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About Readings and Archives

Gathered over a period of years, this is a curated (and partial) list of published and archival sources - scholarly books, articles, dissertations, community newsletters - that visibilize and chronicle decades of urban renewal efforts and the “submerged traditions” of people’s responses to them in Uptown, to use community historian Paul Siegel’s words.

+ Community Newsletters

    • All Chicago City News.
    • Community Control, Published between 1973-74. Helen Shiller’s personal collections.
    • Keep Strong, Published between 1975-80. Helen Shiller’s personal collections.
    • Rising Up Angry, Published between 1969-75. University of Illinois Chicago Special Collections.
    • The Firing Line, Published between 1967-68. Helen Shiller’s personal collections.
    • Unity - n.d. (circa 1970s). Helen Shiller’s personal collections.

+ Books and Academic Articles

    • American Indian Center of Chicago. 2004. Chicago’s 50 Years of Powwows. Charleston: Arcadia.
    • Arenson, Ling Z. 2009. “Beyond a Common Ethnicity and Culture: Chicagoland’s Chinese American Communities Since 1945.” In Asian America: Forming New Communities, Expanding Boundaries, edited by Huping Ling, 65–86. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press.
    • Bennett, Larry. 1993. “Rethinking Neighborhoods, Neighborhood Research and Neighborhood Policy: Lessons from Uptown.” Journal of Urban Affairs 15 (3): 245–57.
    • ------. 1997. Neighborhood Politics: Chicago and Sheffield. Taylor and Francis.
    • Bergquist, Kathie, and Robert McDonald. 2006. “All of Life’s a Stage: Theater in Chicago.” In A Field Guide to Gay & Lesbian Chicago, 163–82. Lake Claremont Press.
    • Bernstein, Arnie. 1998. Hollywood on Lake Michigan: 100 Years of Chicago and the Movies. Chicago: Lake Claremont Press.
    • Bradley, Preston, and Harry Barnard. 1962. Along the Way: An Autobiography. New York: David McKay Company, Inc.
    • Brown-Saracino, J. 2010. A Neighborhood That Never Changes: Gentrification, Social Preservation, and the Search for Authenticity. University of Chicago Press.
    • Butler, Patrick. 2013. Hidden History of Uptown and Edgewater. Charleston: History Press.
    • Carney, Megan. 2008. “Creating a Forum: LGBTQ Youth and The Home Project in Chicago.” In Telling Stories to Change the World. Routledge.
    • Conroy, J. 1979. “The Uptown People’s Health Center, Chicago, Illinois.” Public Health Reports 94 (4 Suppl): 33–38.
    • De la Croix, St. Sukie. 2012. “Kings and Queens of Burlesque.” In Chicago Whispers: A History of LGBT Chicago before Stonewall. University of Wisconsin Press.
    • Frost, Jennifer. 2003. “Organizing from the Bottom Up: Lillian Craig, Dovie Thurman, and the Politics of the ERAP.” In The New Left Revisited, edited by John McMillian and Paul Buhle, 92–109. Philadelphia: Temple University Press.
    • Geary, Charles. 1970. What I’m About Is People. Chicago: Children’s Press.
    • Gitlin, Todd, and Nanci Hollander. 1970. Uptown: Poor Whites in Chicago. Harper & Row.
    • Gould, Deborah. 2017. “Becoming Coalitional: The Perverse Encounter of Queer to the Left and the Jesus People USA.” S&F Online 14 (2).
    • Guy, Roger. 2000. “The Media, the Police and Southern White Migrant Identity in Chicago, 1955-1970.” Journal of Urban History 26 (3): 329–49.
    • ------. 2007. From Diversity to Unity: Southern and Appalachian Migrants in Uptown Chicago, 1950-1970. Lanham: Lexington Books.
    • ------. 2013. “We Shall Not Be Moved: Hank Williams Village and the Legacy of Advocacy Planning.” Humanity & Society 37 (2): 159–75.
    • ------. 2016. When Architecture Meets Activism: The Transformative Experience of Hank Williams Village in the Windy City. Lexington Books.
    • Hansen, Marty, and Sam Hong. 1991. Behind the Golden Door: Refugees in Uptown. Chicago.
    • Hecht, Stuart J. 1982. “Social and Artistic Integration: The Emergence of Hull-House Theatre.” Theatre Journal 34 (2): 172–82.
    • Khubchandani, Kareem. 2020. Ishtyle: Accenting Gay Indian Nightlife. University of Michigan Press.
