| Dates: | 1971-2004, Bulk: 1980-1995 |
| Size: | 25 linear feet in 45 boxes |
| Repository: | Chicago Public Library, Harold Washington Library Center, Special Collections, 400 S. State Street, Chicago, IL 60605 |
| Collection Number: | spe-c00114 |
| Immediate Source of Acquisition: | Donated by Patrick T. Reardon in 2019 |
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| Preferred Citation: | When quoting material from this collection the preferred citation is, Patrick T. Reardon Chicago Urban Affairs Research Files, [Box #, Folder #], Special Collections, Chicago Public Library. |
| Finding Aid Author: | Finding aid written by Beth Bruins and Johanna Russ, 2024-2025. Ingested into ArchivesSpace by Beth Bruins and Johanna Russ, 2025. |
Abstract
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.
Biographical/Historical
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. He also wrote hundreds of feature stories as well as book reviews. Throughout his career, Reardon has developed an expertise in the history, geography, politics and policy of the Chicagoland region.
Beyond the Tribune, Reardon has published articles in the Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society, National Catholic Reporter, U.S. Catholic, Chicago Sun-Times, Crain’s Chicago Business, Chicago Reader, Health Progress, Reality, Streetwise and Illinois Heritage. He has written 15 books and contributed chapters to several more. His poetry has been published in many journals. He left the Tribune in 2009 and continues to research and write.
Scope and Contents
The Patrick Reardon Research Files contain analyses, budgets, correspondence, directories, data books, handbooks, maps, news clippings, newsletters, newspapers, pamphlets, policies, position papers, proposals, reports, statistics, surveys and transcripts. These range in publication from 1971 to 2004, with the bulk from 1980 to 1995. These publications center on Illinois and Chicago and are produced by federal, state and municipal governments, as well as by nonprofit organizations, corporations and educational institutions on the national, state and community level. These publications cover numerous social issues, including childcare, civic projects, crime, demographic change, employment, gambling, gentrification, housing, incarceration and recidivism, open space, public education, poverty, race, teenage pregnancy and parenthood and welfare reform. Of note is the documentation of the long running-debate about gambling in Chicago and the decades of attempts to reform both education and welfare in Illinois. Also of note are the presentations for and against various civic projects, including the Calumet airport, an entertainment center in Chicago’s West Loop and a stadium on Chicago’s West Side.
Arrangement
The collection is divided into 13 topical series arranged alphabetically by series title:
- Series 1: Budget, spending, economics, finances and taxes, 1985-1992
- Series 2: Census and population, 1981-1998
- Series 3: Children, families, childcare, 1984-1996
- Series 4: Crime, 1971-1993
- Series 5: Directories and guides, 1979-1998
- Series 6: Education, 1974-1993
- Series 7: Employment, 1983-1991
- Series 8: Gambling, 1992-1994
- Series 9: Health and environment, 1981-1995
- Series 10: Housing, 1977-2004
- Series 11: Planning, parks, neighborhoods, land use, transportation, 1978-1998
- Series 12: Poverty policy and public aid, 1981-1997
- Series 13: Race, 1984-1997
Please note that some publications cover multiple topics. Researchers are encouraged to search the collection broadly.
Related Materials
- Chicago Department of Urban Renewal Records
- City of Chicago Graphics and Reproduction Center Photographs
- Eugene Sawyer Mayoral Records
- Faith Rich Papers
- Harold Washington Archives and Collections
Subject Terms
- Chicago (Ill.)
- Chicago (Ill.). Department of Development and Planning
- Chicago Housing Authority
- Chicago Public Schools
- Child care -- Illinois
- Crime -- Illinois--Chicago
- Criminal justice, Administration of--Illinois--Chicago
- Education -- Illinois -- Chicago
- Housing -- Illinois -- Chicago
- Local budgets -- Illinois
- Population
- Poverty -- Illinois -- Chicago Metropolitan Area
- Chicago (Ill.) -- Race relations
- United States. Bureau of the Census
Container Inventory
Series 1: Budget, spending, economics, finances and taxes, 1985-1992
Scope and Contents
Found here are reports and documents on Chicagoland capital projects, tax and revenue systems and other fiscal and financial information.
Arrangement
Publications are arranged alphabetically by the publishing entity or author and chronologically within publishing entity.
| Box 1 | Folder 1 | Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, Significant Features of Fiscal Federalism, 1988 Edition, Volume 1, 1987 December |
| Box 1 | Folder 2 | Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, Significant Features of Fiscal Federalism, 1988 Edition, Volume 1I, 1988 July |
| Box 1 | Folder 3 | Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, Significant Features of Fiscal Federalism, 1989 Edition, Volume 1, 1989 January |
| Box 1 | Folder 4 | Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, Significant Features of Fiscal Federalism, Volume 2, 1990 August |
| Box 1 | Folder 5 | Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, Significant Features of Fiscal Federalism, Volume 1, 1991 February |
| Box 1 | Folder 6 | Bureau of the Census, Federal Expenditures by State for Fiscal Year 1990, 1991 March |
| Box 1 | Folder 7 | Citizens for Tax Justice, The Sorry State of State Taxes, 1987 January |
| Box 1 | Folder 8 | Citizens for Tax Justice, Nickels and Dimes: How Sales and Excise Taxes Add Up in the 50 States, 1988 March |
| Box 1 | Folder 9 | City of Chicago, 1988-1992 Capital Improvement Program, 1988 June |
| Box 2 | Folder 1 | City of Chicago, 1990-1994 Capital Improvement Program, [1989] |
| Box 2 | Folder 2 | City of Chicago, Revenue Estimates, 1991 October 15 |
| Box 2 | Folder 3 | City of Chicago, 1992-1996 Capital Improvement Program, 1991 October 16 |
| Box 2 | Folder 4 | City of Chicago, Program & Budget Summary, 1992 |
| Box 2 | Folder 5 | City of Chicago, Budget Recommendations, 1992 |
| Box 2 | Folder 6 | City of Chicago, Community Development Block Grant Year XVIII Proposed Statement, 1992 |
| Box 3 | Folder 1 | City of Chicago Financial Planning Committee, Chicago: A City at a Financial Crossroads, 1986 November 19 |
| Box 3 | Folder 2 | Civic Federation, Chicagoland-A Fiscal Perspective: 1977-1986, 1988 May |
| Box 3 | Folder 3 | Civic Federation, Chicagoland-A Fiscal Perspective: 1978-1987, 1989 June |
| Box 3 | Folder 4 | Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Economic Perspectives, 1991 September |
| Box 3 | Folder 5 | Illinois Department of Revenue, The Illinois Property Tax System, 1980 January |
| Box 3 | Folder 6 | Regional Revenue and Spending Project, Regional Issues in the Chicago Metropolitan Area, 1991 January |
| Box 3 | Folder 7 | Regional Revenue and Spending Project, Fiscal Federalism in Metropolitan Chicago: Federal and State Aid to Local Governments in the 1980s, 1991 March |
| Box 3 | Folder 8 | Regional Revenue and Spending Project, A Comparison of Fiscal Trends in Chicago Area Local Government 1984-1988, 1991 March |
| Box 3 | Folder 9 | Regional Revenue and Spending Project, A Comparative Analysis of Fiscal Capacity, Tax Effort & Public Spending Among Localities in the Chicago Metropolitan Region, 1991 March |
| Box 3 | Folder 10 | Regional Revenue and Spending Project, The Changing Relationships among the Levels of Government in the Provision of Services, 1991 March |
| Box 3 | Folder 11 | Township Officials of Cook County, General Revenue Sharing Survey, 1986 April |
| Box 3 | Folder 12 | University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Economic Outlook, 1988 |
| Box 3 | Folder 13 | U.S. Small Business Administration, Region V 8(a) Contractor Profiles, 1985 |
Series 2: Census and Population, 1981-1998
Scope and Contents
This series contains reports on population and demographics in Chicago, the Northeastern Illinois region, Illinois and the United States.
Arrangement
Publications are arranged alphabetically by the publishing entity or author and chronologically within publishing entity.
| Box 4 | Folder 1 | Unknown authors, racial demographics in northeastern Illinois by census, undated |
| Box 4 | Folder 2 | Asian Week, Asians in America, 1991 August |
| Box 4 | Folder 3 | Bureau of the Census, Population Profile of the United States: 1981, 1982 September |
| Box 4 | Folder 4 | Bureau of the Census, Population Profile of the United States: 1982, 1983 December |
| Box 4 | Folder 5 | Bureau of the Census, County and City Data Book, 1983 |
| Box 4 | Folder 6 | Bureau of the Census, 1980 Census of the Population, General Social and Economic Characteristics, Illinois, 1983 |
| Box 5 | Folder 1 | Bureau of the Census, Programs to Improve Coverage in the 1980 Census, 1987 January |
| Box 5 | Folder 2 | Bureau of the Census, The Coverage of Population in the 1980 Census, 1988 February |
| Box 5 | Folder 3 | Bureau of the Census, 1990 Census of Population andHousing Tabulation and Publication Program, 1989 July |
| Box 5 | Folder 4 | Bureau of the Census, The Black Population in the United States: March 1988, 1989 November |
| Box 5 | Folder 5 | Bureau of the Census, Household and Family Characteristics: March 1991, 1992 |
| Box 5 | Folder 6 | Bureau of the Census, Studies in Household and Family Formation, 1992 September |
| Box 5 | Folder 7 | Bureau of the Census, State and Metropolitan Area Data Book, 1997-98, 1998 April |
| Box 5 | Folder 8 | City of Chicago Department of Planning, Major Population Groups in Chicago by Census Tracts 1980, circa 1983-1987 |
| Box 5 | Folder 9 | City of Chicago Department of Planning, Forecast of Population for Chicago, 1984 January |
| Box 5 | Folder 10 | City of Chicago Department of Planning, Projections of Households for Chicago: 1990-2010, 1984 December |
| Box 5 | Folder 11 | City of Chicago Department of Planning, Population Estimates of Chicago’s Community Areas by Race: 1985, [1985] |
| Box 5 | Folder 12 | City of Chicago Department of Planning, Population Report: Population by Race, Chicago Region, 1980-85, 1987 May |
| Box 5 | Folder 13 | City of Chicago Department of Planning, Population Report: Population by Race and Age, Chicago’s Community Areas, 1980-85, 1987 June |
| Box 5 | Folder 14 | City of Chicago Department of Planning, Population Report: Population Forecast for the City of Chicago, 1980-2010, 1988 March |
| Box 5 | Folder 15 | City of Chicago Department of Planning, Areas at Risk: Chicago’s Potential Undercount in the 1990 Census, 1990 March |
| Box 5 | Folder 16 | Hartman, David J., Summary of Population Trends (draft), 1986 August 27 |
| Box 5 | Folder 17 | National Center for Health Statistics, Monthly Vital Statistics Report, 1985 October 21 |
| Box 5 | Folder 18 | Northeastern Illinois Planning Commission, 1980 Census Population by Race and Spanish Origin, with Comparison to 1970 for Counties, Townships, Incorporated Places and Chicago Community Areas, prepared by the Chicago Area Geographic Area Study, 1981 June |
| Box 5 | Folder 19 | Northeastern Illinois Planning Commission, The Components of Population Change in Northeastern Illinois 1980 to 1986, 1988 May |
| Box 5 | Folder 20 | Northeastern Illinois Planning Commission, Population and Employment in Northeastern Illinois 1989, 1990 September |
| Box 6 | Folder 1 | State of Illinois Bureau of the Budget, Illinois Population Projections Revised, 1981 |
| Box 6 | Folder 2 | State of Illinois Bureau of the Budget, Illinois Population Trends 1980 to 2025, 1987 June |
| Box 6 | Folder 3 | United States Department of Commerce, Census Needs to Improve Procedures for Designing Security into Sensitive Computer Applications, 1989 March |
| Box 6 | Folder 4 | United States Department of Commerce, Decennial Operations and GSS Testing, 1989 March |
| Box 6 | Folder 5 | United States Department of Commerce, 1990 Decennial Census Data Capture Contract, 1984 August 8 |
| Box 6 | Folder 6 | United States Department of Commerce, Management Plan for the 21st Decennial Census, 1985 March 4 |
| Box 6 | Folder 7 | United States Department of Commerce, Follow-Up on Life Cycle Management Recommendations, 1987 March 31 |
Series 3: Children, families, childcare, 1984-1996
Scope and Contents
Included here are reports about children and families in Chicago, Illinois and the United States. Also included are studies on childcare provision and childcare workers.
