| Dates: | 1927-2000 |
| Size: | 13 linear feet (23 archival boxes) |
| Repository: | Chicago Public Library, Woodson Regional Library, Vivian G. Harsh Research Collection of Afro-American History and Literature, 9525 S. Halsted Street, Chicago, Illinois 60628 |
| Collection Number: | 1995/01 |
| Provenance: | Donated by Rose Solomon Wheeler, 1995. Additional donations by Rose Wheeler, 1998, and by the Western Historical Manuscript Collection, 2002. |
| Access: | No restrictions |
| Citation: | When quoting material from this collection, the preferred citation is: Rose Wheeler Papers, [Box #, Folder #], Chicago Public Library, Woodson Regional Library, Vivian G. Harsh Research Collection of Afro-American History and Literature |
| Processed by: | Michael Flug, Senior Archivist, Harsh Archival Processing Project |
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
In a career which spanned over 50 years as a Chicago-based social worker and race relations activist, Rose Solomon Wheeler initiated and helped lead struggles for civil rights, labor rights and peace. Throughout her adult life she was closely associated with the Nesbitt family, five African American brothers from Champaign, Illinois who made their mark on scholarship and social justice work.
She was born Rose Solomon on June 22, 1914 in Fostoria, Ohio, the daughter of Lithuanian Jewish immigrants who came to the United States to escape religious persecution. After graduation from Fostoria High School in 1931, she attended Bowling Green State College for two years, and then moved to Chicago to begin studies at University of Chicago in 1934. During her undergraduate studies, she held a part-time job working for Prof. Louis Wirth’s urban studies project, where she was supervised by Horace Cayton and St. Clair Drake. She recalled that she also became active in “liberal and radical organizations for peace and democracy and in civil rights and anti-racism movements.” She joined the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom in the late 1930s. In 1937 Rose Solomon received her A.B. degree from University of Chicago.
Rose Solomon enrolled in the University of Chicago’s School of Social Services Graduate program in 1938, and went to work for the Chicago Relief Administration and the Cook County Department of Public Aid. Through this work she met Rozell and Sadie Nesbitt, also social workers and activists. She remained close friends with the Nesbitts and with their son, Prexy, for the rest of her life.
During World War II she married Charles Hayes and had her first child. The marriage did not last, and she later married Hugh Wheeler, with whom she had three more children. She completed her M.A. degree in Social Service Administration in 1946. In 1947 she became a social worker for the Family Service Bureau of United Charities. Throughout her career as a social worker she was active in unions, both the State County and Municipal Workers of America for the public agencies and the Social Service Employees Union for the private sector agencies.
Rose Wheeler’s social work career stretched from the 1930s into the 1990s, including employment with Randall House, Passavant Memorial Hospital, the Mental Health Center of the Chicago Board of Health, Beethoven School (in Robert Taylor Homes), and the Northwest Mental Health Center. She taught social work and race relations in a host of conferences, as well as at Prairie State College. She was an advocate of the use of non-professional personnel in Community Mental Health, and wrote and spoke on this subject frequently.
Most of all she was an activist in a wide range of social justice organizations, including the Chicago Committee in Solidarity with Southern Africa, the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), the National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression, the National Conference of Christians and Jews, the Welfare Rights Organization, and the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom. In the 1980s and 1990s she was particularly active on support for Southern Africa liberation movements. The Peace Museum honored her in 1995 with its Community Peacemaker Award. Her voluminous “subject research files” reflect the broad scope of subjects in which she invested her time, energy and passion.
Rose Solomon Wheeler died December 28, 2003 in Columbia, Missouri.
SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE
The Rose Solomon Wheeler Papers include biographical and employment records, historical materials on the Nesbitt family, social work serials, clippings, offprints and ephemera, photographs, audio-visual materials and memorabilia. The bulk of the papers consist of a large subject research file kept by Wheeler from the 1950s through the 1990s.
Series 1: Biographical and Employment Documents
This series includes Rose Wheeler’s academic transcripts and diplomas, resumes and records of employment, articles, manuscripts and notes by Wheeler on social work subjects, newspaper articles which mention Rose Wheeler, and two autobiographical manuscripts. The documents extend from 1931 through 1999. This series is arranged by type of document, and then chronologically within each category.
Series 2: Biographies of the Nesbitt Family
This small series includes newspaper articles, funeral programs, biographical materials and a manuscript about the Nesbitt family written by Wheeler. The order of this series places documents on the family as a whole first, followed by folders on individuals. The documents extend from 1966 through 1997.
Series 3: Social Work-Related Serials
Rose Wheeler kept issues of social work periodicals which were of special interest to her. These included numbers of the newsletters of the National Association of Social Workers and its local affiliates, as well as professional journals. The serials are arranged alphabetically by title.
Series 4: Other Serials
Serials which Rose Wheeler kept which were not social work-related are included in this series. Most of these are periodical issues focusing on American race relations from liberal or radical journals. The series is arranged alphabetically by serial title.
Series 5: Pamphlets, Offprints and Ephemera
This series contains rare and scarce pamphlets, offprints, and loose documents collected by Wheeler. Some of the items are social work-related, but many are more broadly linked to African American concerns or to issues in race relations. Some of the items in this series may not be held in any other archival repository. The series is arranged in chronological order, with undated items at the end.
