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CRA010 -- City of Gary Collection
  

CRA 010: Photographs | Postcards | Slides | Maps | Oversize | Subject Tracings

Inventory

16.00 Linear Feet
April, 1995
Revised May, 1996
Revised September, 1997
Revised 1998 (February, October, November)
Revised 1999 (July, October)
Revised January, 2001
Revised 2002 (April, June, August, September)
Revised March, 2003
Revised April, 2004; November 2005, February 2007; May 2007
April 2008; October 2009; February 2018; March 2018



Box File Description
1 1 Pamphlets, Gary, ca. 1910-1925
  2-2a Pamphlets, Gary, ca. 1950---
2b Reports, Gary Chamber of Commerce and Commercial Club Survey Suppliment, 1937.
2c Surveys, (2), Brief History of Gary, Indiana, 1935.
2d Typescript, Gary at a Glance, n.d.
2e Souvenir booklet (photocopy), Gary, 1917-1918
2f Souvenir Booklet, Gary, 1917-1918
3 Community Analysis, Gary, 1968, 1972, 1975, 1992 (NIPSCO)
4 Survey, City of Gary, ca. 1925
4a Photocopies, [Annexation of Aetna], May 17, 1927
5 Program, Jubilee Pageant, 1931
5a Programs, Gary Golden Jubilee, 1956
6 Nightlife Magazine, 1983
7 Ye Logbook (Fluedust), 1927-1928
8 Booklet, Dreams and Despair: The Early Years of the Great Depression in Gary, Indiana, 1993
9 Report and Documents, "Gary, Indiana: Revitalization in a Time of Retrenchment", 1985
10 "City for a Century", By Bradley J. Beckham, 1975
10a

Essay, First 100 Years of Gary, Katie DuFour, 2011

11 Street Directory, Gary, Lew Wallace Print Shop, n.d.
11a Card, Kurth's Bakery Gary Street Directory, n.d.
12 Profile, City of Gary, ca. 1983
13 Pamphlet, Brief Note on the Early Development of Lake County and Gary, 1988
14 Musical Score, "That's Gary" 1980
1 15 Report, A Blueprint on Gary's Street gangs, 1989
16 Booklet, "Will the Last One Out, Please Turn Off the Lights?" (Photocopy and Original) By Gary Runner, ca. 1982
17 Script, "Gary.... Somewhere Special", 1986
18 Study, "Where does Gary get its Money and How is it Spent?" 1979
19 Guide to Glen Park, 1952
20 Paper, Economic Development Comparison: The Cities of Gary and Indianapolis, 1991
21 Booklet, "Just For Fun", ca. 1909
22 Report, An Outline of Information about Gary, Indiana, 1963
23 Booklet, The Founding of Gary, 1916
24 Promotional Brochure, Gary, 1926
25

Booklet, Gary Chamber of Commerce Brochure, 1961

26 Magazine, Gary Innerscope, May 1996
27 Directories, Community Services, 1960, 1962
28 Survey, Appraisal of the Needs and Services of the Greater Gary Area (Greenleigh survey), 1963
   
 
   
 
Series: Memoirs/Family History
Box File Description
1a 29 Memoir, "Fifty Years to Now", Mrs. J.A. Patterson, 1956
30 Memoir, Joe and Madeline Wildermuth, 2001
31 Memoir, Rita Glenn Hilton, 1990
32 Biographical Materials, Ernest E. Ladd, c. 1953-1957
33 Memoir, Growing Up in Gary, Jeanette Pass Goldhar, 1983
34 Excerpt, Interview with June Wayne (Early Gary), 1982
35 Memoir, My Life in Gary, Indiana, Margaret Seeley, 1911-1956, 1985
36 Memoirs, Sandy Ghosh, 1992
37 Memoir, "My Story", Harry Hall, 1953
38 Memoir, Steelmill Blues (about Gary Works), by Steve Packard, 1978
39 Book, “The Baboo Family Story,” Donita Payne Baboo, 2011
1a 40 Autobiography, Carl Johan Johnson, n.d.
41 Memoir, “Remarks at Seventy Fifth Birthday Dinner,” Paul A Samuelson, 1990
42 Memoir, “At Eighty”, Paul A Samuelson, 1995
43 Memoir, “Fuzzy Facts About the Mayer Lypski Clan”, Paul A Samuelson, 1994
44 Memoir, "Hot Air", by Thomas F. Pado, 1998
45 Booklet, "My Quill Wanders", by Lida Browning-White, 1928
46 Booklet, Glen Park Stories: A Celebration of Fourteen Lives, 2002
47 Memoir, "The Matthew-Bogesdorfer History and The Chronicles of Robert Matthew", 2003
48 Memoir, "Unforgettable Memories, 1917-1996", by Joe Zimmerman, 1996
49 Memoir, "A New Life and a New Challenge", by Joe Zimmerman, 1999
50 Memoir,"Flight from Fear", by Fran Kent, 2002
51 Composition, Glen Park, by Vince Acevez, 1990.
52 Memoirs, “School Days”; “Downtown Gary”, by Lillian Foley, 2007-2008
53 Book, “Notes on the History of the Walker Family,” Orrin E. Walker, 1928
54 Biography, “History of Pietro Cortese”, Pete Cortese, n.d.



