The League of Women Voters of Illinois was organized in Chicago in October 1920. The League's mission was "to secure democracy's promise for the people of Illinois through voter education, issue advocacy and citizen outreach." (League of Women Voters of Illinois website: www.lwvil.org/league_history). Additional local leagues were formed throughout the state, including ten in the Chicago area. The Chicago League of Women Voters was created the same year deriving from the Chicago Political Equality League. It was intended to provide a superstructure to coordinate activities of the local leagues within the city. In 1922 the Chicago League changed its name to the Chicago League of Women Voters Forum. Shortly thereafter the Cook County League was formed as a council to serve as a governing body to all the Chicago leagues and the suburban leagues within Cook County.
The Council of Cook County League of Women Voters (also known as the Cook County Council) held its first meeting in January 1923. It was originally comprised of the Presidents and four delegates from each local league in the county. Its purpose was tri-fold: 1) to coordinate more closely the work and program of the League in Cook County; 2) to keep the local leagues in close touch with the affairs of government in Cook County and Chicago; and 3) to make more effective the work of the local leagues in the solution of governmental problems of a local or county nature. It arranged six committees, each focused on studying specific issues: Cook County Government, Chicago Affairs, City and Village Affairs, Sanitary District Affairs, Cook County Schools and Chicago Schools. Initially the Illinois League paid the office expenses for the Council.
Though the council was comprised primarily of white members, within months of its formation it began assist the "colored" members, who were members of various local leagues, in organizing their own local league. In 1923 the Douglas League was established, comprised of members from the first and third senatorial districts. Its leadership and membership was exclusively African American.
The Cook County Council went through a series of minor changes in its governance through the years. In 1927 Council of Cook County League of Women Voters began to maintain a Cook County office in conjunction with the Forum. Four years latter, in October 1931, the Cook County Council and the Forum merged becoming the League of Women Voters of Cook County. A decade later, in 1941 the merged league re-organized. The reasons summarized by the League's president were to allow it to focus on the "problems" of Cook County and Chicago, to eliminate overlap with the state and county leagues, to allow greater democracy within the League, and to reduce the financial contributions required of the local leagues to the County League. (Annual Report 1943, box 6, folder 77). At its annual meeting on May 16, 1950 the League once again reorganized, this time changing its name to the Cook County Council of the League of Women Voters. The purpose of the Council was "for study and action on county governmental matters.' It was comprised of the president of each local league (or her proxy) as well as the Chicago League's third vice-president who served as an additional representative for that league on the council. (Annual Report May 16, 1950 box 7 folder 84). The Cook County Council continued to operate into the twenty-first century.
The League of Women Voters of Cook County records consist of 11.75 linear feet of material covering the time period from 1923 to the mid-1980s. The records include reports, correspondence, meetings and conference summaries, surveys, pamphlets, brochures, and meeting minutes. They are divided into two series: administrative records and committee records. The administrative records contain two sub-series: unpublished reports and published reports. The Committee Records series contains twelve sub-series based on the committee activity conducted over the 60 year period. The committees included are: Adult Corrections, Juvenile Justice, Cook County Government, Human Resources, Environment, Housing, Intergovernmental Cooperation, Voters' Services, Civil Service, Public Officials, Publicity, and Schools.