Series 6: Subject Research Files
The bulk of the Rose Wheeler Papers, comprising Boxes 6 through 21, are her subject research files. Wheeler culled these materials from meeting notices, programs, newsletters, magazine and newspaper clippings and a wide variety of activist movement sources. She arranged these items into an alphabetical run of subjects. In processing these files, we have retained her subject order and her titles for individual files.
Researchers should be aware that the subject titles may not be specific enough to highlight individual items of importance. For example, in the folder titled “Health,” there is a one-page memo updating the status of a 1961 landmark civil suit by Chicago African American physicians against 54 Chicago-area hospitals for their exclusion of African American physicians. This memo has thus far not been found in any other repository. There are other rare materials on education, on Chicago support for Southern African freedom struggles, and on Chicago’s West Side which the researcher will have to uncover.
RELATED MATERIALS
Related materials at the Chicago Public Library include:
- Brenetta Howell Barrett Papers, opens a new window
- Leonidas Berry Papers, opens a new window
- Leroy Bryant Paper, opens a new window
- CORE (Congress of Racial Equality), Chicago Chapter Archives, opens a new window
- Fern Gayden Papers, opens a new window
- Prexy Nesbitt Papers, opens a new window
- Southern Africa Support Group Archives, opens a new window
- Ann Stull Papers, opens a new window
CONTAINER LIST
Series 1: Biographical and employment documents
| Box 1 | Folder 1 | Rose Solomon, diploma, Fostoria [Ohio] High School, 1931 |
| Box 1 | Folder 2 | Rose Solomon, graduate school transcripts, University of Chicago, 1934-1946. Includes undergraduate record from Bowling Green State University, Ohio |
| Box 1 | Folder 3 | Rose Solomon (later Rose Hayes, Rose Wheeler), Employment and education resumes, 1938-1991 |
| Box 1 | Folder 4 | Rose Solomon Hayes, Master of Arts diploma, School of Social Service Administration, University of Chicago, 1946 |
| Box 1 | Folder 5 | Rose Solomon Hayes, Annual work evaluations as a social worker, 1947-1950 |
| Box 1 | Folder 6 | Rose Wheeler, Social work professional memberships and documentation as “Certified Social Worker,” 1953-1969 |
| Box 1 | Folder 7 | Article in staff newsletter on Rose Wheeler as acting Director of Social Services at Passavant Memorial Hospital, 1958 |
| Box 1 | Folder 8 | Notes by Rose Wheeler on social work at Randall House, 1961 |
| Box 1 | Folder 9 | Notes, statistics and a manuscript on Rose Wheeler’s work at Mental Health Center, Robert Taylor Homes, 1965 |
| Box 1 | Folder 10 | Program and bulletins, National Conference on Social Welfare, 1966 |
| Box 1 | Folder 11 | Staff lists, Chicago Board of Health, Mental Health Division, 1967 |
| Box 1 | Folder 12 | Manuscript by Rose Wheeler on work with emotionally disturbed children at Beethoven school, Summer 1967 |
| Box 1 | Folder 13 | Rose Wheeler, Correspondence and memos from Archdiocese of Chicago School Board, Head Start program, 1969-1970 |
| Box 1 | Folder 14 | Correspondence from Cook County Office of Economic Opportunity, offering Rose Wheeler position as Director of Social Services with Head Start at Cook County OEO, 1969 |
| Box 1 | Folder 15 | Rose Wheeler, employment materials from work for Volt Information Sciences, Inc., as Technical Assistance Specialist, 1970-1971 |
| Box 1 | Folder 16 | Column by Mike Royko on Rose Wheeler in Chicago Daily News, January 19, 1970 |
| Box 1 | Folder 17 | Contract hiring Rose Wheeler as part-time teacher at Prairie State College, and related documents,1970 |
| Box 1 | Folder 18 | Files from Rose Wheeler’s work at Northwest Mental Health Center, Arlington Heights, Illinois, 1972-1982 |
| Box 1 | Folder 19 | Rose Wheeler, Professional certificates from workshops and conferences, 1974-1999 |
| Box 1 | Folder 20 | “Enemies,” Article in Reader newspaper, on monthly dinner meetings of Jews and Palestinians to discuss differences, March 23, 1990. Rose Wheeler was a participant |
| Box 1 | Folder 21 | Rose Wheeler file, Licensure and continuing education, 1991-1996 |
| Box 1 | Folder 22 | Licensed Clinical Social Worker certificates, 1993-1999 |
