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Katz, Marilyn Interview. June 9, 2018.
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Marilyn Katz is a communication strategist and founder of MK Communications. She advised Mayor Richard M. Daley on public relations during his tenure.
Date:
2018-06-09
Collection:
Richard M. Daley Oral History collection
Access:
Public access


Mosena, David. Interview. October 27, 2017.
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David Mosena was Chicago's planning commissioner under Mayor Harold Washington and remained planning commissioner under Mayor Richard M. Daley. He then served as Mayor Daley's chief of staff (1991-1992), as aviation commissioner (1992-1996), president of the Chicago Transit Authority (1996-1997), chair of the Chicago Landmarks Commission (1999-2010) and president and CEO of the Museum of Science and Industry (1997 – present). Interview includes discussion of the 1992 Chicago Loop flood.
Date:
2017-10-27
Collection:
Richard M. Daley Oral History collection
Access:
Public access


Vallas, Paul. Interview. April 20, 2018.
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Paul Vallas served as Mayor Richard M. Daley's budget director (1990-1993) and as CEO of Chicago Public Schools (1995-2001).
Date:
2018-04-20
Collection:
Richard M. Daley Oral History collection
Access:
Public access


Chico, Gery. Interview. November 1, 2017.
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Gery Chico served as Mayor Richard M. Daley’s chief of staff (1992-1993), president of the Chicago Board of Education (1995-2001), president of the Chicago Park District (2007-2010), and chair of the Board of the City Colleges of Chicago (2010). Interview includes discussion of the 1992 Chicago Loop flood and the 1994 World Cup.
Date:
2017-11-01
Collection:
Richard M. Daley Oral History collection
Access:
Public access


Richard J.Daley, Richard M. Daley and Michael Bilandic at a Fish Derby
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Mayor Richard J. Daley with Alderman Michael Bilandic (left) and Senator Richard M. Daley (center) on a boat on Lake Michigan during a Park District fishing derby.
Date:
circa 1972-1976
Collection:
László Kondor photograph collection
Access:
Public access


Richard M. Daley after winning mayoral election
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Portrait of Mayor Richard M. Daley with a cigar, after winning mayoral election.
Date:
1989
Collection:
László Kondor photograph collection
Access:
Public access


Richard J. Daley and Richard M. Daley at a fish derby in McKinley Park
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Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley, Richard M. Daley, and others at the second annual Senator Richard M. Daley Fish Derby, held at McKinley Park.
Date:
1973
Collection:
László Kondor photograph collection
Access:
Public access


Richard M. Daley with his mother and sister
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Portrait of Eleanor R. Daley, Eleanor "Sis" Daley, and Mayor Richard M. Daley standing in the Mayor's office. A picture of his late father (Mayor Richard J. Daley) and his mother hangs on the wall behind them.
Date:
1989
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access


Richard J. Daley, Eleanor Daley, and Richard M. Daley at McKinley Park
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Mayor Richard J. Daley, Eleanor "Sis"Daley, and State Senator Richard M. Daley walking at McKinley Park during a fish derby event.
Date:
circa 1972
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access


Richard J. Daley and his four sons standing outside with fishing poles
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Mayor Richard J. Daley (center) with his four sons William, John, Richard M. and Michael Daley standing outside with fishing poles.
Date:
circa 1960s
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access


Daley family on a railroad car
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Standing on the back of a railroad car are, left to right: an unidentified man, Richard J. Daley, Eleanor "Sis" Daley, Richard M. Daley, Michael Daley, an unidentified woman, William Daley, Eleanor "Sis" Daley, Mary Carol Daley, and Michael Daley. A flag of Chicago is displayed below the railing.
Date:
circa 1960s
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access


Opening of St. Lawrence Seaway, Richard J. Daley in airplane
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Opening of the St. Lawrence Seaway; Richard J. Daley with his sons Richard M. and Michael Daley look out an airplane window. Marty Hogan (WCFL) is in the background at the right.
Date:
1959
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access


Daley family at mayoral inauguration
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Richard J. Daley poses with his family at his first inauguration as mayor of Chicago. The Superintendent of Police is on the far right.
Date:
1955
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access


Mayoral candidate Richard J. Daley with his family on their way to the polls
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Mayoral candidate Richard J. Daley and his wife Eleanor "Sis" Daley, pose with their children on their way to the polls. Children from left include: Eleanor R. 14, Richard M. 12, John 8, William 6, Michael 11, and Mary Carol, 16.
Date:
February 21, 1955
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access


Richard J. Daley and family on election night
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Richard J. Daley and Eleanor "Sis" Daley seated on election night. Standing behind them are, left to right: Michael, Mary Carol, Michael J., Richard M., and Eleanor R. Daley.
Date:
1955
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access


Richard J. Daley and family on election night
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Richard J. Daley and Eleanor "Sis" Daley seated on election night. Their children standing behind them are, left to right: Michael, Mary Carol, Richard M., and Eleanor R. Daley.
Date:
1955
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access


