Last Updated on November 10, 2021
Below you will find Library of Congress resources curated by TPS-Barat that relate to National History Day 2015 topic ideas from the Chicago Metro History Education Center. This set specifically focuses on women and civil rights, but all topic ideas are related to the 2015 NHD theme: Leadership & Legacy in History. Links to more NHD and CMHEC content follow this resource list.
NOTE: historical newspaper coverage is from 1836-1922
Women
Frances Willard: Temperance, Suffrage
- Frances Willard image set
- Annual Address of Frances Willard, President of the Nat’l Woman’s Christian Temperance Union 1888
- The Do-Everything Policy by Frances Willard 1893
- Texts by and about Frances Willard
- Frances Willard temperance: historical newspaper coverage
- Frances Willard suffrage: historical newspaper coverage
- Temperance & Prohibition primary source collections and background information
- Woman suffrage primary source collections and background information
- Primary Source Learning: Women’s Road to the Vote teaching resources
Louise de Koven Bowen: Wealth and Progressive Reform
- Safeguards for city youth at work and at play by Louise de Koven Bowen 1914
- The public dance halls of Chicago by Louise de Koven Bowen 1917
- Louise de Koven Bowen historical newspaper coverage
- Hull House Women’s Club historical newspaper coverage
- Jane Addams & Hull House primary source collections
Elizabeth Drier Robins, Agnes Nestor and the Women’s Trade Union League
- Agnes Nestor portrait
- Agnes Nestor historical newspaper coverage
- Women’s Trade Union Seal
- More Women’s Trade Union League images
- Women’s Trade Union League historical newspaper coverage
Mother Jones: The Miners Angel
- Mother Jones image set
- Oral histories mentioning Mother Jones
- Mother Jones historical newspaper coverage
Suffrage Movement in Illinois: Strategies for the 20th Century
- Illinois suffrage primary source set
- Woman suffrage primary source collections and background information
- Primary Source Learning: Women’s Road to the Vote teaching resources
- Learning from the Source: Tactics in the March to Suffrage
League of Women Voters
- League of Women Voters image set
- League of Women Voters historical newspaper coverage
- Handbook of the National American Woman Suffrage Association : and proceedings of the Convention held at Cleveland, Ohio, April 13, 1921
The Integration of the YWCA
The Black Women’s Clubs
- National Association of Colored Women reports, articles & other texts
- African-American women’s clubs in Chicago 1890-1920 Illinois Periodicals Online
- National Association of Colored Women’s Clubs historical newspaper coverage
- Ida B. Wells Club historical newspaper coverage
- Alpha Suffrage Club historical newspaper coverage
- Phyllis Wheatley Club historical newspaper coverage
- Cornell Charity Club historical newspaper coverage
Civil Rights
The Black and White Abolitionists of Chicago
The Richardson and the African-American Abolitionist Movement of Illinois
- Abolitionists of Chicago historical newspaper coverage
- Illinois abolition primary source set
- Primary Source Spotlight: Abolition
- Primary Source Spotlight: Slavery
Pullman Porters
- Pullman porters image set
- Pullman porters sheet music
- Pullman porters song recordings
- Pullman porters mentions in American Life Histories
- Freemen yet slaves under “Abe” Lincoln’s son; or, Service and wages of Pullman porters c 1904
- Pullman porters: select newspaper articles from Chronicling America
- More Pullman porters historical newspaper coverage
- Historical issue-analysis and decision-making: the Pullman Strike (search for photos in the Chicago History Museum collection)
Owen and Elijah Lovejoy
- Elijah Lovejoy background information and primary source collections
- Owen Lovejoy primary source set
Mamie Till and T.R.M. Howard—Mourn, but Organize
- Mamie Till mentions in Civil Rights History Project oral histories
- Emmett Till and his Mother 1955 image
Legacy of the Black Panther Party
- Black panther mentions in Civil Rights History Project oral histories
- Black panther images
- Kekla Magoon and Revolution in Our Time
- A Huey P. Newton Story (PBS)
1919 Race Riots and the Failure of Leadership
- The Chicago Race Riots by Carl Sandberg July, 1919
- Chicago race riots historical newspaper coverage
- The “Red Summer” NAACP: A Century in the Fight for Freedom online exhibition
- Red Summer: historical research capabilities (search for photos in the Chicago History Museum collection)
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