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| Collection Name | Linear Feet |
|---|---|
| A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z | |
| MacMurray, Charles Design | 1 |
| Marcy-Newberry Center | 73 |
| Margolin, Victor Design | 5 |
| Mark Levy & Bros. | 3 |
| Marovitz, Abraham Lincoln | 150 |
| Martin, Gordon Design | 1 |
| Mary Crane League | 10 |
| Maxwell Street Photo Collection | 0.25 |
| McBain, Emmett Design | 4 |
| McCallister, Frank | 18 |
| McCamant, Bob Design | 3 |
| McCann, Polly | 9 |
| McCulloch, Catherine Waugh | 1 |
| McCutcheon, John T. | 3 |
| McDermott, William Fee | 13 |
| McDonough County Women's Political Caucus | 1 |
| McMillen, Wayne | 1 |
| McMurtrie, Douglas C. Design | 1 |
| Meine, Franklin J. | 11 |
| Metropolitan Planning Council | 317 |
| Mexican Community Committee of South Chicago (pdf) | 1 |
| Michael, John Design (Acorn Press) | 1 |
| Middleton, R. Hunter Design | 50 |
| Midwest Chapter of the Medical Library Association | 16 |
| Midwest Committee for Military Counseling | 12 |
| Midwest Nursing Research Society | 45 |
| Millbourn, Melville Vaughn | 14 |
| Miller, Thomas H.E. Design | 2 |
| Mirabella, Rosamond Libonati | 1 |
| Molinaro, Frances | 1 |
| Monsen, Gordon Design | 16 |
| Montgomery Ward Catalogs Design | 10 |
| Morgan, Dr. Marcus H. | 22 |
| Morton, Malvin | 7 |
| Moss, Bertram | 6 |
| Murphy, Mary E. | 1 |
| Musham, Colonel Harry | 10 |
| Myers, Lonny | 19 |
| Myra E. Levine Nursing on Stamps Collection | 1 |
| A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z | |
| Natarus, Burton F. | 45.7 |
| National Abortion Rights Action League of Illinois Records. | 9 |
| National Alliance of Black Feminists | 1 |
| National Black Feminist Organization | 1 |
| National Congress of Parents and Teachers | 12 |
| National Congress of Parents and Teachers Publications | 22.5 |
| National Jewish Welfare Board, Midwest Section | 5 |
| National Organization for Women, Chicago | 150 |
| National Organization for Women, National | 1 |
| National Organization for Women, WeSu | 3 |
| National Parent Teacher Association | 158 |
| National Union of Czechoslovak Protestants | 1 |
| National Women's Trade Union League of America | 1 |
| Near West Side Community Committee | 29 |
| Nelson, Dora | 1 |
| Nightingale, Florence Letters Collection | 1 |
| North, Dorothy | 1 |
| North Shore Music Festival | 1 |
| North Shore Summer Housing Project | 1 |
| North Side Cooperative Ministry | 17 |
| Nyland, Ellen | 1 |
| A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z | |
| O'Connell, Judge Harold P. | 1 |
| O'Hara, Barrett | 64 |
| Off-the-Street Club | 8 |
| Olander, Victor | 33 |
| Onward Neighborhood House | 2 |
| Orkney and Shetland Society | 1 |
| A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z | |
| Packingtown USA | |
| Palmer Riverboat | 2 |
| Pamphlet Collection (pdf) | 220 |
| James S. Parker Collection | 125 |
| Partee, Cecil A. | 15 |
| Pascente, Mary | 3 |
| Patner, Marshall | 154 |
| Paulson, Evelina Belden (pdf) Partial Finding Aid. Additional container lists available in the Special Collections Reading Room. | 62 |
| Payne, Aaron | 1.5 |
| Pearson, Ray Design | 22 |
| Perman, Norman Design | 25 |
| Pestalozzi Foebel Teachers College | 1 |
| Petersen, Alma | 1 |
