West Side Christian Parish (Chicago, Ill.) records, 1945-1968 (bulk 1952-1962).

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West Side Christian Parish (Chicago, Ill.) records, 1945-1968 (bulk 1952-1962).

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Scrapbooks, questionnaires, interviews, meeting minutes, reports, speeches, press releases, newsletters, correspondence, etc. related to the West Side Christian Parish (WSCP), an interdenominational religious and social service organization. Includes materials collected and interviews of WSCP employees conducted by Raymond Owens, whose master's thesis on the organization is included in the collection. Also present are articles, speeches, and other papers pertaining to Reverend Donald Benedict, co-founder of the WSCP and head of Chicago City Missionary Society (CCMS), as well as administrative records and publications related to the Leadership Council for Metropolitan Open Communities (LCMOC), mostly on the subject of housing discrimination.

3.5 linear ft. (8 boxes)

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Chicago History Museum

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1613 West Washington Street (Chicago, Ill.)

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East Harlem Protestant Parish (New York, N.Y.)

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Chicago City Missionary Society of the Congregational Churches

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Benedict, Don, 1917-

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Community Renewal Society (Chicago, Ill.)

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West Side Christian Parish (Chicago, Ill.)

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The West Side Christian Parish was an interdenominational, multi-service organization serving neighborhoods with low-income residents on Chicago's West Side. WSCP was founded in 1952 by Donald Benedict and J. Archie Hargraves as a subsidiary of the East Harlem Protestant Parish in New York and was sponsored by the Chicago City Missionary Society (later known as the Community Renewal Society). From the description of West Side Christian Parish (Chicago, Ill.) records, 1945-1968 (bulk ...

Owens, Raymond Lee, 1934-....

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Leadership Council for Metropolitan Open Communities

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Hargraves, J. Archie.

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Reverend J. Archie Hargraves was pastor of the South Shore Community Church at 7402 South Yates Boulevard (ca. 1971-2002). Hargraves co-founded the East Harlem Protestant Parish in New York, founded the West Side Christian Parish and the West Side Organization in Chicago (Ill.), and was active in the Chicago Freedom Movement. He died on January 3, 2003 at the age of 86. From the description of J. Archie Hargraves papers, ca. 1978-2003. (Chicago History Museum). WorldCat record id: 71...