Civic Federation of Chicago records

  • Creator Names Civic Federation (Chicago, Ill.)
  • Title Civic Federation of Chicago records [manuscript], 1893-1948, bulk 1893-1928.
  • Physical description 2 linear ft. (5 boxes)
  • Collection summary Meeting minutes, reports, scrapbooks, incorporation certificate, and other records of the Civic Federation of Chicago, including minutes: 1893-1899 and 1926-1932; and records of the Chicago Bureau of Public Efficiency, which merged with it, including minutes 1910-1932 and minutes from the two organizations combined, 1932-1947. Also included in the collection is a scrapbook compiled by Bernard E. Sunny about the Chicago New Charter Convention and its work, 1902-1903. The collection also has a scrapbook of newsletters, announcements and other printed materials, 1912-1928; information from the governor's tax crisis, 1931-1932; a copy of the Administrative Survey of the City of Chicago, 1940-1948; and the Report of the Budget Survey Committee on the Chicago Water and Sewer System, 1948. Topics of the report include Illinois and Chicago government finances, taxes, services and civic priorities.
  • Acquisition information Gift of the Civic Federation (M1977.0002).
  • Location of Other Archival Materials Note Related materials at Chicago History Museum, Research Center, include Civic Federation Bulletins, which are cataloged separately.
  • Biographical or Historical Note Known as the Civic Federation of Chicago, 1894-1932; merged with the Chicago Bureau of Public Efficiency to become the Civic Federation and Bureau of Public Efficiency (Chicago, Ill.); in 1941 became The Civic Federation (Chicago, Ill.).
  • Names
    • Civic Federation (Chicago, Ill.) Archives.
    • Civic Federation of Chicago (Ill.) Archives.
    • Chicago Bureau of Public Efficiency (Chicago, Ill.) Archives.
    • Civic Federation and Bureau of Public Efficiency (Chicago, Ill.) Archives.
    • Chicago (Ill.). Charter.
    • Chicago New Charter Convention (1902)
    • Sunny, Bernard Edward.
    • Sunny, Bernard Edward.
    • Chicago Bureau of Public Efficiency (Chicago, Ill.)
    • Chicago (Ill.). Charter.
    • Civic Federation and Bureau of Public Efficiency (Chicago, Ill.)
    • Civic Federation of Chicago (Ill.)
    • Chicago New Charter Convention (1902)
  • Subjects
    • City planning Illinois Chicago 19th century.
    • City planning Illinois Chicago 20th century.
    • Civic improvement. Illinois Chicago 19th century.
    • Civic improvement. Illinois Chicago 20th century.
    • Municipal government Illinois Chicago 20th century.
    • Political corruption. Illinois Chicago 19th century.
    • Political corruption. Illinois Chicago 20th century.
    • Taxation. Illinois Chicago 19th century.
    • Taxation. Illinois Chicago 20th century.
  • Geographic coverage
    • Chicago (Ill.) Politics and government 19th century.
    • Chicago (Ill.) Politics and government 20th century.
    • Illinois Politics and government 19th century.
    • Illinois Politics and government 20th century.
  • Genre
    • Announcements. aat
    • Minutes. aat
    • Reports. aat
    • Scrapbooks. aat
  • Geographic name United States Illinois Cook County Chicago.