Chicago Committee of Fifteen. Records 1909-1927

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Chicago Committee of Fifteen. Records 1909-1927

http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/scrc/findingaids/view.php?eadid=ICU.SPCL.COMMITTEEOF15

Also known as Manuscript Codex 1028, these twenty-six volumes were gathered for an investigation of Chicago crime, focusing on prostitution and the illegal sale of alcohol. Notes are from on-scene investigations, summaries of court records and newspaper clippings.

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Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library,

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Committee of Fifteen (Chicago, Ill.)

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The Chicago Committee of Fifteen was initially formed in 1908 as a private organization that sought to combat pandering in Chicago. Its original directive was to investigate and publicize the venues typically associated with vice. The Committee sent investigators (typically in pairs) to designated "sin districts" to gather first-hand observations such as names, addresses, phone numbers, and observed illegal activity at the end of which the task force members would contact the police...