Afr. African Americans
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Identifier: Afr
This topic covers manuscript collections that are by or about African Americans or Black people and their histories.
Found in 53 Collections and/or Records:
Victor Lawson papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Lawson
Abstract
Correspondence, reports, legal documents, contracts, and other materials pertaining to Victor Lawson’s life and career as a pioneering newspaperman and owner of the Chicago Daily News in early 1900s Chicago.
Dates:
approximately 1860-1931; Majority of material found within 1885-1925
Waller & Beckwith Realty Co. Records
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-WallerB
Abstract
Business records of Waller & Beckwith Realty Co., a family-owned Chicago real estate company, including general business files and legal documents. Papers include city assessments and municipal regulations, rent payments, leases, tenant complaints, applications for employment, contracts, collections, lawsuits, and insurance records. Covering primarily 1920-1940, the collection documents living conditions in Chicago and changes in the city during the Depression years and the period between...
Dates:
1911-1976; Majority of material found within 1921 - 1943
Waller Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Waller
Abstract
Primarily letters of the Waller family, a wealthy, large, educated family from Kentucky, and later Chicago, pertaining mainly to matters of family activity, family devotion to one another, and especially health. Also included are a family genealogy, biography, and letters from Henry Clay and P.G.T. Beauregard. Related family: Alexander
Dates:
1803-1938; Majority of material found within 1803 - 1888