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Series I: Administrative Records
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| | Series I contains records generated by the administrative proceedings of the League of Women Voters of Cook County (LWVCC) from its founding in 1923 to 1981. |
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| | Subseries A: Unpublished Reports |
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| | | Subseries A consists of meeting minutes, newsletters, correspondence, financial records, policy information, and annual reports relating to the activities of the governing body of the LWVCC. |
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| 1 | 1 | | Letters to League Presidents,
1978 |
| 2 | | Letters to League Presidents,
1977-1978 |
| 3 | | Minutes - Cook County Council,
1923-1928 |
| 4 | | Minutes - Cook County Council,
1942-1946 |
| 5 | | Minutes - Cook County Council,
1946-1948 |
| 6 | | Minutes - Cook County Council,
1948-1949 |
| 7 | | Minutes - Cook County Council,
1949-1950 |
| 8 | | Minutes - Cook County Council,
1957-1962 |
| 9 | | Minutes - Cook County Council,
1949-1957 |
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| 2 | 10 | | Treasurer - Tax Information,
1946-1950 |
| 11 | | Treasurer - Tax Information,
1950-1959 |
| 12 | | Treasurer's Reports,
1960-1971 |
| 13 | | Board Minutes,
1969-1970 |
| 14 | | Board Minutes,
1968-1969 |
| 15 | | Board Minutes,
1967-1968 |
| 16 | | Minutes - Cook County Council,
1963-1967 |
| 17 | | Board Minutes,
1971-1972 |
| 18 | | Board Minutes,
1972-1973 |
| 19 | | Board Minutes,
1973-1974 |
| 20 | | Board Minutes,
1974-1975 |
| 21 | | Board Minutes,
1970-1971 |
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| 3 | 22 | | Biennial Convention,
1976 |
| 23 | | "This Is Cook County" - Financial Information,
1951-1952 |
| 24 | | "This Is Cook County" - Financial Information,
1951-1952 |
| 25 | | "Know Your Government,"
1949-1950 |
| 26 | | Letters to League Presidents,
1979-1980 |
| 27 | | Letters to League Presidents,
1974-1976 |
| 28 | | Letters to League Presidents,
1970-1974 |
| 29 | | Cook County Council - Reorganization,
1948-1951 |
| 30 | | Cook County Council - Policy,
1953-1958 |
| 31 | | Cook County Council - Policy,
1955-1956 |
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| 4 | 32 | | Cook County Council - Finance,
1924-1928 |
| 33 | | Cook County Council - Finance,
1943 |
| 34 | | "Cook County Reporter,"
1945-1950 |
| 35 | | Cook County Council - Policy,
1928-1943 |
| 36 | | League Records,
1962-1977 |
| 37 | | Board Minutes,
1969-1970 |
| 38 | | Intra-league Correspondence,
1969-1970 |
| 39 | | League Planning,
1969 |
| 40 | | League Records,
1967-1969 |
| 41 | | Board Minutes,
1967-1968 |
| 42 | | League Records,
1967-1968 |
| 43 | | League Records,
1967 |
| 44 | | League Convention,
1967-05-23 |
| 45 | | League Records,
1966 |
| 46 | | Board Minutes,
1966-1967 |
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| 5 | 47 | | President's Notebook,
1968-1969 |
| 48 | | President's Notebook,
1968-1969 |
| 49 | | Memos,
1950-1959 |
| 50 | | LWVCC "News,"
1970-1975 |
| 51 | | News Clippings,
1947-1950 |
| 52 | | Yearbook,
1968 |
| 53 | | Survey - Community Action Programs,
1967 |
| 54 | | NBC Election Day Project,
December 1962 |
| 55 | | Supplements to Annual Report,
May 1975 |
| 56 | | Provisional League Procedures,
May 1951 |
| 57 | | Historical Files - Flora Sylvester Cheney - First LWVCC President -
1923, 1986 |
| 58 | | Cook County City Pamphlets - Evaluations,
1935 |
| 59 | | League Records,
1928-1949 |
| 60 | | Annual Meeting,
1930-05-28 |
| 61 | | Articles of Incorporation,
1950-1954 |
| 62 | | Annual Meeting,
1931-05-19 |
| 63 | | Semi-annual Meeting,
1931-11-19 |
| 64 | | Annual Meeting,
1932-05-24 |
| 65 | | Semi-annual Meeting,
1932-11-29 |
| 66 | | Annual Meeting,
1933-05-23 |
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| 6 | 67 | | Annual Meeting,
1934-05-15 |
| 68 | | Semi-Annual Meeting,
1934-11-10 |
| 69 | | Annual Meeting,
1935-05-21 |
| 70 | | Annual Meeting,
1936-05-12 |
| 71 | | Annual Meeting,
1937-05-11 |
| 72 | | Annual Meeting,
1938-05-24 |
| 73 | | Annual Meeting,
1939-05-16 |
| 74 | | Annual Meeting,
1940-05-21 |
| 75 | | Annual Meeting,
1941-05-27 |
| 76 | | Annual Meeting,
1942-05-19 |
| 77 | | Annual Meeting,
1943-05-25 |
| 78 | | Annual Meeting,
1944-05-16 |
| 79 | | Annual Meeting,
