Leadership Council for Metropolitan Open Communities records, part 1

  • Creator Names Leadership Council for Metropolitan Open Communities.
  • Title Leadership Council for Metropolitan Open Communities records, part 1 [manuscript], 1954-1988, bulk 1966-1986.
  • Physical description
    • 288 linear ft.
    • 3 open-reel sound recordings.
    • 47 audio cassettes. (Originals).
    • 47 audio cassettes. (Listening copies).
  • Access and usage restrictions
    • Legal case files are closed to researchers at this time.
    • Portions of the collection are unprocessed and not described in detail in this catalog record but are included in the overall box count. Contact research@chicagohistory.org for access to unprocessed portions. Staff will typically respond to your inquiry within two weeks. However, due to the high volume of inquiries and depending upon the nature of your request additional time may be required to respond. Please note that not all material will be available for researcher access due to condition, location, staff availability, confidentiality and/or other factors. Scheduling an appointment to view available material may require several additional weeks.
    • 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). Most sound recordings are closed until deeded.
  • Collection summary Correspondence, financial statements, fundraising items, annual reports, audio recordings, by-laws, historical information, memoranda, minutes, reports, newspaper clippings, newsletters, legal documents, and fliers of the Leadership Council for Metropolitan Open Communities, LCMOC, relative to its efforts to eliminate racial discrimination in housing in the Chicago area. The collection also contains demographic data on communities in Chicago and the metropolitan area. The records include files from the Gautreaux Demonstration Program in which the LCMOC helped former Chicago Housing Authority residents move into subsidized, private housing throughout the metropolitan area. Also present are records relative to the civil rights movement and the Chicago Freedom Movement (1966-1967) and the "summit agreement" (1966). Materials pertaining to the Chicago Metropolitan Housing Development Corporation and the Metropolitan Housing Coalition, renamed the Regional Housing Coalition in 1973, also are included in the collection.
  • Finding Aids Note Descriptive inventory available online but does not describe unprocessed additions to this collection in detail.
  • Acquisition information Gift of the Leadership Council for Metropolitan Open Communities beginning in 1978 (M1978.0043; M1982.0003; M1984.0172; M1985.0033; 1992.0212).
  • Location of Other Archival Materials Note Related materials at Chicago History Museum, Research Center, include the Leadership Council for Metropolitan Open Communities collection of visual materials (1992.0212); the Kale Williams papers; the West Side Christian Parish (Chicago, Ill.) records; and publications, cataloged separately.
  • Names
    • Leadership Council for Metropolitan Open Communities Archives.
    • Gautreaux, Dorothy Trials, litigation, etc.
    • Chicago Freedom Movement.
    • Chicago Housing Authority.
    • Gautreaux Demonstration Program (Chicago Metropolitan Area, Ill.)
    • Metropolitan Housing and Planning Council (Chicago, Ill.)
    • Metropolitan Housing Coalition (Chicago, Ill.)
    • Chicago Metropolitan Housing Development Corporation.
    • Regional Housing Coalition.
    • United States. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development.
    • Holmgren, Edward.
    • Williams, Kale.
    • Chicago Metropolitan Housing Development Corporation.
    • Gautreaux Demonstration Program (Chicago Metropolitan Area, Ill.)
    • Metropolitan Housing and Planning Council (Chicago, Ill.)
    • Metropolitan Housing Coalition (Chicago, Ill.)
    • Northeastern Illinois Planning Commission.
    • Regional Housing Coalition.
    • United States. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development.
  • Subjects
    • African Americans Illinois Chicago 20th century.
    • African Americans Illinois Chicago Metropolitan Area 20th century.
    • African Americans Housing Illinois Chicago Metropolitan Area 20th century.
    • Civil rights Illinois Chicago 20th century.
    • Discrimination in housing Illinois Chicago Metropolitan Area.
    • Discrimination in housing Law and legislation United States.
    • Housing Illinois Chicago Metropolitan Area 20th century.
    • Housing policy Illinois Chicago Metropolitan Area 20th century.
    • Minorities Housing Illinois Chicago Metropolitan Area.
    • Public housing Illinois Chicago Metropolitan Area 20th century.
  • Geographic coverage Chicago Metropolitan Area (Ill.) Race relations 20th century.
  • Genre
    • Audiotapes. aat
    • Case files. aat
    • Correspondence. aat
    • Interviews. aat
    • Statistics. aat
  • Geographic name United States Illinois Cook County Chicago.
  • Finding aid URL Finding aid available online http://chsmedia.org/media/fa/fa/M-L/LCMOC-inv.htm