Scope and Contents The 1993 Parliament of World’s Religions in Chicago records document the logistics undertaken to plan the conference and celebration. The collection contains a complete run of the NEWSLETTER/CPWR Journal, publications, committee files, correspondence, organizational records, a signed copy of the Global Ethic, and press clippings. Also included are posters, souvenirs, and audio-visual media created for and during the parliament. Hank Jacobsen and Francine Salerno’s photographs document...

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The 1999 Parliament of the World’s Religions in Cape Town records document the planning process as well as the event’s programs, sessions, and participants. The bulk of the collection consists of publications, planning documents, fundraising materials, and publicity items. Records also include photographs, memorabilia, and materials about ongoing initiatives inspired by the parliament.

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This collection documents the professional career of costume designer Albert D. Tucci, with most records pertaining to specific theatrical productions. Records include original sketches and renderings for production designs, fabric swatches, and notes on character costumes, as well as photographs and slides depicting actors in Tucci's costumes. The collection also contains biographical materials, press clippings, and a scrapbook created by Tucci to document his career.

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The Alicia Finkel papers contain correspondence, press clippings and publicity, miscellaneous notes, published articles by Alicia Finkel, sketches of costume and set designs, and slides.

Scope and Contents The collection includes history and background information on the coalition and All of Mankind mural, Chicago Public Art Group correspondence and All of Mankind Coalition materials with a focus on strategy material and contact lists. Also included is a Chicago Conservation Center assessment of the All of Mankind mural, maps, and history of the Strangers Home Missionary Baptist Church at 617 West Evergreen Avenue, interviews and articles profiling William Walker, and newspaper articles and...

Scope and Contents The materials in this collection document Allan Mellis' diverse community involvements, ranging in date from the early 1970s to 2012. Mellis was committed to solving a variety of neighborhood and city-wide issues, and many of his interests and committee involvements overlap. Researchers should note the interconnected nature of the series in the Allan Mellis Papers. Related files were gathered together to form the series, which are based on the committee groups Mellis listed on his resume....

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This collection serves as a record of the life and work of Amina Wadud and as a resource for researching Islam as a religion as well as the subject of feminism. It could be useful to students studying religion or to students studying feminism in religion. A bibliography of the books in this collection that are cataloged in DePaul’s Special Collections follows this finding aid’s container list.

Scope and Contents The Andrew T. Kopan collection contains his personal papers, correspondence, and research files. Series One begins with biographical information about Andrew Kopan. This includes the Kopan family history as well as newspaper clippings about Kopan spanning the dates 1950-1998. Dr. Kopan’s documentation for promotion written in 1977 for his tenure application includes information on his teaching, publications, activities, recognition, and community involvement. Series Two contains papers that...

Scope and Contents The Anne Burke papers document Justice Burke’s term as the Interim Chair of the National Review Board for the Protection of Children and Young People (NRB). The collection includes files documenting the John Jay Study and its final report, “Nature and Scope of Sexual Abuse of Minors by Catholic Priests and Deacons in the United States 1950-2002,” notes from NRB meetings, biographical information about NRB board members, and subject files maintained by Justice Burke. Also included are copies...

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This collection contains zines and other materials mostly created and/or distributed by Anthony Rayson through his South Chicago ABC Zine Distro. Most zines, artwork, and other materials in the collection contain political, anarchist, and/or social justice-related commentary and imagery.

Scope and Contents This collection documents the events that led to the founding of the Arlington-Deming Neighbors (ADN) in 2004 and the efforts that led to the Arlington-Deming District becoming a Chicago Landmark in 2007. The collection includes ADN meeting agendas, the Arlington House petition campaign materials, photographs of ‘Arlington House’ and 559 West Arlington place, correspondence amongst Arlington-Deming residents and educational outreach materials created to inform the community on the process...

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This collection documents the activities of the non-profit organization Ars Musica Chicago. The records include governance documents, administrative reports, concert music and research notes, concert programs and recordings, applications for grants to fund the organization, and workshop materials. The collection also includes materials related to founding board member Enrique Alberto Arias’ research on Vicomte Fernand de Beaufranchet, the composer of the Vincent de Paul Oratorio.

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This collection represents Batya Goldman's personal collection of zines and is composed primarily of comic and poetry zines. It also includes zines on other subjects such as art, culture, erotica, literature, music, personal, zine related resources, social/political issues, and special interests.

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The Bella Itkin papers contain director's scripts, photographs, publicity, videotaped lectures, scrapbooks, awards, notes, class materials and syllabi, and memorial materials related to Dr. Bella Itkin.

Itkin's 1954 dissertation from Case Western University, "The Patterns of Verbal Imagery as Found in Ten Major Works of O'Neill," has been removed from the collection and cataloged within the Special Collections department. The call number is SpC.812.5 O58Yi1954.

