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Norman Frank Kimball scrapbook, 1908-1912

 Collection
Identifier: 002.05.17
Content Description

Scrapbook assembled by Norman Frank Kimball, a 1912 graduate in Mechanical Engineering (B.S.) from the Armour Institute of Technology. 28 pages filled with photographs, programs, and dance cards, mainly illustrating Kimball's activities as a student at Armour, with some items illustrating his family in Wisconsin. Items date from 1908 through 1912.

Dates: 1908-1912

Progressive Community Church records, 1948-2018

 Collection
Identifier: 050.01.01
Scope and Contents The Progressive Community Center: The People’s Church (Chicago, IL) Records includes administrative records, correspondence, church publications, CD-R, VHS, and cassette recordings of sermons, services, and the Voices of Progressive choir, photographs, and substantial biographical materials about Reverend Dr. B. Herbert Martin, Sr. The bulk of the materials are from the pastorate of the Reverend B. Herbert Martin, 1981 to 2016. The collection provides a comprehensive look at the declared...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1948-2018; 1948-2018

Raymond J. Spaeth papers, 1948-1950

 Collection
Identifier: 030.04.04
Description of the Collection The bulk of this collection consists of correspondence between Illinois Institute of Technology treasurer Raymond J. Spaeth and Golden B. Darby (administrative director of Southside Community Committee, Inc.) concerning use of space at 3354 S. State St. as a community center (AKA Mecca Community Center), and circumstances concerning termination of the agreement. The collection also includes the original signed agreement and the President's Annual Report of the Southside Community...
Dates: 1948-1950

South Side Redevelopment photographs, 1949-1959

 Collection
Identifier: 050.01.05
Description of the Collection

Aerial photographs and photographs of plans and models concerning the post-World War II planned redevelopment of Chicago's South Side. See item listing for description of specific images. Also included are a small number of copies of photographs from other sources.

Dates: 1949-1959

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