Container
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Title
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M2001-111
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Part 1 (M2001-111): Original Collection, 1983-1994 7.0 c.f. (7 record center cartons) and 2 videorecordings : Records include training notes and manuals, board and staff agendas and minutes, financial records, grant proposals, clippings, community organization meeting files, and materials concerning local actions and campaigns on such issues as abandoned housing, schools, utility rates, and energy assistance, and jobs. Also included are photographs of events and rallies, and videos, including two training videos on voter registration and organizing.
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Box
1
Folder
1
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Background materials, 1987-1988
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Administrative records
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Board meetings, minutes, notes, and reports
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Box
1
Folder
2-8
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Chicago
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Box
1
Folder
9
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Illinois, 1983-1984
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Box
1
Folder
10
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Great Lakes Region staff meetings, 1983-1993
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Madeline Talbott notebooks
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Box
1
Folder
11-32
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1983-1987
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Box
2
Folder
1-23
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1987, 1989-1992
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Box
2
Folder
24-31
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Madeline Talbott appointment books, 1987-1991
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Box
2
Folder
32
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Committees
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Box
2
Folder
33
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Reports
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Box
2
Folder
34
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Notes, 1992 April-July
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Box
2
Folder
35
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National publications advertising
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Box
2
Folder
36
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Recruitment
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Box
2
Folder
37
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Forms and maps
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Box
2
Folder
38-44
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Leadership training, 1985-1991
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Box
2
Folder
45
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Combined Federal Campaign
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Box
2
Folder
46
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Training Center
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Box
2
Folder
47
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Organizer training materials
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Box
2
Folder
48
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Internal evaluations
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Box
2
Folder
49
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Associate reports
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Box
2
Folder
50
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Work plan, 1984
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Box
2
Folder
51
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Weekend petitioning report
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Box
2
Folder
52
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Better Business Bureau
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Box
2
Folder
53
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Caravan, 1988
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Box
2
Folder
54
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Canvass lawsuits
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Box
2
Folder
55
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Voter registration
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Box
2
Folder
56
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New Party Chicago contacts
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Box
2
Folder
57
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Correspondence, M. Fred Friedman
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Box
2
Folder
58
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Self-sufficiency campaign
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Box
2
Folder
59
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ACORN insurance, 1986
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Box
2
Folder
60
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ACORN Services state registration, 1985
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Box
2
Folder
61
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State bylaws
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Year end/year beginning reports, 1985-1994
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Box
2
Folder
62
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Chicago
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Box
2
Folder
63
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Illinois
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Box
2
Folder
64
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Public service announcements
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Box
2
Folder
65
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Staff meetings
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Box
2
Folder
66
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Convention attendance
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Box
2
Folder
67
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Video project
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Box
2
Folder
68
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Cutbacks, state
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Box
2
Folder
69
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Taxes
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Box
2
Folder
70
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Mike Shea memo
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Box
2
Folder
71
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Court information, arrest
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Box
2
Folder
72
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Memoranda, 1985-1992
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Box
3
Folder
1-3
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Kickoff, 1991-1993
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Box
3
Folder
4
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ACORN fund, 1990-1991
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Box
3
Folder
5
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Christmas party, 1990, 1992
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Box
3
Folder
6
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Time sheets, 1991 March
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Box
3
Folder
7
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Handbook
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Box
3
Folder
8
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Women Leaders in Action
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Box
3
Folder
9
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Police harassment
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Box
3
Folder
10
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Hightower campaign and rally
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Box
3
Folder
11
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Ernestine Whiting biography
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Box
3
Folder
12
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Staff performance memos, 1993
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Box
3
Folder
13
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Legislative Conference, 1993
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Financial
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Box
3
Folder
14
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Matt Hamada reimbursements
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Box
3
Folder
15
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ACORN Services, Inc. (ASI) Illinois
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Box
3
Folder
16-20
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Finances, 1983-1987
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Box
3
Folder
21
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Budgets, 1984-1988, undated
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Box
3
Folder
22
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Dues, 1983
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Box
3
Folder
23
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Letter to funders
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Box
3
Folder
24-25
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Fundraising and petitioning
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Box
3
Folder
26
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ACORN-Illinois newsletter
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Chris Brown files
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Box
3
Folder
27
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Chicago Housing Corporation
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Box
3
Folder
28
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Local 880
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Box
3
Folder
29
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Chicago ASI
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Box
3
Folder
30
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ACORN Housing Corporation of Illinois, administrative and development funds
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Box
3
Folder
31
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Project Hometown of CHD GLIEIP, ACORN Institute for Social Justice
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Box
3
Folder
32
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Chicago ACORN
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Box
3
Folder
33
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Woods Gund and ARC, CHOP, CAHP and Association subsidy
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Box
3
Folder
34
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Financial information
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Box
3
Folder
35-39
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Notepads, 1989
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Box
3
Folder
40-55
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Grant proposals and grants, 1983-1986
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Box
3
Folder
56
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Miscellaneous
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Box
3
Folder
57-82
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Neighborhood community organizations
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Political activities
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Box
3
Folder
83
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Presentation, ACORN/Anti-Reagan campaign