| Box 1 | Folder 23 | Nomination of Rose Wheeler for award, The Peace Museum, Chicago, 1995 |
| Box 1 | Folder 24 | “My Story,” handwritten and typed manuscript on Rose Wheeler’s life and work, 1996 |
| Box 1 | Folder 25 | “Note to Readers,” by Rose Wheeler, undated |
| Box 1 | Folder 26 | Manuscript and published text, “Nonprofessional Personnel in Community Mental Health,” The Social Welfare Forum, 1966 |
| Box 1 | Folder 27 | Manuscript fragment, Mental Health evaluation of child patient, undated |
| Box 1 | Folder 28 | Lonnie E. Mitchell, manuscript, “A Psychologist’s Perspectives on the Use of Nonprofessionals in Mental Health Work,” Conference on the Use of Nonprofessionals in Mental Health Work, 1967 |
| Box 1 | Folder 29 | George W. Albee, manuscript, “The Miracle of the Loaves and Fishes Updated: Non-Professionals for Everyone,” American Orthopsychiatric Association, 1969 |
Series 2: Biographies of the Nesbitt Family
| Box 2 | Folder 1 | “Several Hundred Parents Watched Them Develop,” article in the Champaign-Urbana News Gazette, October 23, 1977. On five African American brothers from the Nesbitt family who grew up in Champaign in the 1920s and 1930s—Russell, George, Rozell, Lendor and Robert. Also included is the Memorial Service program for Rozell R. Nesbitt, March 8, 1997 |
| Box 2 | Folder 2 | “A Very Special Family,” manuscript by Rose Wheeler, undated, and “Fox Lake-Friendship House,” manuscript by Rose Wheeler on house owned by the Nesbitts in Fox Lake, Wisconsin, undated. Also included is a Fox Lake brochure and information on Francis Parker school in Chicago, which the children of Nesbitts attended |
| Box 2 | Folder 3 | Biographical material on George Nesbitt, 1972-1985 |
| Box 2 | Folder 4 | Biographical material on Prexy Nesbitt, 1976-1995 |
| Box 2 | Folder 5 | Biographical material on Robert Nesbitt, 1966 |
| Box 2 | Folder 6 | Biographical material on Rozell R. Nesbitt, 1975-1997 |
| Box 2 | Folder 7 | Biographical material on Sadie Nesbitt, 1967-1981 |
Series 3: Social Work-Related Serials
| Box 3 | Folder 1 | AASW Bulletin [American Association of Social Workers], 1953 |
| Box 3 | Folder 2 | Association for Family Living Newsletter, 1953, 1961 |
| Box 3 | Folder 3 | Benjamin Rush Bulletin, 1949 |
| Box 3 | Folder 4 | County Lines and Staff Notes [Cook County Department of Public Aid], 1961-1962 |
| Box 3 | Folder 5 | Illinois Welfare Association Conference Program, 1959 |
| Box 3 | Folder 6 | National Association of Social Workers Journal and pamphlets, 1964-1968 |
| Box 3 | Folder 7 | National Association of Social Workers [NASW], Chicago Area Chapter Bulletin, 1964-1977 |
| Box 3 | Folder 8 | National Association of Social Workers [NASW], Illinois Chapter Bulletin, 1990-1997 |
| Box 3 | Folder 9 | National Association of Social Workers [NASW], Manpower Memo, 1972 |
| Box 3 | Folder 10 | National Association of Social Workers [NASW] News, 1957, 1968 |
| Box 3 | Folder 11 | Readings: A Journal of Reviews and Commentary in Mental Health, 1986-1999 |
| Box 3 | Folder 12 | Service Agencies of Woodlawn, 1968 |
| Box 3 | Folder 13 | Social Welfare Workers Movement, 1969 |
| Box 3 | Folder 14 | Transactional Analysis Journal [Official Journal of the International Transactional Analysis Association, 1971 |
| Box 3 | Folder 15 | University of Chicago Magazine [issue featuring article by William Julius Wilson], 1987 |
| Box 3 | Folder 16 | University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration publications, 1957-1992 |
Series 4: Other Serials
| Box 4 | Folder 1 | American Socialist, 1966 |
| Box 4 | Folder 2 | Antioch Forum, 1993 |
| Box 4 | Folder 3 | Contemporary Issues, 1959 |
| Box 4 | Folder 4 | Crossroads Fund Newsletter, 1994 |
| Box 4 | Folder 5 | Health Rights News, 1971 |
| Box 4 | Folder 6 | Perspectives on Ideas and the Arts [special issue on South Africa], 1963 |
| Box 4 | Folder 7 | The Progressive [issue on New Black Politics], 1990 |
| Box 4 | Folder 8 | Studies on the Left, 1959 |
Series 5: Pamphlets, Offprints, and Ephemera
| Box 5 | Folder 1 | Pamphlet, Race: What the Scientists Say, National Conference of Christians and Jews, 1939 |
| Box 5 | Folder 2 | Pamphlet, Race Prejudice, by August Claessens, Rand School Press, 1943 |
| Box 5 | Folder 3 | Pamphlet, Common Human Needs: An Interpretation for Staff in Public Assistance Agencies, prepared by Charlotte Towle, Federal Security Agency, Bureau of Public Assistance, 1945 |
