| Dates: | 1940-1984 |
| Size: | .5 linear foot |
| Repository: | Chicago Public Library, Woodson Regional Library, Vivian G. Harsh Research Collection of Afro-American History and Literature, 9525 S. Halsted Street, Chicago, Illinois 60628 |
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Collection Number: |
1987/02 |
| Provenance: | Donated by Lorraine Passovoy in 1987 |
| Access: | No restrictions |
| Citation: | When quoting material from this collection the preferred citation is: Lorraine Passovoy Papers, [Box #, Folder #], Chicago Public Library, Woodson Regional Library, Vivian G. Harsh Research Collection of Afro-American History and Literature |
| Processed by: | Elizabeth Loch, Archival Specialist, April 2021 |
Biographical Note
Lorraine Passovoy (born 1919) was an author and researcher whose work focused on Jean Baptiste Point DuSable, the founder of Chicago. Her published works include The Mysterious Coat Button; Point Sable and Chicago, 1778-1780; and The Black Root. She frequently collaborated with Virginia Julien, a Jean Baptiste Point DuSable scholar. Passovoy lived in the Kenwood neighborhood of Chicago and in Champaign, Illinois. She passed away in 1990.
Scope and Content
This collection includes Lorraine Passovoy’s research materials and writings on the life of Jean Baptiste Point DuSable and Black history. Also included are publications and event materials related to the Civil Rights Movement.
Arrangement
This small collection is arranged alphabetically by item title.
Related Materials
Related materials at the Chicago Public Library include:
- Annie Oliver Papers at the Harsh Research Collection
- Congress of Racial Equality Archives, Chicago Chapter
- Illinois Writers Project: “Negro in Illinois” Papers
Related materials at other institutions include:
- Lorraine Passovoy Papers at the DuSable Museum of African American History
Container List
| Box 1 | Folder 1 | “A Critical Re-interpretation of the Jean Baptiste Point du Sable Story: A Problem in Black Socio-historiography” by Virginia W. Julien, 1972 April |
| Box 1 | Folder 2 | Afrique Histoire U.S.: The Quarterly Magazine of African History, 1982, 1983 |
| Box 1 | Folder 3 | American Classics: In History and Social Science Series [book catalog], 1969 |
| Box 1 | Folder 4 | “A Revealing Story about Chicago’s Founder” by Ruthe B. Stein, Jet, 1968 June 6 |
| Box 1 | Folder 5 | Black Esthetics presents Black Voices in History program, 1975 February |
| Box 1 | Folder 6 | Black Power in Old Alabama: The Life and Times of James Rapier, Black Congressman from Alabama by Eugene Pieter Romayn Feldman [illustrations by Margaret T. Burroughs and Jennie Washington], 1968 |
| Box 1 | Folder 7 | Cavalcade of the American Negro compiled by the Workers of the Writers’ Program of the Works Projects Administration [WPA] in the State of Illinois, 1940 |
| Box 1 | Folder 8 | Chicago CORE [Congress of Racial Equality] Information Service newsletter, 1965 |
| Box 1 | Folder 9 | Chicago School Integration News, 1964 May |
| Box 1 | Folder 10 | “Domestic Arts and Crafts in Illinois (1800-1860)” by Marjorie Caroline Taylor [Chicago Historical Society], undated |
| Box 1 | Folder 11 | Episcopal Society for Cultural and Racial Unity newsletter, 1965 October 28 |
| Box 1 | Folder 12 | Freedom Workshop News and Highlander Reports, 1964-1965 |
| Box 1 | Folder 13 | Herman Dunlap Smith Center for the History of Cartography at The Newberry Library pamphlet, circa 1975 |
| Box 1 | Folder 14 | History of Black Americans [book catalog], circa 1977 |
| Box 1 | Folder 15 | Masses and Mainstream [volume 4, number 8], 1951 August |
| Box 1 | Folder 16 | Newspaper articles on protests and the civil rights movement, 1965, undated |
| Box 1 | Folder 17 | “1969 Bibliography,” circa 1969 |
| Box 1 | Folder 18 | Notes on the Errors of Lawrence Cortesi [in telling Chicago’s early history] by Lorraine Passovoy, 1984 December 1 |
| Box 1 | Folder 19 | Point Sable and Chicago, 1778-80 by Lorraine Passovoy, 1982 |
| Box 1 | Folder 20 | The Association for the Study of Negro Life and History’s 54th Annual Meeting program, 1969 October |
| Box 1 | Folder 21 | The Black Root: Documents of Point Sable and Chicago by Virginia Julien and Lorraine Passovoy, 1983 |
| Box 1 | Folder 22 | The Hampton Album by the Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1966 |
| Box 1 | Folder 23 | The Mysterious Coat Button [Jean Baptiste Point du Sable’s coat button story] by Lorraine Passovoy, 1979 |
| Box 1 | Folder 24 | The New Hampshire Churchman, 1965 June |
| Box 1 | Folder 25 | The Pioneer Barn and Barnyard exhibit study sheets for Chicago Historical Society docents and craft demonstrators, 1973, undated |
| Box 1 | Folder 26 | The Southern Patriot [published by the Southern Conference Educational Fund, Inc.], 1964-1966 |
| Box 1 | Folder 27 | The Student Voice, 1964 |
| Box 1 | Folder 28 | When One of Us Falls program for an Artists United event at the South Side Community Arts Center [to honor Fred Hampton and Mark Clark], 1969 December 28 |
