Neighborhoods, Keepers of Culture project video archives, [ca. 1958-1999]

  • Collection ID 2002.0131.2
  • Creator Names Chicago Historical Society
  • Title Neighborhoods, Keepers of Culture project video archives [videorecording].
  • Dates [ca. 1958-1999]
  • Physical description
    • 53 videocassettes (VHS) : sd., col.
    • 1 video : Hi8 MP.
  • Access and usage restrictions In order to view an original video, a research copy must be made. Viewing copies of a few cassettes are available.
  • Collection summary Items collected as part of the "Neighborhoods, Keepers of Culture" project of the Chicago Historical Society, which focused on the following community areas: Near West Side, East Garfield Park, Lower West Side (Pilsen), South Lawndale (Little Village), Rogers Park, West Ridge, and Douglas and Grand Boulevard on the South Side. Items in this collection include video footage used in an exhibition; oral histories and edited documentaries relating to various areas in Chicago that were used as research for the exhibition; recordings of neighborhood meetings; and recordings of CHS staff project meetings. Items were created by: Street Level Youth Media; Chicago Video Project; Usama Alshaibi; Chicago Historical Society; and others. Topics include Catholics, Jews, Mexican Americans, Polish Americans, Russian Americans, African Americans, Garifuna culture (Black Carib), immigrants, youth, neighborhood life, community organization, housing and public housing projects, race relations, and social conditions.
  • Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Copyright status of most items is unknown. Written permissions were not secured by Chicago Historical Society.
  • Finding Aids Note Container list available (2002-131).
  • Location of Other Archival Materials Note Related materials at Chicago History Museum, Research Center, include the CHS archival files of this project and related manuscripts collected; the Neighborhoods, Keepers of Culture project oral histories and transcripts (2002.0131.1); the Chicago Historical Society collection of visual materials for My History Is Your History project (2000.0121.1-4); the Oral history interviews with staff and residents of Stateway Gardens (1999.0085); and the Photographs at Stateway Gardens, by Patricia Evans (1999.0085).
  • Names
    • Chicago Historical Society. Neighborhoods, Keepers of Culture (Project) Archives.
    • Black, Timuel D.
    • Chicago Historical Society Collection.
    • Saint Thomas Episcopal Church (Chicago, Ill.)
    • Alshaibi, Usama, 1969- photographer. pht
    • Street Level Youth Media, photographer. pht
    • Chicago Historical Society. Neighborhoods, Keepers of Culture (Project)
    • Chicago Video Project, photographer. pht
  • Subjects
    • African Americans Illinois Chicago.
    • Mexican Americans Illinois Chicago.
    • Jews Illinois Chicago.
    • Polish Americans Illinois Chicago.
    • Immigrants Illinois Chicago.
    • Community organization Illinois Chicago.
    • Russian Americans Illinois Chicago.
    • Catholics Illinois Chicago.
    • Housing Illinois Chicago.
  • Geographic coverage
    • Chicago (Ill.) History
    • East Garfield Park (Chicago, Ill.)
    • Lower West Side (Chicago, Ill.)
    • Near West Side (Chicago, Ill.)
    • Rogers Park (Chicago, Ill.)
    • West Ridge (Chicago, Ill.)
    • South Lawndale (Chicago, Ill.)
    • Douglas (Chicago, Ill.)
    • Grand Boulevard (Chicago, Ill.)
    • Chicago (Ill.) Race relations.
    • Chicago (Ill.) Social conditions 20th century.
  • Genre Videocassettes. aat
  • Geographic name United States Illinois Cook County Chicago.
  • Finding aid URL Finding aid available online http://chsmedia.org/media/fa/fa/2002/131.htm