| Box 5 | Folder 4 | Pamphlet, Why Work for Nothing, by Herman Schendel, Trade Union Department, Abraham Lincoln School, 1946 |
| Box 5 | Folder 5 | Pamphlet, Vineland Social Maturity Scale, by Edgar Doll, Educational Test Bureau, 1947 |
| Box 5 | Folder 6 | Pamphlet, Let’s Get Down to Cases, by Jean Alexander, Anti-Defamation League of B’nai B’rith, 1948 |
| Box 5 | Folder 7 | Pamphlet, The Case of Claude Lightfoot, Claude Lightfoot Defense Committee, c. 1950 |
| Box 5 | Folder 8 | Pamphlet, Your Civil Rights, Commission on Human Relations, City of Chicago, 1952 |
| Box 5 | Folder 9 | Pamphlets, Research on Motivation, Capacity and Opportunity, School of Social Service Administration, University of Chicago, 1954 |
| Box 5 | Folder 10 | Pamphlet, Direct Casework with Children, by Janet Regensburg and Selma Fraiberg, Family Service Association of America, 1956 |
| Box 5 | Folder 11 | Pamphlet, , Common Human Needs: An Interpretation forStaff in Public Assistance Agencies, prepared by Charlotte Towle, Revised Edition, National Association of Social Workers, 1957 |
| Box 5 | Folder 12 | Pamphlet, Better Human Relations: The Challenge of Social Work, by Lucy Freeman, National Commission for Social Work Careers, 1961 |
| Box 5 | Folder 13 | Pamphlet, Pregnancy and You, Aline Auerbach and Helene Arnstein, Child Study Association of America, 1962 |
| Box 5 | Folder 14 | Offprint, Strangeness Between Helper and Client, by Joan Rosenfeld, reprinted from Social Service Review, 1964 |
| Box 5 | Folder 15 | Offprints and clippings on Community Mental Health work, 1965-1976 |
| Box 5 | Folder 16 | Pamphlet, “Reports of Group Mental Health Consultation to Los Angeles County School Districts,” 1966 |
| Box 5 | Folder 17 | Financial Report, The Woodlawn Organization (TWO), 1967 |
| Box 5 | Folder 18 | Offprint, Black Identity and the Helping Person, reprinted from Children , 1969 |
| Box 5 | Folder 19 | Pamphlet, Ethnic Minorities in Social Work Education, edited by Carl Scott, 1970 |
| Box 5 | Folder 20 | Pamphlet, A Week with AFCS Staff, Afro-American Family and Community Services [Chicago], 1972 |
| Box 5 | Folder 21 | Pamphlet, When People Need Help, by Maxwell Stewart, The Public Affairs Committee, 1973 |
| Box 5 | Folder 22 | Program, “Charlotte Towle Memorial Symposium, School of Social Service Administration, University of Chicago, 1976 |
| Box 5 | Folder 23 | Pamphlet, The Fourth Annual Family Therapy Conference, Center for Family Studies [Chicago], 1980 |
| Box 5 | Folder 24 | Offprint, Hidden Meanings of Black English, by Patricia J. Williams, from Integrity, 1997 |
| Box 5 | Folder 25 | Pamphlet, Behind Bars: A Prison Anthology, published by CADRE [Chicago Area Draft Resisters], undated |
| Box 5 | Folder 26 | Pamphlet, The Rabbit Brothers, by Robert Kraus, undated |
Series 6: Subject Research Files
| Box 6 | Folder 1 | Subject Research, ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union), 1976-1994 |
| Box 6 | Folder 2 | Subject Research, Adoption, 1972-1995 |
| Box 6 | Folder 3 | Subject Research, Affirmative Action, 1978-1995 |
| Box 6 | Folder 4 | Subject Research, Africa (general), 1967-1995 |
| Box 6 | Folder 5 | Subject Research, Africa and Racism, 1964-1992 |
| Box 6 | Folder 6 | Subject Research, Africa and Other Countries, 1958-1992, undated |
| Box 6 | Folder 7 | Subject Research, African Wildlife Leadership Foundation, 1981-1992 |
| Box 6 | Folder 8 | Subject Research, African American Art, Poetry and Dance, 1968-1993 |
| Box 6 | Folder 9 | Subject Research, African Americans, 1991-1993 |
| Box 6 | Folder 10 | Subject Research, African Americans and Racism, 1988-1994 |
| Box 7 | Folder 1 | Subject Research, Afro-American Family and Community Services, 1975 |
| Box 7 | Folder 2 | Subject Research, Aging, 1976-2000 |
| Box 7 | Folder 3 | Subject Research, Algeria, 1990-1992 |
| Box 7 | Folder 4 | Subject Research, American Friends Service Committee, 1977-1993 |
| Box 7 | Folder 5 | Subject Research, Amnesty, 1977-1981 |
| Box 7 | Folder 6 | Subject Research, Angola, 1981-1994 |
| Box 7 | Folder 7 | Subject Research, Anti-Apartheid efforts, 1985-1993 |
| Box 7 | Folder 8 | Subject Research, Anti-Semitism, 1975-1995 |
| Box 7 | Folder 9 | Subject Research, Arizona and fight for Martin Luther King holiday, 1990-1993 |