Arrangement
Publications are arranged alphabetically by the publishing entity or author and chronologically within publishing entity.
| Box 6 | Folder 8 | Annie E. Casey Foundation, Kids Count Data Book, 1991 |
| Box 6 | Folder 9 | Annie E. Casey Foundation, Kids Count Data Book, 1992 |
| Box 6 | Folder 10 | Annie E. Casey Foundation, Kids Count Data Book, 1993 |
| Box 6 | Folder 11 | Annie E. Casey Foundation, Kids Count Data Book, 1994 |
| Box 6 | Folder 12 | Annie E. Casey Foundation, Kids’ Voices Count, 1994 |
| Box 6 | Folder 13 | Bureau of the Census, Family Disruption and Economic Hardship: The Short-Run Picture for Children, 1991 January |
| Box 6 | Folder 14 | Center for the Study of Social Policy, The Challenge of Change: What the 1990 Census Tells Us About Children, 1992 September |
| Box 7 | Folder 1 | Child Care Employee Project, Final Report: The National Child Care Staffing Study, 1989 |
| Box 7 | Folder 2 | Child Care Employee Project, From the Floor: Raising Child Care Salaries, 1990 |
| Box 7 | Folder 3 | Child Care Employee Project, What States Can Do to Secure a Skilled and Stable Child Care Work Force, 1991 |
| Box 7 | Folder 4 | Children’s Defense Fund, State Child Care Fact Book, 1988 |
| Box 7 | Folder 5 | City of Chicago Department of Human Services, 1988 Community Needs Assessment: Head Start, 1988 August 17 |
| Box 7 | Folder 6 | Colman Fund for the Well-Being of Children and Youth, Plan of Action for Children, 1987 |
| Box 7 | Folder 7 | Day Care Action Council of Illinois, Exploring the labyrinth: A Guide to Child Care and the Department of Public Aid for Advocates, Providers, and Recipients, 1990 July |
| Box 7 | Folder 8 | Ford Foundation, Quality Preschool Programs: A Long-Term Social Investment, 1989 June |
| Box 7 | Folder 9 | Harvard University, Making the System Work for Poor Children, 1991 November |
| Box 7 | Folder 10 | High/Scope Educational Research Foundation, Changed Lives: The Effects of the Perry Preschool Program on Youths Through Age 19, 1984 |
| Box 7 | Folder 11 | Illinois Department of Children and Family Services, Illinois Director’s Study, 1989 |
| Box 7 | Folder 12 | Illinois Department of Children and Family Services, Report on Child Day Care, 1990 February 15 |
| Box 7 | Folder 13 | Illinois Public/Private Child Care Council, Child Care Options Kit for Illinois Employers, 1990 |
| Box 7 | Folder 14 | Illinois Task Force on Child Support, Child Support in Illinois: How it Works and What to Do When it Doesn’t, 1989 April 17 |
| Box 7 | Folder 15 | Social Services Advisory Council, FinalRecommendations on the Family Support Act of 1988, 1989 December |
| Box 7 | Folder 16 | Urban Institute, Policy and Research Report, 1988 Winter |
| Box 7 | Folder 17 | Voices for Illinois Children, A Children’s Agenda: Into the ‘90s circa 1988 |
| Box 8 | Folder 1 | Voices for Illinois Children, Illinois Kids Count, 1992 |
| Box 8 | Folder 2 | Voices for Illinois Children, Illinois Kids Count, 1993 |
| Box 8 | Folder 3 | Voices for Illinois Children, Illinois Kids Count, 1994 |
| Box 8 | Folder 4 | Voices for Illinois Children, Illinois Kids Count, 1995 |
| Box 8 | Folder 5 | Voices for Illinois Children, Illinois Kids Count, 1996 |
Series 4: Crime, 1971-1993
Scope and Contents
This series contains reports and statistics on crime and criminal justice at the local, state and national levels. Topics include anti-crime initiatives, community policing, juvenile crimes, recidivism and drugs.
Arrangement
Publications are arranged alphabetically by the publishing entity or author and chronologically within publishing entity.
| Box 8 | Folder 6 | Boston Globe, Police Education: The Unkept Promise, 1985 March |
| Box 8 | Folder 7 | California Highway Patrol, police chases study, 1983 |
| Box 8 | Folder 8 | Chicago Law Enforcement Study Group, Needed: Serious Solutions for Serious Juvenile Crime, 1983 |
| Box 8 | Folder 9 | Chicago Police Department, Murder Analysis, 1983 |
| Box 8 | Folder 10 | Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority, Patterns of Change in Chicago Homicide: The Twenties, the Sixties, and the Seventies, 1980 July |
| Box 8 | Folder 11 | Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority, Murder in Illinois: 1973 to 1982, 1983 December |
| Box 8 | Folder 12 | Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority, Illinois Law Enforcement Officers Assaulted or Killed: 1972-1982, 1984 February |
| Box 8 | Folder 13 | Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority, Lethal Violence in Chicago Over Seventeen Years: Homicides Known to the Police, 1965-1981, 1985 July |
| Box 8 | Folder 14 | Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority, The Impact of Prior Criminal History on Recidivism in Illinois, 1986 July |
| Box 8 | Folder 15 | Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority, Repeat Offenders in Illinois: Recidivism Among Different Types of Prison Releases, 1987 June |
| Box 8 | Folder 16 | Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority, Is Crime Predictable? A Test of Methodology for Forecasting Criminal Offenses, 1987 July |
| Box 8 | Folder 17 | Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority, The Pretrial Process in Cook County: An Analysis of Bond Decisions Made in Felony Cases During 1982-83, 1987 August |
| Box 8 | Folder 18 | Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority, Trends and Issues 90: Criminal and Juvenile Justice in Illinois, 1990 May |
| Box 9 | Folder 1 | Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority, Community Policing in Chicago, Year Two: An Interim Report, 1995 June |
| Box 9 | Folder 2 | Illinois Department of Law Enforcement, Crime in Illinois, 1978 |
| Box 9 | Folder 3 | Illinois Department of Law Enforcement, Crime in Illinois, 1979 |
| Box 9 | Folder 4 | Illinois Department of Law Enforcement, Crime in Illinois, 1980 |
| Box 9 | Folder 5 | Illinois Department of Law Enforcement, Crime in Illinois, 1981 |
| Box 9 | Folder 6 | Illinois Department of Law Enforcement, Crime in Illinois, 1982 |
| Box 9 | Folder 7 | Illinois Department of Law Enforcement, Crime in Illinois, 1983 |
| Box 9 | Folder 8 | Illinois Department of Law Enforcement, Crime in Illinois, 1984 |
| Box 10 | Folder 1 | Illinois State Police, Crime in Illinois, 1986 |
| Box 10 | Folder 2 | Illinois State Police, Crime in Illinois, 1987 |
| Box 10 | Folder 3 | Illinois State Police, Crime in Illinois, 1988 |
| Box 10 | Folder 4 | Illinois State Police, Crime in Illinois, 1989 |
| Box 10 | Folder 5 | Illinois State Police, Crime in Illinois, 1990 |
| Box 10 | Folder 6 | Illinois State Police, Crime in Illinois, 1991 |
| Box 10 | Folder 7 | Illinois State Police, Crime in Illinois, 1992 |
| Box 11 | Folder 1 | Illinois State Police, Crime in Illinois, 1993 |
| Box 11 | Folder 2 | Illinois Legislative Investigating Commission, The Drug Crisis: Report on Drug Abuse in Illinois, 1971 October |
| Box 11 | Folder 3 | Northwestern University, Citizen Self-Help and Neighborhood Crime Prevention, 1982 December |
| Box 11 | Folder 4 | Northwestern University, Fear of Crime in the Chicago Metropolitan Area:1979 vs. 1984, 1984 June |
| Box 11 | Folder 5 | University of Chicago and The Metropolitan Planning Council, Crime and Community Safety Part 1, 1992 |
| Box 11 | Folder 6 | University of Chicago and The Metropolitan Planning Council, Crime and Community Safety Part 2, 1992 |
| Box 11 | Folder 7 | University of Chicago and The Metropolitan Planning Council, Crime and Community Safety Part 3, Commentaries (Revised), 1992 |
| Box 11 | Folder 8 | U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Final Report of the Evaluation of the Urban Initiatives Anti-Crime Demonstration, circa 1982 |
| Box 11 | Folder 9 | U.S. Department of Justice, Report to the Nation on Crime and Justice: The Data, 1983 October |
| Box 11 | Folder 10 | U.S. Department of Justice, Crime in the United States 1984, 1985 July 28 |
| Box 12 | Folder 1 | U.S. Department of Justice, Historical Statistics of Prisoners in State and Federal Institutions, Yearend 1925-86, 1988 May |
| Box 12 | Folder 2 | U.S. Department of Justice, Crime in the United States 1992, 1993 October 3 |
Series 5: Directories and guides, 1979-1998
Scope and Contents
This series holds directories and general guides from various Chicago-based organizations, governmental entities and institutes of higher education. The directories include rosters of government officials, subject experts at universities and community and ethnic organizations in Chicago. Census data and fact books also appear.
