Chicago Public Library, Harold Washington Library Center, Special Collections, Chicago Authors and Publishing Collection. įound in African American Business & Labor Journalism Algren, Nelson Collectionĭates: 1933-1999. Jesse Lee Albritton was a Chicago-based labor organizer and author of regular columns featured throughout the 1940s and 1950s in the Chicago Crusader and Federation News. Harsh Research Collection of Afro-American History and Literature. Chicago Public Library, Woodson Regional Library, Vivian G. įound in Neighborhoods Albritton, Jesse Lee Papersĭates: 1938-1965. This collection documents life in Albany Park from 1919 to 2001. Community number fourteen of Chicago's seventy-seven official communities, Albany Park was annexed into Chicago in 1889. The Albany Park Community Area is located eight miles northwest of Chicago’s Loop. Chicago Public Library, Sulzer Regional Library, Northside Neighborhood History Collection. Size: 2.5 linear feet in 5 boxes plus 2 oversize folders. įound in African American Genealogy Albany Park Community Collectionĭates: 1919-2001. The collection contains organizational files, annual reports, conference files, reports, family newsletters, reunion books and funeral programs. The Afro-American Genealogical and Historical Society of Chicago was formed to preserve and perpetuate the historic records of African American ancestors and to promote the study of history and genealogy. įound in African American Civil Rights Government & Politics Journalism Afro-American Genealogical and Historical Society of Chicago Archivesĭates: 1980-2003. A large collection of photographs is being processed and will be available at a later date. The papers feature correspondence, manuscripts, organizational and subject research files, biographical materials, programs, clippings and memorabilia. Extensive documentation of the National Newspaper Publishers Association, the Chicago Defender, the Pittsburgh Courier, the Michigan Chronicle, Provident Hospital and the political history of Chicago is included. The papers are arranged in three superseries: Robert Abbott, John Sengstacke and Myrtle Sengstacke. The papers trace the Abbott-Sengstacke family history from the mid-19th century in Georgia through Abbott’s move to Chicago and creation of a journalistic empire, to the death of Sengstacke in 1997. Sengstacke took over the family’s newspapers upon Abbott’s death in 1940. Abbott founded the Chicago Defender in 1905 his nephew John H. Sengstacke Family Papersĭates: 1847-1997.
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