| Dates: | 1894-1982 |
| Size: | 1.25 linear feet in 1 box |
| Repository: | Chicago Public Library, Harold Washington Library Center, Special Collections, 400 S. State St., Chicago, IL 60605 |
| Collection Number: | spe.ssnc |
| Immediate Source of Acquisition: | The collection was housed in Chicago Public Library’s South Shore Branch Library. In the 1980s Special Collections, working with a Dr. Scholl Foundation grant, transferred and processed the collection to make it fully available to the public. Processed August 1989. |
| Conditions Governing Access: | Materials are open without restrictions. |
| Conditions Governing Use: | Please consult staff to determine ability to reuse materials from collection. |
| Preferred Citation: | When quoting material from this collection the preferred citation is: South Shore Newspapers Collection [Box #, Folder #], Special Collections, Chicago Public Library. |
| Finding Aid Author: | Original author unknown. Processed, August 1989. Updated and ingested into ArchivesSpace by Johanna Russ, 2021. |
Abstract
The collection contains twelve partial runs of newspapers from the South Shore neighborhood, some of which are rare. The newspapers from the 1960s and 1970s illustrate the changing population of the South Shore neighborhood.
Biographical/Historical
The South Shore neighborhood is 9 miles southeast of the Loop. The neighborhood runs along the Lake from E. 67th Street south to E. 79th Street. The area was annexed into Chicago in 1889. South Shore is number 43 of the 77 official communities that make up Chicago.
Scope and Contents
The collection contains issues of 13 newspapers related to the South Shore neighborhood. The Windsor Park Herald newspapers are from the 1890s, the other titles are from the 20th century. The newspapers from the 1960s and 1970s illustrate the changing population of the area.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged alphabetically by newspaper name and chronologically within.
Subjects
- South Shore Newscaster (Chicago, Ill.) Archives
- American newspapers — Illinois — Chicago
- South Shore (Chicago, Ill.)
Related Materials
Collection Inventory
| Box 1 | Folder 1 | The Chicago Comet, vol. 8, no. 34. Covers opening of South Shore Branch, CPL | 1929 May 17 |
| Box 1 | Folder 2 | The Chicago Comet, vol. 8, no. 37. Covers auto crash solves thirty robberies | 1929 June 7 |
| Box 1 | Folder 3 | Chicago Daily News: South, Covers $200 million expressway to be complete by December 1960 | 1956 December 13 |
| Box 1 | Folder 4 | Chicago Journal, vol. 1, no. 5. Covers South Shore history, with photos | 1976 October 20 |
| Box 1 | Folder 4 | Chicago Journal, vol. 3, no. 17. Covers Morgan Park High School integration | 1979 January 3 |
| Box 1 | Folder 4 | Chicago Journal, vol. 3, no. 19. Covers recycling | 1979 January 17 |
| Box 1 | Folder 4 | Chicago Journal, vol. 4, no. 3. Covers boat people refugees from Malaysia | 1979 September 19 |
| Box 1 | Folder 4 | Chicago Journal, vol. 4, no. 13. Covers Ridge Historic District | 1979 September 28 |
| Box 1 | Folder 4 | Chicago Journal, vol. 4, no. 49. Covers UIC professor patents a bacteria | 1980 August 13 |
| Box 1 | Folder 4 | Chicago Journal, vol. 5, no. 1. Covers Phoenix School reinstitutes one-room schoolhouse approach to education | 1980 September 10 |
| Box 1 | Folder 4 | Chicago Journal, vol. 5, no. 7. Covers South Side history | 1980 October 22 |
| Box 1 | Folder 4 | Chicago Journal, vol. 5, no. 8. Covers Omnibus Crime Bill reform | 1980 October 29 |
| Box 1 | Folder 4 | Chicago Journal, “South Shore Prospects,” Special section "looking ahead to 1990" | undated |
| Box 1 | Folder 5 | The Chicago Shoreland, vol. 3, no. 35. Covers South Shore artist wins first prize in Buckingham Fountain Art Fair | 1979 September 8 |
| Box 1 | Folder 5 | The Chicago Shoreland, vol. 4, no. 44. Covers Developmental Institute ground broken | 1980 October 4 |
| Box 1 | Folder 6 | Demosthenes, vol. 1, no. 1. Political newspaper published by Demosthenes Political Clubs in 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 17th, & 18th Wards | 1932 January |
| Box 1 | Folder 7 | The Seventy-First and South Shore Building Shopping News, vol. 1, no. 2. Advertising for businesses in this building | 1935 May 23 |
| Box 1 | Folder 8 | South Shore Journal, vol. 1, no. 1. Covers South Shore dollars should be spent in South Shore | 1935 January 17 |
