Back of the Yards Neighborhood Council (Chicago, Ill.)
Organization
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Back of the Yards Community Collection
Collection
Identifier: spe-nhrc-boy
Abstract
The collection contains materials relating to the Back of the Yards community, including news clippings, historical sketches and microfilm reels of the Back of the Yards Journal and the Back of the Yards Neighborhood Council (BYNC) scrapbooks.
Dates:
1921 - 1983
Back of the Yards Newspaper Collection
File
Identifier: spe-n00090
Abstract
The Back of the Yards Newspaper Collection contains issues and clippings of Back of the Yards Journal, the paper that worked closely with the Back of the Yards Neighborhood Council (BYNC), along with Journal News, City NewsHound and a selection of corresponding photographs. Collectively, these newspapers served Chicago’s New City, Brighton Park, Archer Heights, McKinley Park, Bridgeport, Gage...
Dates:
circa 1930s-2015; Majority of material found within 1969 - 2015