| Box 7 | Folder 10 | Subject Research, Asians, 1951-1995 |
| Box 7 | Folder 11 | Subject Research, Baha’i, 1991 |
| Box 7 | Folder 12 | Subject Research, John Birch Society, 1964-1977 |
| Box 7 | Folder 13 | Subject Research, Black Hebrews, 1970-1984 |
| Box 7 | Folder 14 | Subject Research, Black Issues, 1960s |
| Box 7 | Folder 15 | Subject Research, Black Issues, 1970s |
| Box 8 | Folder 1 | Subject Research, Black Issues, 1980s |
| Box 8 | Folder 2 | Subject Research, Black Issues--Race Discrimination, 1944-1989 |
| Box 8 | Folder 3 | Subject Research, Black Issues—Racism, 1962-1968 |
| Box 8 | Folder 4 | Subject Research, Black Panthers, 1970-1994 |
| Box 8 | Folder 5 | Subject Research, Black Power, 1967-1988 |
| Box 8 | Folder 6 | Subject Research, Blacks and Jews, 1985-1991 |
| Box 8 | Folder 7 | Subject Research, Books, 1947-1994 |
| Box 8 | Folder 8 | Subject Research, Botswana, 1994 |
| Box 8 | Folder 9 | Subject Research, Carol Moseley Braun, 1992-1995 |
| Box 8 | Folder 10 | Subject Research, Brown v. Board of Education, 1963-1984 |
| Box 8 | Folder 11 | Subject Research, Ralph J. Bunche, 1953 |
| Box 8 | Folder 12 | Subject Research, CALC (Clergy and Laity Concerned), 1990-1992 |
| Box 8 | Folder 13 | Subject Research, CCISSA (Chicago Committee in Solidarity with Southern Africa), 1988-1993 |
| Box 9 | Folder 1 | Subject Research, Center for Democratic Renewal, 1991 |
| Box 9 | Folder 2 | Subject Research, Chicago Committee to Defend the Bill of Rights, 1970-1995 |
| Box 9 | Folder 3 | Subject Research, Chicago Urban League, Negro Residence Map, 1950-1964 |
| Box 9 | Folder 4 | Subject Research, Children, 1951-1995 |
| Box 9 | Folder 5 | Subject Research, Church and Religious Issues, 1973-1991 |
| Box 9 | Folder 6 | Subject Research, CIA (Central Intelligence Agency), 1976-1977 |
| Box 9 | Folder 7 | Subject Research, Citizen Information Service of Metropolitan Chicago, 1967 |
| Box 9 | Folder 8 | Subject Research, Civil Rights (1), 1960-1995 |
| Box 9 | Folder 9 | Subject Research, Civil Rights (2), 1963-1994 |
| Box 9 | Folder 10 | Subject Research, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, 1971-1994 |
| Box 9 | Folder 11 | Subject Research, Color Bias, 1971-1992 |
| Box 9 | Folder 12 | Subject Research, Christopher Columbus, 1991-1992 |
| Box 9 | Folder 13 | Subject Research, Community Action, 1956-1995 |
| Box 9 | Folder 14 | Subject Research, Community Renewal Society, 1968 |
| Box 9 | Folder 15 | Subject Research, Community Service Workshop, University of Chicago, 1967 |
| Box 9 | Folder 16 | Subject Research, Confidentiality, 1974-1978 |
| Box 9 | Folder 17 | Subject Research, CORE (Congress of Racial Equality), 1960-1967 |
| Box 9 | Folder 18 | Subject Research, Crime, 1983-1993 |
| Box 9 | Folder 19 | Subject Research, Cuba, 1961-1995 |
| Box 9 | Folder 20 | Subject Research, Cuisine, 1991-1994 |
| Box 9 | Folder 21 | Subject Research, Cults, 1970-1994 |
| Box 10 | Folder 1 | Subject Research, Democratic Convention, 1968 |
| Box 10 | Folder 2 | Subject Research, Demographics, 1990 |
| Box 10 | Folder 3 | Subject Research, Desegregation, 1959-1978 |
| Box 10 | Folder 4 | Subject Research, Discrimination, 1948-1990 |
| Box 10 | Folder 5 | Subject Research, Drugs, 1967-1995 |
| Box 10 | Folder 6 | Subject Research, DuSable Museum, 1974-1994 |
| Box 10 | Folder 7 | Subject Research, East St. Louis, Illinois, 1976-1994 |
| Box 10 | Folder 8 | Subject Research, Economics, 1967-1993 |
| Box 10 | Folder 9 | Subject Research, Education—College, 1967-1991 |
| Box 10 | Folder 10 | Subject Research, Education, Pamphlets, 1953-1964 |
| Box 10 | Folder 11 | Subject Research, Education—Head Start, 1968-1993 |
| Box 10 | Folder 12 | Subject Research, Education—Segregation and Integration in Chicago, 1960-1994 |
| Box 10 | Folder 13 | Subject Research, Education—Reading, 1972-1993 |
| Box 11 | Folder 1 | Subject Research, Education—Schools, 1960-1992 |
| Box 11 | Folder 2 | Subject Research, Education—Teachers, 1962-1991 |
| Box 11 | Folder 3 | Subject Research, Education— Woodlawn, 1968-1969 |
| Box 11 | Folder 4 | Subject Research, Education—U. of Chicago, 1935 |
| Box 11 | Folder 5 | Subject Research, Education, 1950s |
| Box 11 | Folder 6 | Subject Research, Education, 1960s |
