Chicago Heritage Committee records

  • Creator Names Chicago Heritage Committee.
  • Title Chicago Heritage Committee records [manuscript], 1945-1971, bulk 1961-1964.
  • Physical description 2 linear ft. (4 boxes)
  • Collection summary Correspondence, newsclippings, announcements, and topical files of the Chicago Heritage Committee, an organization that sought to encourage historic preservation efforts in the Chicago area. Correspondents include Thomas Stauffer, president; Richard Nickel, secretary. Much of the correspondence was with other conservation groups. Topical files include background information on the Chicago neighborhood called the Gap Area (31st-35th Streets); on buildings: Auditorium Theater, Boyd House, Chicago Civic Center (later the Daley Center), Chicago Court House, Farm-in-the-Zoo, Garrick Theatre Building, Madlener House, McCormick Place, Petrillo Band Shell, Pilgrim Baptist Church, Reliance Building, Robie House, A.W. Sullivan House, Unitarian Universalist Church; and on the possibility of a lake-front airport and other environmental issues.
  • Location of Other Archival Materials Note Related materials at Chicago History Museum, Research Center, include the Chicago Heritage Committee collection of visual materials (1980.0020).
  • Names
    • Nickel, Richard, d. 1972.
    • Stauffer, Thomas, b. 1917?
    • Despres, Leon Mathis, 1908-2009.
    • Chicago Heritage Committee Archives.
    • Nickel, Richard, d. 1972.
    • Stauffer, Thomas, b. 1917?
  • Subjects
    • Architecture Illinois Chicago.
    • Historic buildings Illinois Chicago 20th century.
    • Historic preservation Illinois Chicago Societies, etc. 20th century.
    • Historic preservation United States Societies, etc.
  • Geographic coverage
    • Chicago (Ill.) Buildings, structures, etc. History.
    • Douglas (Chicago, Ill.)
  • Genre
    • Clippings. aat
    • Correspondence. aat
  • Geographic name United States Illinois Cook County Chicago.