Kennelly shakes hands with a Bridgeport youth
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Martin Kennelly shakes hands with an unidentified young woman, part of a group of visiting Bridgeport youths. Richard J. Daley is at the far right, and an unidentified man is at the left.
Date:
June 1950
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
Access:
Public access


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


Mayor Daley's Physical Fitness Award event, group of award winners
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Group of Mayor Daley's Youth Foundation award winners at a Mayor Richard J. Daley's Youth Foundation Physical Fitness Award event. In the front row, kneeling and holding plaques are Willye Whyte (left) and Mamie Rallins (right). Another awardee, Steve Combs stands at the back right. Mayor Richard J. Daley is in the back row, holding a trophy.
Date:
1966
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access


Richard J. Daley -- Childhood
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Young Richard J. Daley with his father Michael J. Daley.
Date:
circa 1916
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
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Richard J. Daley -- Childhood
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Richard J. Daley (age 10) sitting on the ground near a flowered parasol.
Date:
circa 1912
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
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Richard J. Daley -- Childhood
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Richard J. Daley (age 10) with a paper parasol at a family picnic.
Date:
circa 1912
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
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Richard J. Daley -- Childhood
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Richard J. Daley's First Holy Communion.
Date:
circa 1910s
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
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Richard J. Daley -- Childhood
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Richard J. Daley (third row, fourth from right) with a group of altar boys and clergy.
Date:
1880s-1920s
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access


Richard J. Daley -- Childhood
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Richard J. Daley's eighth grade graduation class at Nativity of Our Lord School.
Date:
circa 1910s
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
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Richard J. Daley -- Childhood
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Richard J. Daley in a velvet costume with a cape and feathered hat, for a play at Nativity of Our Lord School.
Date:
circa 1910s
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
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Richard J. Daley -- Childhood
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Richard J. Daley (bottom row, third from left), at his graduation from Nativity of Our Lord School.
Date:
circa 1916
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access


Richard J. Daley -- Childhood
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Richard J. Daley in a velvet costume with a cape and feathered hat, for a play at Nativity of Our Lord School.
Date:
circa 1910s
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access


Richard J. Daley -- Childhood
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Richard J. Daley at age 14 (top center) with a group of boys.
Date:
circa 1916
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
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Richard J. Daley -- Childhood
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Richard J. Daley (front row, second from left) with a group of boys (possibly a school photo).
Date:
circa 1910s
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access