    • Klein, James H., and John W. Payton. 1980. Organizing for Neighborhood Justice: The Formation and Implementation of the Uptown-Edgewater Neighborhood Justice Center in Chicago. Urban Insights Series 2. Chicago.
    • Krzywy, Martin Alexander. 2019. “Chicago’s White Appalachian Poor and the Rise of the Young Patriots Organization.” Journal of African American Studies 23 (4): 364–88.
    • LaGrand, James B. 2002. Indian Metropolis: Native Americans in Chicago, 1945-75. University of Illinois Press.
    • Lau, Yvonne M. 2006. “Chicago’s Chinese Americans: From Chinatown and Beyond.” In The New Chicago: A Social and Cultural Analysis, edited by John P. Koval, Larry Bennett, Michael I. J. Bennett, Fassil Demmissie, Roberta Garner, and Kiljoong Kim, 168–81. Temple University Press.
    • Laukaitis, John J. 2015. Community Self-Determination: American Indian Education in Chicago, 1952-2006. Albany, US: State University of New York Press. 
    • ------. 2005. “Relocation and Urbanization: An Educational History of the American Indian Experience in Chicago, 1952-1972.” American Educational History Journal 32 (2): 139–44.
    • López, Antonio R. 2019. “‘We Know What the Pigs Don’t Like’: The Formation and Solidarity of the Original Rainbow Coalition.” Journal of African American Studies; New York 23 (4): 476–518.
    • Low, John N. 2016. Imprints: The Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians and the City of Chicago. East Lansing: Michigan State University Press. 
    • Lyden, Jackie, and Chet Jakus. 1980. Landmarks and Legends of Uptown. n.p.
    • Maly, Michael T. 2005. “Uptown, Chicago.” In Beyond Segregation: Multiracial and Multiethnic Neighborhoods, 48–99. Temple University Press.
    • Maly, Michael T., and Michael Leachman. 1998. “Chapter 7: Rogers Park, Edgewater, Uptown and Chicago Lawn, Chicago.” Cityscape: A Journal of Policy Development and Research 4 (2): 131–60.
    • Mantler, Gordon K. 2017. “‘Organize the People’: The 1975 City Council Races in Multiracial Chicago.” Journal of Civil and Human Rights 3 (2): 1–29.
    • ------. 2013. Power to the Poor: Black-Brown Coalition and the Fight for Economic Justice, 1960-1974. University of North Carolina Press.
    • Marciniak, Ed. 1981. Reversing Urban Decline: The Winthrop-Kenmore Corridor in the Edgewater and Uptown Communities of Chicago. Washington, D.C.: National Center for Urban Ethnic Affairs.
    • Philpott, Thomas Lee. 1978. The Slum and the Ghetto: Neighborhood Deterioration and Middle-Class Reform, Chicago, 1880-1930. New York: Oxford University Press.
    • Rai, Candice. 2016. Democracy’s Lot: Rhetoric, Publics, and the Places of Invention. University of Alabama Press.
    • ------. 2011. “Positive Loitering and Public Goods: The Ambivalence of Civic Participation and Community Policing in the Neoliberal City.” Ethnography 12 (1): 65–88.
    • Rehak, Robert. 2013. Uptown: Portrait of a Chicago Neighborhood In the Mid-1970’s. Chicago’s Neighborhoods, Inc. 
    • Rivera, Marisol V., and Judson L. Jeffries. 2019. “From Radicalism to Representation: Jose “Cha Cha“ Jimenez’s Journey into Electoral Politics.” Journal of African American Studies 23 (4): 299–319.
    • Shiller, Helen. 2022. Daring to Struggle, Daring to Win: Five Decades of Resistance in Chicago’s Uptown Community. Haymarket Books.
    • Sonnie, Amy, and James Tracy. 2011. Hillbilly Nationalists, Urban Race Rebels, and Black Power: Community Organizing in Radical Times. Melville House.
    • Valoven, Sarah C. 2015. “Power, Housing and the Powerhouse of Engaged Learning.” SPACE: Student Perspectives About Civic Engagement 1 (1).
    • Various. n.d. National Register Nominations for Chicago. Accessed January 24, 2020.
    • Warren, Elizabeth. 1979. Chicago’s Uptown: Public Policy, Neighborhood Decay, and Citizen Action in an Urban Community. Urban Insight Series 3. Chicago: Center for Urban Policy, Loyola University of Chicago.
    • Williams, Jakobi. 2013. From the Bullet to the Ballot: The Illinois Chapter of the Black Panther Party and Racial Coalition Politics in Chicago. UNC Press Books.