1945-05-05 |
| 80 | | Annual Meeting,
1946-04-23 |
| 81 | | Annual Meeting,
1947-05-20 |
| 82 | | Annual Meeting,
1948-04-06 |
| 83 | | Annual Meeting,
1949-04-19 |
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| 7 | 84 | | Annual Meeting,
1950-05-16 |
| 85 | | Cook County Council Annual Report,
1951 |
| 86 | | Cook County Council Annual Report,
1952-05-08 |
| 87 | | Cook County Council Annual Report,
1953-05-19 |
| 88 | | Cook County Council Annual Report,
1954-05-25 |
| 89 | | Cook County Council Annual Report,
1955-05-24 |
| 90 | | Cook County Council Annual Report,
1956-05-22 |
| 91 | | Cook County Council Annual Report,
1957-05-28 |
| 92 | | Cook County Council Annual Report,
1958-05-27 |
| 93 | | Cook County Council Annual Report,
1959-05-26 |
| 94 | | Cook County Council Annual Report,
1960-05-24 |
| 95 | | Cook County Council Annual Report,
1961-05-17 |
| 96 | | Cook County Council Annual Report,
1962-05-08 |
| 97 | | Cook County Council Annual Report,
1963-05-28 |
| 98 | | Cook County Council Annual Report,
1964-05-26 |
| 99 | | Cook County Council Annual Report,
1965-05-25 |
| 100 | | Cook County Council Annual Report,
1966-05-24 |
| 101 | | Cook County Council Annual Report,
1967-05-23 |
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| 8 | 102 | | Cook County Council Annual Report,
1968-05-28 |
| 103 | | Cook County Council - Interim Meeting,
1969-03-25 |
| 104 | | Cook County Council - Interim Meeting,
1971-03-22 |
| 105 | | Cook County Council - Interim Meeting,
1973-03-20 |
| 106 | | Cook County Council Annual Report,
1970-03-24 |
| 107 | | Cook County Council Annual Report,
1972-03-21 |
| 108 | | Cook County Council Annual Report,
1974-03-21 |
| 109 | | Cook County Council - Interim Meeting,
1975-03-20 |
| 110 | | Cook County Council - Interim Meeting,
1977-03-24 |
| 111 | | Cook County Council Annual Report,
1978-04-05 |
| 112 | | Cook County Council - Interim Meeting,
1979-03-27 |
| 113 | | Cook County Council Annual Report,
1980-04-08 |
| 114 | | Cook County Council - Interim Meeting,
1981-04-09 |
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| | Subseries B: Published Reports |
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| | | Subseries B contains published reports by the LWVCC and other government organizations relating to the activities of the league covering (incompletely) the years 1922 to 1985. |
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| 8a | 115 | | Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts - Annual Report to the Supreme Court of Illinois,
1980 |
| 116 | | Illinois Department of Correction - Human Services Data Report,
1983-85 |
| 117 | | Circuit Court of Cook County - Statistical Report,
1980/1983 |
| 118 | | Board of Commissioners of Cook County - Survey of the Cook County Jail,
1922 |
| 119 | | Board of Commissioners of Cook County - Fiftieth Anniversary Report - Juvenile Court of Cook County,
1949 |
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Series II: Committee Work
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| | Series II contains the reports, minutes, correspondence, publications, and programs generated from the activities of the various committees of the LWVCC. The bulk of the records reflect the league's efforts to reform aspects of both the adult and juvenile criminal justice systems. Also included are the League's committee work on issues involving aspects of the Cook County Government, public aid (called Human Resources), pollution and the environment, community development and low income housing, intergovernmental cooperation, voters' services, civil service, correspondence with public officials on issues pertaining to the purpose of the league, publicity for the league's programs, and the schools. |
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| | Subseries A: Adult Corrections |
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| | | Subseries A contains reports, studies, proposals, newspaper clippings, and meeting minutes on issues relating to the adult corrections systems in Cook County, including primarily a campaign to merge the House of Corrections and the Cook County Jail, creating the Department of Corrections. The committee also worked to establish a work release program and reform bail and probation guidelines. The records include material from 1950 to 1979. |
