Descriptive inventory for the Logan Square Neighborhood Association, 1962-1971

Series 1 consists of correspondence, memos, notes, and other office files of LSNA executive directors and presidents. Includes files related to: Monsignor Donald J. Masterson (1967), Hal Mead (1967), James Feeley (1969), Donald Shrake (1970), Ron Thompson (1970), and Don Hansen (1971). The series also contains constitutions, by-laws, membership materials, press releases, publicity files, and newsletters.

Series 2 contains correspondence between employees and members of the LSNA, the general public, and representatives of various city units and organizations. Topics include schools, crime, transit, and daily life in the Logan Square neighborhood.

Series 3 contains budgets, correspondence, treasurer's reports, and information on fundraising.

Series 4 contains correspondence, lists, notices, plans, pamphlets, and other publicity materials related to ongoing projects of the LSNA. Topics include blockbusting, a court attendance project, park development, Crimestop, and other neighborhood anti-crime efforts in cooperation with the Chicago Police Department.

Series 5 consists of pamphlets, clippings, maps, lists, transcripts, flyers, correspondence, and reports related to subjects of importance to the LSNA. Topics include transit, public health, zoning, race relations, and housing. Also present are materials on the construction of the Logan Square Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) train station.

Series 6 contains information related to specific programs organized and hosted by the LSNA. Events include Street Fair (1968, 1970), Fun Fair (1970), Logan Square Art Fair (1964, 1968), Health Fair (1964-1966), Business Man's Dinner (1967), and Monsignor Masterson's farewell dinner (1970).

Series 7 consists of meeting agendas and minutes, correspondence, and clippings. Includes board of directors, annual, and delegate meetings, as well as ad-hoc meetings on neighborhood issues.

Series 8 contains correspondence, notes, minutes, agendas, reports, pamphlets, and clippings related to the activities of LSNA committees, including the library, nominating, executive, budget, and school committees. Materials discuss projects and programs organized and hosted by specific committees.

Series 9 contains newsletters, reports, brochures, correspondence, and meeting agendas and minutes of various Chicago neighborhood associations, including the Lake View Citizens' Council, the Lincoln Park Conservation Association, and the Rogers Park Community Council. The series also contains information on some North Side community organizations, which came together to work on issues of development for the region.

Series 10 contains newspaper and magazine clippings related to the LSNA or topics of interest to the community, such as crime, local events, and CTA construction.

Series 11 consists of correspondence, meeting minutes, publicity materials, and other working files of the Milwaukee-Diversey Chamber of Commerce (MDCC), an organization formed of businesses in the Milwaukee Avenue and Diversey Avenue commercial corridor in Logan Square.

Series 12 contains miscellaneous materials that were closed to researchers until they received conservation treatment in 2012 and 2015 (see Processing Note).

Series 13 contains five cassette tapes labeled 'Logan Square Storytelling.'