Documentation

New York Street Photography

For twenty-six years Chicagoan Mike Royko has written the best doggone daily essay column in America. Along the way he's discovered the strange, the unusual, and the truth. So now meet his creation, Dr. I. M. Kookie, who thinks the world is just one big madhouse. Mike Royko thinks so too, but his remedy is to laugh.* *Abstract taken from back cover

For nearly half a century, the greater Lawndale area was the vibrant, spirited center of Jewish life in Chicago. It contained almost 40 percent of the city's entire Jewish population with over 70 synagogues and numerous active Jewish organizations and institutions, such as the Jewish People's Institute, the Hebrew Theological College, and Mount Sinai Hospital. Its residents included "King of Swing" Benny Goodman, Israeli prime minister Golda Meir, journalists Irv Kupcinet and Meyer Levin, federal judge Abraham Lincoln Marovitz, civil rights attorney Elmer Gertz, Eli's Cheesecake founder Eli Shulman, and comedian Shelley Berman. Many of the selected images come from the author's extensive collection. This book will bring back memories for those who lived there and retell the story of Jewish life on the West Side for those who did not. No matter where the scattered Jews of Chicago live now, many can trace their roots to this "Jerusalem of Chicago." (via: https://www.arcadiapublishing.com/9780738560151/Chicagos-Jewish-West-Side)

Dan S. Wang interviewed Dan Peterman about a range of topics: Peterman's art practice, the community that inhabited the building at 61st Street and Dorchester, the fire that destroyed the building, the struggle against the city to rebuild, and the rebirth of the building as the Experimental Station.

This is not only a book for firemen, men and women. It is a about them, about what they do all the time. It is about their work and their tradition and dedication. It is for all of us who don’t know. It is for all the people to whom I have shown photos who never realized how curious they actually were.

This is a collection of works by Charles Joseph Smith. The collection is comprised of plays, screenplays, poems, pictures, and letters. Cds were also included in the back of the collection, which contain compositions written and played by Charles Joseph Smith.

A book about Mayor Daley's actions during the aldermanic election of February 23, 1999. It discusses the illegal actions taken by the mayor against the campaign of Cynthia Soto. This book examines documents from Chicago's First Ward alderman election of 1999. Allegations of fraud and unlawful practices during the election prompted an FBI investigation and this book presents an expanded version of the FBI report.

A book written by Marco's, a Chicago based liquor store. The store has since closed. The book details types of wine, champagne, liquor, and cocktails.

The Official Handbook of Exhibits in The Division of Basic Sciences is a guide to the Hall of Science at the 1934 Century of Progress World's Fair in Chicago.