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Religious institutions -- Illinois -- Chicago

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 16 Collections and/or Records:

Austin Community Collection

 Collection
Identifier: spe-nhrc-acc
Abstract

The collection contains manuscript, print and photographic documentation on demographic, economic, cultural, social, political, and religious development of the Austin neighborhood. The collection contains biographical information on Austin residents, as well as information on businesses, religious institutions clubs and organizations, hospitals, municipal agencies, parks, residences, schools, streets, transportation, and wartime activities.

Dates: 1839 - 1981

Beverly-Morgan Park Collection

 Collection
Identifier: spe-nhrc-bmpc
Abstract

The Beverly-Morgan Park Collection contains range of manuscript, printed and photographic materials on the development of these adjacent community areas in southwestern Chicago. The documentation includes information on businesses, clubs and organizations, municipal agencies, parks, religious institutions, residences, schools, transportation, and the Village of Morgan Park from its incorporation in 1892 until its annexation to the City of Chicago in 1914.

Dates: 1874-2010, undated

Calumet Region Community Collection

 Collection
Identifier: spe-nhrc-crcc
Abstract

The Calumet Region Community Collection spans Chicago’s Roseland, Pullman, West Pullman, South Holland, Dolton, Fernwood, Gano, Kensington, Riverdale and Rosemoor neighborhoods. The collection includes biographical, business, church, community and school records in addition to photographs, scrapbooks, community histories and artifacts spanning more than one hundred years.

Dates: 1850 - 2021; Majority of material found within 1850 - 1975

Chicago City-Wide Collection

 Collection
Identifier: spe-nhrc-ccw
Abstract The Chicago City-Wide Collection consists of a wide assortment of manuscript, printed and photographic materials on multiple topics. It includes biographical, business, cultural, educational, municipal, recreation, religious, social and transportation source materials. The collection is designed to gather together materials that relate to the city as a whole and to include materials from Chicago communities that fall outside of the Library’s existing neighborhood collection strengths. In...
Dates: 1807 - 2021; Majority of material found within (Bulk dates: 1871-1970)

Chicago Collection of Kenan and Carol Heise

 Collection
Identifier: spe-c00039
Abstract The Chicago Collection of Kenan and Carol Heise includes a wide range of materials: advertisements, articles, catalogs, directories, event programs, flyers, guides, government publications, literary journals and chapbooks, maps, memorials and historical sketches, newsletters, pamphlets, photographs, reports, serials, souvenir publications and speeches. Most of these materials provide a snapshot of activities undertaken by Chicagoans or local organizations at various times and reflect Heise’s...
Dates: 1812-circa 2005; Majority of material found within 1893 - 1980

East Garfield Park Community Collection

 Collection
Identifier: spe-nhrc-egp
Abstract

The East Garfield Park Collection contains manuscripts, printed material and photographs on businesses, clubs and organizations, religious institutions, residents, schools and street scenes in the community area, as well as Garfield Park itself.

Dates: circa 1870-1964

Lake View Council on Religious Action Records

 Collection
Identifier: nnhc-lvra
Abstract

The Lake View Council on Religious Action was organized in 1940 by representatives from local churches and synagogues and members of the Kiwanis Club of Lake View. The collection contains documents and photographs from their annual award luncheon as well as a small number of general historical files.

Dates: 1966-1991, undated

Ravenswood-Lake View Community Collection

 Collection
Identifier: nnhc-rlvcc
Abstract The Ravenswood-Lake View Community Collection documents daily life on the North Side of Chicago from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day. It mostly covers the areas of Chicago that were previously part of Lake View Township, such as Lake View, North Center, Lincoln Square (Ravenswood), Uptown, and Edgewater. It also contains small amounts of material related to other Northside communities. The collection includes photographs, news clippings, programs, certificates, letters,...
Dates: 1848-circa 2022

Rogers Park/West Ridge Community Collection

 Collection
Identifier: nnhc-00002
Abstract

Rogers Park and West Ridge, two of Chicago’s seventy-seven community areas, are located nine miles north of the Loop on the city’s far North Side. This collection documents life in Rogers Park and West Ridge from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day.

Dates: 1845 - 2021

Frank W. Smith Glass Plate Slide Collection

 Collection
Identifier: spe-nhrc-gp-smith
Abstract

The glass photographic slides cover a broad spectrum of Chicago history including businesses, churches, clubs, organizations, municipal agencies, parks, residences, schools, street views and transportation, among other historical topics such as the Century of Progress and the World’s Columbian Exposition.

Dates: 1830-1933, undated

South Chicago Community Collection

 Collection
Identifier: spe-nhrc-sccc
Abstract

The South Chicago Community Collection contains a range of ephemera, pamphlets, photographs and news clippings about the neighborhood’s residents, business establishments, religious institutions, clubs and organizations, hospitals, municipal agencies, residences, schools, streets, transportation, and wartime activities.

Dates: circa 1850s-circa 2000, undated

South Shore Community Collection

 Collection
Identifier: spe-nhrc-sscc
Abstract

The South Shore Community Collection contains manuscripts, printed material and photographs on businesses, clubs and organizations, religious institutions, residents, schools and street scenes in the community area.

Dates: 1839 - 1982

Harold Washington Archives and Collections. Mayoral Records. Press Office Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: spe-h00066
Abstract Harold Washington was the first African American mayor of Chicago, elected in 1983. The Press Office was part of the Office of the Mayor, and was responsible for the mayor’s scheduling and for ensuring he was prepared for each event by producing briefing notes with detailed background information. The photographs, contact sheets and negatives in this collection were mostly taken by Press Office photographers, Michelle V. Agins, Antonio B. Dickey and Peter J. Schulz, between 1983 and 1987....
Dates: 1983 - 1987

West Garfield Park Community Collection

 Collection
Identifier: spe-nhrc-wgp
Abstract

The collection contains correspondence, directories, historical narratives, meeting minutes, news clippings, newsletters and over 300 photographs related to businesses, clubs, organizations, religious organizations, persons, residences, schools and street scenes in the West Garfield Park community area.

Dates: 1831 - 1970

West [Near West] Side Community Collection

 Collection
Identifier: spe-nhrc-ws
Abstract The West [Near West] Side Community Collection contains manuscripts, printed material and photographs that document Chicago’s Near West Side, an area bounded by 16th Street on the south, Kinzie Street on the north, the Chicago River on the east and Maplewood Avenue on the west. It was originally called the West Side Community Collection. The collection contains biographical information on residents, as well as information on businesses, religious institutions, clubs and organizations,...
Dates: 1853 - 1994

West Town Community Collection

 Collection
Identifier: spe-nhrc-wt
Abstract

The West Town Community Collection covers the history of Chicago's West Town neighborhood, its residents, and its institutions, including churches, businesses, organizations, settlement houses, schools and libraries. Of particular note are the photographs that document schools in the neighborhood.

Dates: 1860 - 2007