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| 9 | 120 | | Cook County Jail - House of Corrections - Reports and Studies,
1968-1970 |
| 121 | | Department of Corrections Proposal - Bail Bond Materials,
1967 |
| 122 | | Ad Hoc Citizens Committee on Corrections,
1965 |
| 123 | | Cook County Department of Corrections Commission - Committee Reports,
1964 |
| 124 | | Department of Corrections Proposals - Bail Bond Provisions - Recommendations,
1962-1963 |
| 125 | | Newspaper Clippings - Criminal Corrections,
1960-1964 |
| 126 | | Newspaper Clippings - City-County Jail Merger,
1958-1964 |
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| 10 | 127 | | Work Release - Bail - Jail Tours - Reports and Correspondence,
1970-1971 |
| 128 | | Department of Corrections Commission - Probation and Parole - Public Defenders - Correspondence - Memoranda - Reports,
1971-1972 |
| 129 | | Department of Corrections Commission and Cook County Department of Corrections Board - Minutes,
1973-1974 |
| 130 | | Study Proposal Cook County Criminal Court System - Cook County Department of Corrections Board Minutes,
1974-1976 |
| 131 | | Cook County Department of Corrections Board - Minutes - Correspondence - Reports,
1976-1977 |
| 132 | | Questionnaires, Reports,
1978-1979 |
| 133 | | Cook County Department of Corrections Reorganization - Reports - Correspondence,
1976-1977 |
| 134 | | Cook County Board of Commissioners - Meetings - Correspondence,
1957-1974 |
| 135 | | Campaigns - Cook County Governments,
1970-1976 |
| 136 | | Consensus Reports - Committee Agenda - Creation of Department of Corrections,
1960-1962 |
| 137 | | Publications - Reports,
1953-1961 |
| 138 | | Work Release Program Studies - Canfield Bill,
1961 |
| 139 | | Senate Bill 108 - Creation Department of Corrections - Senate Bill 175- Health Care Protection - Statements - Correspondence,
1961 |
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| 11 | 140 | | Senate Bill 108 - Creation Department of Corrections - Statements - Correspondence,
1961 |
| 141 | | Senate Bill 108 - Creation Department of Corrections - Campaign,
1960-1961 |
| 142 | | Senate Bill 108 - Creation Department of Corrections - Campaign,
1960 |
| 143 | | Senate Bill 108 - Creation Department of Corrections - Campaign,
1959-1960 |
| 144 | | Creation Department of Corrections - Probation - Campaigns,
1960 |
| 145 | | Huber Plan - Work Release Program - Correspondence - Reports,
1960-1968 |
| 146 | | Huber Plan - Work Release Program - Correspondence - Reports,
1961-1964 |
| 147 | | Huber Plan - Work Release Program - Correspondence - Reports,
1959-1963 |
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| 12 | 148 | | Creation Department of Corrections - Campaign,
1956-1961 |
| 149 | | Creation Department of Corrections - Crime and Consequences - Campaign,
1960 |
| 150 | | Grand Jury Bill - Immunity Bill - Correspondence - Reports - Newspaper Clippings,
1950-1955 |
| 151 | | Merit System - Cook County Jail,
1959 |
| 152 | | Merit System - Cook County Jail,
1959 |
| 153 | | Recall - Implementing Ideals - Department of Corrections,
1962 |
| 154 | | Bail Bond Publication,
October 1971 |
| 155 | | Aiding Adult Offenders and Protecting Society - Adult Probation Report,
November 1962 |
| 156 | | Work Release Study Report,
November 1964 |
| 157 | | Bail - Probation - Sentencing - Jail - Criminal Courts - Reports,
1967-1982 |
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| | Subseries B: Juvenile Justice |
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| | | Subseries B contains correspondence, reports, and publications regarding the committee's activities involving the Cook County juvenile court, the transformation of the juvenile court into the family court, and many branches of the Chicago municipal court. |
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| 13 | 158 | | Correspondence - Reports - Publications,
1973-1976 |
| 159 | | Correspondence - Reports - Publications - Audy Home Annual Report - New Detention Facilities draft,
1967-1975 |
| 160 | | Local League Programs - Reports - Publications - Juvenile Corrections Surveys,
1967-1974 |
| 161 | | Family Court Study - Luncheon,
1962-08-27 |
| 162 | | Municipal Court Forum - Boys Court - Reports - Memoranda - Correspondence,
1955 |
| 163 | | Court Visiting Program - Municipal Court - Family Court - Justice of the Peace Courts,
1952-1955 |
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| 14 | 164 | | Family Court - Audy Home - Annual Reports - Committee Reports,