| Box 11 | Folder 7 | Subject Research, Education, 1970s |
| Box 11 | Folder 8 | Subject Research, Education, 1980s |
| Box 11 | Folder 9 | Subject Research, Education, 1990s |
| Box 11 | Folder 10 | Subject Research, Ethiopia, 1991 |
| Box 11 | Folder 11 | Subject Research, Family, 1966-1995 |
| Box 11 | Folder 12 | Subject Research, FBI/CIA, 1975-1992 |
| Box 12 | Folder 1 | Subject Research, Firman House, 1964-1965 |
| Box 12 | Folder 2 | Subject Research, Freedom of Information Act, 1959-1987 |
| Box 12 | Folder 3 | Subject Research, Gangs, 1968-1994 |
| Box 12 | Folder 4 | Subject Research, Ghana, 1986-1988 |
| Box 12 | Folder 5 | Subject Research, Grassroots Action on Southern Africa, 1992-1993 |
| Box 12 | Folder 6 | Subject Research, Greensboro Five, 1989-1990 |
| Box 12 | Folder 7 | Subject Research, Haitians, 1991-1994 |
| Box 12 | Folder 8 | Subject Research, Harold Washington and Harold Washington Library, 1985-1991 |
| Box 12 | Folder 9 | Subject Research, Hate Crimes, 1990-1995 |
| Box 12 | Folder 10 | Subject Research, Hate Groups—Ku Klux Klan and Skinheads, 1985-1993 |
| Box 12 | Folder 11 | Subject Research, Health (includes memorandum on status of Robert V. Morris, Jr. et al. v. Chicago Hospital Council et al., 1962), and Medical Committee for Human Rights, 1962- 1995 |
| Box 12 | Folder 12 | Subject Research, Hispanics- Latinos, 1971-1994 |
| Box 13 | Folder 1 | Subject Research, History (African American), 1966-1994 |
| Box 13 | Folder 2 | Subject Research, Homeless, 1982-1993 |
| Box 13 | Folder 3 | Subject Research, Housing--Chicago Housing Authority, 1957-1994 |
| Box 13 | Folder 4 | Subject Research, Housing--Discrimination/Integration, 1958-1994 |
| Box 13 | Folder 5 | Subject Research, Housing—Tenants Committees, 1968-1993 |
| Box 13 | Folder 6 | Subject Research, HUAC (House Un-American Activities Committee), 1953-1968 |
| Box 13 | Folder 7 | Subject Research, Human Relations Commission (City of Chicago), 1991 |
| Box 13 | Folder 8 | Subject Research, Human Rights, 1966-1979 |
| Box 13 | Folder 9 | Subject Research, Hyde Park, 1953-1985 |
| Box 13 | Folder 10 | Subject Research, Hyde Park-Kenwood Community Conference, 1954-1956 |
| Box 13 | Folder 11 | Subject Research, Immigration/Refugees, 1984-1992 |
| Box 13 | Folder 12 | Subject Research, Interracial-Intercultural Connection, 1978-1992 |
| Box 13 | Folder 13 | Subject Research, Interracial Marriage, 1966-1984 |
| Box 13 | Folder 14 | Subject Research, Rev. Jesse Jackson, 1985-1988 |
| Box 13 | Folder 15 | Subject Research, Jews and Blacks, 1986-1989 |
| Box 13 | Folder 16 | Subject Research, Jobs/Training, 1963-1995 |
| Box 13 | Folder 17 | Subject Research, Johnson Products, Inc., 1974 |
| Box 14 | Folder 1 | Subject Research, Justice, 1956-1995 |
| Box 14 | Folder 2 | Subject Research, Kent State, 1970-1976 |
| Box 14 | Folder 3 | Subject Research, Kenwood-Ellis Community Center, 1956 |
| Box 14 | Folder 4 | Subject Research, Kenya, 1987-1992 |
| Box 14 | Folder 5 | Subject Research, King, Dr. Martin Luther, Jr., 1964-1972 |
| Box 14 | Folder 6 | Subject Research, King, Rodney and Los Angles P.D., 1992 |
| Box 14 | Folder 7 | Subject Research, Ku Klux Klan and David Duke, 1960-1992 |
| Box 14 | Folder 8 | Subject Research, Koreans and Blacks, 1986-1992 |
| Box 14 | Folder 9 | Subject Research, Labor (1), 1947-1995 |
| Box 14 | Folder 10 | Subject Research, Labor (2), 1967-1995 |
| Box 14 | Folder 11 | Subject Research, Lawndale/Lawndale Drum, 1957-1968 |
| Box 14 | Folder 12 | Subject Research, Lee, Spike, 1989-1995 |
| Box 14 | Folder 13 | Subject Research, Liberia, 1975-1992 |
| Box 14 | Folder 14 | Subject Research, Libraries, 1983-1995 |
| Box 14 | Folder 15 | Subject Research, Los Angeles, 1968-1992 |
| Box 15 | Folder 1 | Subject Research, Malawi, 1988-1992 |
| Box 15 | Folder 2 | Subject Research, Malcolm X, 1971-1992 |
| Box 15 | Folder 3 | Subject Research, Mandela, Nelson, 1986-1992 |
| Box 15 | Folder 4 | Subject Research, Maxwell Street (Chicago), 1990-1994 |
| Box 15 | Folder 5 | Subject Research, Media (Newspapers, Magazines), 1967-1995 |
| Box 15 | Folder 6 | Subject Research, Media (Theaters, Films), 1967-1994 |
| Box 15 | Folder 7 | Subject Research, Media (Movies, TV, Radio), 1976-1992 |
| Box 15 | Folder 8 | Subject Research, Mental Illness, 1948-1995 |
