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Chicago Urban League Records
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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4801 S, Forrestville, 1985 (Folder II-1812)
3 Text
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1985
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Chicago Urban League records
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4801 S, Forrestville, 1985 (Folder II-1813)
6 Text
Date
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1985
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Chicago Urban League records
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4801-4803 S, Indiana, 1985 (Folder II-1811)
65 Text
Date
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1985
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Chicago Urban League records
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5240 S, King Drive, 1985 (Folder II-1797)
17 Text
Date
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1985
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Chicago Urban League records
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641 E, 50th Place, 1985 (Folder II-1800)
28 Text
Date
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1985
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Chicago Urban League records
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641 E, 50th Street, 1985 (Folder II-1801)
42 Text
Date
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1985
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Chicago Urban League records
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Abbotsford Area Council - correspondence, 1947-1951 (Folder I-2665)
58 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.
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3 Apr 1947 - 26 Apr 1951
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Chicago Urban League records
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Abbotsford Area Council - correspondence, 1951-1952 (Folder I-2666)
64 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.
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5 Jun 1951 - 3 Oct 1952
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Chicago Urban League records
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Abbottsford Area Council - correspondence, 1953-1954 (Folder I-2667)
45 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.
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5 Feb 1953 - 22 Jul 1954
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Chicago Urban League records
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Abbottsford Council reports, 1948-1954 (Folder I-2673)
75 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.
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1 Jan 1948 - 31 Oct 1954
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Chicago Urban League records
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Abbottsford Council, 1950-1951 (Folder I-2726)
15 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.
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31 May 1950 - 1954
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Chicago Urban League records
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Accounting Services, 1985 (Folder II-1715)
7 Text
Date
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1985
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Chicago Urban League records
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Action of Survival, 1972 (Folder III-1895)
49 Text
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11-13 Jan 1972
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Chicago Urban League records
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Activity Reports, 1977 (Folder I-3179)
32 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.
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29 Oct 1974 - 16 Nov 1977
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Chicago Urban League records
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Ad Hoc Committee on Welfare Crisis, 1971 (Folder I-3012)
15 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.
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1-15 Nov 1971
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Chicago Urban League records
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Advisory Council, 1980 (Folder II-1736)
9 Text
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1980
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Chicago Urban League records
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Annual Reports, 1951-1954 (Folder II-2182)
28 Text
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1951-1954
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Chicago Urban League records
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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.
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1957-1969
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Chicago Urban League records
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Annual reports, 1937-1949 (Folder I-31)
59 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.
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1937-1949
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Chicago Urban League records
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Annual reports, 1950-1954 (Folder I-32)
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.
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1950-1954
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Chicago Urban League records
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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.
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1980-1999
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Chicago Urban League records
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Annual reports, 1991-1992 (Folder I-391)
22 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.
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1991-1992
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Chicago Urban League records
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Application for Federal Assistance, 1980 (Folder II-1778)
5 Text
Date
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1980
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Chicago Urban League records
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Background Study of the Negro Population of Chicago, 1955 (Folder III-2451)
40 Text
Date
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20149
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Chicago Urban League records
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Bicentennial Symposium, 1976 (Folder II-2078)
53 Text
Date
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1976
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Chicago Urban League records
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Black Leadership Committee meeting notes, 1979 (Folder I-3189)
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
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1979-10-25