1952-1962 |
| 165 | | Citizens' Committee - Juvenile Court - Legislative Needs - Attorney Pearl Hart Correspondence,
1941-1944 |
| 166 | | Papers - Cook County - Delinquent Children - Criminal Law - Age of Criminal Responsibility,
(circa 1940) n.d. |
| 167 | | Court Visitation - Countywide conference - Sheriff's Advisory Council,
1945 and 1957 |
| 168 | | Referees- Selection - Position - Function,
1912-1934 |
| 169 | | Final Report - Juvenile Court Decentralization,
February 1975 |
| 170 | | Resource Guide - Five Evolving Strategies For Youth Services,
Spring 1980 |
| 171 | | Report - Trial Of Juveniles As Adults,
post 1968 |
| 172 | | Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center- Annual Reports, 1978, 1980,
1981 |
| 173 | | Juvenile Court 75th Anniversary Report,
1899-1974 |
| 174 | | Comprehensive Plan - Audy Home For Children,
January 1973 |
| 175 | | Report - Juvenile Justice In An Urban Setting,
September 1967 |
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| | Subseries C: Cook County Government |
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| | | Subseries C contains position statements, studies, correspondence, surveys and consensus reports (the compilations of survey results) regarding the committee's activities on issues involving the Cook County government from the 1940s through the 1970s. It also contains records involved in the production of "This is Cook County," a brochure the league produced and distributed in the 1950s that explained the structure and workings of the county government. |
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| 15 | 176 | | Study Reports - Consensus Reports - Fact Sheets,
1972-1974 |
| 177 | | Consensus Reports - Position Statements - Correspondence,
1972-1974 |
| 178 | | Reports - Correspondence - Statements,
1972-1975 |
| 179 | | Studies - Reports - Correspondence - Statements,
1970-1972 |
| 180 | | Tangled Towns Program - Correspondence,
1957-04-23 |
| 181 | | Report - Structure of Governments - Correspondence - House Bill 58 - Newspaper Clippings,
1953-1961 |
| 182 | | Report - This Is Cook County,
1953 |
| 183 | | Article on County Government,
1956-10-01 |
| 184 | | Report - This Is Cook County Revised Edition - Sales - Correspondence,
1953 |
| 185 | | Report - This is Cook County,
1955 |
| 186 | | Report - This is Cook County,
1958 |
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| 16 | 187 | | Report - A Primer Of The School Of Local Government,
March 1946 |
| 188 | | Quiz - Chicago City Council,
n.d. |
| 189 | | Redistricting Chicago Wards,
May 1944 |
| 190 | | Report - County Organization Versus Township Organization - Analysis,
n.d. |
| 191 | | Report - Who Are The Bosses In Cook County,
1943 |
| 192 | | Report - The Key To Our Local Government,
1972 |
| 193 | | Report Flood Control in Cook County,
November 1972 |
| 194 | | Questionnaire - City Council Report,
n.d. |
| 195 | | Report - ABC's Of Local Government - The State Constitution,
n.d. |
| 196 | | Report - ABC's Of Local Government - The Scrambled Governments Of Illinois,
n.d. |
| 197 | | Report - ABC's Of Local Government - Public Finance In Illinois,
n.d. |
| 198 | | Report - ABC's Of Local Government - The Government Of The City Of Chicago,
n.d. |
| 199 | | Report - The Organization And Functions Of County Government In Illinois,
n.d. |
| 200 | | Townships - Revenue Sharing - Reports - Correspondence,
1972-78 |
| 201 | | Townships - Revenue Sharing - Reports - Correspondence,
1972-76 |
| 202 | | Townships - Revenue Sharing - Reports - Correspondence,
1976 |
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| | Subseries D: Human Resources |
| Box | Folder |
| | | Subseries D contains memorandum, correspondence, surveys, and observer reports from members who sat in on government meetings regarding issues of public aid, community development, health services and community action programs. |
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| 17 | 203 | | Memoranda - Correspondence - Public Welfare Acts and Committees,
1970-1980 |
| 204 | | Memorandum - Correspondence - Community Development Block Grant Program,
1978-1979 |
| 205 | | Surveys - Public Officials - Employment,
1975 |
| 206 | | Correspondence - Memoranda - Reports - Community Action Programs,
1967-1970 |
| 207 | | Observer Reports - Cook County Department of Public Aid - Welfare Services Committee,
