Sylvia Cotton (1912- ) was the founder and president of the Day-Care Crisis Council of the Chicago Area (later the Day Care Action Council), an organization that advocates for safe, affordable child care in the Chicago area. Cotton's work as a child care advocate began with her involvement in the education section of the National Council of Jewish Women. Cotton also worked to desegregate public schools and day care facilities in Chicago.
This collection contains clippings, reports, press releases, and published material pertaining to the Day-Care Crisis Council of the Chicago Area, child care, education, and desegregation in Chicago. It also contains material regarding the Chicago Board of Education and the National Council of Jewish Women.
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Series I: Sylvia Cotton
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| Box | Folder |
| 1 | 1 | Superintendent Willis' Billion Dollar Program,
1964-1965 |
| 2 | Community School Relation,
1963-1965 |
| 3 | School Clustering,
1964-1965 |
| 4 | City Club of Chicago with Board of Education Meeting,
1964 |
| 5 | Compensatory Education/General Ability Groupings,
1964-1965 |
| 6 | Educational Specifications for New High School Bremen Township,
1964-1965 |
| Box | Folder |
| 2 | 7 | School Mobiles and Empty Classrooms,
1964 |
| 8 | Open Transfer Program,
1964 |
| 9 | Superintendent Willis' Reappointment Contract,
1964-1965 |
| 10 | Newspaper clippings of Willis, Havighurst, Hauser,
1964-1965 |
| 11 | Integration and Racial Balances,
1964-1965 |
| 12 | Budget Statement,
15 December 1964 |
| 13 | Correspondence: NAACP; South Shore Commission; The City Club of Chicago; the Civic Federation; and the Illinois Social Hygiene League,
1964-1965 |
| 14 | Chicago School Board of Education: news clippings,
1964- 1965 |
| 15 | Anti-Superintendent Willis news articles,
1964-1965 |
| Box | Folder |
| 3 | 16 | Board of Education Policy Hearing Statements,
5 November 1964 |
| 17 | Board of Education Shared Time Program,
1964 |
| 18 | Quality Education,
1963-1965 |
| 19 | Urban League Seminars,
1960-1961 |
| 20 | Supreme Court Decisions,
1965 |
| 21 | School Facilities,
1960-1968 |
| 22 | Coordinating Council of Community Organizations,
1963-1965 |
| Box | Folder |
| 4 | 23 | Federal Aid Controversy,
1965 |
| 24 | Southeast Council,
1960 |
| 25 | Superintendent Willis and the Leadership Council,
1965 |
| 26 | Illinois Master Plan,
1963-1965 |
| 27 | Nominations for School Board / Correspondence; Reports; Minutes,
1963-1964 |
| 28 | War on Poverty - Welfare Council Papers,
1964-1965 |
| 29 | War on Poverty - news articles,
1964-1965 |
| Box | Folder |
| 5 | 30 | Unity Statement - Hyde Park High School,
1965 |
| 29 | Unity Statement related news articles,
1956-1965 |
| 30 | Official Chicago Report Booklets on Integrated Schools,
undated |
| 31 | Cases on Segregation from U.S. Law Week,
undated |
| 32 | Official Chicago Report Booklets on Integrated Schools,
undated |
| 33 | Cases on Segregation from U.S. Law Week,
undated |
| Box | Folder |
| 6 | 34 | Handbook of Chicago School Segregation,
undated |
| 35 | Illinois Congress of Parents and Teachers,
1960 |
| 36 | Hyde Park High School,
1965 |
| 37 | National Council of Jewish Women proposed plan for School Volunteer Program,
1963-1965 |
| 38 | NCJW / Board of Education vs. Budget Hearing Statements,
1963-1966 |
| 39 | NCJW/ Statement presented to Chicago Board of Education,
1963-1966 |
| Box | Folder |
| 7 | 40 | Board of Education correspondence: Press releases,
1960-1967 |
| 41 | Press Releases: Overcrowded Schools and controversies with Supt. Willis,
1964 |
| 42 | Chicago Urban League research report- City Club of Chicago: news articles and press releases,
1962-1967 |
| 43 | Illinois Congress of Parents and Teachers, Leadership Conference on the School Superintendence,
6 February 1965 |
| 44 | Illinois congress of Parents and Teachers,
1964 |
| Box | Folder |
| 8 | 45 | Schools and Community Relationships,
1965-1967 |
| 46 | Educational brochures, pamphlets, proposals, etc.,
1964-1965 |
| Box | Folder |
| 9 | 47 | Booklets, reports, papers,
1965 |
| Box | Folder |
| 10 | 48 | Chicago Board of Education, Long Range Facilities Program, booklets and statements,
1960- 1964 |
| 49 | Long range school facilities program-Large booklet,
1967-1971 |
| 50 | Increasing Desegregation of facilities and students/ vocational programs,
1967 |
| 51 | Recommendations and statements concerning the Chicago Public Schools,
undated |
| 52 | Board of Education Reports,
1964 |
| Box | Folder |
| 11 | 53 | Magazines. Periodicals and booklets: Re: Civil Rights and integration,
1964 |
| 54 | Integrated Education, Issue 5-39,
1963-1969 |
| 55 | Harvard Review, Urban Review,
1968 |
| Box | Folder |
| 12 | 56 | Jeanette Rankin Peace March in Washington, D.C.,
18 January 1968 |
| 57 | Civil Rights in home, school, community, and health,
1965 |
| 58 | "A Guide for Freedom School Leaders" - teachers for integrated schools,
1964 |
| 59 | Illinois congress of Parents and Teachers District 1 - small directories,
1961-1963 |
| 60 | Educational Parks,
30 November 1965 |
| 61 | Books related to Chicago Public Schools and integration, Havighurst Survey, (University of Chicago),
1964 |
| 62 | Civil Rights - "Freedom Marches" (Anti-Willis Rally),
24 September 1964 |
| 63 | Political Cartoon by Maulden, Chicago Sun-Times,
1963 |