+ Reports and Pamphlets

    • About Face Theatre. 2019. Education Impact Report, 2018-19.
    • About Face Youth Theatre. n.d. "Youth Speak Out: Safe Schools."
    • Balaban and Katz. “Balaban and Katz Magazine: Special Uptown Theater Issue.” 1925. Compass Rose Cultural Crossroads Collection. http://www.compassrose.org/uptowntheatre/news20060426.html.
    • Bennett, Larry. 1991. “Uptown: Port of Entry, Hotbed of Movements, Contested Territory.” MacArthur Foundation Policy Research and Action Group on Neighborhood Reinvestment and Diversity in Chicago.
    • Chicago Area Black Lung Association. 1977. “Chicago Area Black Lung Association Pamphlet.” The Playboy Foundation. Helen Shiller personal collections.
    • Center for Urban Research and Learning, Peter Haas, Philip Nyden, Thomas Walsh, Nathan Benefield, and Christopher Giangreco. 2002. “The Uptown Housing and Land Use Study.” Chicago: Center for Urban Research and Learning, Loyola University.
    • Center for Urban Research and Learning, Philip Nyden, and Joanne Adams. 1996. “Saving Our Homes: The Lessons of Community Struggles to Preserve Affordable Housing in Chicago’s Uptown.” Paper 12. Chicago: Center for Urban Research and Learning: Publications and Other Works. Loyola University Chicago eCommons.
    • Connors, Jennifer. 2000. “National Register of Historic Places - Registration Form for Uptown Square Historic District.” Chicago. Internet Archive.
    • Department of Housing and Economic Development. 2013. “10-Year Status Report, Wilson Yard, 2001-2011.” City of Chicago.
    • Goss, Colin. n.d. “Theatre As Resistance : A Brief History of African-American Theatre in Chicago, Particularly in the Uptown Neighborhood.”
    • Madigan, La Verne. 1956. “The American Indian Relocation Progam: A Report.” New York: The Association on American Indian Affairs, Inc. Arizona Department of Library and Archives.
    • Ramsey, Emily, Lara Ramsey, and Terry Tatum. 2016. “Residential Hotels in Chicago, 1880-1930.” National Register of Historic Places Multiple Property Documentation Form. Ramsey Historic Consultants.

+ Dissertations and Theses

    • Beck, Dean. 2016. “Moving Uptown: Inter-Minority Representations in Post-Industrial Chicago.” Unpublished Master of Arts thesis, Urbana-Champaign: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
    • Chandler, Daniel Ross. 1969. “The Reverend Dr. Preston Bradley’s Speaking: An Historical- Rhetorical Study.” Ph.D., United States -- Ohio: Ohio University.
    • Doering, Jan. 2014. “All in This Together? Crime, Race, and Community in Multiracial Neighborhoods.” Ph.D., United States -- Illinois: The University of Chicago.
    • Falcon, Adrienne. 2013. “Playing Together in the Hood: The Construction of Youth Programs in a Diverse Immigrant Neighborhood of Chicago.” Ph.D., United States -- Illinois: The University of Chicago.
    • Hunter, Devin V. 2015. “Growing Diversity: Urban Renewal, Community Activism, and the Politics of Cultural Diversity in Uptown Chicago, 1940-1970.” Ph.D. Dissertation, Chicago: Loyola University Chicago.
    • Janke, Jennifer Joan. 2002. “Chicago’s Uptown: The Native American Social Construction of Racial Categories in a Post-Industrial Economic Neighborhood.” Unpublished M.A. thesis, Urbana-Champaign: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
    • LaFleur, Renee A. 2011. “Democracy in Action: Community Organizing in Chicago, 1960-1968.” Ohio University. Proquest.
    • Leveen, Deborah Browning. 1978. “Hustlers and Heroes: Portrait and Analysis of the Chicago Indian Village.” Ph.D. dissertation, Chicago: University of Chicago. Proquest.
    • Lopez, Antonio R. 2012. “In the Spirit of Liberation: Race, Governmentality, and the De-Colonial Politics of the Original Rainbow Coalition of Chicago.” Ph.D. Dissertation, El Paso: The University of Texas, El Paso.
    • Neumann, Teresa E. 2013. “Sustainable Diverse Communities: A Comparison of Hammond, Indiana and Chicago’s Uptown Neighborhood.” M.A., United States -- Illinois: Loyola University Chicago.
    • Rai, Candice. 2008. “Rhetorics of Democracy in Contested Urban Space.” Ph.D. Thesis, Chicago: the University of Illinois at Chicago. Proquest.
    • Rivera, Marisol V. 2017. “Survival Under Oppression: The Puerto Rican and Allied Struggle for Representation in Chicago, 1950-1983.” Ph.D. Dissertation, Chicago: Loyola University. Loyola eCommons.
    • Rosen, Eric Brent. n.d. “About Face Theatre: Case Studies in Theory, Aesthetics, Politics, and Performance Practice.” Ph.D., United States -- Illinois: Northwestern University.
    • Shashe, Daniel Hasso. 2015. “Migration and Parent Involvement: Ethiopian Immigrants in Chicago.” ProQuest Dissertations and Theses. Ed.D., United States -- Illinois: DePaul University.
    • Siegel, Paul B. 2002. “Uptown, Chicago: The Origins and Emergence of a Movement against Displacement, 1947-1972.” Ph.D. Thesis, Chicago: University of Illinois at Chicago.
    • Williams, Jakobi Emon. 2008. “Racial Coalition Politics in Chicago: A Case Study of Fred Hampton, the Illinois Black Panther Party, and the Origin of the Rainbow Coalition.” Ph.D. Dissertation, Los Angeles: University of California Los Angeles.
    • Zentefis, Demetrios A. 1971. “Uptown Chicago: A Community in Transition, 1929-1970.” Unpublished M.A. thesis, Wacomb: Western Illinois University.
    • Zullo, Justin. 2018. “‘We Get Free!’: Chicago Hip-Hop, Juvenile Justice, and the Embodied Politics of Movement.” Ph.D., United States -- Illinois: Northwestern University.