| Box 1 | Folder 9 | South Shore Jubilee News [Not a regular publication]. Covers South Shore Jubilee Week | 1931 May 11 |
| Box 1 | Folder 10 | The South Shore Newscaster [Began publication June 13, 1935. Vol./No not indicated until 2nd year. Vol./No are given here as printed on the papers, although several are clearly incorrect.], Covers circulation to 25,000 | 1935 June 13 |
| Box 1 | Folder 10 | The South Shore Newscaster. Covers Hugh Herndon, trans-Pacific flyer, guest of honor, Chamber of Commerce | 1935 June 20 |
| Box 1 | Folder 10 | The South Shore Newscaster. Covers tax-token systems to be used | 1935 July 3 |
| Box 1 | Folder 10 | The South Shore Newscaster. Covers ex-store manager tells of public being cheated | 1935 October 2 |
| Box 1 | Folder 10 | The South Shore Newscaster. Covers improvement projects | 1935 November 7 |
| Box 1 | Folder 10 | The South Shore Newscaster. Covers depositors of closed banks demand accounting of funds | 1935 November 13 |
| Box 1 | Folder 10 | The South Shore Newscaster. Covers "Urgent" police report requested | 1935 November 27 |
| Box 1 | Folder 10 | The South Shore Newscaster. Covers War on reckless driving | 1935 December 4 |
| Box 1 | Folder 10 | The South Shore Newscaster. Covers South Shore YMCA | 1935 December 11 |
| Box 1 | Folder 11 | The South Shore Newscaster. Includes survey of 1935 top stories | 1936 January 8 |
| Box 1 | Folder 11 | The South Shore Newscaster. Covers South Shore real estate values climb | 1936 January 29 |
| Box 1 | Folder 11 | The South Shore Newscaster. Covers Chamber of Commerce 25th anniversary | 1936 February 12 |
| Box 1 | Folder 11 | The South Shore Newscaster. Covers petitions filed for War elections | 1936 February 19 |
| Box 1 | Folder 11 | The South Shore Newscaster. Covers WPA repaving South Shore streets | 1936 March 11 |
| Box 1 | Folder 11 | The South Shore Newscaster. Covers Francis J. Loughran bows out of race for 7th Ward Democratic Committee | 1936 March 25 |
| Box 1 | Folder 11 | The South Shore Newscaster. Covers gubernatorial candidates (Horner vs. Bundesen) campaign in South Shore | 1936 April 1 |
| Box 1 | Folder 11 | The South Shore Newscaster. Covers Governor Horner visits South Shore | 1936 April 8 |
| Box 1 | Folder 11 | The South Shore Newscaster. Covers "Buy in South Shore" campaign | 1936 April 29 |
| Box 1 | Folder 11 | The South Shore Newscaster. Covers bank depositors demand $887,000 in dividends | 1936 May 20 |
| Box 1 | Folder 12 | The South Shore Newscaster. Covers E. 67th Street/S. South Shore Drive ("Death Corner") to be widened | 1936 June 3 |
| Box 1 | Folder 12 | The South Shore Newscaster, vol. 3, no. 1. Covers newscaster celebrates first birthday | 1936 June 17 |
| Box 1 | Folder 12 | The South Shore Newscaster, vol. 3, no. 2. Covers RFC refuses loans to three Bain banks | 1936 June 24 |
| Box 1 | Folder 12 | The South Shore Newscaster, vol. 3, no. 3. Covers casino owner asks clergy to "lay off" | 1936 July 1 |
| Box 1 | Folder 12 | The South Shore Newscaster, vol. 3, no. 6. Covers "Buy South Shore" campaign promoted | 1936 July 22 |
| Box 1 | Folder 12 | The South Shore Newscaster, vol. 3, no. 7. Covers beauty queen to be chosen at fair | 1936 July 29 |
| Box 1 | Folder 12 | The South Shore Newscaster, vol. 2, no. 4. Covers newscaster "Pot of Gold" sweepstakes | 1936 September 9 |
| Box 1 | Folder 12 | The South Shore Newscaster, vol. 2, no. 9. Covers sweepstakes awarded to six winners | 1936 October 14 |
| Box 1 | Folder 12 | The South Shore Newscaster, vol. 3, no. 22. Covers Social Security forms sent to South Shore employers | 1936 November 18 |
| Box 1 | Folder 12 | The South Shore Newscaster, vol. 4, no. 12. Covers bus fire causes push for two-man bus crews | 1937 March 17 |
| Box 1 | Folder 13 | South Shore Scene [Published by the South Shore Commission. Monthly, later bi-weekly, weekly after mid-1981.], vol. 1, no. 2. Covers South Shore Schools | 1961 October |
| Box 1 | Folder 13 | South Shore Scene, vol. 1, no. 5. Covers South Shore Commission sets goals for 1962 | 1962 January |
| Box 1 | Folder 13 | South Shore Scene, vol. 2, no. 1. Covers South Shore block clubs begun | 1962 December |
| Box 1 | Folder 13 | South Shore Scene, vol. 9, no. 2. Covers area high-rise rental booms | 1968 March |
| Box 1 | Folder 13 | South Shore Scene, vol. 9, no. 5. Covers South Shore Sesquicentennial | 1968 June |
