Spertus Institute Black Jewish collections

CTL-E-2595 · Archive · collection · 1924–present

VERIFIED evidence grade of this record

The Spertus Institute for Jewish Learning and Leadership's Chicago archive — ~15,000 objects and 500,000 documents including the Chicago Jewish Archives — as a repository for Black Jewish history in the city.

The record

Also known as: Spertus collection, Spertus Institute archive

Relationships

The Loop — located in
The Spertus Institute for Jewish Learning and Leadership is headquartered at 610 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago, in the Loop.

Sources

ACTS Chicago — Spertus Institute for Jewish Learning and Leadership (primary source)
Jewish Virtual Library — Spertus Institute for Jewish Learning and Leadership
The Art Newspaper — Is Chicago's Spertus museum making a come back?

Record CTL-E-2595 · CultureTechLens Knowledge Graph · evidence grade: VERIFIED · 3 sources (1 primary) · 1 mapped relationship · CTL research: RELP-001.
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Apartment houses and funeral parlor in Negro section of Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941Photo: Lee, Russell, 1903-1986, FSA-OWI, Public Domain, via Library of Congress

Crowd outside of fashionable Negro church after Easter Sunday service, Black Belt, Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941Photo: Rosskam, Edwin, 1903-1985, FSA-OWI, Public Domain, via Library of Congress

Negro grocery store, Black Belt, Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941Photo: Rosskam, Edwin, 1903-1985, FSA-OWI, Public Domain, via Library of Congress

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