Arrangement
Publications are arranged alphabetically by the publishing entity or author and chronologically within publishing entity.
| Box 12 | Folder 3 | Bureau of the Census, State and Metropolitan Area Data Book, 1982 |
| Box 12 | Folder 4 | Bureau of the Census, State and Metropolitan Area Data Book, 1986 |
| Box 12 | Folder 5 | Chicago Association of Commerce and Industry, Chicagoland’s Community Guide, 1982 |
| Box 12 | Folder 6 | Chicago Association of Neighborhood Development Organizations, Member Directory, 1993 March |
| Box 12 | Folder 7 | Chicago Council on Urban Affairs, Directory of Community Leaders and Urban Experts, 1994 June |
| Box 13 | Folder 1 | Chicago Lawyer, Freedom of Information Guide, 1984 June |
| Box 13 | Folder 2 | Chicago Police Department, Telephone Directory, circa 1979-1983 |
| Box 13 | Folder 3 | Chicago Police Department, Telephone Directory, 1984-1985 |
| Box 13 | Folder 4 | City of Chicago, Telephone Directory, Municipal Government Offices, 1975 |
| Box 13 | Folder 5 | City of Chicago, Telephone Directory, 1988-1989 |
| Box 13 | Folder 6 | Civic Federation, List of Local and State Government Officials, 1989 June |
| Box 13 | Folder 7 | Cook County, Township Officials of Cook County, 1980 |
| Box 13 | Folder 8 | Cook County Clerk, Directory of Public Officials, 1980 May |
| Box 13 | Folder 9 | DePaul University, A Media Guide to DePaul Experts, 1994 September |
| Box 13 | Folder 10 | R.H. Donnelly Corporation, Zip Codes and Street Guide for Areas Served by the Chicago Post Office, 1985 |
| Box 13 | Folder 11 | Electric Cooperatives of Illinois, Illinois Roster: 84th General Assembly and the 99th Congress, 1985 |
| Box 13 | Folder 12 | Illinois Association of Museums, Directory of Illinois Museums, 2004 |
| Box 13 | Folder 13 | Illinois Department of Central Management Services, State of Illinois Telephone Directory, 1988 |
| Box 13 | Folder 14 | Illinois Ethnic Coalition, Directory of Chicago Ethnic Organizations, 1996 |
| Box 13 | Folder 15 | Illinois Libraries, Public Library Statistics 1986-1987, 1988 May |
| Box 13 | Folder 16 | Illinois State Chamber of Commerce, Legislative Directory: 82nd General Assembly, 97th Congress Illinois Delegation, 1981 |
| Box 14 | Folder 1 | Institute of Urban Life, Directory of Community Organizations in Chicago, 1987 |
| Box 14 | Folder 2 | Institute of Urban Life, Directory of Community Organizations in Chicago, 1998 |
| Box 14 | Folder 3 | Joint Center for Political Studies, The Metropolitan Area Fact Book, 1988 |
| Box 14 | Folder 4 | Lakeview Chamber of Commerce, Lake View Guide and Membership Directory, 1994-1995 |
| Box 14 | Folder 5 | Loyola University, Yardsticks for Illinois, 1988 |
| Box 14 | Folder 6 | Neighborhood Institutional Advisory Council, Near North Directory, 1984 |
| Box 14 | Folder 7 | Northeastern Illinois University, News Media Guide, 1981 |
| Box 14 | Folder 8 | Northwestern University, “Experts List,” 1981 |
| Box 14 | Folder 9 | Roosevelt University, Directory of Experts, 1994 November |
| Box 14 | Folder 10 | Sangamon State University, Roster of State Government Officials, 1994 |
| Box 14 | Folder 11 | Sangamon State University, Roster of State Government Officials, 1995 |
| Box 14 | Folder 12 | University of Illinois at Chicago, Faculty Resource Guide, undated |
| Box 14 | Folder 13 | University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Student-Staff Directory, 1979-1980 |
| Box 14 | Folder 14 | University of Illinois, Guide to Consumer Agencies and Organizations in Illinois, 1979 |
Series 6: Education, 1974-1993
Scope and Contents
This series includes reports and documents on a variety of education and school topics including drop out and retention rates; budgeting, funding and financing; Chicago Public Schools and the Chicago Board of Education; post-secondary education; segregation; school reform; and opinion surveys.
Arrangement
Publications are arranged alphabetically by the publishing entity or author and chronologically within publishing entity.
| Box 14 | Folder 15 | Alternative Schools Network, Adult Education and Training in Chicago: A Scenario, 1986 January |
| Box 14 | Folder 16 | Editors of American School Board Journal and The Executive Educator, 100 Winning Curriculum Ideas, 1987 December |
| Box 14 | Folder 17 | Business Advisory Commission, Education Commission of the States, Reconnecting Youth: The Next Stage of Reform (Draft), 1985 July |
| Box 14 | Folder 18 | Board of Education of the City of Chicago, 1986 Annual Financial Report, 1986 August 31 |
| Box 14 | Folder 19 | Board of Education of the City of Chicago, 1988 Annual Financial Report, 1988 August 31 |
| Box 14 | Folder 20 | Board of Education of the City of Chicago, FY 86-87 Payment History of Object 5560 Within Vendor Name, 1988 June 24 |
| Box 15 | Folder 1 | Center for Neighborhood Technology, School Reform Chicago Style: How Citizens Organized to Change Public Policy, 1991 Spring |
| Box 15 | Folder 2 | Center for the Study of Educational Finance, Illinois State University, Guilty Governments: The Problem of Inadequate Educational Funding in Illinois and Other States, undated |
| Box 15 | Folder 3 | Center for the Study of Educational Finance, Illinois State University, Two Essays on the Political and Normative Aspects of American School Finance: A Historical Perspective, 1987 March |
| Box 15 | Folder 4 | Center for the Study of Educational Finance, Illinois State University, A Brief History of K-12 Finance in Illinois, or, 162 Years in Search of the Perfect Formula, 1987 April |
| Box 15 | Folder 5 | Center for the Study of Educational Finance, Illinois State University, The Constitutionality of the K-12 Funding System in Illinois, Volume I: Legal Issues, 1987 May |
| Box 15 | Folder 6 | Center for the Study of Educational Finance, Illinois State University, The Concept of Adequacy in Illinois School Finance, 1987 October |
| Box 15 | Folder 7 | Center for the Study of Educational Finance, Illinois State University, Documenting a Disaster: Equity and Adequacy in Illinois School Finance, 1973 Through 1988, 1987 December |
| Box 15 | Folder 8 | Center for the Study of Educational Finance, Illinois State University, City Schools, Rural Schools, 1988 March |
| Box 15 | Folder 9 | Center for the Study of Educational Finance, Illinois State University, Geographical Cost of Living Differences: An Update, 1988 August |
| Box 15 | Folder 10 | Center for the Study of Educational Finance, Illinois State University, State Support of Higher Education: From Growth to Steady State to Decline, 1969-1989, Including an Illinois Case Study, 1989 March |
| Box 15 | Folder 11 | Center for the Study of Educational Finance, Illinois State University, Special Education Costs and the Impact on Illinois School District Financial Operations, 1989 April |
| Box 15 | Folder 12 | Center for the Study of Educational Finance, Illinois State University, The Biggest Bang for the Buck: An Initial Report on Technical Economic Efficiency in Illinois K-12 Schools with a Comment on Rose v. The Council, 1989 July |
| Box 15 | Folder 13 | Center for the Study of Educational Finance, Illinois State University, Cutting the Gordian Knot: A Proposal for Full State Funding of Elementary Education in Illinois, 1989 December |
| Box 15 | Folder 14 | Center for the Study of Educational Finance, Illinois State University, Witnesses for the Prosecution: Policy Papers on Educational Finance, Governance, and Constitutionality in Illinois (Including the Declaration of Galesburg), 1989 December |
| Box 15 | Folder 15 | Center for the Study of Educational Finance, Illinois State University, Payment by Educational Results: An Idea Whose Time Has Gone? 1990 February |
| Box 15 | Folder 16 | Center for the Study of Educational Finance, Illinois State University, The Constitutionality of the K-12 Funding System in Illinois, Volume II: 1990 Supplement with a Note on Abbott v. Burke, 1990 July |
| Box 15 | Folder 17 | Center for the Study of Educational Finance, Illinois State University, The Biggest Bang for the Buck: A Further Investigation of Economic Efficiency in the Public Schools in Illinois, 1990 September |
| Box 15 | Folder 18 | Center for the Study of Educational Finance, Illinois State University, School Finance Reform: Equity or Adequacy, 1991 January |
| Box 15 | Folder 19 | Center for the Study of Educational Finance, Illinois State University, Public Educational Expenditures in Industrialized Countries: An Analytical Comparison, 1991 March |
| Box 15 | Folder 20 | Center for the Study of Educational Finance, Illinois State University, The Long March to Educational Inequality in Illinois: Financial Facts for the Committee versus Edgar, 1991 March |
| Box 15 | Folder 21 | Center for the Study of Educational Finance, Illinois State University, Geographical Cost of Living Differences: Interstate and Intrastate, Update 1991, 1991 April |
| Box 15 | Folder 22 | Center for the Study of Educational Finance, Illinois State University, Invictus: Five Advocacy Presentations on Educational Fiscal Policy in Illinois Including Material Relating to the Attempt to Establish Education as a Constitutional Right in 1992, 1993 March |
