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Chicago (Ill.) -- Social conditions

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Edith Franklin Wyatt Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Wyatt
Abstract

Correspondence of Chicago writer and social activist Edith Franklin Wyatt, plus drafts of works, contracts, scrapbooks, clippings and mementos.

Dates: 1894-1968; Majority of material found within 1894 - 1955

Graham Taylor papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Taylor
Abstract

Works, correspondence, and family papers of minister, social worker, professor, and founder of Chicago Commons settlement house, Graham Taylor.

Dates: 1820-1975; Majority of material found within 1866-1940

Mark J. Satter papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Satter
Abstract

Papers of Chicago lawyer and civil rights activist Mark J. Satter, documenting his crusade against wage garnishment, his writings against public aid and for a new Works Progress Administration to provide jobs for the under and unemployed, and his battle against redlining and the predatory real estate practice of contract selling. Includes correspondence, clippings, articles and essays, speeches, research notes, audiovisual materials, photographs, and personal items.

Dates: 1931-1965; Majority of material found within 1957 - 1965