| Dates: | 1894-1982 |
| Size: | 1 linear foot |
| Repository: | Chicago Public Library, Harold Washington Library Center, Special Collections, 400 S. State St., Chicago, IL 60605 |
| Collection Number: | Archives_SSNC |
| Provenance: | The collection was housed in Chicago Public Library’s South Shore Branch Library. In the 1980s Special Collections, working with a Dr. Scholl Foundation grant, transferred and processed the collection to make it fully available to the public. Processed August 1989. |
| Access: | No restrictions |
| Citation: | When quoting material from this collection the preferred citation is: South Shore Newspapers Collection [Box #, Folder #], Special Collections, Chicago Public Library. |
Scope and Content
The collection contains issues of 13 newspapers related to the South Shore neighborhood. The collection is arranged by newspaper name. The Windsor Park Herald newspapers are from the 1890s, the other titles are from the 20th century. The newspapers from the 1960s and 1970s illustrate the changing population of the area.
Related material can be found in the South Shore Community Collection (SSCC) and the South Shore Historical Society Collection (SSHS). The newspapers have been cataloged separately in order to highlight the information they contain and to afford them proper housing.
Container List
| Box 1 | Folder 1 | The Chicago Comet | 1929 May 17 8:34 Opening of South Shore Branch, CPL |
| Box 1 | Folder 2 | The Chicago Comet | 1929 Jun 7 8:37 Auto crash solves thirty robberies |
| Box 1 | Folder 3 | Chicago Daily News: South | 1956 Dec 13 ----- $200 million expressway to be complete by December 1960 |
| Box 1 | Folder 4 | Chicago Journal | 1976 Oct 20 1:5 South Shore history, with photos 1979 Jan 3 3:17 Morgan Park High School integration 1979 Jan 17 3:19 Recycling 1979 Sep 19 4:3 Boat people refugees from Malaysia 1979 Sep 28 4:13 Ridge Historic District 1980 Aug 13 4:49 UIC professor patents a bacteria 1980 Sep 10 5:1 Phoenix School reinstitutes one-room schoolhouse approach to education 1980 Oct 22 5:7 South Side history 1980 Oct 29 5:8 Omnibus Crime Bill reform undated ----- South Shore Prospects"—Special section "looking ahead to 1990" |
| Box 1 | Folder 5 | The Chicago Shoreland | 1979 Sep 8 3:35 South Shore artist wins first prize in Buckingham Fountain Art Fair 1980 Oct 4 4:44 Developmental Institute ground broken |
| Box 1 | Folder 6 | Demosthenes | 1932 Jan 1:1 Political newspaper published by Demosthenes Political Clubs in 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 17th, & 18th Wards |
| Box 1 | Folder 7 | The Seventy-First and South Shore Building Shopping News | 1935 May 23 1:2 Totally advertising for businesses in this building |
| Box 1 | Folder 8 | South Shore Journal | 1935 Jan 17 1:1 South Shore dollars should be spent in South Shore |
| Box 1 | Folder 9 | South Shore Jubilee News [Not a regular publication] | 1931 May 11 ---- South Shore Jubilee Week |
| Box 1 | Folder 10 | The South Shore Newscaster [Began publication June 13, 1935. Vol./No not indicated until 2nd year. Vol./No are given here as printed on the papers, although several are clearly incorrect.] | 1935 Jun 13 ---- Circulation to 25,000 1935 Jun 20 ---- Hugh Herndon, trans-Pacific flyer, guest of honor, Chamber of Commerce 1935 Jul 3 ---- Tax-token systems to be used 1935 Oct 2 ---- Ex-store manager tells of public being cheated 1935 Nov 7 ---- Improvement projects 1935 Nov 13 ---- Depositors of closed banks demand accounting of funds 1935 Nov 27 ---- "Urgent" police report requested 1935 Dec 4 ---- War on reckless driving 1935 Dec 11 ---- South Shore YMCA |
