Citizens Schools Committee records

  • Creator Names Citizens Schools Committee (Chicago, Ill.)
  • Title Citizens Schools Committee records [manuscript], 1911-1983.
  • Physical description
    • 27.75 linear ft. (55 boxes, 3 transfer files, 3 wrapped v.)
    • 14 sound recordings.
  • Access and usage restrictions
    • Some scrapbooks are extremely fragile and closed to researchers until they can be microfilmed.
    • 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).
    • As part of our storage renovations, some or all items in this collection are offsite and inaccessible until 2022. Materials in the "Copy/Holdings Information" section with "Lot" or "OS" or "Oversize" in the call number are NOT currently available unless stated otherwise. Please email us at research@chicagohistory.org with any questions you might have.
  • Collection summary Correspondence, minutes, financial and other reports, annual proceedings, speeches, scrapbooks, press releases, etc. relating to Citizens Schools Committee's (CSC) work promoting quality in Chicago public education and monitoring administration of the school system. Includes materials from parents' and teachers' organizations in 1920s and 1930s; Chicago Board of Education; Chicago Teachers Union; records of the annual Civic Assembly, sponsored by CSC (1949-1972), and personal papers of Mary J. Herrick, an officer of CSC and of the Chicago Teachers Union and a teacher at DuSable High School. Topics include school board budgets, policies, and nominations; racial desegregation, bilingual education; awards to teachers, principals, and students. Correspondents include John Lapp, a CSC leader.
  • Location of Other Archival Materials Note Related materials at Chicago History Museum, Research Center, include the Citizens Schools Committee photographs [graphic]; the Chicago Teachers Union records; and the Robert J. Ahrens papers.
  • Finding Aids Note Descriptive inventory available. Recent additions to the collection are not described.
  • Acquisition information Most materials were donations of the Citizens Schools Committee, beginning in 1972.
  • Names
    • Citizens Schools Committee (Chicago, Ill.) Archives.
    • Herrick, Mary J. (Mary Josephine), 1895-1984 Archives.
    • Lapp, John A. (John Augustus), 1880-
    • Chicago (Ill.). Board of Education.
    • Chicago Public Schools.
    • Chicago Teachers Union.
    • DuSable High School.
    • Herrick, Mary J. (Mary Josephine), 1895-1984.
    • Lapp, John A. (John Augustus), 1880-
    • Chicago (Ill.). Board of Education.
    • Chicago Teachers Union.
  • Subjects
    • Education, Bilingual Illinois Chicago 20th century.
    • Teachers' unions Illinois Chicago 20th century.
    • Parents' and teachers' associations Illinois Chicago 20th century.
    • Public schools Illinois Chicago 20th century.
    • School integration Illinois Chicago 20th century.
  • Geographic coverage Chicago (Ill.) Politics and government 20th century.
  • Genre
    • Audiotapes. aat
    • Correspondence. aat
    • Minutes. aat
    • Phonograph records. aat
    • Proceedings. aat
    • Reports. aat
    • Scrapbooks. aat
    • Speeches. aat
    • Press releases. aat
  • Geographic name United States Illinois Cook County Chicago.