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Chicago Urban League records
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Block Club Reports - Indiana Avenue, 1952-1953 (Folder II-2323)
10 Text
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8 Dec 1952 - 2 Feb 1953
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Chicago Urban League records
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Block Club Reports - Princeton and Wentworth Avenues, 1952 (Folder II-2324)
18 Text
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14 Oct - 15 Nov 1952
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Chicago Urban League records
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Block Demonstration - 4800 Block on South Calument Avenue, 1953 (Folder II-2328)
18 Text
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27 Apr - 29 May 1953
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Chicago Urban League records
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Block Restoration - 3100 South Prairie, 1953 (Folder II-2329)
9 Text
Date
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27 Oct 1953 - 5 Nov 1970
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Chicago Urban League records
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Board for Fundamental Education, 1967 (Folder IV-1089)
56 Text
Date
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c.1967
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Chicago Urban League records
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Board of Directors meeting minutes, 1972-1977 (Folder I-386)
122 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
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18 Apr 1972 - 1980
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Chicago Urban League records
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Board-up Proposal, 1984 (Folder II-1794)
12 Text
Date
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1984
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Chicago Urban League records
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Book - General Information, 1965 (Folder II-2216)
67 Text
Date
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1964-1965
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Chicago Urban League records
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Boswell, 1980 (Folder II-447)
51 Text
Date
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1980
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Chicago Urban League records
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Bristol Myers Campaign, 1971-1972 (Folder IV-1106)
28 Text
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May 1972 - 26 Aug 1974
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Chicago Urban League records
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Budgets, 1950-1956 (Folder II-2183)
14 Text
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1950-1956
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Chicago Urban League records
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Building Babylon A Case of Racial Controls in Public Housing, 1971 (Folder III-515)
80 Text
Date
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1971
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Chicago Urban League records
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CHA "Chicago Today" Excerpts, 1953 (Folder III-336)
109 Text
Date
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30 Jun - 15 Dec 1953
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Chicago Urban League records
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CHA Annual Report, 1973 (Folder III-346)
175 Text
Date
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1973
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Chicago Urban League records
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CHA Annual reports, 1947-1953 (Folder III-335)
355 Text
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Chicago Urban League records
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CHA General, 1953 (Folder III-337)
20 Text
Date
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14 Jul 1948 - 12 Nov 1953
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Chicago Urban League records
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CHA Legal Boundaries, 1966 (Folder III-341)
96 Text
Date
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9 May 1956 - 11 Jul 1966
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Chicago Urban League records
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CHA Reports, 1973 (Folder III-345)
181 Text
Date
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Nov 1955 - 6 Aug 1973
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Chicago Urban League records
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CUL Community Services Advisory Committee Special Data and Reports, 1956-1957 (Folder III-2454)
108 Text
Date
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25 May 1956 - 8 Aug 1957
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Chicago Urban League records
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CUL Reports, 1968-1985 (Folder III-2488)
123 Text
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Chicago Urban League records
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Public access
CUL Social functions and meetings, 1951-1955 (Folder I-2683)
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
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7 Feb 1951 - 11 Feb 1955
Collection
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Chicago Urban League records
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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
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1945-1954
Collection
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Chicago Urban League records
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CUL's Housing Committee, 1948-1950 (Folder I-2764)
6 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
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24 Mar 1948 - 3 Oct 1950
Collection
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Chicago Urban League records
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Census Data Children in Chicago, 1960 (Folder III-2465)
298 Text
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Oct - 22 Nov 1961
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Chicago Urban League records
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University of Illinois Chicago. Library. Special Collections and University Archives Department (Richard J. Daley Library)
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African American History
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362
Chicago (Ill.)
11
New York, New York
6
Chicago, Illinois
3
Washington D.C.
2
Detroit, Michigan
2
Grand Rapids, Michigan
2
Illinois
2
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1
Baltimore, Maryland
1
Canton, Ohio
1
Charleston, South Carolina
1
Chicago
1
Cicero, Illinois
1
Cook County, Illinois
1
Essex County, New Jersey
1
Los Angeles, California
1
Louisville, Kentucky
1
Macon, Georgia
1
Milwaukee (Wisc.)