| Box 15 | Folder 23 | Center for the Study of Educational Finance, Illinois State University, Common Sense: Plain Talk to Legislators About School Finance, 1993 November |
| Box 15 | Folder 24 | Chicago Council on Urban Affairs, Maximizing Performance Within the City Colleges of Chicago, 1992 May |
| Box 15 | Folder 25 | Chicago Panel on Public School Finances, Revenue Shortfalls at the Chicago Board of Education: 1970-1984, [1984] |
| Box 15 | Folder 26 | Chicago Panel on Public School Finances, Dropouts from the Chicago Public Schools: An Analysis of the Classes of: 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985 April 24 |
| Box 15 | Folder 27 | Chicago Panel on Public School Finances, Chicagoans View Their Public Schools: A Public Opinion Survey, 1985 June |
| Box 16 | Folder 1 | Chicago Panel on Public School Finances, Who Gets Extra Staff? A Review of Government Funded Programs, 1986 May |
| Box 16 | Folder 2 | Chicago Panel on Public School Policy and Finance, “Where’s Room 185?” How Schools Can Reduce Their Dropout Problem, Part I, 1986 December |
| Box 16 | Folder 3 | Chicago Panel on Public School Policy and Finance, “Where’s Room 185?” How Schools Can Reduce Their Dropout Problem, Part II, 1986 December |
| Box 16 | Folder 4 | Chicago Panel on Public School Policy and Finance, Bending the Twig: The Elementary Years and Dropout Rates in the Chicago Public Schools, 1987 July 30 |
| Box 16 | Folder 5 | Chicago Panel on Public School Policy and Finance, Who Benefits from Desegregation? A Review of the Chicago Desegregation Program 1980-1986, 1987 December |
| Box 16 | Folder 6 | Chicago Panel on Public School Policy and Finance, Against the Odds: The Early Identification of Dropouts, 1989 June |
| Box 16 | Folder 7 | Chicago Public Schools, Promotion Policy Elementary School K-8, 1985 |
| Box 16 | Folder 8 | Chicago Public Schools, 1985-86 Annual Report, 1986 |
| Box 16 | Folder 9 | Chicago Public Schools, Parents as Partners in the Comprehensive Reading Program, 1986 |
| Box 16 | Folder 10 | Chicago Public Schools, Administrative Directory: 1986-87, 1986 |
| Box 16 | Folder 11 | Chicago Public Schools, Fall 1986 Test Scores and Selected School Characteristics: High Schools, [1987] |
| Box 16 | Folder 12 | Chicago Public Schools, Final 1987-88 School Budget, [1987] |
| Box 17 | Folder 1 | Chicago Public Schools, Facts of the Chicago Public Schools: School Year 1987, [1987] |
| Box 17 | Folder 2 | Chicago Public Schools, Summer School Programs 1987, [1987] |
| Box 44 | Folder 1 | Chicago Public Schools, Summer School Programs (map), 1987 |
| Box 17 | Folder 3 | Chicago Public Schools, Handbook for Written Composition: Kindergarten-Grade 8, 1987 |
| Box 17 | Folder 4 | Chicago Public Schools, Updated School Finance Authority Construction and Rehabilitation Program, 1987 March |
| Box 17 | Folder 5 | Chicago Public Schools, 1986-87 Annual Desegregation Review: Part I: Student Assignment: Executive Summary, 1987 Spring |
| Box 17 | Folder 6 | Chicago Public Schools, 1985-86 Annual Desegregation Review: Part II: Recommendations on Educational Components: Executive Summary, 1986 September |
| Box 17 | Folder 7 | Chicago Public Schools, School Site Budget Hearings Report, 1987 June |
| Box 17 | Folder 8 | Chicago Public Schools, Three Year Financial Plan: 1988-1990, 1987 July |
| Box 17 | Folder 9 | Chicago Public Schools, Education Consolidation and Improvement Act Chapter 1 Application: Fiscal 1988, 1987 August |
| Box 17 | Folder 10 | Chicago Public Schools, Program Budget: Fiscal Year 1987, 1987 September |
| Box 17 | Folder 11 | Chicago Public Schools, The School Report Cards for the Chicago Public School: The Second Year, 1987 October |
| Box 17 | Folder 12 | Chicago Public Schools, Racial/Ethnic Survey-Students, 1987 October 30 |
| Box 17 | Folder 13 | Chicago Public Schools, Three Year Financial Plan: 1988-1990, 1987 December |
| Box 17 | Folder 14 | Chicago Public Schools, Directory 1988-89, 1988 |
| Box 17 | Folder 15 | Chicago Public Schools, Program Budget: Fiscal Year 1989, 1989 February |
| Box 18 | Folder 1 | Chicago Public Schools, Reforms for Excellence: A Plan for Educational Reform in Chicago, 1988 January |
| Box 18 | Folder 2 | Chicago Reporter, miscellaneous education articles, 1981 October-1983 July (not inclusive) |
| Box 44 | Folder 2 | Chicago Tribune, Schools Questionnaire, undated |
| Box 18 | Folder 3 | Chicago Urban League, Options Without Knowledge: Implementing Open Enrollment Under the 1988 Chicago School Reform Act, 1990 March |
| Box 18 | Folder 4 | Consortium on Chicago School Research, Charting Reform: The Principals’ Perspective, 1992 December |
| Box 18 | Folder 5 | Consortium on Chicago School Research, A View from the Elementary Schools: The State of Reform in Chicago, 1993 July |
| Box 18 | Folder 6 | Council of Great City Schools, Challenges to Urban Education: Results in the Making, 1987 |
| Box 18 | Folder 7 | DePaul University, Chicago Public High Schools: How Their Students’ Low Income, Reading Scores, and Attendance Rates Relate to Dropout Level and Type of School, 1987 |
| Box 18 | Folder 8 | DePaul University, Expenditures and Student Achievement in Illinois, 1990 November |
| Box 18 | Folder 9 | Designs for Change, Chicago, Child Advocacy & the Schools: Past Impact and potential for the 1980s, 1983 |
| Box 18 | Folder 10 | Ed Equity Coalition, The Inequity in Illinois School Finance, 1991 January |
| Box 18 | Folder 11 | Ed Equity Coalition, Overcoming the Inequities in Illinois School Finance, 1991 May |
| Box 18 | Folder 12 | Heartland Institute, Expenditure and Size Efficiencies of Public School Districts, 1988 September 27 |
| Box 18 | Folder 13 | Illinois Community College Board, Illinois Public Community College System, Data and Characteristics, 1988 May |
| Box 18 | Folder 14 | Illinois Fair Schools Coalition, Holding Students Back: An Expensive School Reform That Doesn’t Work, 1985 June |
| Box 18 | Folder 15 | Illinois Legislative Investigating Commission, Funding Irregularities in Presidential Housing at Three State Universities: Western Illinois, Eastern Illinois, Illinois State, 1974 April |
| Box 18 | Folder 16 | Illinois Project for School Reform, Opinion Survey: Summary of Results, 1984 June |
| Box 18 | Folder 17 | Illinois State Board of Education, Illinois Public School Enrollment Analyses and Projections, 1982 July |
| Box 18 | Folder 18 | Illinois State Board of Education. Memorandum Re: 19th Annual Gallup Poll of the Public’s Attitudes Toward the Public Schools, 1987 September 8 |
| Box 18 | Folder 19 | Illinois State Board of Education, Illinois Public School District Ability and Effort Factors 1985-1986, 1987 October |
| Box 18 | Folder 20 | Illinois State Board of Education, Illinois Public Schools Financial Statistics 1985-1986 School Year, 1987 October |
| Box 18 | Folder 21 | Illinois State Board of Education, Annual State Aid Entitlement Statistics 1988-1989: Illinois Public Schools, 1988 September |
| Box 18 | Folder 22 | Illinois State Board of Education, State, Local and Federal Financing for Illinois Public Schools 1988-1989, 1989 March |
| Box 19 | Folder 1 | Illinois State Board of Education, Annual State Aid Entitlement Statistics 1990-1991: Illinois Public Schools, 1991 April |
| Box 19 | Folder 2 | Institute of Urban Life, Chicago’s Private Elementary and Secondary Schools: Enrollment Trends, 1990 |
| Box 19 | Folder 3 | Johns Hopkins University, School Desegregation and Black Occupational Attainments: Results from a Long-Term Experiment, undated |
| Box 19 | Folder 4 | League of Women Voters of Chicago, What Price Good Education in Illinois? 1990 November |
| Box 19 | Folder 5 | Loyola University of Chicago, Mainstreaming the Urban Poor: Enabling Non-Public Schools to Survive in Inner-City Neighborhoods, 1992 |
| Box 19 | Folder 6 | Mayor’s Education Summit, The Chicago Public School Reform Agenda: Agreements of the Mayor’s Education Summit: A Preliminary Paper, 1988 March 29 |
| Box 19 | Folder 7 | National Coalition of Advocates for Students, Barriers to Excellence: Our Children at Risk, 1985 January |
| Box 19 | Folder 8 | National School Boards Association (NSBA) Council of Urban Boards of Education, Desegregation, Integration, Resegregation: Issues and Approaches for Changing Urban Schools, 1988 June 23-25 |
| Box 19 | Folder 9 | National School Boards Association (NSBA) Council of Urban School Boards, Racial Change & Desegregation in Large School Districts, 1988 June |
| Box 19 | Folder 10 | SCHOOLWATCH, All Our Kids Can Learn to Read, 1985 |
| Box 19 | Folder 11 | U.S. Department of Education, The Condition of Education: A Statistical Report, 1987 September |
| Box 19 | Folder 12 | Unites States General Accounting Office, Guaranteed Student Loans: Analysis of Student Default Rates at 7,800 Postsecondary Schools, 1989 July |
Series 7: Employment, 1983-1991
Scope and Contents
This series contains reports on job training, wage surveys, welfare to work programs, unemployment, labor trends and comparison studies in other areas of the country.
