Guide to the Clippings on Vice in Chicago 1907-1911


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Table of Contents

• Descriptive Summary
• Information on Use
• Access
• Citation
• Scope Note
• Related Resources
• Subject Headings
• INVENTORY

Descriptive Summary

Information on Use

Access

The collection is open for research.

Citation

When quoting material from this collection, the preferred citation is: Clippings on Vice in Chicago, Crerar Ms 234, Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library

Scope Note

Six scrapbooks of clippings, correspondence, and miscellanea, related to criminal and immoral activity in Chicago. Compiled by Alex W. Davison.

Vol. 1: Clippings, 1907-1908 -- Vol. 2: Clippings, Dec. 1907-Dec. 1908 -- Vol. 3: Clippings, Dec. 1908-Jan. 1911 -- Vol. 4: Jan.-Sept. 26, 1909, Miss Gingles Case, Wayman-McCann, White Slaves articles, Parade Sept. 25-Aug. 30, , "Law & Order" Scandal -- Vol. 5: Sept. 25-Oct. 23, 1909, Wayman-McCann Case, White Slaves, Gen. Grant, Law & Order, Parade, Oct. 1, Methodist Conference, Rockford-Harzell Case -- Vol. 6: Clippings, Oct. 24-Nov. 1909.

Related Resources

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Subject Headings

• Davison, Alex W.
• Crime -- Illinois -- Chicago
• Vice
• Chicago (Ill.) -- History
• Scrapbooks

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