Chicago Housing Authority development records, 1948-1992.

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Chicago Housing Authority development records, 1948-1992.

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Correspondence, legal documents, financial records, research files, newsletters, press releases, newspaper clippings, meeting minutes, maps, transcripts of speeches, and other records of the Chicago Housing Authority (CHA). Most of the materials relate to CHA's city development plans for the placement of public housing, including ordinances, easements, urban renewal studies, and issues in administering the agency. Also present are materials on activities by and for tenants; complaint files; and files concerning civil rights, affirmative action, and the 1966 racial discrimination lawsuit against CHA filed by Dorothy Gautreaux and other tenants.

16 linear ft. (39 boxes)

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United States. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development

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Chicago Boys and Girls Club

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Gautreaux, Dorothy

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American arbitration association

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In January 1949 when the parties could not agree upon the terms of a new contract the union struck. When the strike was settled, it was agreed to submit to arbitration the following issues which the parties could not agree upon: payment of a 12% wage increase, retroactive to January 1, 1949; in lieu of overtime charges, a flat sum of $28 per month on non-propelled barges; when required to go on dock or aboard to make hose connections, a $2 payment per voyage made on self propelled vessels; and t...

Chicago Housing Authority

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Chicago Dwelling Association.

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