Arrangement
Publications are arranged alphabetically by the publishing entity or author and chronologically within publishing entity.
| Box 20 | Folder 1 | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Unemployed and Uninsured, 1991 March |
| Box 20 | Folder 2 | Chicago Council on Urban Affairs, Civic Committee of the Commercial Club, and the Economic Development Commission of the City of Chicago, Chicago Challenge: Workforce Development, 1991 February |
| Box 20 | Folder 3 | Chicago Jobs Council, A Long-Term Investment in the Long-Term Unemployed, 1988 June |
| Box 20 | Folder 4 | City of Chicago Economic Development Commission, Labor Market Profiles: Project Summary, 1989 July |
| Box 20 | Folder 5 | Ford Foundation, Not Working: Unskilled Youth and Displaced Adults, 1983 August |
| Box 20 | Folder 6 | Ford Foundation, Reforming Welfare with Work, 1987 |
| Box 20 | Folder 7 | Illinois Commission on Intergovernmental Cooperation, The Organization and Administration of Education Employment in Illinois, 1987 April |
| Box 20 | Folder 8 | Illinois Department of Employment Security, 1986 Illinois Wage Survey for Region 2, 1988 January |
| Box 20 | Folder 9 | Illinois Department of Employment Security, 1986 Illinois Wage Survey for Region 3, 1988 January |
| Box 20 | Folder 10 | Illinois Department of Employment Security, 1986 Illinois Wage Survey for Region 4, 1988 January |
| Box 20 | Folder 11 | Illinois Department of Employment Security, 1986 Illinois Wage Survey for Region 5, 1988 January |
| Box 20 | Folder 12 | Illinois Department of Employment Security, 1986 Illinois Wage Survey for Region 6, 1988 January |
| Box 20 | Folder 13 | Illinois Department of Employment Security, 1986 Illinois Wage Survey for Region 7, 1988 January |
| Box 20 | Folder 14 | Illinois Department of Employment Security, 1986 Illinois Wage Survey for Region 8, 1988 January |
| Box 20 | Folder 15 | Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation, Interim Findings from the Illinois WIN Demonstration Program in Cook County, 1986 March |
| Box 20 | Folder 16 | Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation, Final Report on the Virginia Employment Services Program, 1986 August |
| Box 20 | Folder 17 | Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation, Final Report on the Community Work Experience Demonstrations (West Virginia), 1986 September |
| Box 20 | Folder 18 | Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation, Findings from The Final Report on the Virginia Employment Services Program, 1986 December |
| Box 20 | Folder 19 | Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation, Findings from The West Virginia Community Work Experience Demonstration, 1986 December |
| Box 20 | Folder 20 | Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation, Studies on the Virginia and West Virginia Work Programs Yield New Knowledge on Welfare Reform Options, 1986 December 18 |
| Box 20 | Folder 21 | Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation, Supplemental Report on the Baltimore Options Program, 1987 October |
| Box 21 | Folder 1 | Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation, Final Report on Job Search and Work Experience in Cook County, 1987 November |
| Box 21 | Folder 2 | Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation, Final Report on the Training Opportunities in the Private Sector Program, 1988 April |
| Box 21 | Folder 3 | Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation, Employment and Welfare Impacts of the Arkansas Work Program: A Three-Year Follow-Up Study in Two Counties, 1988 May |
| Box 21 | Folder 4 | Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation, New Long-Term Follow-Up Welfare Employment Findings Announced by MDRC, 1988 June 22 |
| Box 21 | Folder 5 | Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation, Interim Report on the Saturation Work Initiative Model in San Diego, 1988 August |
| Box 21 | Folder 6 | Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation, The Challenge of Serving Teenage Mothers, 1988 October |
| Box 21 | Folder 7 | Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation, GAIN: Early Implementation Experiences and Lessons, 1989 April |
| Box 21 | Folder 8 | Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation, GAIN: Child Care in a Welfare Employment Initiative, 1989 May |
| Box 21 | Folder 9 | Metropolitan Planning Council, Work Program, 1988 |
| Box 21 | Folder 10 | National Center for Urban Ethnic Affairs, Non-Profits with Hard Hats, 1988 |
| Box 21 | Folder 11 | National Council on Employment Policy, Back to Basics Under JTPA, 1983 October |
| Box 21 | Folder 12 | National Governors Association, Making America Work: Productive People, Productive Policies, 1987 |
| Box 21 | Folder 13 | The Poverty Task Force, Good Enough Jobs for All Chicagoans, prepared by the Center for Neighborhood Technology, 1991 August |
| Box 21 | Folder 14 | State of Illinois Department of Employment Security, Where Workers Work: Chicago SMSA 1983, [1984] |
| Box 22 | Folder 1 | State of Illinois Governor’s Task Force on Human Resource Development, Competitive Challenges and Strategic Goals for Workforce Preparation in Illinois, 1991 September |
| Box 22 | Folder 2 | Robert Taggart, Questions and Answers About the Comprehensive Competencies Program, 1984 March |
| Box 22 | Folder 3 | Robert Taggart, The Comprehensive Competencies Program: An Overview, 1984 August |
| Box 22 | Folder 4 | U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Inspector General, Semiannual Report, 1987 April 1-September 30 |
| Box 22 | Folder 5 | Office of Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Labor, Semiannual Report, 1987 October 1 |
| Box 22 | Folder 6 | U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Outlook Quarterly: Projections 2000, 1987 Fall |
| Box 22 | Folder 7 | U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Inspector General, Audit of JTPA Participant Training and Services, 1988 September 30 |
| Box 22 | Folder 8 | United Way of Chicago, Human Capital Development, 1989 October |
| Box 22 | Folder 9 | University of Chicago, Rising Unemployment and Reductions in Job Training in Illinois Communities: Report No. 3, 1985 September 3 |
Series 8: Gambling, 1992-1994
Scope and Contents
This series includes studies on gambling and gaming and covers some discussion on bringing a casino to Chicago.
Arrangement
Publications are arranged alphabetically by the publishing entity or author and chronologically within publishing entity.
| Box 22 | Folder 10 | Arthur Andersen & Co., Impact of the Proposed Chicago International Entertainment Center on Chicago Metropolitan Area Tourism, Employment, and Tax Revenue, 1992 May 21 |
| Box 22 | Folder 11 | Better Government Association, Better Government Association Staff White Paper: Casino Gambling in Chicago, 1992 October |
| Box 22 | Folder 12 | Caesar’s World, Hilton and Circus Circus Enterprises, Chicago International Entertainment Center Endorsements, 1992 June 15 |
| Box 23 | Folder 1 | City of Chicago Gaming Commission, Economic and Other Impacts of a Proposed Gaming, Entertainment and Hotel Facility, prepared by Deloitte and Touche, 1992 May 19 |
| Box 23 | Folder 2 | City of Chicago Gaming Commission, Report to the Mayor, 1992 June 10 |
| Box 23 | Folder 3 | Illinois Economic and Fiscal Commission, Wagering in Illinois: A Report Updating the Economic Impact of Gambling Activities, 1994 January |
| Box 23 | Folder 4 | Smith Barney, Global Gaming Almanac 1995, 1994 December |
| Box 23 | Folder 5 | Wertheim Schoder and Co., Inc., Gambling statistics, [1994] |
Series 9: Health and environment, 1981-1995
Scope and Contents
This series includes reports on health and environmental issues in Chicago and Illinois.
Arrangement
Publications are arranged alphabetically by the publishing entity or author and chronologically within publishing entity.
| Box 24 | Folder 1 | Center on Hunger, Poverty and Nutrition Policy, Differences in Nutrient Adequacy Among Poor and Non-Poor Children, 1995 May |
| Box 24 | Folder 2 | City of Chicago Department of Public Health, Community Area Health Inventory Volume I: Demographic and Health Profiles, 1994 October |
| Box 24 | Folder 3 | City of Chicago Department of Public Health, Community Area Health Inventory Volume II: Rankings, 1994 October |
| Box 24 | Folder 4 | Chicago Fire Department Emergency Medical Services Oversight Committee, Report of the Chicago Fire Department Emergency Medical Services Oversight Committee, 1987 March 16 |
| Box 24 | Folder 5 | Development Dialogue, Community Health in a Chicago Slum, undated |
| Box 24 | Folder 6 | Illinois Department of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse, Financial Year 1989 Data Report, 1989 March |
| Box 24 | Folder 7 | Illinois Department of Energy and Natural Resources, Clearing the Air, Choosing the Future: Reducing Highway Vehicle Emissions in the Chicago Ozone Nonattainment Area, 1992 September |
| Box 24 | Folder 8 | Resource Coordination Policy Committee, Our Community and Flooding, 1981 |
Series 10: Housing, 1977-2004
Scope and Contents
This series includes reports and documents on a variety of housing topics including affordable housing, homelessness, housing abandonment, housing for the elderly, public housing and the Chicago Housing Authority and race and housing. The studies focus on Chicago and Illinois but also include national studies.
Arrangement
Publications are arranged alphabetically by the publishing entity or author and chronologically within publishing entity.