Daley family at a mayoral campaign rally
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Daley family members hold signs and cheer as the Lou Breese Orchestra plays at a Daley mayoral election campaign rally. In attendance are Michael J. Daley, Eleanor "Sis" Daley, Michael, Richard M., Mary Carol, and Eleanor R. Daley.
Date:
1955
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access


County Clerk Induction Ceremony
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Richard J. Daley with his wife Eleanor "Sis" Daley and their seven children, and his father (Michael J. Daley) at his induction ceremony as County Clerk. Father Murray, an unidentified man, Martin Kennelly, and Abraham Lincoln Marovitz are also pictured.
Date:
December 7, 1950
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access


Richard J. Daley and two of his sons display their catch
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Richard J. Daley, Richard M. Daley, and Michael Daley displaying their catch from a fishing boat.
Date:
circa 1950s
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access


Daley family members outside Mother McAuley Liberal Arts High School
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Left to right: Michael Daley, Michael J. Daley, William Daley, Richard J. Daley, Eleanor R. Daley, Richard M. Daley, Eleanor "Sis" Daley, Mary Carol Daley, and John Daley.
Date:
circa 1950s
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access


Richard J. Daley and family on election night
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Richard J. Daley and Eleanor "Sis" Daley seated, holding hands, on election night.. They are surrounded by their children Michael Daley, Mary Carol Daley, Patricia Daley, and Richard M. Daley.
Date:
1955
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access


Bush, George W. Interview. February 28, 2018.
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George W. Bush was governor of Texas (1995-2000) and president of the United States (2001-2009). Interview includes discussion of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
Date:
2018-04-19
Collection:
Richard M. Daley Oral History collection
Access:
Public access


Eleanor and Richard J. Daley on a St. Patrick's Day Parade reviewing stand
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Mayor Richard J. Daley and Eleanor "Sis" Daley on a St. Patrick's Day Parade reviewing stand along State Street. Their son Richard M. Daley is to the right of his mother.
Date:
circa 1959
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access


Daley family at Michael Daley's high school graduation
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The Daley family poses at Michael Daley's high school graduation from De La Salle Institute. Pictured left to right are: Richard M. Daley, Mary Carol Daley, John Daley, Eleanor R. Daley, Richard J. Daley, Michael Daley, William Daley, Eleanor "Sis" Daley, and Patricia Daley.
Date:
1961
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access


Daley family outside
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Standing together outside are, left to right: Richard M. Daley, Michael Daley, Richard J. Daley, and Michael J. Daley. Michael and Richard J. Daley are wearing swimming trunks.
Date:
1960s
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access


Daley family outside after an event
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Eleanor "Sis" Daley, Michael Daley, John Daley, Richard J. Daley, Mary Carol Daley, and Richard M. Daley standing outside near a building. Eleanor "Sis" Daley holds a diploma in a cover with a logo on it.
Date:
1963
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access


Daley family at Michael Daley's high school graduation
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Richard J. Daley and Michael Daley (center) hold his high school diploma. Standing with them are, at the left: Richard M. Daley, Mary Carol Daley, John Daley, and Eleanor R. Daley. Standing to the right of Michael are William Daley, Eleanor "Sis" Daley, and Patricia Daley.
Date:
1961
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access


Daley family at second mayoral inauguration
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Daley family at Richard J. Daley's inauguration for a second term as Mayor of Chicago. Richard J. Daley is at the podium at the right.
Date:
1959
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access


Daley family on a St. Patrick's Day parade reviewing stand
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Richard J. Daley with his wife Eleanor "Sis", and children Richard M., Michael, and Eleanor R. Daley on a parade reviewing stand at a St. Patrick's Day parade on State Street. An unidentified woman is at the left.
Date:
1958
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access


Richard J. Daley reading with his sons
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Richard J. Daley reading books at home with his four sons.
Date:
1957
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access


Daley family at mayoral Inauguration
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Richard J. Daley with his wife Eleanor and their children and his father Michael J. Daley on Inauguration day, posing behind a podium with the seal of the City of Chicago on the front.
Date:
1955
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access


Daley family at mayoral Inauguration
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Richard J. Daley with his wife Eleanor and their children and his father Michael J. Daley on Inauguration day, posing behind a podium with the seal of the City of Chicago on the front.
Date:
1955
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access


Daley boys at mayoral inauguration
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The four sons of Richard J. and Eleanor "Sis" Daley wave at their father's first inauguration ceremony as mayor of Chicago. Mary Carol Daley is partly visible at the right.
Date:
1955
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access


Daley family on election night
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Daley family members outside a building [69 West Washington?] on election night. Pictured left to right are: Mary Carol, Eleanor R., Eleanor "Sis", Michael J., Richard M., and Michael Daley.
Date:
1955
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access


Daley family at the Daley campaign kick-off parade
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Daley family at the front of a crowd on Halsted Street at the Daley mayoral campaign kick-off parade (torchlight parade). Behind them, supporters carry Daley signs and banners.
Date:
January 18, 1955
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access