| Box 1 | Folder 11 | The South Shore Newscaster | 1936 Jan 8 ---- Survey of 1935 top stories 1936 Jan 29 ---- South Shore real estate values climb 1936 Feb 12 ---- Chamber of Commerce 25th anniversary 1936 Feb 19 ---- Petitions filed for War elections 1936 Mar 11 ---- WPA repaving South Shore streets 1936 Mar 25 ---- Francis J. Loughran bows out of race for 7th Ward Democratic Committee 1936 Apr 1 ---- Gubernatorial candidates (Horner vs. Bundesen) campaign in South Shore 1936 Apr 8 ---- Governor Horner visits South Shore 1936 Apr 29 ---- "Buy in South Shore" campaign 1936 May 20 ---- Bank depositors demand $887,000 in dividends |
| Box 1 | Folder 12 | The South Shore Newscaster | 1936 Jun 3 ---- 67th St./South Shore Drive ("Death Corner") to be widened 1936 Jun 17 3:1 Newscaster celebrates first birthday 1936 Jun 24 3:2 RFC refuses loans to three Bain banks 1936 Jul 1 3:3 Casino owner asks clergy to "lay off" 1936 Jul 22 3:6 "Buy South Shore" campaign promoted 1936 Jul 29 3:7 Beauty queen to be chosen at fair 1936 Sep 9 2:4 Newscaster "Pot of Gold" sweepstakes 1936 Oct 14 2:9 Sweepstakes awarded to six winners 1936 Nov 18 3:22 Social Security forms sent to South Shore employers 1937 Mar 17 4:12 Bus fire causes push for two-man bus crews |
| Box 1 | Folder 13 | South Shore Scene [Published by the South Shore Commission. Monthly, later bi-weekly, weekly after mid-1981.] | 1961 Oct 1:2 South Shore Schools 1962 Jan 1:5 South Shore Commission sets goals for 1962 1962 Dec 2:1 South Shore block clubs begun 1968 Mar 9:2 Area high-rise rental booms 1968 Jun 9:5 South Shore Sesquicentennial 1974 May 10 15:3 B & O railroad land to be redeveloped 1977 Aug 24 18:17 Park District proposal for Country Club land |
| Box 1 | Folder 14 | South Shore Scene | 1978 Mar 22 19:6 More & better jobs for South Shore 1978 Apr 5 19:7 Election results—24th Legisl. Dist. 1978 Apr 19 19:8 Lake Shore rehabs begin 1978 May 3 19:9 CETA grant for community development 1978 Aug 9 19:16 Senior Citizen Home groundbreaking in Parkside 1978 Aug 23 19:17 Zayre stores open 1978 Sep 6 19:18 Southgate Hotel is ordered closed 1 14 1978 Sep 20 19:19 71st Street Improvements 1978 Oct 4 19:20 Park District’s plan for Country Club property 1978 Nov 1 19:21 Special coverage on upcoming election |
| Box 1 | Folder 15 | South Shore Scene | 1979 Jan 10 20:1 South Shore Country Club/Southgate Hotel fates 1979 Jan 24 20:2 Record snowfall 1979 Feb 7 20:3 Chamber of Commerce award given to Bilandic 1979 Apr 4 20:7 Special issue on Springtime 1979 Jun 1 20:11 16th Annual Open House Tour 1979 Sep 5 20:18 Proposed widening of Stony Island between 64th & 70th Streets 1980 May 28 21:11 Exorbitant legal fees investigated 1980 Jun 11 21:12 17th Annual Open House Tour 1980 Aug 20 21:17 Park District gets $2.4 million to renovate South Shore Country Club; Byron Minor, Supt. Of Schools, looks back on 40-year career 1980 Sep 17 21:19 Rating of South Shore Currency Exchanges (white vs. black neighborhoods) 1980 Oct 29 21:22 1980 Election coverage 1981 Jan 21 22:2 Southgate Hotel, Medical Arts Prof. Bldg. to be demolished 1981 Aug 21 22:18 Employment discrimination in Reagan administration 1981 Oct 2 22:24 Small Business Adm. Loan to South Shore Bank 1981 Oct 23 22:27 Chicago Council on Fine Arts awards six South Shore artists 1981 Oct 31 22:28 Chicago Housing Authority forum 1982 Mar 26 23:12 Illinois Central Gulf Railroad reduces commuter fares 1982 Apr 2 23:13 Removal of parking meters on 71st St. |
| Box 1 | Folder 18 | The South Side Herald | 1905 Apr 29 1:2 Citizen’s Improvement Association of Normal Park & Eggleston |
| Box 1 | Folder 16 | South-Side News Courier | 1956 Oct 24 31:44 Street lights installed on 71st St. |
| Box 1 | Folder 17 | Windsor Park Herald [Published by the Windsor Park and South Shore Improvement Club] | 1894 Jan 25 1:2 Windsor Park and South Shore Improvement Club is organized 1894 Feb 1 1:3 Public schools |
