The social evil in Chicago: a study of existing conditions with recommendations by the Vice Commission of Chicago, a municipal body appointed by the Mayor and the City Council of the City of Chicago, and submitted as its report to the Mayor and City Council of Chicago

Preface -- Outline of study -- Resolution of appreciation -- Introduction and summary -- Proposed ordinance -- Recommendations -- Existing conditions in Chicago -- The social evil and the saloon -- The social evil and the police -- Sources of supply -- Child protection and education -- Rescue and reform -- The social evil and its medical aspects -- Appendices: Text of revised statutes of Illinois and ordinances of the City of Chicago ; Tables ; Exhibits.

Letter from William Croswell to the City Council of Boston, 1827 September 4

Drafts of a letter concerning Croswell's June 1827 petition to the City Council.

Memorial to the City Council of Boston, 1828 February 4

One draft of a letter.

Petition to the City Council of Boston, 1829 October 5

One draft of a letter.

City Council President Carol Bellamy at City Hall for the Women's March

General note: Title and date provided by Bettye Lane.

First woman City Council President of New York City Carol Bellamy

General note: Title and date provided by Bettye Lane.

City Council President and NY State Senator Karen Burstein, on left, at International Women's Year conference in Houston

General note: Title and date provided by Bettye Lane.

First woman City Council President of New York City Carol Bellamy

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Betty Friedan with City Council Woman Carol Greitzer at Second Women's March

General note: Title and date provided by Bettye Lane.

Bella Abzug at ERA Rally in NYC with City Council woman Miriam Friedlander behind Bella

General note: Title and date provided by Bettye Lane.

Pete Fisher of GAA speaking to City Council for Intro 2

General note: Title and date provided by Bettye Lane.

AIDS benefit press conference at Madison Square Garden, Ted Weiss, NY City Council presents a $500 check to Mel Rosen

General note: Title provided by Bettye Lane

Gays in balcony before City Council defeat of gay civil rights bill Intro 2

General note: Title and date provided by Bettye Lane.

Chicago, Illinois, Great Fire, 1871 (Raster Image)

This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Map of Chicago showing the burnt district, presented by Freeman & Burr. It was published by Freeman & Burr in 1871. Scale [ca. 1:29,300]. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Illinois East State Plane Coordinate System NAD83 (in Feet) (Fipszone 1201). All map collar and inset information is also available as part of the raster image, including any inset maps, profiles, statistical tables, directories, text, illustrations, index maps, legends, or other information associated with the principal map. This map shows features such as the area burned by the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, roads, railroads, railroad stations, drainage, city wards, and more. This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps from The Harvard Map Collection as part of the Imaging the Urban Environment project. Maps selected for this project represent major urban areas and cities of the world, at various time periods. These maps typically portray both natural and manmade features at a large scale. The selection represents a range of regions, originators, ground condition dates, scales, and purposes.

Catharine Waugh McCullouch papers in the Mary Earhart Dillon collection, 1869-1945

Collection primarily documents McCulloch's research on women's legal status, and her work with the Illinois Equal Suffrage Association, the National American Woman Suffrage Association, and the League of Women Voters. There is also documentation of women in the legal profession, of McCulloch's friendships with the other women suffragists and lawyers, and some biographical material. The papers contain little information about her family or social life.