The Chicago Community Trust records

  • Creator Names Chicago Community Trust.
  • Title The Chicago Community Trust records [manuscript], 1889-1996, bulk 1908-1975.
  • Physical description 43 linear ft. (91 boxes)
  • Access and usage restrictions Researchers, including staff members of Chicago History Museum, who wish to consult this material must obtain the written permission of the executive director of The Chicago Community Trust for access to boxes 1-10, 17-18, 21-24, and most other boxes.
  • Collection summary Executive committee minutes, account books and other financial materials, scrapbooks, and office files concerning administration and distribution of the Chicago Community Trust (CCT) funds to Chicago area charitable organizations. Includes records of the Elizabeth McCormick Memorial Fund (1908-63, merged 1961) and of other trusts transferred to The Chicago Community Trust. Topics include government relief agencies in the 1930s, child health care and welfare, and particularly in the McCormick Memorial Fund records, tuberculosis and open-air schools. Persons represented in The CCT records include executive committee chairmen Clifford W. Barnes and Edward L. Ryerson, and executive directors James Brown, IV, and Frank D. Loomis.
  • Acquisition information Gift of The Chicago Community Trust in 1975, with more recent additions (M1975.0012; 1989.0525; 1989.0593; 1996.0174).
  • Location of Other Archival Materials Note
    • Related materials at Chicago History Museum, Research Center, include The Chicago Community Trust collection of visual materials (1980.0084); The Chicago Community Trust photograph collection (1998.0193); The Chicago Initiative records; and many CCT publications.
    • University of Illinois at Chicago, Daley Library, Special Collections Dept. holds extensive records of the Elizabeth McCormick Memorial Fund.
  • Biographical or Historical Note The CCT solicits, administers, and disburses funds for charitable purposes in the Chicago metropolitan area; founded in 1915 by Chicago bankers Norman W. Harris and his son Albert Harris.
  • Finding Aids Note Descriptive inventory available for part of collection (does not include additions to the collection).
  • Names
    • Chicago Community Trust Archives.
    • Barnes, Clifford Webster, 1864-1944.
    • Brown, James, 1907-1984.
    • Loomis, Frank Denman, b. 1880.
    • Ryerson, Edward L. (Edward Larned), 1886-1971.
    • Chicago Initiative (Project)
    • Elizabeth McCormick Memorial Fund.
    • Barnes, Clifford Webster, 1864-1944.
    • Brown, James, 1907-1984.
    • Loomis, Frank Denman, b. 1880.
    • Ryerson, Edward L. (Edward Larned), 1886-1971.
    • Chicago Initiative (Project)
    • Elizabeth McCormick Memorial Fund.
    • Protestant Foundation of Greater Chicago.
  • Subjects
    • Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations Illinois Chicago 19th century.
    • Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations Illinois Chicago 20th century.
    • Charities Illinois Chicago 19th century.
    • Charities Illinois Chicago Metropolitan Area 20th century.
    • Endowments Illinois Chicago 19th century.
    • Endowments Illinois Chicago 20th century.
    • Child health services Illinois Chicago.
    • Child welfare Illinois Chicago.
    • Children Health and hygiene Illinois Chicago.
    • Depressions 1929 Illinois Chicago.
    • Human services Illinois Chicago.
    • Open-air schools Illinois Chicago.
    • Tuberculosis Illinois Chicago.
  • Geographic coverage
    • Chicago (Ill.) Economic conditions 19th century.
    • Chicago (Ill.) Economic conditions 20th century.
    • Chicago (Ill.) Social conditions 19th century.
    • Chicago Metropolitan Area (Ill.) Social conditions 20th century.
  • Genre
    • Account books. aat
    • Minutes. aat
    • Reports. aat
    • Scrapbooks. aat
  • Geographic name United States Illinois Cook County Chicago.