Collection on Lincoln Park Advisory Council
Scope and Contents
This collection documents the activities of the Lincoln Park Advisory Council. LPAC materials include correspondence, meeting minutes, by-laws, financial reports, newspaper clippings, newsletters, flyers, guidelines, member and committee lists, and papers from various organization committees.
Dates
- 1944-2008
- Majority of material found within 1985-1998
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research use.
Biographical / Historical
The Lincoln Park Advisory Council was founded in 1985 in Chicago, Illinois, representing a joint effort of the Lincoln Park Conservation Association and Friends of the Parks. In the 1980s and 1990s, LPAC was dedicated to land use and planning in the Lincoln Park community. According to LPAC's Statement of Purpose, "The purpose of the Lincoln Park Advisory Council is to provide a forum for organized and non-organized users of the parks; to advise, to make recommendations and to work with the park district; to maintain and improve environmental conditions; and to include long range planning."
Extent
4 Linear Feet (11 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
The Collection on Lincoln Park Advisory Council is organized into four series: 1. Publications; 2. Administration; 3. Financial; 4. Committee Files.
Physical Location
3/34/E
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Accession 1996.16; 2002.36
- Lincoln Park (Chicago, Ill.)--History--Sources Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Park districts--History--Illinois--Chicago--Sources Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Park districts--History--Illinois--Chicago--Sources Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Recreation areas--History--Illinois--Chicago--Sources Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Title
- Guide to Collection on Lincoln Park Advisory Council
- Status
- Completed
- Date
- 2018
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English
Repository Details
Part of the DePaul Special Collections and Archives Repository
John T. Richardson Library
2350 N. Kenmore Ave.
Room 314
Chicago Illinois 60614
773-325-7864
spca@depaul.libanswers.com