Series: Gary City Government
Box File Description
2 1 Annual Reports, City of Gary, 1909
2 Annual Reports, City of Gary, 1910
3 Annual Reports, City of Gary, 1914
2 4-7 Annual Reports, City of Gary, 1953-1971
8 Annual Reports, City of Gary, 1972-1973, 1976-1977
9 Annual Reports, City of Gary, 1978, 1981-1982
10 Annual Report, City of Gary, 1986
11

Report, A Strategy for EconomicDevelopment, 1976

12

Report, Environmental Assessment for Section 219 Environmental Infrastructure Project, 2008

3 1 Pamphlet, "Traffic Laws You Should Know", Gary City Court, n.d.
1a Leaflets, Crime Prevention Bureau, City of Gary, 1978?
2 Handbook, Gary Police Dept., 1931
3 Correspondence, Gary Municipal Laboratory, 1929-1964
4 Report, Comprehensive Plan, City of Gary, 1964
5 Report, Comprehensive Plan, City of Gary, 1964
6 Report, Physical Data, City of Gary, 1963
7 Report, Economic Base, City of Gary, 1963
8 Report, Planning Gary's Tomorrow, 1945-1955
9 Report, Transportation Aspects of the Development Plan and Program for Downtown Gary, Ind., 1969
3 10 Report, Gary Redevelopment Commission, City Hall, Gary,Ind.
10a Pamphlet, The New Gary, Gary Downtown Development Team, February, 2001
11 Report, Gary Sanitary District, Twenty-Eighth Annual Report, 1972
12 Annual Report, Building Dept., 1970
13 Report, Gary Industrial Foundation, Inc., 1969-1971
14 Annual Report, Gary Park Dept., 1957
14a Leaflet, City of Gary Department of Public Parks Chrysanthemum Show, 2002
15 Report, Tax Rates of Indiana Cities, 1960-1961, 1961-1962
16 Report, Board of Directors, Greater Gary Chamber of Commerce, 1973
17 Report, Board of Directors Meeting, Downtown Gary Council, 1970
18 Report, Downtown Gary Merchants ExecutiveCommittee Minutes, 1971
19 Report, Recommendations, Gary Sanitary District by Greater Gary Chamber of Commerce, 1972
3 20 Various, Gary Sanitary District, 1965-1976, 1993
21 Report, Ivanhoe School Home-Based Program for Two-Year-Olds, 1973-75
22 Report, Master Plan, Gary Sanitary Districts, 1970
23 Report, Home Based Infant Center Activity Guide, 1975
24 Report, Urban Renewal Plan, 1966
25 Report, Municipal Parking System Feasibility Review, 1966
26 Yearbook and Review of the Dept. of Police, Gary, 1934
26a Report, Police Dept. Yearbook, Gary, Ind., 1937
26b Yearbook, Police Department and City of Gary, 1938
26c Annual report, Gary Police Department, 1944
27 Report, Gary, Ind.- Planning and Development, 1965
28 Report, Gary Midtown West Families on AFDC, 1966
29 Brochures, Economic Development, n.d.
3 30 Annual Report, Gary Fair Employment Practices Commission, 1963
31 Report, Gary Planning and Development, 1967
32 Report, Government and Tax Research Dept, 1973
33 Report, Downtown Gary Merchants Membership Committee Minutes, 1971
34 Report, Comparative Analysis of Salaries and Wages, 1969-1973
34a Memo, Gary City Salary Ordinance, July, 1972
35 Report, Comparative Analysis of Expenditures, Appropriations and Budget Requests for Civil City of Gary, 1968-1972
36 Grant Proposal, Gary Human Relations Commission and Gary Public Schools, 1978
37-40 Reports, Greater Gary Chamber of Commerce, Budget Recommendations, 1970-1972
41 Report, Recommendations-Gary Public Library By Greater Gary Chamber of Commerce, 1972
41a Booklet, The Gary Public Library, 1907-1944, 1944
3 42 Pamphlet, "Gary Public Library 75 Years of Service Since 1908", 1983
43 Report, The Mayor's Advisory Committee on Riverboat Gaming, 1993
44 Report, Building a Strong Economy for the Citizens of Gary: Using the Airport Development Zone to Create Economic Opportunities for Northwest Indiana, 1994
4 Community Renewal Analyses, 1960's