+ Audio and Video Productions

+ Blogs and Websites

+ Newspaper and Magazine Articles

    • Abarbanel, Jonathan. 2011. “Black Ensemble Theater: Quo Vadis?” WBEZ Chicago(blog). December 6, 2011.
    • Allen, J. Linn. 1993a. “HUD Swallows Hard, Sells Troubled Tower for $1.” Chicago Tribune, June 22, 1993. [SROs]
    • ———. 1993b. “An Affordable Housing-Laboratory.” Chicago Tribune, August 15, 1993. [SROs]
    • Almada, Jeanette. 2000. “Co-Ops Promoted as Affordable Housing.” Chicago Tribune, June 11, 2000. ProQuest Historical Newspapers. [SROs]
    • Asian Week. 1985. “Vietnam Town Rises in Uptown Chicago,” February 15, 1985. (Ethnic NewsWatch). [Asia on Argyle]
    • Backes, Clarus. 1968a. “Uptown: The Promised Land.” Chicago Tribune (1963-1996); Chicago, Ill., September 22, 1968, sec. 7. [Southern and Appalachian Migrants]
    • ———. 1968b. “Poor People’s Power in Uptown.” Chicago Tribune, September 29, 1968. ProQuest Historical Newspapers. [Southern and Appalachian Migrants]
    • ———. 1968c. “Appalachia: The Source.” Chicago Tribune, October 6, 1968, sec. SECTION 7. [Southern and Appalachian Migrants]
    • Baim, Joy. 1966. “Montrose Center--Chaos, but Comments Are Good to Ear.” Chicago Tribune (1963-1996); Chicago, Ill., April 17, 1966, sec. SECTION 10. [Model Cities]
    • Ballew, Jonathan. 2019. “After Cedar Street Buys Bridgeview Bank Building In Uptown, Service Nonprofits Are Being Pushed Out.” Block Club Chicago (blog). September 9, 2019. 
    • Benjamin, Robert. 1981. “Uptown-Edgewater Winning Arson War.” Chicago Tribune (1963-1996); Chicago, Ill., July 22, 1981, sec. 1.
    • Bigart, Homer. Special to The New York. 1969. “Hunger in America: Appalachia Ill-Fed Despite a National Effort: Hunger in America: Appalachia Ill-Fed Despite National Effort.” New York Times, 1969.
    • Bils, Jeffrey. 1998. “Bosnian College Gets City Branch.” Chicago Tribune, November 18, 1998, sec. METRO CHICAGO.
    • Bowean, Lolly. 2012. “Anxiety Building in Uptown High-Rise: Low-Income Residents Face Decaying Conditions, Foreclosure, Possible Sale.” Chicago Tribune, June 8, 2012. ProQuest. 
    • ———. 2017. “Homeless Advocacy Group Seeks to Stop Eviction of Uptown Tent City.” Chicago Tribune (Online); Chicago, August 29, 2017. 
    • Brascher, Nahum Daniel. 1938. “Bradley’s Warning to America.” The Chicago Defender, November 5, 1938, National edition edition. ProQuest Historical Newspapers. [Preston Bradley]
    • Browning, Norma Lee. 1957a. “New Breed of Migrants City Problem: Hillbillies Bring Odd Customs.” Chicago Daily Tribune, March 4, 1957. ProQuest Historical Newspapers. 
    • ———. 1957b. “Hill Brand of Religion Restricts Education: Religion of Hills Often in Conflict with Education Preachers Frown on Schooling.” Chicago Daily Tribune (1923-1963); Chicago, Ill., May 7, 1957, sec. Part 1. [Southern and Appalachian Migrants]
    • ———. 1957c. “Poverty Spurs Hill Folk on the Road to North: But Few Find City Life to Liking.” Chicago Daily Tribune (1923-1963); Chicago, Ill., May 11, 1957, sec. Part 1. [Southern and Appalachian Migrants]
    • Compass Rose. n.d. “The 4600 Block of North Winthrop in Uptown - Celebrating 100 Years of History in August 2006!” Compass Rose (blog). 
    • Channick, Robert. 2018. “First Midwest Makes Deal to Buy Bridgeview Bank: Merger Valued at $145M Expected to Close in Q2 of 2019.” Chicago Tribune, December 8, 2018. ProQuest Historical Newspapers. 
    • Chase, Al. 1925. “People’s Church Plans $250,000 ‘Uptown Temple.’” Chicago Daily Tribune (1923-1963); Chicago, Ill., February 22, 1925, sec. REAL ESTATE NEWS.
    • Chicago Tribune. 1970a. “Indians Protest ‘Village,’” June 11, 1970, sec. 1. [Chicago Indian Village]