| Box 15 | Folder 9 | Subject Research, Military (War and Draft), 1949-1995 |
| Box 15 | Folder 10 | Subject Research, Minority Referral Service—Suburban Chicago SCLC Chapter (Southern Christian Leadership Conference, 1974-1977 |
| Box 15 | Folder 11 | Subject Research, University of Missouri, Black Studies, 1982-1995 |
| Box 15 | Folder 12 | Subject Research, Mozambique (1), 1987-1992 |
| Box 15 | Folder 13 | Subject Research, Mozambique (2), 1974-1991 |
| Box 15 | Folder 14 | Subject Research, Music, 1968-1995 |
| Box 16 | Folder 1 | Subject Research, NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People), 1988-1995 |
| Box 16 | Folder 2 | Subject Research, NAARPR (National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression), 1988-1998 |
| Box 16 | Folder 3 | Subject Research, Namibia, 1986-1989 |
| Box 16 | Folder 4 | Subject Research, Native Americans (1), 1967-1993 |
| Box 16 | Folder 5 | Subject Research, Native Americans (2), 1983-1995 |
| Box 16 | Folder 6 | Subject Research, NCARL (National Committee Against Repressive Legislation), 1983-1992 |
| Box 16 | Folder 7 | Subject Research, NCCJ (National Conference of Christians and Jews), 1954-1985 |
| Box 16 | Folder 8 | Subject Research, Prexy Nesbitt, 1986-1990 |
| Box 16 | Folder 9 | Subject Research, New Jewish Agenda, 1982-1993 |
| Box 16 | Folder 10 | Subject Research, Nigeria, 1960-1990 |
| Box 16 | Folder 11 | Subject Research, Oak Park, 1973 |
| Box 16 | Folder 12 | Subject Research, Peace Museum, 1995 |
| Box 16 | Folder 13 | Subject Research, People for the American Way, 1990-1994 |
| Box 16 | Folder 14 | Subject Research, People—Special and Prominent Men, 1960-1994 |
| Box 17 | Folder 1 | Subject Research, People—Special and Prominent Women, 1960-1994 |
| Box 17 | Folder 2 | Subject Research, Philippines, 1982-1991 |
| Box 17 | Folder 3 | Subject Research, Police-FBI-CIA, 1975-1993 |
| Box 17 | Folder 4 | Subject Research, Politics-Chicago (1), 1971-1991 |
| Box 17 | Folder 5 | Subject Research, Politics-Chicago (2), 1949-1994 |
| Box 17 | Folder 6 | Subject Research, Poverty, 1968-1991 |
| Box 17 | Folder 7 | Subject Research, Prejudice, 1949-1989 |
| Box 17 | Folder 8 | Subject Research, Psychiatry—IQ tests, 1971-1975 |
| Box 17 | Folder 9 | Subject Research, Psychiatry—NAPA, 1966-1977 |
| Box 17 | Folder 10 | Subject Research, Public Aid (Cook County Department of Public Aid), 1960-1967 |
| Box 17 | Folder 11 | Subject Research, Public Welfare Coalition, 1987-1995 |
| Box 17 | Folder 12 | Subject Research, Public Welfare, 1939-1995 |
| Box 18 | Folder 1 | Subject Research, Racism (1), 1940-1992 |
| Box 18 | Folder 2 | Subject Research, Racism (2), 1949-1995 |
| Box 18 | Folder 3 | Subject Research, Rape, 1974-1994 |
| Box 18 | Folder 4 | Subject Research, Religion/Churches, 1960-1994 |
| Box 18 | Folder 5 | Subject Research, Robeson, Paul, 1950-1998 |
| Box 18 | Folder 6 | Subject Research, Robert Taylor Homes, 1963-1966 |
| Box 18 | Folder 7 | Subject Research, Rogers Park, 1981-1992 |
| Box 18 | Folder 8 | Subject Research, Sanctions Against South Africa, 1986-1992 |
| Box 18 | Folder 9 | Subject Research, SNCC (Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee, 1963 |
| Box 18 | Folder 10 | Subject Research, Social Studies, 1995 |
| Box 18 | Folder 11 | Subject Research, Social Work Action, 1961-1968 |
| Box 18 | Folder 12 | Subject Research, Social Work—Racism, 1970-1986 |
| Box 18 | Folder 13 | Subject Research, Social Work—Human Rights, 1960-1992 |
| Box 18 | Folder 14 | Subject Research, Social Work Union (SSEU), 1948-1968 |
| Box 18 | Folder 15 | Subject Research, Social Workers (Black), 1968 |
| Box 18 | Folder 16 | Subject Research, Somalia, 1991-1993 |
| Box 19 | Folder 1 | Subject Research, South Africa (1), 1972-1993 |
| Box 19 | Folder 2 | Subject Research, South Africa (2), 1991-1995 |
| Box 19 | Folder 3 | Subject Research, South Africa, 1972-1983 |
| Box 19 | Folder 4 | Subject Research, South Africa, 1983-1989 |
| Box 19 | Folder 5 | Subject Research, South Africa, 1990-1994 |
| Box 19 | Folder 6 | Subject Research, Southern Africa, 1973-1995 |
| Box 19 | Folder 7 | Subject Research, Southern Poverty Law Center, 1983-1995 |
| Box 19 | Folder 8 | Subject Research, Southern Poverty Law Center (“Teaching Tolerance”), 1992-1995 |
