Leonard I. Fuchs papers during the Great Depression
- Creator Names Fuchs, Leonard I.
- Title Leonard I. Fuchs papers during the Great Depression [manuscript], 1936-1948.
- Physical description 0.5 linear ft. (ca. 60 items)
- Collection summary
- Correspondence, notes, reports of meetings, brochures, receipts, photographs and clippings relating to Leonard Fuchs' interest in consumer and labor organizing activities in Chicago during the Great Depression. The collection includes a few items issued by the United Conference Against the High Cost of Living (Chicago), Alice Belester, secretary; Consumers Service Council (Chicago), Central States Co-operative League; Chicago Cooperative Federation; and the League of Women Shoppers (Chicago, New York, and Washington). Topics include regulation of the quality and cost of meat in Chicago and information for establishing workers' cooperatives. The collection also includes a small amount of letters and photographs from the World War II era, mostly letters from Jewish men in Austria requesting assistance in obtaining visas to the United States.
- Leonard Fuchs was a graduate of Lane Tech Preparatory School, Chicago (Ill.), and received his Ph.B. (Bachelor of Philosophy) and J.D. from the University of Chicago.
- Acquisition information Gift of Susan Shapiro (1996.0106).
- Location of Other Archival Materials Note Related materials at Chicago History Museum, Research Center, include the Leonard I. Fuchs papers.
- Names
- Fuchs, Leonard I. Archives.
- United Conference Against the High Cost of Living (Chicago, Ill.)
- Consumers Service Council (Chicago, Ill.)
- Central States Co-operative League.
- Chicago Cooperative Federation.
- League of Women Shoppers (Chicago, Ill.)
- United Conference Against the High Cost of Living (Chicago, Ill.)
- Consumers Service Council (Chicago, Ill.)
- Central States Co-operative League.
- Chicago Cooperative Federation.
- League of Women Shoppers (Chicago, Ill.)
- Subjects
- Consumers' leagues Illinois Chicago 20th century.
- Cooperative societies Illinois Chicago 20th century.
- Depressions 1929 Illinois Chicago
- Grocery trade Illinois Chicago 20th century.
- Jewish lawyers Illinois Chicago 20th century.
- Labor unions Illinois Chicago 20th century.
- Working class Illinois Chicago 20th century.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- Geographic coverage
- Chicago (Ill.) Economic conditions 20th century.
- Albany Park (Chicago, Ill)
- Genre
- Brochures. aat
- Clippings. aat
- Correspondence. aat
- Reports. aat
- Geographic name United States Illinois Cook County Chicago.