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This collection contains correspondence, contracts, early writings, manuscripts, proofs, and much of the journalism of Bill Granger as a Chicago reporter, newspaper columnist, and novelist. It also includes personal documents, photographs, and childhood items.

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This collection includes biographical documents, awards, and articles, playbills, photographs, set sketches, costume design sketches, reviews, and clippings from various staged performances and television productions with which Bill Hargate was involved.

Scope and Contents The Blair Davis Christian comic book collection was created with the support of a Vincentian Endowment Fund grant. The collection includes comic books published by Atlas, Barbour & Co., Cathetical Guild, Chariot, Chick, Cook, D.C., Field, Gilberton, Heroes All Co., IDW, Logos International, Marvel, Pflaum, PowerMark, Spire, Standard, TelePix, Tyndale, and W.W. Norton. The comic books range in date from 1942 to 2013 and retell popular Bible stories --such as the story of Eden from the...

Scope and Contents The zines in the Bradley Adita collection were given in multiple donations. The initial donation was given in 2015 and the arrangement of the zines reflects the donor’s organizational system of categories that were divided further into three geographical divisions: Illinois, Iowa, and Non-Illinois or Iowa. Zines and materials given after 2018 were not subdivided into geographic locations by Bradley Adita at the time of donation and the arrangement was imposed during processing. The zines...

Scope and Contents This collection includes materials transferred to DePaul's Special Collections and Archives from the Clerics of St. Viator by Br. Ryan's assistant after his death. These materials primarily reflect Br. Ryan's involvement with DePaul after he retired from teaching. Much of the material is correspondence between Br. Ryan and DePaul staff or advisory board personnel involved with the Leo V. Ryan Center for Creativity and Innovation and the Brother Leo V. Ryan, C.S.V. Endowed Scholarship....

Scope and Contents This collection documents the history and activities of Call To Action (CTA), an organization of Catholics established in 1978 in response to the 1976 U.S. Bishops Call To Action Conference in Detroit, Michigan. The records include publications created or collected by the organization and ready reference files documenting issues such as peace and justice, celibacy for priests, birth control, ordination for women, clergy sex abuse, and the nuclear disarmament movement. It also contains files...

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The Charles Smith papers contain drafts and typescripts of the playwright’s works.

Scope and Contents The Chicago and Lincoln Park Ephemera collection documents the evolution of the city of Chicago and Lincoln Park nieghborhood, park, and zoo. It includes materials relating to businesses, churches, hospitals, hotels, restaurants, theaters, and transportation. They also pertain to the Chicago World's Fairs, the Eucharistic Congress, and business and organizational artifacts and ephemera. These materials exist in a variety of formats, including but not limited to: matchbooks, photographc...

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Donated zines from Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin are added to the collection. No attempt is made to collect all issues of any one title; rather the collection reflects the ephemeral nature of the zines, broadly representing various types of publication in the geographic area of Illinois and of the rest of the Midwest. These parameters are reflected in the arrangement of the collection.

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This collection was assembled by a neighborhood resident during her work on various advisory boards and citizen action groups in the Old Town Triangle neighborhood during the 1980s and 1990s. In the course of her work she received and retained Park District reports, correspondence, and files. This collection consists of her personal files from this period. Records include correspondence, newsletters, programs, maps, and many other materials from the 1930s to the 1990s.

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The Chicago Zine Fest colleciton contains zines and other publications donated to DePaul Special Collections and Archives during CZF events. Contributions to the collection come from creators, publishers, and event attendeees. The materials represent several formats and connect to various subjects. Most of the collection was produced in Chicago and the Midwest.

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The collection includes research materials Rowe created or gathered for The Book of Zines: Readings from the Fringe. The collection includes zines, correspondence, and questionnaires sent to zine creators asking them to document what inspired them to launch their zine, why publish, tips for aspiring zinesters, and to list their favorite zines.

Scope and Contents The Civic Federation collection contains a wide range of documents that span from 1894 to the early 2000s. These materials includes correspondence, memoranda, reports, press releases, financial spreadsheets, photographs, publications, and other documents needed to conduct research and communicate their findings. The materials cover the organization’s internal operations and administration as well as their research areas of education, environment, health, government and taxes, public...

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The Claudia Allen papers contain manuscripts and drafts of Allen's works, including her essays and short stories.

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The DePaul University Academic Program Review records contain self-study plans, self-study reports, progress reports, and additional supporting documentation submitted by departments, colleges, schools, programs, centers, and institutes during review periods conducted by the Academic Program Review Committee (APRC). The records also include meeting minutes, correspondence, reports, handbooks, and other administrative materials generated by the APRC.