Daley family leading Torchlight Parade
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Richard J. Daley, Eleanor "Sis" Daley and their children march at the front of a crowd on Halsted Street at the Daley mayoral campaign kick-off parade (torchlight parade). Behind them, supporters carry Daley signs and banners, including one that reads "Mom Likes Daley". The parade started from 35th and Halsted Streets.
Date:
January 18, 1955
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access


Daley family at a mayoral campaign rally
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Michael J. Daley (Richard J. Daley's father), wife Eleanor, and children applaud from the front row at a mayoral election campaign rally. Orchestra leader Lou Breese is in the foreground at the right.
Date:
1955
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access


Richard J. Daley and family on election night
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Richard J. Daley and Eleanor "Sis" Daley seated on election night. Standing behind them are, left to right: Michael, Mary Carol, Michael J., Richard M., and Eleanor R. Daley.
Date:
circa 1955
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access


Daley family at a mayoral campaign rally
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Seated at the front of an audience during a mayoral election campaign event are, left to right: Michael J. Daley, Eleanor "Sis" Daley, Michael Daley, Richard M. Daley, Mary Carol Daley, and Eleanor R. Daley.
Date:
circa 1955
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access


Mayoral candidate Daley and his family on their way to the polls
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Mayoral candidate Richard J. Daley and his wife Eleanor "Sis", with their children on their way to the polls. The children are, from left: Eleanor R., Richard M., John, William, Michael, and Mary Carol Daley.
Date:
1955
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access


Richard J. Daley and family on election night
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Richard J. Daley and Eleanor "Sis" Daley seated on election night. Standing behind them are, left to right: Michael, Mary Carol, Michael J. (his father), Richard M., and Eleanor R. Daley.
Date:
1955
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
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
Access:
Public access


Daley family with Arthur Godfrey at Horse Show
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Entertainer Arthur Godfrey shows off a horse to the Daley family at a Chicago Amphitheatre horse show. Pictured left to right are: Eleanor R. Daley, Michael J. Daley, Michael Daley, Richard J. Daley, William Daley, Eleanor "Sis" Daley, Richard M. Daley, Arthur Godfrey, and John Daley.
Date:
circa 1950s
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access


Higginbottom, Elzie Interview. May 21, 2018.
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Elzie Higginbottom is a Chicago real estate developer and has endorsed Richard M. Daley in all of his mayoral campaigns since 1983.
Date:
2018-05-21
Collection:
Richard M. Daley Oral History collection
Access:
Public access


Jarrett, Valerie Interview. December 13, 2018
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Valerie Jarrett worked for Mayor Harold Washington, and later Mayor Richard M. Daley, as deputy corporation counsel for finance and development (1987-1991). In 1991, Mayor Daley named her deputy chief of staff, then, planning commissioner (1991-1995), and finally chair of the Chicago Transit Authority (1995-2003). When Barack Obama was elected president, she served as director of the White House Office of Public Engagement and Intergovernmental Affairs (2009-2016).
Date:
2018-12-13
Collection:
Richard M. Daley Oral History collection
Access:
Public access


O'Grady, Sheila. Interview. October 27, 2017.
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Sheila O'Grady was director of code enforcement for Chicago's zoning department (1993-1996), liaison for Mayor Richard M. Daley's Intergovernmental Affairs office (1996-2000), and chief of staff for the mayor (2000-2005). Interview includes discussion of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
Date:
2017-10-27
Collection:
Richard M. Daley Oral History collection
Access:
Public access


Schmidt, John. Interview. November 1, 2017.
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John Schmidt headed Mayor Richard M. Daley's transition team in 1989 and served as his first chief of staff for about 90 days. He then chaired the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority (1989-1994) before working as associate attorney general in President Bill Clinton's administration (1994-1997). Interview includes discussion of Richard M. Daley’s time as Illinois State’s Attorney (1981-1989) and his time as Illinois State Senator (1973-1981), as well as the 1989 Chicago mayoral race.
Date:
2017-11-01
Collection:
Richard M. Daley Oral History collection
Access:
Public access


Richard J. Daley with Felisa Rincón de Gautier, Mayor of San Juan
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Mayor Richard J. Daley (on the left), surrounded by a group of family and others, shakes hands with Felisa Rincón de Gautier, Mayor of San Juan, Puerto Rico (bottom row right) outside Holy Name Cathedral. Between Mayor Daley and Mayor Rinc√≥n de Gautier stand two of Daley's sons, Richard M. and Michael Daley. Dan Ryan Jr. is also in the group.
Date:
circa 1955-1958
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access


Richard M., John, Richard J. and William Daley at a baseball game
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Richard M. Daley, John Daley, Mayor Richard J. Daley and William (Bill) Daley watch a baseball game.
Date:
circa 1955-1976
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access


Richard J. Daley celebrating his 70th birthday
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Richard J. Daley cuts his birthday cake, shaped like the Hancock building at his 70th birthday celebration. He is watched by his sons Michael, Richard M., William (Bill), and John Daley.
Date:
1972
Collection:
Richard J. Daley collection
Access:
Public access