Dates: 1960-1993. Size: 50 linear feet, includes 1,970 photographs, 1,808 negatives, 2,693 slides. Chicago Public Library, Harold Washington Library Center, Special Collections, Chicago Theater Collection. The Body Politic Theatre began in 1969 as a division of the Community Arts Foundation (CAF) of Chicago, a grassroots community renewal organization that combined creative outreach programs with social action. The organization was also a pioneer of Northside off-Loop theater with the Chicago City Players, the Paul Sills group The Theatre, Body Politics’ own company and numerous resident and visiting groups. [Finding Aid]