Series: The Arts
Box File Description
5 1 Anniversary Book, United Male Chorus, 1980
2 Articles and Publicity Shot, The Spaniels, 1980, 1991--
3 Programs, Gary Civic Concert Association, 1929-1930
4 Program, Concert Guild of Gary, 1936
5 Program, Concert Guild of Gary, Featuring Father Lach's Band, 1936
6 Programs, Gary Players, 1950, 1953, 1956
7 Programs, Theater Arts Guild, ca. 1949-1950
8 Brochure, Gary School of the Drama, 1935
9 Program, The Little Symphony Orchestra of Chicago at Memorial Auditorium, 1929
5 10 Programs, Civic Music Association, n.d.
11 Program, Marian Anderson at Memorial Auditorium, 1945
12 Leaflets, Memorial Auditorium Events, n.d.
13 Program, Gary Civic Repertory Theater, 1931-1932
14 Program, Chicago Symphony Orchestra at Memorial Auditorium, 1945
15 Program, Chicago Symphony String Ensemble at Seaman Hall, 1948
16 Program, Gary Civic Orchestra, 1987
16a Account Book, Little Theater of Gary, 1926-1927
16b Essay, [A History of the] Gary Civic Repetoire Theatre, 1912-1938;
Newsarticles, Gary Civic Theatre, 1939-1942
16c Programs, The Millenium Chorus and Musicians Guild Local 203 Pay Tribute to the King of Kings, 1979, 1981
16d Program, The Art of Kposivi Zanu, n.d.
16e Program, Savion Glover, April 28, 2005
16f Program, Gary Elk’s Band Concert Schedule for the 1933-1934 Season, 1933
16g Program, The Messiah, Gary Municipal Chorus, 1943
16h Flyer, Upcoming Various Gary Theatre Performances, 2013



Series: Business / Industry
Box File Description
5 17 Reservation Card, Holiday Inn, Gary, ca., 1963
18 Minute Book, Gary Commercial Club, 1912-1914
19 Brochures, (3), Hotel Gary, ca. 1930, 1962
19a Letter, Hotel Gary Manager to IU President William Lowe Bryan, May 18, 1931
20 Annual Reports, General Refractories Company, 1974-1983
21-22 Annual Reports, Republic Steel Corporation, 1966-1980
23 Annual Reports, National Can Corporation, 1971-1980
24 Brochure/Newsarticles, Village Shopping Center, 1955
25 Contracts/Receipts, Gary Businesses, 1910-1914
26 Leaflet, Gary Casinos, 1989
27 Charter and By-Laws, Steel City Federal Savings and Loan Association, 1937
28 Account Book, Radigan Brothers Store, 1950-1952
29 Pamphlets, Gary-Hobart Water Cooperation, 1954, n.d.
29a Drawings, Gary National Bank, ca. 1947
5 30 Registration Book, Gary National Bank, 1975-1979
30a Essays, Gary Banks, 1930, 1958, 1966,1974
31 Essay, A Brief History of Southside Trust and Savings Bank, n.d.
32 Essay, History of Mutual Building and Loan Association, n.d.
33 Study, Central Business District, 1958
34 Newsarticle, Trans-State Airlines, 1996
35 Printed Material, Doctor Branch Soft Drinks, 1987
36 Directory, Gary Industrial Catalog, 1984
37 Packet, Gary Urban Enterprise Association Planning Conference, 1991
38 Printed Material, Art's Quality Bakery, 1999
39 Business Advertisement, Indiana Real Estate Association convention, October , 1951
40 Booklet, Gary Post-Tribune clippings of Gary Small Businesses, Gary Industrial Foundation, 1947-1948
40a Various, Rahutis Gardens Opening, 1933