| Box 24 | Folder 9 | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Low Income Housing Information Service, A Place to Call Home: The Low Income Housing Crisis Continues, 1991 December |
| Box 24 | Folder 10 | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, A Place to Call Home: The Low Income Housing Crisis in 44 Major Metropolitan Areas, 1992 November |
| Box 24 | Folder 11 | Chicago Assembly, Affordable Housing in Metropolitan Chicago: Chicago Assembly Background Papers Part 1, 1991 |
| Box 24 | Folder 12 | Chicago Assembly, Affordable Housing in Metropolitan Chicago: Chicago Assembly Background Papers Part 2, 1991 |
| Box 24 | Folder 13 | Chicago Assembly, “Affordable Housing in Metropolitan Chicago” Participants, Observers, and Staff, 1991 November |
| Box 25 | Folder 1 | Chicago Community Trust, Homelessness in Chicago: Poverty and Pathology, Social Institutions and Social Change, prepared by the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration, 1998 June |
| Box 25 | Folder 2 | Chicago Department of Housing, Manufactured Housing for Chicago: A Study of Market and Plant Feasibility, 1985 December |
| Box 25 | Folder 3 | Department of Housing, Report of the Guaranteed Home Equity Research Project: A Feasibility Study for Establishing a Program to Guarantee Home Values in Chicago Neighborhoods, prepared by the Chicago Neighborhood Organizing Project, 1986 January |
| Box 25 | Folder 4 | Chicago Department of Planning, Housing Needs of Chicago’s Single, Low-Income Renters: A Draft Report, 1985 June |
| Box 25 | Folder 5 | Chicago Housing Authority, Telephone Directory, undated |
| Box 31 | Folder 1 | Chicago Housing Authority, Statistical Report 1976, 1977 June |
| Box 31 | Folder 2 | Chicago Housing Authority, Statistical Report 1979, 1980 June |
| Box 31 | Folder 3 | Chicago Housing Authority, Statistical Report 1980, 1981 June |
| Box 31 | Folder 4 | Chicago Housing Authority, Modernization Program 1981-82, 1981 June 15 |
| Box 31 | Folder 5 | Chicago Housing Authority, Statistical Report 1981, 1982 June |
| Box 31 | Folder 6 | Chicago Housing Authority, Comparative Budget Statements, 1982 December 31 |
| Box 31 | Folder 7 | Chicago Housing Authority, Statistical Report 1982, 1983 June |
| Box 31 | Folder 8 | Chicago Housing Authority, Statistical Report 1983, 1984 June |
| Box 31 | Folder 9 | Chicago Housing Authority, Comparative Budget Statements, 1984 December 31 |
| Box 31 | Folder 10 | Chicago Housing Authority, Statistical Report 1984/85, [1985 June] |
| Box 32 | Folder 1 | Chicago Housing Authority, Comparative Budget Statements, 1985 December 31 |
| Box 32 | Folder 2 | Chicago Housing Authority Thacker Engineering contract papers by Renault Robinson et al, 1985-1989 |
| Box 32 | Folder 3 | Chicago Housing Authority, Comparative Statement Subgroup Report, 1986 September 4 |
| Box 25 | Folder 6 | Chicago Housing Authority, Survey of CHA Scattered Site Buildings-North, 1987 May |
| Box 25 | Folder 7 | Chicago Housing Authority, Survey of CHA Scattered Site Buildings-South, 1987 May |
| Box 25 | Folder 8 | Chicago Housing Authority, Survey of CHA Scattered Site Buildings-North, Other, 1987 May |
| Box 32 | Folder 4 | Chicago Housing Authority, Response to United States Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Management Review, 1987 July 21 |
| Box 26 | Folder 1 | Chicago Housing Authority, Attachments to Response to United States Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Management Review, 1987 July 21 |
| Box 32 | Folder 5 | Chicago Housing Authority, Proposed Administrative Reorganization, 1987 August 1 |
| Box 32 | Folder 6 | Chicago Housing Authority, Vacancies, 1988 |
| Box 33 | Folder 1 | Chicago Housing Authority, Preliminary Application, Comprehensive Improvement Assistance Program, 1988 March 3 |
| Box 26 | Folder 2 | Chicago Housing Authority, New Strategies, New Standards for New Times in Public Housing, 1988 June |
| Box 33 | Folder 2 | Chicago Housing Authority, Testimony of Vincent Lane, Chairman, Chicago Housing Authority, Before the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations of the Committee of Government Affairs-United States Senate, Hearing on Drugs in Public Housing, 1989 May 10 |
| Box 33 | Folder 3 | Chicago Housing Authority, Testimony of Vincent Lane, Chairman, Chicago Housing Authority, Before the Subcommittee on Housing and Urban Affairs of the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs-United States Senate, Hearing on Drugs in Public Housing, 1989 July 20 |
| Box 33 | Folder 4 | Chicago Housing Authority, Comprehensive Occupancy Plan for 1989, 1989 March 3 |
| Box 44 | Folder 3 | Metropolitan Planning Commission, Living Spaces: Rehabilitation Manual for Darrow Homes/Ida B. Wells Public Housing Development, 1989 September |
| Box 26 | Folder 3 | Chicago Housing Authority, Independent Monitor’s Report No. 5 to the Chicago Housing Authority and the Central Advisory Council, 2003 January 8 |
| Box 26 | Folder 4 | Chicago Housing Authority, Independent Monitor’s Report to the Chicago Housing Authority and the Central Advisory Council Regarding Phase III-2003 of the Plan for Transformation, 2004 February 20 |
| Box 26 | Folder 5 | Chicago Reader, “This is Not a Project!” 1989 May 5 |
| Box 26 | Folder 6 | Chicago Rehab Network, The Chicago Affordable Housing Fact Book: A Resource for Community Action, 1990 June |
| Box 26 | Folder 7 | Chicago Rehab Network, The Chicago Affordable Housing Fact Book: A Resource for Community Action, 1990 October |
| Box 27 | Folder 1 | Chicago Rehab Network, The Chicago Affordable Housing Fact Book: Visions for Change, 1993 |
| Box 27 | Folder 2 | Chicago Rehab Network, The Network Builder, 1993 Spring |
| Box 27 | Folder 3 | Chicago Urban League, Foreclosure in Chicago: The Differing Impact on Race, 1987 May |
| Box 27 | Folder 4 | Citizens Housing and Planning Association, Inc., Tenancy and Costs in Public Housing-Policies, Attitudes and Case Studies, 1986 March |
| Box 27 | Folder 5 | City of Chicago Affordable Housing Task Force, Recommendations and Response, 1990 October 5 |
| Box 27 | Folder 6 | Commercial Club of Chicago, Chicago Enterprise, 1989 May |
| Box 27 | Folder 7 | Council of Large Public Housing Authorities, Public Housing Tomorrow, 1988 September |
| Box 27 | Folder 8 | Enterprise Foundation, A Decent Place to Live, Revisited: The State of Housing in America, July 1992 |
| Box 27 | Folder 9 | Habitat Company, Catalog of properties, undated |
| Box 27 | Folder 10 | Heartland Institute, documents concerning Tenant Control of Public Housing: New Hope for Cabrini-Green, 1987 |
| Box 27 | Folder 11 | Ownership and Management Panel of the Housing Abandonment Task Force, Low and Moderate Income Housing Abandonment in Chicago: The Role of Ownership and Management: Report of the Ownership and Management Panel of the Housing Abandonment Task Force, 1984 March |
| Box 27 | Folder 12 | Energy Policy Panel of the Housing Abandonment Task Force, Energy Costs and Housing Abandonment: Report of the Energy Policy Panel of the Housing Abandonment Task Force, 1984 June |
| Box 27 | Folder 13 | Panel on Financing of the Housing Abandonment Task Force, Panel on Financing Report and Recommendations, 1984 July 2 |
| Box 27 | Folder 14 | Housing Abandonment Task Force, An End to Housing Abandonment: Saving Affordable Housing in Chicago Neighborhoods: Summary and Recommendations, 1984 July |
| Box 27 | Folder 15 | Government Regulations Panel of the Housing Abandonment Task Force, An End to Housing Abandonment: Report of the Government Regulations Panel of the Housing Abandonment Task Force, prepared by the Chicago Council of Lawyers Lawyer’s Committee for Better Housing, 1984 July |
| Box 27 | Folder 16 | Housing Abandonment Task Force, An End to Housing Abandonment: Ten Month Progress Report, 1985 June 25 |
| Box 27 | Folder 17 | Illinois Advisory Committee to the United States Commission on Civil Rights, Housing: Chicago Style, 1982 October |
| Box 27 | Folder 18 | Illinois Advisory Committee to the United States Commission on Civil Rights, Desegregating Cabrini-Green, 1988 June |
| Box 28 | Folder 1 | Illinois Housing Development Authority, Illinois Department of Public Aid, Illinois Department on Aging, The Retention and Transfer of Frail Elderly Living in Independent Housing, prepared by the Housing Research and Development program at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1987 August |
| Box 28 | Folder 2 | Illinois Housing Preservation Study, Illinois Tenants at Risk, 1989 December |
| Box 28 | Folder 3 | Institute of Urban Life, Is There a Better Way? 1990 April |
| Box 28 | Folder 4 | Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University, The State of the Nation’s Housing 1988, [1988] |
| Box 28 | Folder 5 | Leadership Council for Metropolitan Open Communities, Market Failure and Federal Policy: Low Income Housing in Chicago 1970-1983, circa 1986-1989 |
| Box 28 | Folder 6 | Leadership Council for Metropolitan Open Communities, All Yuppies Aren’t Created Equal: Leadership Council Reveals Discrimination in Downtown High-Rise (press release), 1989 |
| Box 28 | Folder 7 | Leadership Council for Metropolitan Open Communities, Suburban Racial Discrimination in Housing and its Relationship to School Segregation in Chicago and the Suburbs, 1992 May 1 |
| Box 28 | Folder 8 | Leadership Council for Metropolitan Open Communities, Black, White, and Shades of Brown: Fair Housing and Economic Opportunity in the Chicago Region, 1998 February |
| Box 28 | Folder 9 | Metropolitan Housing and Planning Council, Housing Chicago and the Region, 1981 March |
| Box 28 | Folder 10 | Metropolitan Planning Council, Our Home, circa 1986 |
| Box 28 | Folder 11 | Metropolitan Planning Council, Our Homes, Our Neighborhoods (working draft), 1988 April |
| Box 28 | Folder 12 | Metropolitan Planning Council, Evening the Odds: Maximizing Employment Opportunities for Public Housing Residents, 1988 November |
| Box 28 | Folder 13 | Metropolitan Planning Council, Capacity Inventory: An Analysis of CHA Residents’ Work Experience, Training and Entrepreneurial Interests, 1988 November |
| Box 28 | Folder 14 | Metropolitan Planning Council, Not a World Apart: Increasing the Viability of Chicago’s Public Housing Highrises and Large Developments, 1988 November |
| Box 28 | Folder 15 | Metropolitan Planning Council, Directory of Economic Development Programs in Public Housing, 1988 November |
| Box 28 | Folder 16 | Metropolitan Planning Council, Lessons Learned: Looking Back at a Public Housing Resident Empowerment Project, 1992 July |
| Box 28 | Folder 17 | Metropolitan Planning Council, The Road to Redevelopment: Cabrini of the Future II, 1996 August |
| Box 28 | Folder 18 | National Association of Home Builders, Low-&Moderate-Income Housing: Progress, Problems & Prospects, 1986 January 18 |
| Box 28 | Folder 19 | National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials, Meeting Today’s Needs and Defining Tomorrow’s, 1986 |
| Box 28 | Folder 20 | National Housing Task Force, A Decent Place to Live, 1988 March |
| Box 29 | Folder 1 | National Housing Trust, Illinois Housing Preservation Study: The Economics of Subsidized Housing Ownership and Review of Federal Preservation Initiatives: A Study of Five Illinois Projects Eligible for Prepayment, 1990 March |
| Box 29 | Folder 2 | Ownership Transfer Working Group, New Strategies for Tax-Delinquent Properties in Chicago: Recommendations for Change, circa 1986 |
| Box 29 | Folder 3 | Reason, Berkeley’s Radical Slumlords, 1986 October |
| Box 29 | Folder 4 | Rollinson, Paul A., The Spatial Isolation of Elderly Transient Hotel Tenants, undated |
| Box 29 | Folder 5 | Sacks, Ed, Chicago Tenants’ Handbook, 1992 |
| Box 29 | Folder 6 | Single Room Operators Association, correspondence on SROs, 1987 September 30 |
| Box 29 | Folder 7 | Task Force on Financing Low-Income Housing, Report, 1990 February |
| Box 29 | Folder 8 | University of Chicago, Hypersegregation in U.S. Metropolitan Areas: Black and Hispanic Segregation Along Five Dimensions, 1989 August |
| Box 29 | Folder 9 | University of Illinois at Chicago, Alternatives to Conventional Public Housing Management, 1991 June |
| Box 29 | Folder 10 | U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, American Housing Survey for the United States in 1987, 1989 December |
| Box 30 | Folder 1 | U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, American Housing Survey for the Chicago Metropolitan Area in 1987, 1990 May |
| Box 30 | Folder 2 | U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Report to Congress on SROs for the Homeless Section 8 Moderate Rehabilitation Program, 1990 March |
| Box 30 | Folder 3 | Women United for a Better Chicago, Women & Public Housing, [1987] |
| Box 30 | Folder 4 | Woodstock Institute, Housing in Crisis: Report of the Data Base Study Group of the Housing Abandonment Task Force, 1984 March |
| Box 30 | Folder 5 | Woodstock Institute, A Tale of Three Cities: The Distribution of Housing Credit from Regulated Financial Institutions in the Chicago SMSA from 1980-1983, 1986 July |
| Box 30 | Folder 6 | Woodstock Institute, Partners in Need: A Four-Year Analysis of Residential Lending in Chicago and its Suburbs, 1986 August |
| Box 30 | Folder 7 | Woodstock Institute, 1986 Community Lending Fact Book, 1988 June |
| Box 30 | Folder 8 | Woodstock Institute, Mortgage Lending and Foreclosure Patterns in Chicago Lawn, 1984-1989, 1990 February |
Series 11: Planning, parks, neighborhoods, land use, transportation, 1978-1998
Scope and Contents
This series includes reports and documents on a variety of city planning topics including parks and green spaces; land use, especially related to industry; transportation; both downtown and neighborhood development; and regional planning. Newsletters, along with reports, factbooks, development guidelines and other studies appear. Covered in this series is the discussion of building an airport in the Calumet area as well as the conversation over building a stadium on Chicago’s West Side.
