Records. University Research Corporation-Urban Alliance (inclusive), 1916-1970.

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Records. University Research Corporation-Urban Alliance (inclusive), 1916-1970.

Correspondence, advertisements, articles and clippings, and promotional and supplementary materials concerning University Research Corporation, a name used by several firms, including one which sold vitamins and psychological services to senior citizens, 1950-1970; University Research Laboratories, a quackish laboratory service in Chicago operated by B.A. Fletcher, 1916-1932; John Ludwig Unterlander, an herb doctor and spiritualist, 1924; and Urban Alliance, a coalition of civic, business, other organizations to promote reform in housing and other urban problems, 1969.

4 folders.

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