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050/01. All

 Record Group Term
Identifier: 050/01

Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:

Bronzeville 23rd St. Viaduct collection, 1925

 Collection
Identifier: 050.01.07
Description of the Collection South Central Association Souvenir Twenty-third Street Viaduct Opening publication, a 116-page booklet, dated 1925, published by the South Central [or Central South?] Association, a Chicago citizens' membership organization. Includes list of members (individuals and businesses), advertisers, and short essays on numerous South Side establishments, and numerous photos and illustrations. Some of the topics, places, and businesses included are: Indiana Ave., Cottage Grove Ave., 22nd St., South...
Dates: 1925
Found in: Paul V. Galvin Library. University Archives and Special Collections / Bronzeville 23rd St. Viaduct collection, 1925

Bronzeville Artifacts Grand Theatre tickets, 1950s

 Collection
Identifier: 050.01.08
Description of the Collection

Three tickets to the Grand Theatre, 3110 S. State Street, Chicago with face value of 25 cents each. Artifact.

Dates: 1950s
Found in: Paul V. Galvin Library. University Archives and Special Collections / Bronzeville Artifacts Grand Theatre tickets, 1950s

Bronzeville Design Symposium collection, 1999

 Collection
Identifier: 050.01.14
Description of the Collection

Materials related to "Bronzeville Design Symposium: The Impact of Design on Urban Communities," held at Illinois Institute of Technology October 29-30, 1999. Project was a joint activity of IIT, the College of Architecture, and Harvard Graduate School of Design.

Dates: 1999
Found in: Paul V. Galvin Library. University Archives and Special Collections / Bronzeville Design Symposium collection, 1999

Bronzeville Digital Stories (booklet), 2000

 Collection
Identifier: 050.01.15
Abstract

bronzeville-stories as of June 7, 2000. Prof. David Coogan served as project advisor.

Dates: 2000
Found in: Paul V. Galvin Library. University Archives and Special Collections / Bronzeville Digital Stories (booklet), 2000

Bronzeville expansion collection, 1950-2017

 Collection
Identifier: 050.01.06
Description of the Collection Materials from a variety of sources and dates documenting the past and present of the African-American neighborhood of Bronzeville, historically known as the Black Metropolis, located on the South Side of Chicago. This collection serve as a drop file of materials not otherwise accessioned and catalogued in the IIT Archives. Contains loose papers and soft cover books. Partial listing of individual items/publications: Illinois Institute of Technology in the Community, 1996 (with references to...
Dates: 1950-2017
Found in: Paul V. Galvin Library. University Archives and Special Collections / Bronzeville expansion collection, 1950-2017

Bronzeville historic slides, 1950s

 Collection
Identifier: 050.01.10
Description of the Collection A collection of 35 mm black and white slides numbered 1 to 12 (there are 2 copies of slide no. 1 for a total of 13 slides) of street scenes, people and housing in the historically black south Chicago community know as Bronzeville. Images include some interior house scenes and some "projects" (public housing). All of these images were used in "The Poorhouse: Subsidized Housing in Chicago, 1895 - 1976" by Devereux Bowly, Jr. (Carbondale: Southern Illinois University, 1978). Presumably the...
Dates: 1950s
Found in: Paul V. Galvin Library. University Archives and Special Collections / Bronzeville historic slides, 1950s

Bronzeville photo, 1961

 Collection
Identifier: 050.01.09
Description of the Collection One aerial color photograph (by unidentified photographer) of buildings, primarily residential, covering the 3400 south blocks of Michigan Ave., Indiana Ave., Prairie Ave., and Calumet Ave. in Chicago. Photo is apparently taken from the roof of De La Salle Institute (located at 3455 S. Wabash) and shows a two-bay red and green "Dutch" type building at center bottom with a sign reading "Sparks Hotel" (located at 3433 So. Michigan per 1961-62 telephone book white pages). A white Cadillac, ca....
Dates: 1961
Found in: Paul V. Galvin Library. University Archives and Special Collections / Bronzeville photo, 1961

Commons Commentary collection, 1971-1973

 Collection
Identifier: 050.01.04
Description of the Collection

One issue (1971) of Commons Commentary, a newsletter of the South Commons residential community on the Near South side of Chicago. Also a 1973 reference to the newsletter, noting that it was merging into the Hyde Park Herald.

Dates: 1971-1973
Found in: Paul V. Galvin Library. University Archives and Special Collections / Commons Commentary collection, 1971-1973

Harper's Magazine, vol. 201, no. 1207

 Collection
Identifier: 050.01.13
Description of the Collection

December 1950 issue of Harper's Magazine (vol. 201, no. 1207) containing an article (pp.86-97) titled "The Strangest Place in Chicago" by John Bartlow Martin which describes life in the Mecca apartment building at 34th and State streets.

Dates: 1950
Found in: Paul V. Galvin Library. University Archives and Special Collections / Harper's Magazine, vol. 201, no. 1207

Mecca Building tile, 1892

 Collection
Identifier: 050.01.12
Description of the Collection

Hexagonal terra cotta-colored glazed ceramic (?) floor (?) tile from the Mecca Flats building which was located at 34th Street and Dearborn streets, Chicago, IL. Ca. 6" diameter.

Dates: 1892
Found in: Paul V. Galvin Library. University Archives and Special Collections / Mecca Building tile, 1892

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