Citizens Action Program (Chicago, Ill.) records

  • Creator Names Citizens Action Program (Chicago, Ill.)
  • Title Citizens Action Program (Chicago, Ill.) records [manuscript], 1970-1975.
  • Physical description
    • 1.25 linear ft. (3 boxes)
    • 2 sound cassettes.
  • Access and usage restrictions For listening purposes, it is necessary to use a copy, not the original (and to have a listening copy made if one is not available).
  • Collection summary Minutes, newsletters, position papers, newspaper clippings, handbills, audio cassette recordings, and other working files of the Citizens Action Program (CAP), a Chicago advocacy group. Topics include environmental pollution; opposition to real estate tax breaks for wealthy corporations and the proposed Crosstown Expressway; and support for banking reform requiring financial institutions to invest in neighborhoods and avoid red-lining.
  • Acquisition information Gift of Joan M. Flanagan (1989.0778).
  • Location of Other Archival Materials Note
    • Related materials at Chicago History Museum, Research Center, include the Citizens Action Program (Chicago, Ill.) records collected by Father Dubi; the Citizens Action Program records collected by Paul Booth; the South Side Anti-Crosstown Coalition (Chicago, Ill.) records; and other social action manuscript collections; and the Citizens Action Program photograph collection (1995.0262).
    • The University of Illinois at Chicago, Daley Library Special Collections Dept. also holds a collection of Citizens Action Program records.
  • Biographical or Historical Note The Citizens Action Program (CAP) was formed in 1970 as the Campaign Against Pollution. The organization changed its name in 1971 to reflect its involvement in a variety of local advocacy issues. In 1974, CAP merged with National Consumers United.
  • Names
    • Citizens Action Program (Chicago, Ill.) Archives.
    • Booth, Paul.
    • Campaign Against Pollution (Chicago, Ill.)
    • Booth, Paul.
    • Campaign Against Pollution (Chicago, Ill.)
  • Subjects
    • Banks and banking Illinois Chicago 20th century.
    • Community organization Illinois Chicago 20th century.
    • Crosstown Expressway (Chicago, Ill. : Proposed)
    • Discrimination in mortgage loans Illinois Chicago 20th century.
    • Environmentalists Illinois Chicago 20th century.
    • Express highways Illinois Chicago 20th century.
    • Housing Illinois Chicago 20th century.
    • Political activists Illinois Chicago 20th century.
    • Pollution Illinois Chicago 20th century.
    • Real property and taxation Illinois Chicago 20th century.
  • Geographic coverage
    • Chicago (Ill.) Politics and government 1951-
    • Chicago (Ill.) Social conditions 20th century.
  • Genre
    • Audiocassettes. aat
    • Handbills. aat
    • Minutes. aat
    • Newsletters. aat
    • Newspaper clippings. aat
  • Geographic name United States Illinois Cook County Chicago.