Series: Churches
Box File Description
6 1 Anniversary Program, Church of God, Gary 1957, 1967, 1983-1984
2 Bethel Lutheran Church, Gary (Miller)
3 Glen Park Christian Church, Gary
4 Temple Israel
5 In Memoriam - A.B. Whitlock, Delaney Methodist Church
6 Forty-Third Ave. Presbyterian Church, Gary
7 Dedication Booklet, 43rd Ave. Presbyterian Church, 1959
8 St. Joseph the Worker (Croatian) Church, Gary
9 Holy Trinity (Croatian) Church
10 St. Hedwig Church, Gary
11 First Presbyterian Church, Gary
12 Calvary Institutional Missionary Baptist Church
13 Christ Church (Episcopal), Gary
14 Anniversary Booklets, St. Mary's Russian Orthodox Church, Gary, 1931-1986
6 15 Central Baptist Church, Gary
16 St. Elijah Serbian Orthodox Church
17 History, St. Paul Baptist Church, Gary, 1989
18 Program, St. Peter and Paul Macedonian Orthodox Church, 1966, 1968
19 St. Timothy Community Church
20 Strategic Plan, Diocese of Gary, 1990
20a Diocese of Gary, Historical information (1940-1943), ca. 1970
21 Black Oak Church of Christ
22 Koinonia Baptist Church
23 Sacred Heart Parish
24 Cathedral of the Holy Angels
25 First African Methodist Episcopal Church, Gary
26 Mosque El-Ameen
27 Essay, "Pioneer Catholics", November 1928
28 Program, Holy Angels School Closing, 1994
29 St. Mark, (Glen Park)
6 30 Holy Trinity Church (Slovak)
31 Bulletin, St. Michael's Byzantine Catholic Church, Golden Jubilee, 1961
32 Immaculate Heart of Mary Church / Our Lady of Consolation Church
33 St. Andrew's African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church
34 First Baptist Church
35 New Tabernacle Baptist Church
36 Handbook, Blessed Sacrament School, 1936
37 Typescript, History of the Mt. Moriah Baptist Church, n.d.
38 Booklet, Holy Rosary Church Financial Report, 1948
39 Booklet, First Baptist Church, Celebrating Service in Ministry for a Century, 2008
39a Booklet, First Baptist Church, 103rd Anniversary Celebration Program, 2011
6a 1-2 Bulletins, Church of Christ, 1994 -
  3 Christ/Grace/Delaney Methodist Churches, Gary