Arrangement
Publications are arranged alphabetically by the publishing entity or author and chronologically within publishing entity.
| Box 34 | Folder 1 | Center for Economic Policy Analysis, Taken for a Ride, 1991 November |
| Box 34 | Folder 2 | Center for Neighborhood Technology, The Neighborhood Works (not inclusive), 1986-1991 |
| Box 34 | Folder 3 | Center for Neighborhood Technology, Neighborhood Works, February 1991-January 1993 |
| Box 34 | Folder 4 | Central Station, Chicago, Illinois, a report by Fogelson Properties, Inc. and Forest City Enterprises, Inc., 1989 September |
| Box 34 | Folder 5 | Chicago Council on Urban Affairs, One City (not inclusive) 1990-1992 |
| Box 34 | Folder 6 | Chicago Department of Economic Development, Building on the Basics: The Final Report of the Mayor’s Task Force on Steel and Southeast Chicago, circa 1984-1987 |
| Box 35 | Folder 1 | Chicago Department of Planning, MAPS Community Area Factbook, circa 1987-1989 |
| Box 45 | Folder 1 | Chicago Department of Planning, Life along the Boulevards, 1989 January |
| Box 45 | Folder 2 | Chicago Department of Planning and Development, River North Urban Design Guidelines, 1989 February 23 |
| Box 35 | Folder 2 | Chicago Department of Planning, North Kenwood-Oakland Neighborhood Planning Process, 1989 April |
| Box 35 | Folder 3 | Chicago Department of Planning, Chicago Park District, and Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority, Navy Pier/Turning Basin Development Guidelines: Draft for Public Review, 1990 |
| Box 35 | Folder 4 | Chicago Department of Planning, Central Station Development Guidelines, Revised Draft, 1990 February |
| Box 36 | Folder 1 | Chicago Department of Planning and Development, Chicago Neighborhood Development: New Construction 1987-1990, 1992 February |
| Box 36 | Folder 2 | Chicago Department of Planning, Downtown Development: Chicago: 1989-1992, 1991 June |
| Box 36 | Folder 3 | Chicago Department of Planning, A Plan for Industry on Goose Island, 1991 October |
| Box 36 | Folder 4 | Chicago Department of Planning and Development, Corridors of Industrial Opportunity: A Plan for Industry in Chicago’s West Side, 1991 December |
| Box 36 | Folder 5 | Chicago Department of Planning and Development, Corridors of Industrial Opportunity: A Plan for Industry in Chicago’s North Side, 1992 December |
| Box 36 | Folder 6 | Chicago Park District, 1993 Parkland Need Analysis (Draft), [1993] |
| Box 36 | Folder 7 | City of Chicago, Chicago Park District, Forest Preserve District of Cook County, CitySpace Plan (Draft), 1995 August 15 |
| Box 36 | Folder 8 | City of Chicago, Chicago Park District, Forest Preserve District of Cook County, CitySpace: An Open Space Plan for Chicago (Draft for Public Discussion), 1995 September |
| Box 37 | Folder 1 | Chicago Park District, Forest Preserve District of Cook County, CITYSPACE, An Open Space Plan for Chicago, 1997 September |
| Box 37 | Folder 2 | Chicago Project, A Report on Civic Life in Chicago, 1986 September |
| Box 37 | Folder 3 | Chicago Regional Inventory, The Future of Illinois: Prospects for Survival in the Stagnant Economy of the Midwest, 1992 April |
| Box 37 | Folder 4 | Chicago Urban League, Northern Illinois University, Chicago Politics CUL/NIU Atlas 1990, 1990 |
| Box 44 | Folder 4 | City of Chicago, Lake Calumet Airport, undated |
| Box 37 | Folder 5 | City of Chicago, Lake Calumet Airport Feasibility Study, Executive Summary, 1990 February |
| Box 37 | Folder 6 | City of Chicago, Lake Calumet Airport Feasibility Study, 1990 February |
| Box 37 | Folder 7 | Commercial Club of Chicago, Chicago Enterprise, 1993 September-October |
| Box 37 | Folder 8 | Commercial District Redevelopment Commission, North Loop Guidelines for Conservation and Redevelopment, circa 1979-1983 |
| Box 37 | Folder 9 | Community News Project, National Issues: The Chicago Experience, 1996 August |
| Box 38 | Folder 1 | DePaul University, Proposal to the City of Chicago for the Redevelopment of the Goldblatt Building, 1989 September 15 |
| Box 38 | Folder 2 | Economic Development Commission of the City of Chicago, Chicago Economic Update, 1990 Fall |
| Box 38 | Folder 3 | Erie Neighborhood House, Chicago Council on Urban Affairs, A Community Inventory: The Southeast Section of West Town, 1990 March |
| Box 38 | Folder 4 | Illinois Chamber of Commerce, Economic Development Policy Task Force Report, 1991 January |
| Box 38 | Folder 5 | Illinois Ethnic Coalition, The Ultimate Multi-Ethnic Resource for Chicago, 1998 |
| Box 38 | Folder 6 | Illinois Legislative Investigating Commission, Annual Report of 1977, 1978 February |
| Box 38 | Folder 7 | Institute for Urban Economic Development, NCI Research, Inner City Entrepreneurship: Target Industry Analysis, 1990 |
| Box 45 | Folder 3 | Interfaith Organizing Project of Greater Chicago, The Better Alternative: Near West Side Neighborhood Revitalization Plan, 1987 June |
| Box 38 | Folder 8 | Lake County Regional Planning Commission, Land Use Attitude Survey: Lake County, Illinois, prepared by Market Shares Corporation, 1992 May |
| Box 38 | Folder 9 | Leadership Council for Metropolitan Open Communities, Neighborhood Change and Integration in Metropolitan Chicago, 1984 July |
| Box 38 | Folder 10 | Mayor’s Task Force on Neighborhood Land Use, Vacant Land: A Report from the Mayor’s Task Force on Neighborhood Land Use, 1987 May |
| Box 38 | Folder 11 | Mayor’s Task Force on Neighborhood Land Use, Industrial and Commercial Land Use: A Report from the Mayor’s Task Force on Neighborhood Land Use, 1987 December |
| Box 45 | Folder 4 | The Metro-Chicago Sports Stadium Joint Venture, The New Chicago Stadium, 1992 April 6 |
| Box 38 | Folder 12 | Near North Development Corporation and North Town Redevelopment Advisory Council, North Town Community Redevelopment Plan Phase I: Policy Issues, Goals, and Recommendations, 1990 September |
| Box 38 | Folder 13 | Northeastern Illinois Planning Commission, Economic Factbook for Northeastern Illinois, 1982 June 30 |
| Box 38 | Folder 14 | Northeastern Illinois Planning Commission, Economic Factbook for Northeastern Illinois, 1985 March |
| Box 45 | Folder 5 | Northeastern Illinois Planning Commission, demographic maps, 1991 |
| Box 39 | Folder 1 | Northeastern Illinois Planning Commission, Jobs/Housing Balance: The Extent to Which Workers Would Like to Move Closer to Their Jobs, 1992 May |
| Box 39 | Folder 2 | Northeastern Illinois Planning Commission, Openlands Project, Northeastern Illinois Regional Greenways Plan (Public Hearing Draft), 1992 July 16 |
| Box 39 | Folder 3 | Northeastern Illinois Planning Commission, Revised 2010 Transportation Development Plan for Northeastern Illinois, 1993 October |
| Box 39 | Folder 4 | Northwestern University, Changing Relations: Newcomers and Established Residents in the Albany Park Area of Chicago, 1990 February |
| Box 39 | Folder 5 | Northwestern University, Building Communities from the Inside Out, 1993 November |
| Box 39 | Folder 6 | Regional Agenda Project, State of the Region: Policy Issues and Options for the Chicago Metropolitan Area: Final Report of the Regional Agenda Project, 1987 January |
| Box 39 | Folder 7 | Roosevelt University, The Chicago Trade Show and Convention Plan: A Blueprint for the Future, 1996 April |
| Box 45 | Folder 6 | Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke’s Medical Center, Chicago Sports Center: A Concept Plan for Near West Side Revitalization and a New Bears Football Stadium, 1987 April |
| Box 39 | Folder 8 | Southwest Catholic Cluster Project, Christians in Their Neighborhood, undated |
| Box 39 | Folder 9 | Trammel Crow Company, 39 South LaSalle St.,1991 February 14 |
| Box 40 | Folder 1 | University of Illinois at Chicago, A New Sports Stadium: Can It Bring Economic Benefits to Residents of the Near West Side? [1987] |
| Box 40 | Folder 2 | University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Intrajurisdictional Tax/Benefit Capitalization: Neighborhood Effects, 1987 April |
| Box 40 | Folder 3 | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Chicago District, Illinois Shoreline Erosion Interim III Feasibility Report, 1988 November |
| Box 40 | Folder 4 | Woodstock Institute, Focusing In: Indicators of Economic Change in Chicago’s Neighborhoods, 1994 May |
Series 12: Poverty policy and public aid, 1981-1997
Scope and Contents
This series includes reports that focus on public aid programs and other policies for addressing poverty. Analyses and reports laying out the state of need in Chicago also appear.