1
New York
1
Peoria, Illinois
1
Philadelphia
1
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1
Portland, Maine
1
Raleigh, North Carolina
1
Richmond, Virginia
1
San Francisco, California
1
Seattle, Washington
1
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Subject--Name
253
Chicago Urban League (CUL)
58
Compton, James W
43
National Urban League (NUL)
33
Chicago Housing Authority (CHA)
15
Berry, Edwin C
15
Chicago Council Against Racial and Religious Discrimination
14
Chicago Commission on Human Relations (CCHR)
9
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)
8
Daley, Richard J
8
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
8
Sears, Amelia
8
Welfare Council of Metropolitan Chicago
7
Bridges, Horace J
7
Hall, George C
7
Legal Assistance Foundation of Chicago (LAFC)
6
Chicago Housing Consortium (CHC)
6
King, Martin Luther, Jr
6
Taylor, James E
6
Washington, Harold L
6
Wright, Thomas H
5
Chicago Committee on Urban Opportunity
5
Illinois Committee for Fair Housing Law
5
Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA)
4
Bousfield, M O
4
Dickerson, Earl B
4
Federal Housing Administration (FHA)
4
Pierce, Elbridge Bancroft
3
American Hospital Association
3
Catholic Interracial Council of Chicago
3
Chicago Bar Association
3
Leadership Council for Metropolitan Open Communities
3
Ridley, Rachel R
3
Wood, Elizabeth
2
Anti-Defamation League
2
Bowe, Augustine J
2
Chicago Association of Commerce and Industry
2
Chicago Metropolitan Housing Development Corporation (CMHDC)
2
Citizens Committee to Fight Slums
2
Coordinating Council of Community Organizations
2
Du Sable, Jean Baptiste Pointe
2
Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC)
2
Johnson, George E
2
Kennelly, Martin H
2
Lawyers' Committee for Better Housing (LCBH)
2
Medical Committee for Human Rights
2
Metcalfe, Ralph H
2
National Committee Against Discrimination in Housing (NCDH)
2
National Conference of Christians and Jews
2
Off the Street Club
2
Park, Robert E
2
Raby, Al
2
Taeuber, Karl
2
United States Commission on Civil Rights
2
Young, Whitney
1
American Cancer Society
1
American Friends Service Committee (AFSC)
1
American Red Cross
1
Ashford, Laplois
1
Baltimore Urban League
1
Bell, Laird
1
Beuharnais, Joseph
1
Beverly Area Planning Association
1
Bickham, Martin Hayes
1
Bitker, Bruno V
1
Bloch, Leon
1
Building Construction Employers' Association
1
Bureau of Social Science Research
1
Byrne, Jane M
1
Calloway, Nathaniel O
1
Canton Urban League
1
Chicago Commons Association
1
Chicago Economic Development Corporation (CEDCO)
1
Chicago Freedom Movement
1
Chicago Planning Commission (CPC)
1
Chicago Riot Study Committee
1
Chicago Urban League (CUL
1
Chicago Urban League (CUL))
1
Contract Buyers League (CBL)
1
Dallas County Voters League
1
Detroit Urban League
1
Dr Martin Luther King Jr. Movement
1
Falls, Arthur G
1
France, Erwin
1
Grand Rapids Urban League
1
Hayes, Charles A
1
Home Builders Association of Chicagoland
1
Hubbard, Orville L
1
Illinois Hospital Association
1
Illinois Inter-Racial Commission
1
Illinois Welfare Association
1
International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP)
1
Jackson, Jesse
1
Jewish Council on Urban Affairs
1
Jewish Labor Committee (JLC)
1
Johnson, Reginald A
1
Kennedy, John F
1
Kinckle Jones, Eugene
1
Latin United Community Housing Association (LUCHA)
1
Leadership Conference on Civil Rights
1
Leffall, LaSalle D, Jr
1
Los Angeles Urban League
1
McFall, Trudy
1
McLean, Franklin C
1
Missouri Commission on Human Rights
1
Molotch, Harvey
1
National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders
1
National Association of Home Builders of the United States
1
National Association of Real Estate Brokers
1
National Association of Social Workers
1
National Conference on Social Welfare (NCSW)
1
National Conference on The Status of Women
1
National Council of Negro Women (NCNW)
1
National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC)
1
National Medical Association
1
Nixon, Richard
1
Partee, Cecil
1
People United to Save Humanity (PUSH)
1
Planned Parenthood Association
1
Polikoff, Alexander
1
Presbytery of Chicago
1
Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
1
Seattle Urban League
1
Small Business Administration
1
South Deering Improvement Association
1
Stratton, William G
1
Taylor, Robert R
1
Tri-County (Peoria) Urban League
1
Tribbett, Charles A, III
1
Tucker, Sterling
1
United Neighborhoods Intertwined for Total Equality (UNITE)
1
Urban League of Essex County
1
Urban League of Greater New York
1
Urban League of Morris County
1
Urban League of Philadelphia
1
Urban League of Pittsburgh
1
Urban League of Southern Connecticut
1
Vasey, Wayne
1
White Circle League of America Inc.