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Box
3
Folder
84-86
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ACORN Political Action Committee
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Box
3
Folder
87
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Alliance for Justice
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Box
3
Folder
88
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Dallas tent city, 1984
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Abandoned buildings, homesteading, housing, rehabilitation, and neighborhoods
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Box
3
Folder
89
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Bylaws, lease, articles: ACORN Community Land Association, ACORN Housing Corporation, ACORN Management Corporation
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Box
4
Folder
1-8
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ACORN Housing Corporation of Illinois
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Box
4
Folder
9
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ACORN tenants union
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Box
4
Folder
10
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Housing information, general and miscellaneous
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Box
4
Folder
11
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“What I Think About the Land Association Lease” (member statements)
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Box
4
Folder
12-17
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Housing Rights Organization
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Box
4
Folder
18
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Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation houses
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Box
4
Folder
19
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Homesteading
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Box
4
Folder
20-25
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Rehabilitation Network
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Box
4
Folder
26
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Neighborhood Housing Services housing information
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Box
4
Folder
27
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Chicago Reinvestment Alliance
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Box
4
Folder
28
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Housing legislation
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Box
4
Folder
29
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Local Initiative Support Corporation
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Box
4
Folder
30-31
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Affordable housing forum
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Box
4
Folder
32
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ACORN 20th Century convention/squatting mailing
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Box
4
Folder
33-35
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Housing and Urban Development campaign
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Box
4
Folder
36
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Chicago Department of Housing
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Box
4
Folder
37
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Letters of support (Egan)
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Box
4
Folder
38
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Citywide tag day
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Box
4
Folder
39
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Statewide housing coalition
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Box
4
Folder
40
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Metropolitan Tenants Organization, tenants' bill of rights
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Box
4
Folder
41
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Citicorp
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Box
4
Folder
42-78
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Abandoned buildings
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Box
5
Folder
1-22
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The Mayor's Chicago Abandoned Property Program
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Box
5
Folder
23-24
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Illinois Housing Preservation Study
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Box
5
Folder
25-38
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Prepayment
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Box
5
Folder
39
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Rehab team meetings
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Box
5
Folder
40
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Action meeting agendas
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Box
5
Folder
41
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Comprehensive Housing Affordability Strategy
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Box
5
Folder
42
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Media Consultant
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Box
5
Folder
43-53
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Bank and Savings & Loan campaigns
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Box
6
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Bank and Savings & Loan campaigns (continued)
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Box
7
Folder
1-20
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Utilities
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Box
7
Folder
21-23
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Jobs campaigns
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Box
7
Folder
24-36
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School campaigns
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Other issues
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Box
7
Folder
37-40
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Chicago Transit Authority
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Box
7
Folder
41
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Voter registration
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Box
7
Folder
42
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Homecare Co-op
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Box
7
Folder
43
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Mayor Daley
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Box
7
Folder
44
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Lead paint poisoning, 1992-1993
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Box
7
Folder
45
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Health care
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Box
7
Folder
46
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Free legal services
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Box
7
Folder
47
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Chicago Initiative proposal
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Box
7
Folder
48
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Community policing
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Box
7
Folder
49
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Welfare cuts
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Box
7
Folder
50
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Gangs
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Box
7
Folder
51
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Presidential poll
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Box
7
Folder
52
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Foot patrols
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Box
7
Folder
53
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Hazardous materials, PCBs
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Box
7
Folder
54
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Illinois Committee for Honest Elections
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Box
7
Folder
55
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Drugs
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Box
7
Folder
56
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Sexual assault
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Box
7
Folder
57
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Jewel/Osco-80th and Ashland, liquor sales
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Box
7
Folder
58
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Republican Convention, 1988
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Box
7
Folder
59
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Com Ed Campaign, 1988
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Box
7
Folder
60
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Women's Caucus
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Box
7
Folder
61
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ACORN-Illinois newsletters
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Box
7
Folder
62
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Press clippings, 1983-1993, undated
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Box
7
Folder
63
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Press releases, 1985-1991
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Project Vote
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Box
7
Folder
64
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Organizer packet
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Box
7
Folder
65
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Forms, job description, 1996
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Box
7
Folder
66
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Funding requests, 1996
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Box
7
Folder
67
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Evanston NAACP participation, 1996
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Box
7
Folder
68
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Background materials
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Box
7
Folder
69
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Other
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Videorecordings 2 videotapes
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Video
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“What's Your Last Name” [voter registration training], 1996 18:00 minutes
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Video
2
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“Let It Shine - How Do I Recruit Them” [organizer training], 1996 33:01 minutes
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M2010-080
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Part 2 (M2010-080): Additions, 1992-2006 10.8 c.f. (10 record center cartons and 2 archives boxes), 111 photographs (1 archives box), and 5 videorecordings : Additions, 1992-2006, consisting principally of the records of director Madeline Talbot including administrative files, records related to fundraising and grants, meeting minutes, year end and year beginning reports, and records related to numerous education programs, including the Grassroots School Improvement Campaign (GSIC) and the Grow Your Own Teacher campaign. Also included are various subject files consisting of records on issues such as housing, welfare, the living wage campaign, and predatory lending. Additionally, the subject file contains statistics related to the population primarily served by ACORN, and records related to conventions and rallies, and the Chicago New Party. The photographs include images of ACORN events and rallies, as well as images of Bobby Rush, Luis Gutierrez, Barack Obama, and Jesse Jackson Jr.