    • ———. 1970b. “Indians Turn Down Housing Offer by City,” July 14, 1970, sec. 1. [Chicago Indian Village]
    • ———. 1971. “Indians Vacate Nike Campsite at Argonne, Sign Housing Pact,” August 21, 1971. [Chicago Indian Village]
    • ———. 1972a. “Won’t Go, Indian Leader Says,” April 8, 1972, sec. W. [Chicago Indian Village]
    • ———. 1972b. “Chosa’s Tribe Routed,” June 30, 1972, sec. 1. [Chicago Indian Village]
    • Chicago Tribune. 1973a. “Greedy Slum Machine a Death-Trap for Children: Once-Posh N. Side Hotel Now a Death-Trap for Children,” May 8, 1973, sec. 1.
    • ———. 1973b. “Slumlord Guide--8 Steps to Profit: A Manual for Slumlords--8 Steps to Profit from Squalor,” May 9, 1973, sec. 1.
    • ———. 1930. “Earling Adding to Apartments on Simonds Land.” Chicago Daily Tribune (1923-1963); Chicago, Ill., March 27, 1930. [Montrose Beach Apartment]
    • ———. 1943. “Bank Building Sold: Uptown Bank Building Sold for 1 Million.” Chicago Daily Tribune (1923-1963); Chicago, Ill., June 11, 1943.
    • Chicago Tribune. 1967. “Uptown Council Leader to Talk with Dissidents over Membership.” Chicago Tribune, August 3, 1967. ProQuest Historical Newspapers. [Hank Wililams Village]
    • ———. 1970a. “Eight Groups Protest Uptown College Site.” Chicago Tribune (1963-1996); Chicago, Ill., June 28, 1970, sec. NORTHWEST. [Hank Wililams Village]
    • ———. 1970b. “Reach Compromise on Uptown Campus.” Chicago Tribune, September 11, 1970, sec. 1. [Hank Wililams Village]
    • ———. 1989a. “Tenants Lose Bid to Stop HUD from Foreclosing on Building.” Chicago Tribune, June 3, 1989. 
    • ———. 1989b. “Stupidity Is Also a HUD Scandal.” Chicago Tribune, September 3, 1989.
    • Collins, Shanna. 2017. “The Legacy of John ‘Vietnam’ Nguyen.” Voice of Young Dreamers, November 20, 2017.
    • Congbalay, Dean. 1986. “Argyle Street Shopping Strip Weaves Pattern of Prosperity.” Chicago Tribune, March 31, 1986. 
    • Crepeau, Megan. 2014. “The next Brooklyn? Real-Estate Mogul’s FLATS Properties Are Changing the Face of Uptown--and Not Everyone’s Happy about It.” Chicago Tribune, October 6, 2014. Proquest. 
    • Cross, Robert. 1974. “Uptown’s Future: Are the Swingers at the Gates? Uptown Trend-Setters Discover the Charms of Uptown. Uptown Will It Become Another New Town?” Chicago Tribune (1963-Current File); Chicago, Ill., September 29, 1974, sec. 9.
    • ———. 1985. “Famine Gives Chicago’s Ethiopians a Hunger for Unity.” Chicago Tribune, January 6, 1985, sec. 2.
    • Chicago Daily Tribune. 1929. “[Advertisement] New Lawrence Apartment Hotel, 1020 Lawrence Ave.--"Just Like a Fine Club"--100 Per Cent Rented,” March 26, 1929.
    • ———. 1930. “Display Ad 4 -- No Title,” July 26, 1930. [Uptown retail advertisement]
    • Chicago Tribune. 1967. “Argyle Street Is Called Major Part of ‘Building Boom,’” October 12, 1967. 
    • Chicago Tribune (1963-1996); Chicago, Ill. 1968. “Mayor Names Uptown Model Cities Council,” July 14, 1968, sec. North.
    • “Chicago’s Uptown Officially Opens Wilson Yard.” Chicago Real Estate Forum (blog). July 21, 2010.
    • Danzig, Christopher. 2010. “Hip-Hop Hope.” The Chicago Reporter, February 2010. [Kuumba Lynx]
    • Dardick, Hal. 2004. “Preservation Group Lists 10 Sites as at Risk of Razing: [Northwest Final, NW Edition].” Chicago Tribune; Chicago, Ill., September 17, 2004, sec. Metro. [Uptown Theater]
    • Davis, Lela. 1982. “Uptown, Developer Back in Court.” Chicago Tribune (1963-1996); Chicago, Ill., August 5, 1982, sec. North. [Avery lawsuit]
    • Davis, Robert. 1974. “You Can’t Stay Here, Hotel Fire Victims Told.” Chicago Tribune (1963-1996); Chicago, Ill., November 19, 1974, sec. Section 2.
    • Deardorff, Julie. 1999. “Diner Talk Recalls a Closeness That Cooled between Immigrant Groups.” Chicago Tribune, October 3, 1999, sec. NEWS. [Ethiopian and Eritrean migrants]