1
Women's Joint Committee on Adequate Housing
1
Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA)
1
Young, Andrew
1
Zeidler, Frank P
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1
Abrams, Charles
1
Baron, Harold M
1
National Urban League (NUL)
1
Rocky, Linda
1
Taeuber, Karl; Taeuber, Alma F
1
Walch, John Weston
1
Woods, Clinton; Hurst, Beverly; Cooper, Maudine Rice; Watson, Casandra
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Form
195
Correspondence
189
Report
152
Official Record
34
Periodical
30
Newspaper
30
Pamphlet
29
Ephemera
23
Notes
22
Leaflet
21
List
20
Legal Document
11
Speech
10
Financial Document
6
Map
4
Printed Book
3
Review
2
Photograph
2
Transcript
1
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278
housing
189
finance
178
community organisations
171
Organisations, Associations and Societies
168
employment
154
education
154
health
135
community development
113
discrimination
98
living conditions
87
Poverty and Discrimination
85
racial tensions
80
schools
77
research
70
Employment and Labour
68
social work
67
legislation
65
family
65
training
60
poverty
60
public housing projects
60
youth
56
public welfare
54
equality
53
crime
53
wages
52
Education and Training
52
rehabilitation
49
membership
48
urban renewal
47
business
47
economy
46
segregation
44
clubs
44
legal cases
43
demographics
41
statistics
40
government
40
industry
40
tenant
39
police
35
housing segregation
34
integration
34
migration
33
construction
33
hospitals
33
interracial
31
charity
30
population
30
rights
27
ghetto
27
labour
26
racial violence
26
tax
25
Legislation and Legal Cases
25
civil rights
24
unemployment
23
leadership
21
religion
21
social change
21
voter registration
20
Business and Industry
20
students
20
university
19
Protest and Race Riots
19
desegregation
18
Family and Daily Life
18
church
18
politics
18
property
17
community protest
15
violence
14
block clubs
14
city politics
14
election
14
transport
13
military
13
riots
13
urban planning
13
working conditions
12
housing crisis
12
real estate practices
11
benevolent societies
11
donation
10
Civil Rights and Black Power
10
insurance
9
recreation
8
elderly
8
juvenile
8
media
8
theory
8
womanhood
7
Government and Politics
7
Police and Community Relations
7
public opinion
6
contract
6
human rights
6
land
6
loan
6
scholarship
6
urban decay
6
zoning
5
arrests
5
culture
5
hospital
5
leisure
5
meetings
5
police brutality
5
sanitation
5
voting rights
4
Christmas
4
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4
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4
democracy
4
household
4
medicine
4
shootings
4
social security
4
unionism
3
Business and Industry, Education and Training
3
Christianity
3
Hills v. Gautreaux
3
Judaism
3
anti-Semitism
3
black power
3
blockbusting
3
community business groups
3
drugs
3
hospital segregation
3
housing demolition
3
living standards
3
prisoner
3
protest march
3
residential segregation
3
science
3
vandalism
3
veteran
3
white flight
2
agriculture
2
assassination
2
cars
2
city planning
2
environment
2
food
2
gentrification
2
immigration
2
judicial
2
law
2
library
2
music
2
neo-Nazism
2
public housing program
2
public housing project
2
recruitment
2
rural community
2
slavery
2
speeches
2
sport
1
Crime and Delinquency
1
Faith and Religion
1
Ku Klux Klan
1
New Deal
1
World War II
1
children
1
civil liberties
1
clothes
1
clubs, employment, rights, youth, charity, health, finance, wages, housing, migration, unionism, living conditions
1
conservation
1
corruption
1
farming
1
freedom
1
gangs
1
grass roots community action
1
imprisonment
1
inequality
1
inflation
1
lobbying
1
nutrition
1
petition
1
prejudice
1
propaganda
1
public service
1
punishment
1
race relations
1
racial segregation
1
racial tension
1
radio
1
revenue
1
riot
1
teachers
1
tenants
1
wages community development
1
women's rights
1
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