Arrangement
Publications are arranged alphabetically by the publishing entity or author and chronologically within publishing entity.
| Box 40 | Folder 5 | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Poverty Rate Shows Disappointing Drop; Income Inequality Widens, 1985 August 27 |
| Box 40 | Folder 6 | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Center for the Study of the States, The States and the Poor, How Budget Decisions in 1991 Affected Low Income People, 1991 December |
| Box 40 | Folder 7 | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Center for the Study of the States, The States and the Poor, Budget Decisions Hurt Low Income People in 1992, 1993 February |
| Box 40 | Folder 8 | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Center for the Study of the States, The States and the Poor, How Budget Decisions Affected Low Income People in 1992, 1993 February |
| Box 40 | Folder 9 | Center on Hunger, Poverty, and Nutrition Policy, Statement on Key Welfare Reform Issues, 1995 |
| Box 40 | Folder 10 | Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, The Fraying Fabric: A Portrait of America’s Poverty, 1989 |
| Box 40 | Folder 11 | Chicago Council on Urban Affairs, The Media’s Coverage of Poverty, 1990 December |
| Box 40 | Folder 12 | Chicago Reporter, Keeping Current: Researchers Chart Shrinking Underclass; Hope for Ghettos’ Despair, 1990 March |
| Box 40 | Folder 13 | Coalition on Human Needs, How the Poor Would Remedy Poverty, undated |
| Box 40 | Folder 14 | Ford Foundation, Divide and Conquer: Responsible Security for America’s Poor, 1987 |
| Box 41 | Folder 1 | Illinois Department of Public Aid, Charting New Directions: Annual Report 1983, [1983] |
| Box 41 | Folder 2 | Illinois Department of Public Aid, New Beginnings: Annual Report 1984, [1984] |
| Box 41 | Folder 3 | Illinois Department of Public Aid, Not Just a Check...But a Chance: Annual Report 1985, [1985] |
| Box 41 | Folder 4 | Illinois Department of Public Aid, Meeting the Challenge: Growth and Progress: Annual Report 1986, [1986] |
| Box 41 | Folder 5 | Illinois Department of Public Aid, Not Just a Check...A Chance: A Chance for a Job with a Future: Report to the General Assembly Fiscal Year 1987, [1987] |
| Box 41 | Folder 6 | Illinois Department of Public Aid, Opportunities: Project Chance FY ’88 Report, [1988] |
| Box 41 | Folder 7 | Illinois Department of Public Aid, Avenues Toward Self-Sufficiency: Project Chance FY ’89 Annual Report, [1989] |
| Box 41 | Folder 8 | Interfaith Action for Economic Justice, End Results: The Impact of Federal Policies Since 1980 on Low Income Americans, 1984 September |
| Box 41 | Folder 9 | Loyola University, Hardship and Support Systems in Chicago, 1987 February |
| Box 41 | Folder 10 | National Urban League, Playing to Win: A Marshall Plan for America, 1991 July |
| Box 41 | Folder 11 | Northwestern University, Government Spending for the Poor in Cook County, Illinois: Can We Do Better? 1989 April |
| Box 41 | Folder 12 | Northwestern University, documents from The Conference on the Truly Disadvantaged, 1989 October |
| Box 41 | Folder 13 | Pacific/Asian American Mental Health Research Center, Poverty Class of Asian Americans, 1984 March |
| Box 41 | Folder 14 | Stuart M. Butler, Policy Review, Power to the People, 1987 |
| Box 42 | Folder 1 | Taylor Institute, The Promises and Pitfalls of Welfare-to-Work Transition: A Survey of Education and Training Programs in Chicago, 1988 August 11 |
| Box 42 | Folder 2 | Tufts University, Are States Improving the Lives of Poor Families? 1998 February |
| Box 42 | Folder 3 | U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, The President’s National Urban Policy Report, 1984 May 24 |
| Box 42 | Folder 4 | United Charities of Chicago, Public Welfare Reform: The Good Deal, 1986 September 8 |
| Box 42 | Folder 5 | United Way of Chicago, The Changing Face of Chicago’s Human Need Environment, 1988 June |
| Box 42 | Folder 6 | United Way of Chicago, Assessing Chicago’s Human Needs: Introduction, 1989 October |
| Box 42 | Folder 7 | United Way of Chicago, Assessing Chicago’s Human Needs: Community Development, 1989 December |
| Box 42 | Folder 8 | United Way of Chicago, Chicago’s Community Development: Challenges and Opportunities, 1990 June |
| Box 42 | Folder 9 | United Way of Chicago, Chicago’s Family Life: Challenges and Opportunities (introduction and summary), 1990 June |
| Box 42 | Folder 10 | United Way of Chicago, Towards Better Health for Chicago: Challenges and Opportunities, 1991 June |
| Box 42 | Folder 11 | United Way of Chicago, Assessing Chicago’s Human Needs: Human Capital Development, 1991 June |
| Box 42 | Folder 12 | United Way of Chicago, Assessing Chicago’s Human Needs: Health, Series II, 1993 June |
| Box 42 | Folder 13 | Urban Institute, Civil Rights and the Underclass, 1981 October |
| Box 42 | Folder 14 | The Urban Institute, Policy and Research Report, 1987 April |
| Box 42 | Folder 15 | The Urban Institute, Policy and Research Report, 1988 Summer |
| Box 42 | Folder 16 | The Urban Institute, Policy and Research Report, 1988 Fall |
| Box 42 | Folder 17 | The Urban Institute, Policy and Research Report, 1989 |
| Box 42 | Folder 18 | Working Poor Project, Income Tax Reform and the Working Poor, 1997 February |
| Box 42 | Folder 19 | Working Poor Project, Low Income Families in Metropolitan Chicago: An Ethnographic Overview, 1997 February |
Series 13: Race, 1984-1997
Scope and Contents
While reports in other series discuss race, the reports and statistics found here focus exclusively on racial inequities, race relations, minority-owned businesses and discrimination.
Arrangement
Publications are arranged alphabetically by the publishing entity or author and chronologically within publishing entity.
| Box 43 | Folder 1 | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Falling Behind: A Report on How Blacks Have Fared Under the Reagan Policies, 1984 October |
| Box 43 | Folder 2 | Chicago Community Trust, A Report on Race, Ethnic, & Religious Tensions in Chicago, 1989 September |
| Box 43 | Folder 3 | Chicago Urban League, Basic Facts About Blacks, [1988] |
| Box 43 | Folder 4 | Chicago Urban League, Who Supports Minority and Poor Interests? [1991] |
| Box 43 | Folder 5 | Chicago Urban League, The Geography of Opportunity: The Status of African Americans in the Chicago Area Economy, 1991 March |
| Box 43 | Folder 6 | Chicago Urban League, Stimulating Minority Business Development in the Emerging Lines of Minority Enterprise: The Role of Minority Business Set-Asides, 1992 April |
| Box 43 | Folder 7 | Citizens' Commission on Civil Rights, One Nation, Indivisible: The Civil Rights Challenge for the 1990s, 1989 |
| Box 43 | Folder 8 | Illinois Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, Bigotry and Violence in Illinois, 1988 May |
| Box 43 | Folder 9 | Leadership Council for Metropolitan Open Communities, Jobs, Housing and Race in the Chicago Metropolitan Area, 1991 April |
| Box 43 | Folder 10 | National Black Child Development Institute, The Status of African American Children: Twentieth Anniversary Report 1970-1990, 1990 |
| Box 43 | Folder 11 | National Urban League, The State of Black America 1986, 1986 January 23 |
| Box 43 | Folder 12 | Northwestern University, Racial Differences and Select Attitudes Towards Race-Related Issues in the Chicago Metropolitan Area 1990 & 1991, 1991 August |
| Box 43 | Folder 13 | Northwestern University, A Follow-Up Study to the 1991 CASP Report on Racial Differences in the Chicago Area, 1992 February |
| Box 43 | Folder 14 | Project on the Federal Social Role, Working Paper 7: Race & Policy, 1985 |
| Box 43 | Folder 15 | State of New York Commission of Investigation, Investigation of the Building and Construction Industry: Minority Business Enterprise Programs, 1984 June |
| Box 43 | Folder 16 | United Way of Chicago, Discrimination in Chicago: Challenges and Opportunities, 1991 September |
| Box 43 | Folder 17 | United Way of Chicago, Assessing Chicago’s Human Needs: Discrimination, Series II, 1993 June |
| Box 43 | Folder 18 | The Working Poor Project, Race, Ethnicity, and Working Poverty, 1997 February |