    • Dell’Angela, Tracy. 1995. “Bosnian Refugee Center Tries to Leave War Behind.” Chicago Tribune, September 25, 1995. 
    • Dold, R. Bruce. 1989. “2 Groups Periled by HUD Freeze.” Chicago Tribune (1963-1996); Chicago, Ill., August 30, 1989, sec. City/suburbs.
    • Emmanuel, Adeshina. n.d. “Rapper John ‘Vietnam’ Nguyen Honored With Street Name in Uptown.” 
    • Feuerstein, Phyllis. 1988. “Priest Helps Newcomers Settle in: A Refugee Himself, He Speaks Everybody’s Language.” Chicago Tribune, August 17, 1988.
    • Freeburg, Russel. 1970. “Church ‘Influence’ on New Left Told.” Chicago Tribune (1963-Current File); Chicago, Ill., December 30, 1970, sec. 1.
    • Galloway, Paul. 1993. “The Next Upstarts.” Chicago Tribune, September 9, 1993. [Uptown’s Youth Activists]
    • Glanton, A. Dahleen. 1991. “Bit of Ethiopia Finds Spot in City.” Chicago Tribune, June 28, 1991, sec. CHICAGOLAND.
    • Gowran, Clay, and James Sullivan. 1965. “Poverty War Cost Is Hard to Find: Montrose Center Chief Blocks Information.” Chicago Tribune (1963-1996); Chicago, Ill., November 8, 1965, sec. 1. [Model Cities]
    • Grady, Bill. 1975. “Uptown: a Group Charges High-Rise Plot.” Chicago Tribune, October 9, 1975, sec. 2. [Avery lawsuit]
    • Grossman, Ron. 1985. “For the Hmong, the Land Is New, But the Miracle’s Intact.” Chicago Daily Tribune, December 24, 1985, sec. TEMPO.
    • ———. 2012. “15 Historic Minutes.” Chicago Tribune, August 12, 2012, sec. News. [Potawatomi displacement]
    • Hampson, Philip. 1928. “Sheridan Park to See Bit of Medieval Spain.” Chicago Daily Tribune, October 14, 1928. [Montrose Beach apartments]
    • Hartstein, Larry. 1996. “Check out the Many Faces of Uptown, an International Neighborhood: No Passports Needed.” Chicago Tribune, April 6, 1996.
    • Hautzinger, Daniel. n.d. “How Axis Lab Celebrates the Vietnamese Community of Their Parents.” WTTW.
    • Heise, Kenan. 1997. “Obituary: Dovie Thurman, Community Activist.” Chicago Tribune; Chicago, Ill., April 9, 1997, sec. METRO CHICAGO.
    • “How Helen Shiller Made Uptown a Little More Uptown.” 2010. Blog. NBC Chicago (blog). August 2, 2010. 
    • Howard, Tanner. 2019. “What One Chicago Magazine Reveals About Gentrification.” NewsBank: Access World News. Citylab (USA) (blog). October 30, 2019.
    • Hunter, Devin. 2014. “Neglected, Seemingly Forgotten Chicago Mural Is Now Extinct, Seemingly Forgotten.” The Lakefront Historian (blog). November 19, 2014. [Hank Williams Village mural]
    • Ibata, David. 1992. “Asians Seek Spot In America`s Melting Pot.” Chicago Tribune, April 26, 1992. 
    • Immanuel, Adeshina. 2013. “‘Asia on Argyle’ Sign Cost $260,000 In TIF Funds, Alderman’s Office Says.” DNAinfo, February 4, 2013.
    • Kass, John. 1987. “Class Struggle Divides Uptown Middle-Class Development at Odds with Housing for Poor: [Final Edition, C].” Chicago Tribune (Pre-1997 Fulltext); Chicago, Ill., December 27, 1987, sec. CHICAGOLAND.
    • Kaufman, Michael T. 1969. “Black Panthers Join Coalition With Puerto Rican and Appalachian Groups.” New York Times, 1969. [The Original Rainbow Coalition]
    • Keegan, Anne. 1985. “A People Conquers Toughest Mountain.” Chicago Tribune, May 26, 1985, sec. CHICAGOLAND. [Hmong refugees]
    • Keniston, Billy. 2018. “Hillbillly Revolutionaries: White Rebellion Against Injustice & Racism in 1960s Chicago.” Blue Mountain Center Commons (blog). March 20, 2018.
    • Kogan, Rick. 2013. “Uptown Portrait a ‘Picture of Dignity.’” Chicago Tribune, December 2013. Proquest.
    • Lauerman, Connie. 1988. “Starting over: Horrors of the Past Give the Asian-Americans of Argyle Street Strength.” Chicago Tribune, March 6, 1988.
