Raymond M. Hilliard papers, 1922-1967.

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  • Creator Names Hilliard, Raymond M., 1907-1966.
  • Title Raymond M. Hilliard papers [manuscript], 1922-1967.
  • Physical description
    • 67 linear ft.
    • 1 oversize folder.
  • Access and usage restrictions
    • In order to consult boxes 9-32, 35, 39-44, 77-110, 114-115, researchers must sign the Chicago History Museum's "Request for Research Access to Confidential Materials" form.
    • Boxes 147 to 152 are closed until 2035; box 153 is closed until 2036.
  • Collection summary
    • Correspondence, reports, speeches, minutes, news clipping scrapbooks, and other files relating primarily to Raymond Hilliard's career in public welfare administration in New York City and Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. Early files, ca. 1934-1948, relate to the Illinois Emergency Relief Commission and the Illinois Public Aid Commission, unemployment relief during the Great Depression, and welfare assistance throughout the state, including southern Illinois. Collection includes files (5 ft.) relating to Hilliard's work as commissioner of the New York City Department of Welfare, 1948-1951, and as executive of the Welfare and Health Council of New York City, 1951-1953, and on Hilliard's efforts to eliminate Communist influence in the department and improve welfare administration. Collection includes files, ca. 50 ft., primarily 1940s-1963, from Hilliard's work with the Cook County (Ill.) Department of Welfare, later known as the Department of Public Aid, especially files of the department's directors Joseph L. Moss and Raymond Hilliard, relating to general administration, policies, public relations and 1938-1949 radio scripts; personnel, unions, and anti-Communist concerns; studies of effective budgeting for relief recipients, studies of groups of aid recipients, and reviews of the effectiveness of public aid programs; 1930s unemployed councils; recommendations for welfare legislation; and provision of medical care, child care, and care for the older persons.
    • Other materials in the collection include Hilliard's professional correspondence, ca. 1944-1966, and 12 ft. of newsletters, mimeographed reports and fliers, and some correspondence with social welfare and civil rights leaders and organizations, including the American Public Welfare Association, the Community Fund of Chicago, the National Catholic Conference for Interracial Justice, the National Conference of Christians and Jews, the National Conference on Religion and Race 1963 conference in Chicago and related organizations, and the Welfare Council of Metropolitan Chicago.
  • Acquisition information Gift of James P. Hilliard (M1966.0598; M1966.0625), Mrs. Raymond Hilliard (M1967.0651), Mrs. Mildred Walter (M1967.0691), and the Cook County Department of Public Aid (M1967.0691, M1968.0719, M1969.0051, M1971.0691).
  • Finding Aids Note Descriptive inventory available online.
  • Location of Other Archival Materials Note Related materials at Chicago History Museum, Research Center, include photographs of Hilliard and his wife and a package of miscellaneous pamphlets and other library materials relating to Hilliard that are cataloged separately. In addition, photographs and scrapbooks of photographs that came with the Hilliard papers were transferred to the Prints & Photographs Collection but not processed so far.
  • Names
    • Hilliard, Raymond M., 1907-1966 Archives.
    • Moss, Joseph Lincoln Archives.
    • Cook County (Ill.). Bureau of Public Welfare Archives.
    • Cook County (Ill.). Department of Public Aid Archives.
    • Cook County (Ill.). Department of Welfare Archives.
    • Chicago (Ill.). Commission on Human Relations.
    • Chicago (Ill.). Department of Welfare.
    • Community Council of Greater New York.
    • Illinois Emergency Relief Commission.
    • Illinois Public Aid Commission.
    • New York (N.Y.). Dept. of Welfare.
    • United Public Workers of America.
    • Welfare and Health Council of New York City.
    • Welfare Council of Metropolitan Chicago.
    • National Conference on Religion and Race (1963 : Chicago, Ill.)
    • Moss, Joseph Lincoln.
    • American Public Welfare Association.
    • Catholic Inter-Racial Council (Chicago, Ill.)
    • Cook County (Ill.). Department of Public Aid.
    • Cook County (Ill.). Department of Welfare.
    • Cook County (Ill.). Bureau of Public Welfare.
    • Community Fund of Chicago, inc.
    • Illinois Emergency Relief Commission.
    • Illinois Public Aid Commission.
    • National Catholic Conference for Interracial Justice.
    • National Conference of Christians and Jews.
    • New York (N.Y.). Dept. of Welfare.
    • Welfare Council of Metropolitan Chicago.
    • National Conference on Religion and Race (1963 : Chicago, Ill.)
  • Subjects
    • African Americans Illinois Cook County Social conditions 20th century.
    • Anti-communist movements New York (State) New York 20th century.
    • Anti-communist movements Illinois Chicago 20th century.
    • Catholics Illinois Chicago 20th century.
    • Catholics United States 20th century.
    • Child care services Illinois Cook County 20th century.
    • Communism Illinois Chicago 20th century.
    • Depressions 1929 Illinois.
    • Medical care Illinois Cook County 20th century.
    • Older people Illinois Cook County 20th century.
    • Public welfare Illinois Chicago 20th century.
    • Public welfare Illinois Cook County 20th century.
    • Public welfare Illinois 20th century.
    • Public welfare New York (State) New York 20th century.
    • Radio programs Illinois Cook County 20th century.
    • Social problems United States 20th century.
    • Social workers Illinois Cook County 20th century.
    • Social workers Labor unions Illinois Cook County 20th century.
    • Social workers Labor unions New York (State) New York 20th century.
    • Social workers New York (State) New York 20th century.
    • Trumbull Park Riots, Chicago, Ill., 1953-1955. (series 3, subseries 3)
    • Unemployment Illinois Cook County 20th century.
  • Geographic coverage
    • Cook County (Ill.) Social conditions 20th century.
    • New York (N.Y.) Social conditions 20th century.
    • Southern Illinois Region.
  • Genre
    • Correspondence. aat
    • Minutes. aat
    • Reports. aat
    • Scrapbooks. aat
    • Scripts. aat
    • Speeches. aat
    • Statistics. aat
  • Geographic name
    • United States Illinois Cook County.
    • United States New York New York.
  • Finding aid URL Finding aid available online http://chsmedia.org/media/fa/fa/M-H/Hilliard-inv.htm