| Box 19 | Folder 9 | Subject Research, Special People/Prominent Leaders, 1965-1993 |
| Box 19 | Folder 10 | Subject Research, Sports, 1987-1992 |
| Box 19 | Folder 11 | Subject Research, Stewart, Joffre, 1987-1994 |
| Box 20 | Folder 1 | Subject Research, Suburbs, 1966-1993 |
| Box 20 | Folder 2 | Subject Research, Synapses, 1981-1993 |
| Box 20 | Folder 3 | Subject Research, Terkel, Studs, 1967-1982 |
| Box 20 | Folder 4 | Subject Research, Thomas vs. Hill, 1988-1992 |
| Box 20 | Folder 5 | Subject Research, Uganda, 1987-1989 |
| Box 20 | Folder 6 | Subject Research, Undoing Racism, 1959-1995 |
| Box 20 | Folder 7 | Subject Research, Urban Issues/Neighborhoods, 1966-1995 |
| Box 20 | Folder 8 | Subject Research, Urban League, 1962-1976 |
| Box 20 | Folder 9 | Subject Research, Violence, Riots, Guns, 1965-1995 |
| Box 20 | Folder 10 | Subject Research, Vocations For Social Change, 1970 |
| Box 20 | Folder 11 | Subject Research, Washington, Harold (1), 1981-1987 |
| Box 20 | Folder 12 | Subject Research, Washington, Harold (2), 1981-1994 |
| Box 20 | Folder 13 | Subject Research, Watts (Los Angeles), 1966-1992 |
| Box 20 | Folder 14 | Subject Research, Watts Health Center (Los Angeles), 1966-1968 |
| Box 21 | Folder 1 | Subject Research, Welfare, 1968-1976 |
| Box 21 | Folder 2 | Subject Research, Welfare Rights Organization, 1969-1974 |
| Box 21 | Folder 3 | Subject Research, West Side (Chicago), 1966-1988 |
| Box 21 | Folder 4 | Subject Research, West Side Torch, 1966-1967 |
| Box 21 | Folder 5 | Subject Research, Wilmington 10 (North Carolina), 1972 |
| Box 21 | Folder 6 | Subject Research, WILPF (Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom), 1987-1998 |
| Box 21 | Folder 7 | Subject Research, Women, 1970-1995 |
| Box 21 | Folder 8 | Subject Research, Woodlawn, 1964-1992 |
| Box 21 | Folder 9 | Subject Research, Woodlawn Mental Health Center, 1966-1967 |
| Box 21 | Folder 10 | Subject Research, Youth, 1955-1995 |
| Box 21 | Folder 11 | Subject Research, Zambia, Zaire, Zimbabwe, 1980-1991 |
Series 7: Photographs and Oversized Documents
| Box 22 | 001 | Photograph, Junior High School class, Fostoria, Ohio, 1927-1928 |
| Box 22 | 002 | Photograph, Rozell Nesbitt with Theresa (as baby), undated |
| Box 22 | 003 | Photograph, Booker T. Brown, Watts, Los Angeles, 1967 |
| Box 22 | 004 | Photograph, Beethoven School (Chicago Public Schools), Grade 4, January 1967 |
| Box 22 | 005 | Photograph, Beethoven School (Chicago Public Schools), Grade 6, January 1967 |
| Box 22 | 006 | Photograph, Beethoven School (Chicago Public Schools), Faculty of the school, January 1967 |
| Box 22 | 007 | Photograph, Michael Flug, Archivist, with Rose Wheeler Paper, October 30, 1995. Photo by Rose Wheeler |
| Box 22 | 008 | Photograph, Rose Wheeler Papers boxed and ready to go to Harsh Research Collection, October 30, 1995. Photo by Rose Wheeler |
| Box 22 | 009 | Photograph, Residents in dining room of Catholic assisted living facility or nursing home, 1940s or 1950s. |
| Box 22 | 010 | Photograph, Farewell dinner in honor of Leo M. Lyons, given by the staff of Chicago Relief Administration, Congress Hotel, Chicago, January 30, 1942 |
| Box 22 | 011 | Laminated full page of the Champaign Urbana News-Gazette, October 23, 1977, with biographical articles on the Rozell brothers—Russell, George, Rozell, Lendor and Robert. |
| Box 22 | 012 | Maps of the new Robert R. Taylor Homes, Chicago Housing Authority, c. 1963 |
| Box 22 | 013 | News article on Julie Parson-Nesbitt, “A Poetry of Place: Local poet inspired by the city,” Lerner Newspapers, Chicago, June 26, 1996 |
Series 8: Audio-Visual Materials (AV) and Memorabilia
| Box 23 | AV001 | Discussion with Rose Wheeler, Ida Terkel, and Rozell Nesbitt. Questions by Davida Alperin, July 19, 1989. Audiocassette tape, 90 minutes |
| Box 23 | AV 002 | “Radical Jewish Elders,” discussion with Rose Wheeler, Chicago, by Stanley Rosen, June 16, 1996. VHS, 120 minutes |
| Box 23 | AV003 | Plasticized cardboard phonograph record, “Battle Hymn of ’48,” sung by Paul Robeson, and “I’ve Got a Ballot,” sung by Mike Loring, copyright People’s Songs, Inc., 1948 |
| Box 23 | Memorabilia | Two bumper stickers supporting civil rights struggle in Cairo, Illinois, 1969-1970; and Directory of Alumni, University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration, 1908-1966 |