| Phi Beta Kapa Association of the Chicago Area | 2 |
| Phyllis Wheatley Association | 1 |
| Pinzke, Herb Design | 6 |
| Polacheck, Hilda Satt | 4 |
| Polish Falcons | 1 |
| Porter, Allen | 3 |
| Preddy, Rosebud Lane | .25 |
| Prior, Ariadne (pdf) | 3 |
| Puerto Rican Cultural Center | 4 |
| A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z | |
| Reed, Philip Design | 40 |
| Regehr, Carl Design | 1 |
| Reitman, Ben L. | 48 |
| Revealing Chicago: An Aerial Portrait by Terry Evans | 1 |
| Rich, Adena Miller | 5 |
| Robertz, Henry Design | 170 |
| Rom, Gudrun | 1 |
| Root, David | 31 |
| Mark Rosenthal Lincoln Park Zoo | 18.5 |
| Ross, Edith T. | 1 |
| Rubenstein, Leonard S. | 9 |
| Russ Gilbert "New Left" Pamphlet Collection | 11 |
| Russell, Horace | 1 |
| Russian Independent Mutual Aid Society | 1 |
| Ruttenberg, Sarajean | 1 |
| Ryan, Frank | 3 |
| A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z | |
| Sackett, DeForest Design | 5 |
| Saint James Press Design | 3 |
| Saint Leonard's House | 1 |
| Saint Mary's High School and Center for Learning Partial finding aid. Container lists for additional collection supplements available in the Special Collections Reading Room. | 29 |
| Saint Nicholas Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church | 1 |
| Saint Patrick's Day Parade Programs | 1 |
| Erwin A. Salk Multicultural Collection | 80 |
| Sandburg, Carl | 7 |
| Saperstein, Esther | 156 |
| Save our Resources and Environment | 1 |
| Scala, Florence | 5.5 |
| Schlotter, Bertha E. | 1.5 |
| Schmidt, William | 7 |
| Scholarship and Guidance Association | 11.25 |
| School of Living | 16 |
| Schubert, Helen C. | 7 |
| Schwartz, Charles P. | 4 |
| Senior Centers of Metropolitan Chicago | 3 |
| Sheet Music | 126 |
| Shipps, Barbara Hull-House Collection | 1 |
| Siegel, Jacob | 1 |
| Sierra Club, Chicago Chapter | 9 |
| Sierra Leone | 7 |
| Sigel, Dorothy | 1 |
| Sikes, Madeleine & George | 1 |
| Single Tax League of Chicago | 1 |
| Skalski, Andre Scrapbook | 1 |
| Slovak League of America | 1 |
| Small Manuscripts Collection (General) | .25 |
| Small Manuscripts Individuals Collection | 2 |
| Smith, Eleanor | 1 |
| Smith, Kay | 1 |
| Smith, Louise Hulbert | 18 |
| Smith, Mary Rozet | 1 |
| Smith, Nesta | 1 |
| Socialism and Social Welfare | 5 |
| Society of Midland Authors Partial finding aid. Container lists for additional collection supplements available in the Special Collections Reading Room. | 42 |
| Society of Priests for a Free Ministry | 1 |
| Society of Separationists | 1 |
| Society of Typographic Arts collection | 64.5 |
| Sohnquist, David E. | 2 |
| Solidarity and the Polish Resistance | .5 |
| Sorrentino, Anthony | 1 |
| South Central Association of Chicago Records | .25 |
| South Suburban Human Relations Council | 1 |
| Southern Regional Council | 1 |
| Southport Neighbors Association | 11 |
| Spanish Civil War | 2 |
| Starr, Ellen Gates | 3 |
| Steendrukkerij de Jong & Co. | 1 |
| Stern, Grace Mary | 10 |
| Stevens, Justice John Paul | 1 |
| Stewart, Joffre | 18 |
| Stewart, Lucy Tilden | 1 |
| Stone, William/Sequoia Press Design | 14 |
| Stracke, Win | 1 |
| Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee | 1 |
| Students for a Democratic Society | 1 |
| Sunset Club, The | 1 |
| Swallow Press (pdf) | 286 |
