Eugene Scott, Bobby Sengstacke, Timuel Black, Roland Martin, Theresa Fambro-Hooks, Earl Calloway and Lonnie Bunch. Interview subjects include then-Senator Barack Obama, Emil Jones, Col. The collection consists of research materials, original uncut videotaped interviews, audiotaped interviews and complete interview transcripts from the documentary. The film was broadcast on WTTW, a Chicago PBS affiliate. Barbara Allen produced, directed and co-wrote the Emmy-winning documentary Paper Trail: 100 Years of the Chicago Defender. Harsh Research Collection of Afro-American History and Literature. Chicago Public Library, Woodson Regional Library, Vivian G. įound in African American Civil Rights Allen, Barbara E. Recent additions include a clipping file on Harold Washington, and materials on black studies and the Internet. This collection predominantly consists of conference papers, articles, speeches and unpublished manuscripts written and collected by Abdul Alkalimat while he was director of African American studies at the University of Illinois-Urbana.

įound in Literature Alkalimat, Abdul Papersĭates: 1981-2005. The NAC also includes articles and reviews of Algren’s work by other writers and critics.

The collection contains an array of newspaper articles, interviews, bookdealer catalogs, reviews and photographs. This collection includes copies, often multiple editions/printings, of Algren’s works, from his first short story entitled “So Help Me,” published in Story in 1933 to The Devil’s Stocking, published posthumously in 1983. 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. įound in African American Genealogy Albritton, Jesse Lee Papersĭates: 1938-1965. 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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