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Descriptive inventory for the Logan Square Neighborhood Association, 1962-1971 |
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Collection Overview +/-
Title: | Logan Square Neighborhood Association records, 1962-1971 (inclusive) |
Creators: | Logan Square Neighborhood Association (Chicago, Ill.) |
Lake View Citizens' Council (Chicago, Ill.) | |
Lincoln Park Conservation Association (Chicago, Ill.) | |
Milwaukee-Diversey Chamber of Commerce (Chicago, Ill.) | |
Dates: | 1962-1971 (inclusive) |
Accession number: | M1973.0008 |
Bib number: | 00066363 |
Call numbers: | MSS Lot L |
0MM.315 | |
Size: | 10 linear feet (25 boxes) |
Language of material: | Collection is written in English. |
Provenance statement:
Materials were a gift of the Logan Square Neighborhood Association (accession #: M1973.0008).
Terms governing use:
Copyright may be retained by the creators of items, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law, unless otherwise noted.
Restriction(s):
This collection is open for research use.
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).
Please cite this collection as:
Logan Square Neighborhood Association records (Chicago History Museum) plus a detailed description, date, and box/folder number of a specific item.
Collection Summary +/-
Committee reports, correspondence, financial records, fundraising and publicity materials, meeting agendas and minutes, news clippings, newsletters, petitions, press releases, surveys, and other records related to daily operations, program planning, and projects of the Logan Square Neighborhood Association (LSNA), a nonprofit community organization serving the Logan Square community in Chicago (Ill.). Topics include race relations, education, school desegregation, public health, transportation, crime, Chicago Public Library access, and construction of the Logan Square Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) train station. Also present are records of the Milwaukee-Diversey Chamber of Commerce (MDCC), which served merchants in the area of Milwaukee Avenue and Diversey Avenue, as well as newsletters, brochures, and correspondence from other Chicago neighborhood associations, including the Lake View Citizens' Council, Lincoln Park Conservation Association, and other cooperating North Side community organizations.
Biographical/Historical Note +/-
The Logan Square Neighborhood Association (LSNA), a nonprofit community organization, was founded in 1962 to serve the Logan Square neighborhood in Chicago (Ill.). Its office was located for some years at 2641 North Milwaukee Avenue. The organization has been composed of community members, including individuals, businesses, other neighborhood organizations, churches, and social service agencies. LSNA has dealt with a variety of community issues such as public libraries, school reform, local land use, health care, and neighborhood safety. Logan Square is one of Chicago's official community areas on which statistics have been gathered for many decades. However, the scope of LSNA's activities and membership was not limited to the boundaries of the official community area.
Catalog Subject Headings +/-
Subjects: |
Citizens' associations--Illinois--Chicago--20th century |
Commercial associations--Illinois--Chicago--20th century |
Community and school--Illinois--Chicago--20th century |
Community organization--Illinois--Chicago--20th century |
Crime--Illinois--Chicago--20th century |
Public health--Illinois--Chicago--20th century |
Public libraries--Illinois--Chicago--20th century |
School integration--Illinois--Chicago--20th century |
Transportation--Illinois--Chicago--20th century |
Organizations: |
Logan Square Neighborhood Association (Chicago, Ill.)--Archives |
Milwaukee-Diversey Chamber of Commerce (Chicago, Ill.)--Archives |
Genre/Form: |
Cassette Tapes |
Clippings |
Correspondence |
Financial records |
Minutes |
Newsletters |
Press releases |
Reports |
Geographic: |
Chicago (Ill.)--Race relations--20th century |
Chicago (Ill.)--Social conditions--20th century |
Logan Square (Chicago, Ill.) |
Organization and Arrangement of Collection +/-
The collection is arranged in thirteen series by record type.
About This Finding Aid +/-
Creation: | Finding aid encoded by Basia Kapolka using Oxygen XML editor, 2016. |
Language: | Finding aid is written in English. |
Other Finding Aids: | Finding aid also submitted to the Explore Chicago Collections portal. |
Processing Note: | Box 24 was treated for mold in February 2012. Box 23 was treated for mold and water damage in 2015. |