1972-1974 |
| 208 | | Observer Reports - Cook County Office of Economic Opportunity - Central Governing Board,
1971-1973 |
| 209 | | Observer Reports - Community and Economic Development Association,
1973-1975 |
| 210 | | Outline - Long-Term and Short-Term Plan - Reorganization of Public child Welfare Services,
1939-08-30 |
| 211 | | Public Hearing - Public Aid Commission - Assistance Cuts - Memoranda - Reports - Correspondence,
1950 |
| 212 | | Public Aid Commission - Joint Welfare Committee - Minutes - Reports - Correspondence,
1950 |
| 213 | | Illinois Youth Commission - Bills - Reports - Studies,
1953-1954 |
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| 18 | 214 | | Health Division - Department of Welfare - Hospitals and Clinics for Indigents - Reports - Minutes - Correspondence,
1946-1958 |
| 215 | | Health - Needs and Services - Reports - Correspondence,
1960-1965 |
| 216 | | Observer Reports - Health and Hospitals Governing Commission,
1971-1975 |
| 217 | | Observer Reports - Comprehensive Health Planning Meeting,
1973-1974 |
| 218 | | Health Study - Correspondence,
1970-11-20 |
| 219 | | Publication - Toward a Medical Examiner System,
November 1973 |
| 220 | | Health Care Study,
November 1978 |
| 221 | | Health Care Study,
November 1978 |
| 222 | | Health Care - Correspondence - Questionnaire - Surveys,
1974-1978 |
| 223 | | Health Care - Correspondence - Demographics - Consensus Statements,
1974-1978 |
| 224 | | Community Action Programs - Office of Economic Opportunity - Reports - Correspondence - Studies - Minutes,
1967-1969 |
| 225 | | Community Action Programs - Office of Economic Opportunity - Reports - Correspondence - Studies - Minutes,
1967-1968 |
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| 19 | 226 | | Health Care Survey - Consensus - Workshops - Correspondence - Memoranda,
1971-1976 |
| 227 | | Health and Hospitals Governing Commission - Reports - Articles,
1968-1976 |
| 228 | | Health Care Survey,
1971 |
| 229 | | Chicago Health Systems Agency - Reports - Plans - Directories,
1979-1980 |
| 230 | | Health Care Consensus,
1980 |
| 231 | | Health Systems Agency - Health Care Planning - Reports - Publications,
1974-1980 |
| 232 | | Cook County's Public Hospitals - Health Systems Agencies - Reports - Correspondence,
1979 |
| 233 | | Community Action Programs - Public Welfare Coalition - Correspondence - Reports,
1972-1973 |
| 234 | | Community Action Programs - Public Welfare Coalition - Correspondence - Reports,
1971-1972 |
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| | Subseries E: Environment Committee |
| Box | Folder |
| | | Subseries E includes reports and correspondence on the committee's work on issues of water pollution and the policies of the Metropolitan Sanitary District. |
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| 20 | 235 | | Water Pollution - Metropolitan Sanitary District - Correspondence - Reports,
1971-1974 |
| 236 | | Metropolitan Sanitary District - Policy Recommendation - Flood and Pollution Control - Reports - Statements,
1968-1969 |
| 237 | | Observer's Reports - Metropolitan Sanitary District,
1971-1975 |
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| | Subseries F: Housing |
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| | | Subseries F contains the committee's correspondence, reports, memorandum, and a legal brief submitted on issues of community development, low-income housing, and racial zoning policies. The LWVCC was an advocate for racially fair zoning laws and programs that would provide low-income minorities with assistance to acquire quality housing. |
| 238 | | Community Development - Housing Assistance - Landlord-Tenant Laws - Reports - Memoranda - Correspondence,
1975-1977 |
| 239 | | Low-and-Moderate-Income Housing - Correspondence - Reports,
1971-1972 |
| 240 | | Amici Curiae Brief - Hills v. Gautreaux - Race and Public Housing,
1975 |
| 241 | | Community Development - Low-Income Housing - Race - Correspondence - Reports,
1969-1975 |
| 242 | | Open Housing - Suburban Zoning Restrictions - Workshop - Correspondence - Reports,
1967-1970 |
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| | Subseries G: Intergovernmental Cooperation |
| Box | Folder |
| | | Subseries G contains studies, reports, correspondence, and statements from the league's committee that advocated for the improvement of intergovernmental cooperation. |