| Box 1 | Folder 13 | South Shore Scene, vol. 15, no. 3. Covers B & O railroad land to be redeveloped | 1974 May 10 |
| Box 1 | Folder 13 | South Shore Scene, vol. 18, no. 17. Covers Park District proposal for Country Club land | 1977 August 24 |
| Box 1 | Folder 14 | South Shore Scene, vol. 19, no. 6. Covers more & better jobs for South Shore | 1978 March 22 |
| Box 1 | Folder 14 | South Shore Scene, vol. 19, no. 7. Covers election results—24th Legisl. Dist. | 1978 April 5 |
| Box 1 | Folder 14 | South Shore Scene, vol. 19, no. 8. Covers Lake Shore rehabs begin | 1978 April 19 |
| Box 1 | Folder 14 | South Shore Scene, vol. 19, no. 9. Covers CETA grant for community development | 1978 May 3 |
| Box 1 | Folder 14 | South Shore Scene, vol. 19, no. 16. Covers Senior Citizen Home groundbreaking in Parkside | 1978 August 9 |
| Box 1 | Folder 14 | South Shore Scene, vol. 19, no. 17. Covers Zayre stores open | 1978 August 23 |
| Box 1 | Folder 14 | South Shore Scene, vol. 19, no. 18. Covers Southgate Hotel is ordered closed | 1978 September 6 |
| Box 1 | Folder 14 | South Shore Scene, vol. 19, no. 19. Covers E. 71st Street Improvements | 1978 September 20 |
| Box 1 | Folder 14 | South Shore Scene, vol. 19, no. 20. Covers Park District’s plan for Country Club property | 1978 October 4 |
| Box 1 | Folder 14 | South Shore Scene, vol. 19, no. 21. Special coverage on upcoming election | 1978 November 1 |
| Box 1 | Folder 15 | South Shore Scene, vol. 20, no. 1. Covers South Shore Country Club/Southgate Hotel fates | 1979 January 10 |
| Box 1 | Folder 15 | South Shore Scene, vol. 20, no. 2. Covers record snowfall | 1979 January 24 |
| Box 1 | Folder 15 | South Shore Scene, vol. 20, no. 3. Covers Chamber of Commerce award given to Bilandic | 1979 February 7 |
| Box 1 | Folder 15 | South Shore Scene, vol. 20, no. 7. Special issue on Springtime | 1979 April 4 |
| Box 1 | Folder 15 | South Shore Scene, vol. 20, no. 11. Covers 16th Annual Open House Tour | 1979 June 1 |
| Box 1 | Folder 15 | South Shore Scene, vol. 20, no. 18. Covers proposed widening of S. Stony Island Avenue between E. 64th & E. 70th Streets | 1979 September 5 |
| Box 1 | Folder 15 | South Shore Scene, vol. 21, no. 11. Covers exorbitant legal fees investigated | 1980 May 28 |
| Box 1 | Folder 15 | South Shore Scene, vol. 21, no. 12. Covers 17th Annual Open House Tour | 1980 June 11 |
| Box 1 | Folder 15 | South Shore Scene, vol. 21, no. 17. Covers Park District gets $2.4 million to renovate South Shore Country Club; Byron Minor, Supt. Of Schools, looks back on 40-year career | 1980 August 20 |
| Box 1 | Folder 15 | South Shore Scene, vol. 21, no. 19. Covers rating of South Shore Currency Exchanges (white vs. black neighborhoods) | 1980 September 17 |
| Box 1 | Folder 15 | South Shore Scene, vol. 21, no. 22. 1980 Election coverage | 1980 October 29 |
| Box 1 | Folder 15 | South Shore Scene, vol. 22, no. 2. Covers Southgate Hotel, Medical Arts Prof. Bldg. to be demolished | 1981 January 21 |
| Box 1 | Folder 15 | South Shore Scene, vol. 22, no. 18. Covers Employment discrimination in Reagan administration | 1981 August 21 |
| Box 1 | Folder 15 | South Shore Scene, vol. 22, no. 24. Covers Small Business Adm. Loan to South Shore Bank | 1981 October 2 |
| Box 1 | Folder 15 | South Shore Scene, vol. 22, no. 27. Covers Chicago Council on Fine Arts awards six South Shore artists | 1981 October 23 |
| Box 1 | Folder 15 | South Shore Scene, vol. 22, no. 28. Covers Chicago Housing Authority forum | 1981 October 31 |
| Box 1 | Folder 15 | South Shore Scene, vol. 23, no. 12. Covers Illinois Central Gulf Railroad reduces commuter fares | 1982 March 26 |
| Box 1 | Folder 15 | South Shore Scene, vol. 23, no. 13. Covers Removal of parking meters on E. 71st Street | 1982 April 2 |
| Box 1 | Folder 18 | The South Side Herald, vol. 1, no. 2. Covers Citizen’s Improvement Association of Normal Park & Eggleston | 1905 April 29 |
| Box 1 | Folder 16 | South-Side News Courier, vol. 31, no. 44. Covers Street lights installed on E. 71st Street | 1956 October 24 |
| Box 1 | Folder 17 | Windsor Park Herald [Published by the Windsor Park and South Shore Improvement Club], vol. 1, no. 2. Covers Windsor Park and South Shore Improvement Club is organized | 1894 January 25 |
| Box 1 | Folder 17 | Windsor Park Herald, vol. 1, no. 3. Covers Public schools | 1894 February 1 |
