St. Mark’s Camera Club Photograph Collection

Dates: 1990-1993, undated
Size: 4.25 linear feet
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

Collection

Number:

1992/04
Provenance: Donated by Dorothy Meyers, Lynne C. Lee, Isabelle Cass Girley, Barbara Dixon, John M. Young, Della Davis, and Samuel Hatchett in 1992. Donations by Willie F. Griffin, Sr. in 1992, 1994, and 2006
Access: No restrictions
Citation:

When quoting material from this collection the preferred citation is:

St. Mark’s Camera Club Photograph Collection, [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

Historical Note

St. Mark United Methodist Church is located at 8441 S. St. Lawrence Avenue in Chicago’s Chatham neighborhood. The church’s camera club met on Monday afternoons. Doris Harris was the group’s president and Lynne Lee and Doris Harris served as the club’s church delegates.

Scope and Content

This collection consists of 38 photographs taken by photographers who were members of St. Mark United Methodist Church’s camera club. Information on each photograph includes its title, photographer (if known), and date. The majority of photographs are mounted on mat boards. Photographs depict images of people and places in numerous Chicago neighborhoods.

Arrangement

This collection is arranged into 2 series by the size of the photograph and its matting. Photographs in each series are listed alphabetically by photograph title.

Related Materials

Related materials at the Chicago Public Library include:

Container List

Series 1: Photographs with a Small or No Mat Board, 1991-1992, undated

Box 1 Photo 001 Apartment Complex for Sale [46th Street and Woodlawn Avenue] by Lynne Lee, 1992 April
Box 1 Photo 002 Barnroof Block [77th Street and Dante in Avalon] by Lynne Lee, 1992 April
Box 1 Photo 003 China Town [Wentworth Avenue and 23rd Street in Chinatown] by Lynne Lee, 1992 April
Box 1 Photo 004 Commercial Enterprises [street with businesses] by Lynne Lee, 1992 April
Box 1 Photo 005 Eighty-fourth Street and Peoria [house] by Dorothy L. Meyers, undated
Box 1 Photo 006 Fifty-third Street and Blackstone by Dorothy L. Meyers, undated
Box 1 Photo 007 Greenstone Church [Pullman District, 111th Street] by Della Davis, 1992 May 18
Box 1 Photo 008 Hilliard Homes: A Circular View [Cermak near Clark in South Loop] by Lynne Lee, 1992 April
Box 1 Photo 009 Leveling Off Concrete Slav for a Garage by John M. Young, 1992 February 4
Box 1 Photo 010 Looking Forward [Wabash-104th Street Block Club party] by Isabelle Cass Girley, 1992 May
Box 1 Photo 011 Old Mansion [house west of State Street on 59th Street] by Dorothy L. Meyers, undated
Box 1 Photo 012 Out for an Early Spring Walk in the Highlands [Jackson Park Highlands, 68th Street and Constance] by Lynne Lee, 1992 April
Box 1 Photo 013 Prairie Avenue Near 35th Street by Lynne Lee, 1992 April
Box 1 Photo 014 Pullman Row Houses by Lynne Lee, 1992 April
Box 1 Photo 015 Robert Taylor Homes From the Tracks [35th to 39th Streets, bordering the Dan Ryan Expressway] by Lynne Lee, 1992 April
Box 1 Photo 016 Roby House [by Frank Lloyd Wright] by Della Davis, 1992 May 18
Box 1 Photo 017 The Faces of Old Elegant Graystones [Drexel near 40th Street in Woodlawn] by Lynne Lee, 1992 April
Box 1 Photo 018 Three Homes on a Street [no photographer listed], undated
Box 1 Photo 019 University of Chicago Campus Chapel by Dorothy L. Meyers, undated
Box 1 Photo 020 Urban Progress – Urban Decay [Capone’s Hotel at Cermak and Michigan] by Lynne Lee, 1992 April
Box 1 Photo 021 Welcome to Roseland Block Club [111th Street and Indiana] by Lynne Lee, 1992 April
Box 1 Photo 022 West 87th Street [house] by Dorothy L. Meyers, undated
Box 1 Photo 023 West 87th Street in Gresham [house] by Dorothy L. Meyers, undated
Box 1 Photo 024 Winter Tragedy [home after a fire] by Barbara Dixon, 1991 March
Box 1 Photo 025 Wrigley Field Baseball Game by John M. Young, 1992 February 4

Series 2: Photographs with a Large Mat Board, 1990-1993, undated

Box 2 Photo 026 A Busy Day in Chatham by Isabelle Cass Girley, 1992 May
Box 2 Photo 027 Big Grey House [East 50th Street in Hyde Park] by Dorothy L. Meyers, 1990 September
Box 2 Photo 028 Block Club Party in Roseland by Isabelle Cass Girley, 1992 May
Box 2 Photo 029 Calling Home [man on a bike using a pay phone by the Field Museum] by Samuel Hatchett, undated
Box 2 Photo 030 Englewood Neighborhood #1 by Willie F. Griffin, Sr., 1992 May
Box 2 Photo 031 Englewood Neighborhood #2 by Willie F. Griffin, Sr., 1992 May
Box 2 Photo 032 Ex-Pullman Hotel by Dorothy L. Meyers, undated
Box 2 Photo 033 Gorham United Methodist Church by Willie F. Griffin, Sr., 1993 July 1
Box 2 Photo 034 Maple Park United Methodist Church by Willie F. Griffin, Sr., 1993 July 1
Box 2 Photo 035 Neighborhood [three houses on a street] by Willie F. Griffin, Sr., 1993 February
Box 2 Photo 036 New Galilee Baptist Church [Old St. Mark United Methodist Church] by Willie F. Griffin, Sr., 1993 July 1
Box 2 Photo 037 Saint Nicholas Hellenic Orthodox Church by Willie F. Griffin, Sr., 1993 July 1
Box 2 Photo 038 Shopping Plaza [87th Street] by Isabelle Cass Girley, 1992 May
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