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| Title: | Chicago Civil Service League. Records |
|---|---|
| Dates: | 1901-1913 |
| Size: | 2 linear feet (2 boxes) |
| Repository: |
Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center |
| Abstract: | Contains correspondence, minutes, reports, and clippings of a league formed in 1901 to secure observance of civil service laws in Chicago. The Records contain minutes, reports, correspondence and other documents regarding the foundation and activities of the League. |
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The Chicago Civil Service League was formally organized on January 21, 1901 to attempt to secure observance of civil service laws in Chicago. According to Leonard White, it flourished during the first twenty years of this century, but gradually declined in membership and importance.
The records in this collection begin with the founding of the League in 1901, and end in 1913. Minutes, reports, and correspondence are arranged in approximately chronological order. Also included are clippings, League publications and other documents.
| Box 1 Folder 1 | Minutes and reports, January 21, 1901 - September 7, 1901 |
| Box 1 Folder 2 | Minutes and reports, December 4, 1901 - February 25, 1903, and August 31, 1907 - November 30, 1909. Bound |
| Box 1 Folder 3 | Annual reports, 1902 |
| Box 1 Folder 4 | Membership and dues record, 1902-03 |
| Box 1 Folder 5 | Minutes and reports, March 26, 1903 - December 10, 1903 |
| Box 1 Folder 6 | Minutes and reports, January 2, 1904 - December 30, 1904 |
| Box 1 Folder 7 | Correspondence, 1904 |
| Box 1 Folder 8 | Minutes and reports, January 7, 1905 - December 30, 1905 |
| Box 1 Folder 9 | Correspondence, 1905 |
| Box 1 Folder 10 | Minutes and reports, January 1, 1906 - December 29, 1906 |
| Box 1 Folder 11 | Correspondence, 1906 |
| Box 1 Folder 12 | Minutes and reports, January 5, 1907 - July 6, 1907 |
| Box 1 Folder 13 | Correspondence, 1907 |
| Box 1 Folder 14 | Minutes, reports, correspondence, and miscellaneous, December 30, 1909 - December 30, 1913 |
| Box 1 Folder 15 | Minutes, reports, correspondence, and miscellaneous, December 30, 1909 - December 30, 1913 |
| Box 1 Folder 16 | Correspondence, 1911 |
| Box 1 Folder 17 | Correspondence, January 1912, from members and committees of House of Representatives and Senate concerning a Chicago Civil Service League resolution about Senate Bill 1162 and House Bill 5970 for employees' rights to petition Congress, etc |
| Box 1 Folder 18 | Undated correspondence |
| Box 1 Folder 19 | Reports and resolutions concerning legislative representations, organizational problems, etc |
| Box 1 Folder 20 | Bills and speeches of Senate and House of Representatives 1911-1912 |
| Box 1 Folder 21 | Chicago Civil Service League Bulletin, and Civil Service Gazette |
| Box 1 Folder 22 | Miscellaneous |
| Box 2 Folder 1 | Minutes, reports, and correspondence, February 23, 1903 - April 27, 1907. Bound |
| Box 2 Folder 2 | Certificate of corporation, 1901, and annual report to Secretary of State, 1904 |
| Box 2 Folder 3 | Clippings, circa 1901-1905 |
| Box 2 Folder 4 | Clippings, circa 1901-1905 |
| Box 2 Folder 5 | Clippings, circa 1901-1905 |