| Swiss Benevolent Society of Chicago | 5 |
| Swiss Singing Society of Chicago | 6 |
| Mary Hill Swope | 1 |
| A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z | |
| Tadeusz Kosciuszko Dancers | 3 |
| Taylor, Lea Demarest | 8.5 |
| Temperance Collection | 1 |
| Temporary Community Housing Rent Commission | 1 |
| Tenth International Student Relations Conference | 1 |
| Thatcher Woods Savanna Restoration Projec | 4 |
| Theater Program Collection | 4 |
| Thompson, Bradbuy Design | 4 |
| Three Arts Club of Chicago Records | 79 |
| Tolstoy Family | 1 |
| Topchevsky, Morris | 1 |
| Topinka, Judy Barr | 16 |
| Towert, Annie | 1 |
| Travelers Aid Society (pdf) Partial Finding Aid. Additional container lists available in the Special Collections Reading Room. | 70 |
| Triangle Shirt Waist Factory Fire, NYC | 1 |
| Trohan, Walter | 4 |
| Trumbull, Julia | 4 |
| TRUST, Inc. see Chicago Council on Urban Affairs | 42 |
| Tucker, Irwin St. John (pdf) Partial Finding Aid. Additional container lists available in the Special Collections Reading Room. | 18 |
| Twenty Seven Chicago Designers | 82 |
| Tyler, Miriam | 1 |
| A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z | |
| Underwood, Muriel Design | 20.5 |
| Unger, Hunt | 6 |
| Union of Palestinian Women Associations | 9 |
| United Service Employees Union | 10 |
| United Way of Chicago | 550 |
| University Village Association | 1 |
| Utley, Frayn Garrick | 3 |
| A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z | |
| Van Hoosen, Bertha | 1 |
| Vittum, Harriet E. | 2 |
| Vogele, Robert Design | 104 |
| Voice of the Fair | 1 |
| A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z | |
| Washingtonian Home | 1 |
| Watson, Edith (Luda) | 1 |
| Weaver, Robert | 1 |
| Weber, Alfons Photographs | 1 |
| Wells C. Burnette, Inc. | 1 |
| Wilson, Burtis | 15 |
| Winbush, LeRoy | 1 |
| Winslow, Eugene Design | 1 |
| Wolcott, Elsie P. | 2 |
| Woman's City Club of Chicago | 3 |
| Woman's College Board of Chicago | 10 |
| Woman's International League for Peace and Freedom | 3 |
| Woman's Peace Party | 1 |
| Women Employed | 98.5 |
| Women for Peace | 1 |
| Women in Communication, Inc. Chicago (pdf) Partial finding aid. Additional container lists available in the Special Collections Reading Room. | |
| Women in Design Chicago Records | 30 |
| Women Mobilized for Change | 2 |
| Women's Action Coalition | 3 |
| Women's Advertising Club of Chicago (pdf) Partial finding aid. Additional container lists available in the Special Collections Reading Room. | 45 |
| Women's Board of the Arthritis Foundation, Chicago | 4 |
| Women's Suffrage | 1 |
| Women's Trade Union League of Chicago | 6 |
| World's Columbian Exposition | 2 |
| Works Progress Administration Broadcast Recordings | 1.5 |
| A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z | |
| Yarros, Rachelle and Victor | 1 |
| Yeomans, Edward "Ned" | 1 |
| YMCA -- Duncan-Maxwell Street | 1 |
| YMCA -- Wabash | 3 |
| Young Men's Christian Association of Chicago | 1 |
| Young Men's Hebrew Charity Association (pdf) Partial finding aid. Additional container lists available in the Special Collections Reading Room. | 1 |
| Young Women's Christian Association | 38 |
| A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z | |
| Zonta Club of Chicago | 9 |