| 243 | | Observer's Reports - Regional Transportation Authority - Reports - Correspondence,
1973-1975 |
| 244 | | Home Rule Commission on Intergovernmental Cooperation - Statements - Reports - Correspondence - Newspaper Clippings,
1968-1974 |
| 245 | | Intergovernmental Relations - Studies - Reports,
1967-1968 |
| 246 | | City-County Government Survey Results and Summary,
1972 |
| 247 | | Traction - Unified Local Transportation - Flyer,
September 1943 |
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| | Subseries H: Voters' Services |
| Box | Folder |
| | | Subseries H contains memorandum, correspondence, questionnaires, reports, meeting minutes, pamphlets, and maps regarding the committee's work to provide voting and candidate information to the public. Also included are documents relating the committee's production of a voters' guide in the 1960s and 70s. |
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| 21 | 248 | | Ballot Briefs Publication - Cook County Elected Offices - Correspondence - Newspaper Clippings,
1950 |
| 249 | | Candidate Information - Memoranda - Correspondence,
1967-1970 |
| 250 | | Voters' Guide - Candidates' Questionnaire - Correspondence,
1962-1967 |
| 251 | | Primary Pointers - Candidate Information - Memoranda - Correspondence,
1958-1959 |
| 252 | | Candidate Information - Memoranda - Correspondence,
1950-1956 |
| 253 | | Publication - Judicial-Congressional-Senatorial - Apportionment Maps,
1947 |
| 254 | | Map - Community Areas of Chicago - Nationality and Race Groups,
1930 |
| 255 | | Meeting Minutes - Correspondence - Memoranda - Registration,
1977-1978 |
| 256 | | Meeting Minutes - Correspondence - Memoranda - Reports - WBBM Project,
1977-1978 |
| 257 | | Voters' Guide - Sales and Promotion - Correspondence - Questionnaires - Memoranda,
1977-1978 |
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| 22 | 258 | | Voter's Guide - Sales and Promotion - Correspondence - Candidate Information - Committee Procedures,
1976-1977 |
| 259 | | Voter's Guide - Sales and Promotion - Correspondence - Candidate Information - Committee Procedures,
1976-1977 |
| 260 | | Voter's Guide - Committee Minutes - Memoranda - Correspondence - Workshops - Newspaper Clippings,
1968-1975 |
| 261 | | Voter's Guide - Correspondence - Memoranda - Workshops,
1974 |
| 262 | | Facts for Voters - Phone lists - Memos - Questionnaires - Statements - Pamphlets,
1979-1980 |
| 263 | | Facts for Voters - Phone lists - Memos - Questionnaires - Statements - Pamphlets,
1979-1980 |
| 264 | | Voters' School - Reports - Pamphlets - Programs - Correspondence,
1940 |
| Box | Folder |
| | Subseries I: Civil Service |
| Box | Folder |
| | | Subseries I contains reports, pamphlets, newsletters and correspondence involving the committee's work informing the community about the Cook County Civil Service Act during the 1940s. |
| 265 | | Cook County Civil Service Act - Information,
September 1943 |
| 266 | | Citizen's Civil Service Association - Civil Service Commission - Pamphlets - Correspondence - Newsletters,
1945-1947 |
| 267 | | Civil Service Pamphlets - Reports - Newsletters - Newspaper Clippings,
1944-1947 |
| 268 | | Civil Service Reclassification - Information,
September 1943 |
| Box | Folder |
| | Subseries J: Public Officials |
| Box | Folder |
| | | Subseries J contains correspondence between league members and local, county, state, and federal public officials on all matters pertaining to the purpose of the LWVCC dating from 1928 to 1944. |
| Box | Folder |
| 23 | 269 | | Correspondence - Public Officials,
1936-1939 |
| 270 | | Correspondence - Public Officials,
1928-1939 |
| 271 | | Correspondence - Public Officials,
1940-1941 |
| 272 | | Correspondence - Public Officials,
1942-1944 |
| Box | Folder |
| | Subseries K: Publicity |
| Box | Folder |
| | | Subseries K includes scripts and promotion materials from the league's public programs from the 1940s and 50s. |
| 273 | | Dramatic and Radio scripts - Correspondence - Newsletters,
1946-1961 |
| Box | Folder |
| | Subseries L: Schools |
| Box | Folder |
| | | Subseries L includes reports, correspondence, and City Club bulletins on the status of education in Cook County for the 1950s. |
| 274 | | Quiz on Chicago Public Schools,
n.d. |
| 275 | | Report - Advisory Committee on Education - School Problems Commission - Correspondence,
1950 |
| 276 | | City Club Bulletins,
1952-1953 |
