Dates: 1971-2004, Bulk dates: 1980-1995. Size: 25 linear feet in 45 boxes. Chicago Public Library, Harold Washington Library Center, Special Collections. Patrick T. Reardon is a poet, author and journalist living and working in Chicago. He worked at the Chicago Tribune newspaper for 32 years, spending most of that time covering urban affairs, such as housing, demographics, race relations and development. He wrote and directed teams of reporters in developing award-winning, in-depth, multi-part articles on a wide range of social and policy issues centered on Chicago and Illinois. Over his career, he collected the publications found here as reference and research for his various writings. Represented are reports, papers, directories, analyses, data books, surveys and more produced by local, state and federal governments, as well as by nonprofit organizations, corporations and educational institutions. The publications cover a wide range of topics including education, housing, poverty, city planning and employment. [Finding aid]