MC73. Chicago Area Project Records, 1935-1980
Scope and Contents
Organization founded on Chicago's North Side in 1932 to reduce juvenile delinquency through community committees, governed and operated by neighborhood residents rather than outside agencies. Administration, research and field work for the project was conducted by professionals, including Clifford R. Shaw, Anthony Sorrentino, Henry D. McKay, and staff members of the Illinois Institute for Juvenile Research and the Illinois Youth Commission. The files includes annual reports of the project, data books and activity reports of community committees, programs, and research reports on juvenile delinquency, drug abuse, and crime. Also includes the memoirs of a "petty con man" written ca. 1935, and photocopies of articles concerning juvenile delinquency and the Chicago Area Project.
Dates
- Created: 1935 - 1980
- Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1988
Creator
- Chicago Area Project (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
None
Extent
2.00 Cubic Feet
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement Note
By subject
Source of Acquisition
Mike Townsend
Creator
- Chicago Area Project (Person)
- Shaw, Clifford R. (Person)
- Sorrentino, Anthony (Person)
- McKay, Henry D. (Person)
- Illinois Institute for Juvenile Research (Person)
- Illinois Youth Commission (Person)
- Title
- Archon Finding Aid Title
- Description rules
- Other Unmapped
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- und
Repository Details
Part of the UIS Archives/Special Collections Repository
Archives/Special Collections LIB 144
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Springfield IL 62703-5407 US
217-206-6520
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