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Series: Administrative File
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General
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Box
1
Folder
1-24
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Miscellaneous
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Box
1
Folder
25-34
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Staff planning and meetings
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Box
1
Folder
35-53
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Year end/year beginning reports
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Box
1
Folder
54-113
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Board
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Box
1
Folder
115-129
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Budget
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Box
2
Folder
1-27
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Budget (continued)
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Box
2
Folder
28-40
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Correspondence
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Fundraising
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Box
2
Folder
41-46
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Conventions
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Box
2
Folder
47-72
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General fundraising
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Grants
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Box
2
Folder
73-107
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General
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Box
2
Folder
108-140
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Wisconsin grants
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Box
2
Folder
141-163
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Member lists
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Box
3
Folder
1-10
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Member lists (continued)
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Box
3
Folder
11-107
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Memorandum and agenda
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Box
3
Folder
108-124
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Organizing
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Schools and Education
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Box
3
Folder
125-167
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General education
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Box
4
Folder
1-112
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General education (continued)
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Box
5
Folder
1-67
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General education (continued)
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Box
5
Folder
68-137
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Grassroots School Improvement Campaign (GSIC)
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Box
6
Folder
1-23
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GSIC file (continued)
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Schools and Education
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Box
6
Folder
24-69
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Grow Your Own Teacher
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Series: Subject Files
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Box
6
Folder
70-97
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Banks
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Box
6
Folder
98-102
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Book drafts
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Box
6
Folder
103-118
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News clippings
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Box
6
Folder
119-126
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Conventions / Rallies
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Box
6
Folder
127-152
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Housing
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Box
7
Folder
1-37
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Issues (Chicago)
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Box
7
Folder
38-66
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Living wage
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Box
7
Folder
67-95
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Miscellaneous
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Box
7
Folder
96-161
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Predatory lending
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Box
8
Folder
1-25
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State government (Illinois)
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Box
8
Folder
26-184
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Statistics
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Box
9
Folder
1-103
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Statistics (continued)
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Box
9
Folder
104-108
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Surveys
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Box
9
Folder
109-156
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W-2 welfare program
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Box
9
Folder
157-160
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Welfare
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Box
10
Folder
1-8
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Madeline Talbott notebooks
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Box
10
Folder
9-125
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New Party
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Box
11
Folder
1-73
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New Party (continued)
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Box
12
Folder
1-30
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New Party (continued)
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Series: Photographs
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Box
13
Folder
1-2
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Rallies, conferences, and community activities
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Box
13
Folder
3
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Abandoned building victory rally, 1992 August
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Box
13
Folder
4
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ACORN/SEIU 880 25th anniversary and rally
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Box
13
Folder
5
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Flanagan School lunch cuts action, 1995 March
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Box
13
Folder
6
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Chicago New Party conference
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Box
13
Folder
7
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April Troope file
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Box
13
Folder
8
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Bankfair photos, 1993
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Box
13
Folder
9
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Insurance Summit, 1993 June
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Box
13
Folder
10
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Jesse Jackson Jr.
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Box
13
Folder
11
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Barack Obama
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Series: Videorecordings
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Video
1
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Abandoned Building Campaign
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Video
2
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Board of Education, 2002 May 22
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Video
3
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Living Wage Campaign
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Video
4
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Mahaley Sommerville Tribute
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Video
5
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Presentation by ACORN
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