    • ———. 1990. “Changing Chinatown: A Neighborhood Strives to Strike a Balance Between the Old and New.” Chicago Tribune  July 15, 1990.
    • LaVelle, Mike. 1976. “Blue-Collar Views: Ex-Miners Here Fight for Breath.” Chicago Tribune (1963-1996); Chicago, Ill., November 25, 1976, sec. 3.
    • Lee, William. 2016. “Move Ends a Chapter for Native Americans.” Chicago Tribune, November 28, 2016, sec. News. [American Indian Center]
    • Lee, William, and Lolly Bowean. 2017. “Homeless, Activists Shut down Part of Lake Shore Drive during Morning Commute.” Chicago Tribune (Online); Chicago, September 7, 2017.
    • Lundy, Betty. 1988. “A Story in Every Stitch.” Chicago Tribune, December 11, 1988, sec. 15. [Hmong Refugees]
    • Lynch, Kevin, and James Janega. 2001. “Charlie Soo, 1945-2001. Argyle Street `Mayor,’ Bold Promoter of Asian Shops.” Chicago Tribune, April 4, 2001.
    • Madhani, Aamer. 2001. “Jimmy Wong, 1914-2001: Restaurateur Helped Start ‘New Chinatown.’” Chicago Tribune, July 2001.
    • Malagon, Elvia, and Jennifer Smith Richards. 2018. “Rehab of ‘cage Hotel’ in Uptown Tells a Tale of Affordable Housing.” Chicago Tribune, January 15, 2018.
    • Malooley, Jake. 2011. “Helen Shiller’s Chicago Uptown Legacy.”  Time Out Chicago (blog). February 16, 2011.
    • McGhee, Josh. 2016. “ONE Northside Honored for Advocacy Work Sticking up for the Poor.” DNAinfo Chicago, February 23, 2016.
    • ———. 2016. “Saying Goodbye To ‘Girlstown’: Andersonville’s Lesbian Population Shrinks.” DNAinfo Chicago (blog). August 22, 2016.
    • McCarron, John. 2010. “‘Yard’ Work Rewarded in Uptown.” LISC Chicago (Archived) (blog). August 1, 2010. [Wilson yard T] 
    • ———. 1988. “Shiller Guards Against Uptown Progress.” Chicago Tribune, September 1, 1988. ProQuest Historical Newspapers.
    • McKuen, Pamela Dittmer. 2014. “The ’20s Come Roaring Back at Lawrence House.” Chicago Tribune, July 24, 2014. 
    • McLaughlin, Joseph. 1968. “Uptown Groups Hit Model Cities Plans, Form New Coalition.” Chicago Tribune, December 22, 1968. 
    • Merridew, Alan. 1974. “At Hearings: Uptown Tenants Tell Slumlord Practices.” Chicago Tribune (1963-1996); Chicago, Ill., January 13, 1974, sec. 1.
    • ———. 2013. “Hank Williams Village: Chicago’s Best Urban Plan That Never Happened.” Chicago Magazine, June 20, 2013.
    • Mohan, Margaret. 1965. “Uptown Poverty Plan: Picket New Urban Center Speakers Claim Remedies for Marchers’ Complaints.” Chicago Tribune (1963-1996); Chicago, Ill., February 21, 1965, sec. NORTH.
    • Moser, Whet. 2013. “The Long, Slow Decline of Chicago’s SROs.” Chicago Magazine (blog). June 14, 2013.
    • Mount, Charles. 1970. “41 Are Arrested in Protest of Uptown Clinic’s 5-Day Week: Arrested at Protest.” Chicago Tribune (1963-1996); Chicago, Ill., November 7, 1970, sec. 1.
    • Nair, Yasmin. 2014.“On the Scent of Cum, Steam, and Gentrification.” October 15, 2014. https://yasminnair.com/on-the-scent-of-cum-steam-and-gentrification/
    • New York Herald Tribune. 1935. “Passport to Germany Denied Chicago Pastor: Dr. Preston Bradley Lays Action to Criticisms of Hitler,” June 9, 1935.
    • Obejas, Achy. 1999. “Wilsonian Democracy Haves and Have-Nots Coexist Warily along Wilson Avenue as Uptown Turns Seriously Upscale.” Chicago Tribune; Chicago, Ill., December 27, 1999. 
    • ———. 1997. “When Paris Dance Closes, It’ll Be the End of an Era.” Chicago Tribune (1997-Current), August 1, 1997, sec. Friday.
    • Olivo, Antonio. 2008. “Ethiopians Now Thrive, Aid Newer Refugees.” Chicago Tribune, March 26, 2008, sec. Metro.
    • Phillips, Richard. 1972. “Declared War on U. S., Chosa Says.” Chicago Tribune, July 15, 1972, sec. 1.
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+ Museum and Library Archives

