Anthony Sorrentino papers, ca. 1931-1995 (bulk 1938-1978).

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Anthony Sorrentino papers, ca. 1931-1995 (bulk 1938-1978).

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Biographical materials, correspondence, articles, manuscripts, reports, studies, minutes, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, photographs, and other papers of Anthony Sorrentino, a Chicago sociologist, scholar, and civic leader of Italian descent. Included are articles and reports written by Sorrentino on the subject of delinquency prevention and treatment programs; administrative records from Sorrentino's tenure with the Chicago Area Project, the Institute for Juvenile Research, the Illinois Youth Commission, and the Department of Corrections; as well as records related to Sorrentino's involvement with the Italian Welfare Council (1945-1965), the Joint Civic Committee of Italian Americans (1952-1968), and other civic and cultural organizations. Also present are biographical materials, including manuscript drafts of an autobiography, which describes Sorrentino's experience as a community worker, and of a work entitled "It's an Inside Job: the Story of the Near West Side Community Committee."

7 linear ft. (18 boxes)

Chicago History Museum

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Illinois. Dept. of Corrections.

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Illinois. Youth Commission.

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Sorrentino, Anthony

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Anthony Sorrentino (1913-2005) was a Chicago sociologist, scholar, and civic leader of Italian descent. Sorrentino worked with the Chicago Area Project (1934-1938) and later as a sociologist at the Institute for Juvenile Research (IJR; 1938-1957). In 1957, Sorrentino's work at the IJR was transferred to the Illinois Youth Commission, and in the 1970s to the Department of Corrections. In 1975, Governor Daniel Walker appointed Sorrentino Executive Director of the newly formed Commission on Delinqu...

West Side Community Committee (Chicago, Ill.)

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Italian Welfare Council (Chicago, Ill.)

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Chicago Area Project

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Joint Civic Committee of Italian Americans

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Institute for Juvenile Research (Ill.)

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Established in 1909 as the Juvenile Psychopathic Institute; renamed the IJR in 1917; it ran the first child guidance clinic and the second organized psychology training program in the nation. It also was one of the first sites for training child psychiatrists. Affiliated with the University of Illinois at Chicago in 1990. From the description of Institute for Juvenile Research (Illinois) records, ca. 1930-1980. (Chicago History Museum). WorldCat record id: 713342170 ...