    • Chicago History Museum Special Collections:
      • Asian Human Services of Chicago (papers, 1978-96; visual materials, 1980-93)
      • CORE Chicago Chapter records, 1956-66
      • Danny Lyon photograph collection, 1965
      • Studs Terkel papers, 1944-2008
      • Uptown Peoples Law Center Annual Report, 1994
      • Uptown Chicago Commission papers, 1945-1986
      • Voice of the People Annual Report, 1987-88
    • Chicago Public Library:
      • David Gremp photographs, Uptown 1978-9 (Harold Washington Library)
      • Harold Washington collections (Harold Washington Library)
      • Uptown News archives, 1930-89 (Sulzer Regional Library)
    • DePaul University Library Special Collections and Archives:
      • Guide to Young Lords Records, 1969-2008
      • Peter Bauer papers, 1963-79
      • Young Lords Newspaper Collection (online)
    • Gerber/Hart Library and Archives
    • Grand Valley State University Special Collections:
      • The Young Lords in Lincoln Park collections
    • Japanese American Service Committee Legacy Center Archives:
      • Dorothy and Hiroshi Kaneko papers, 1948 - 2002s
    • Leather Archives and Museum, Chicago
    • The Newberry Library Special Collections:
      • Chicago American Indian Oral History Project, 1982-85
      • Lily Pagratis Venson Papers, 1962-2011
      • Orlando Cabanban photographs, c. 1920-1991
      • St. Augustine's Center for American Indians papers, 1957-2010
    • University of Chicago:
      • Sol Tax papers, 1923-89 (American Indian Center)
    • University of Illinois Chicago Special Collections:
      • Doug Dobmeyer papers, 1978-2008 (Voice of the People)
      • Hull House Association records, 1889-1999
      • IDOT Chicago Traffic Photograph Collection
      • Institute on the Church in an Urban-Industrial Society (ICUIS) records, 1950-1988
      • Preston Bradley papers, 1905-75
      • Helen Shiller collection
      • Rising Up Angry collection
    • Washington University Film and Media Archive:
      • Anndrena Belcher interview for Henry Hampton’s America’s War on Poverty
    • Wisconsin Historical Society:
      • Peggy Terry Papers, 1937-2004

 

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