Series: Community Organizations
Box File Description
7 1 Book, History of the Gary Bar Association, 1949
2 Book, History of the Gary Bar Association, 1964
3 Booklet, Supplement to History of the Gary Bar Association, 1971
3a Minutes, Gary Bar Association, 1916
4 Reports, City-Wide Health Task Force, 1974
5 Various, LIFT (Lake Interfaith Families Together), 1992
6 Minutes, Young Men's Christian Association, Gary, 1949-1959
6a Booklet, "Please Help Us Open These Doors!" (YMCA), 1964?
7 Booklet, A History of the Settlement House Movement in Gary, Indiana, 1992
8 Programs, Gary English Council, 1967-1982
9 Minute Book, Par-Makers Golf Club, Gary, 1951-1958 (photocopy)
10 Various, Marona House, 1216 Broadway, 1969-1971
11 Annual Report, Gary Neighborhood Services, Summer 1975, 1982, 1990
12 Pamphlet, The Gary Scout, 1919
13 Certificates, Boy Scouts, Gary, 1934, 1949, 1953, 1972, 1975-1977
14 Newsletters, Camp Tepicon News, 1938
7 15 Yearbook, Fraternal Order of Police, 1955
16 Gary Sportsman's Club, 1969,1983
16a Programs, (5), Gary Old Timer’s Athletic Association annual banquets, 1962, 1966, 1986, 1987
17 By-Laws, Gary Ambassadors, 1985
18 Pamphlet, A Brief History of the Gary NAACP, 1916-1967
19 Historical Information, Stewart House, 1935
20 Program Prospectus, Urban League of Gary, ca. 1961
21 Programs, Annual Dinner, Urban League of Northwest Indiana, 1981, 1982,1984, 1990
22 Program, Gary NAACP Life Membership Awards Dinner, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987
22a Reports, (2), Status Report, Urban League of Northwest Indiana, Inc., 2005
23 Anniversary Booklet, Campbell Friendship House, 50th Anniversary, 1962
24 Newsletters, Rainbow House, 1991
25 Constitution, College Club of Gary, 1955
26 Yearbooks, College Club of Gary, 1916-1917, 1937-1939
27 Yearbooks, College Club of Gary, 1974-1979
28 Yearbooks, College Club of Gary, 1979-1983
29 Programs/Invitations, College Club of Gary, 1965-1968
7 30 Yearbooks, American Association of University Women, 1940-1949
31 Bulletins, American Association of University Women, Gary Branch, 1943-1944
32 By-Laws, American Association of University Women, Gary Branch, 1940
33-35 Yearbooks, Gary University Club Division, (1944-1965)
36-37 Yearbooks, Gary University Club, 1954-1970
7a 38 Brochures/Reports, Project Justice and Equality, 1988-1990
39 Brochures, Gary Historical and Cultural Society, (1976-1999)
  40 Program, Gary Frontiers Service Club, Martin Luther King, Jr. Breakfast, 1981
41 Programs, Dunes Federated Club, 1938-1939; 1940-1941
42 Books, History of Gary Memorial Post no. 17 American Legion, 1944, 1945;
Supplements, 1946-1956
43 Booklet, Steel City DeMolay, Silver Anniversary, 1967
44 Pamphlets, Habitat for Humanity, 2003-
45 Program, Tradewinds Celebrating 40 Years, 2007
46 Directory, Gary Community Welfare Council (Gary Community Chest), 1949-1950



Series: Education
Box File Description
8 1 Report, Operating School Attendance Areas, 1969-1970
2 Emersonian, February 1913
3 Emersonian, March 1913
4 Brochure, Gary Business College, n.d.
5 Excerpt, Alice Barrows/Gary Schools Theater, from Advance from Broadway by Norris Houghton, 1941
6 Program, Talent Parade, featuring best acts from all Gary high schools, 1949
7 Booklet, The Open Hearth, Gary Public Schools, 1937
8 Booklet, The Other Side of Panther Pride, Roosevelt High School, 1992
9 Pamphlet, Dedication, Northwest Indiana Apprentice Training School, 1973
10 Pamphlet, Dedication, Alfred Beckman Junior High School, Gary, 1963
10a Booklet, Dedication, Six Gary Elementary Schools, 1959
11 Newspapers, Lew Wallace Philosopher, 1941, 1957
12 Program, Spice and Variety, Emerson High School, 1929
13 Newspaper, Froebel Flash, 1947
14 Douglas Elementary School, 1962-1963
8 15 Yearbook, Pulaski Junior High School, 1964
16 Magazine, Ingot, Gary High School, Jan.
1914; April 1914
17 Program, Gary Edison Tournament [Basketball], Jan. 8, 1954
18 Article, "The Gary Plan Revisited" by Richard Elwell, American Education, July 1976
18a Newspaper, School Affairs, June 1953
19 Horace Mann-U-Script, May 23, 1951
20 Program, Dedication, Calumet Junior High School, 1958
21 Program, Emerson High School, 100th Anniversary, 2008
22 Roster, WWII Casualties from Horace Mann High School, 1947
22a,b Various, Gary Schools Integration, (1962-1975)
22c Program, Horace Mann High School, Boy's Concert Band at A Century of Progress, 1933
22d Papers, Gary Schools, Ken'chiro Miyamoto,1995
22e Notes, Judge Willis Brown / Boyville, n.d.
22f Booklet, Communication: Language Arts, A Manual for High School Students, Gary Public Schools, 1945
22g Pamphlet, Information Concerning Work-Study-Play Schools, Gary, Indiana, 1928-1929
22h Booklet, Gary, Indiana: A Study of Some Aspects and Outcomes of a General School Survey, June 1957
8 22i Booklet, Gary School Libraries, 1938
22j Handbook, Kennedy-King Middle School, 1984
22k Programs, Horace Mann School Orchestra / Band Concerts, 1929, 1932
22l Program, Choral Concert, Lew Wallace School, 1950
22m Program, Third Annual Art Exhibition, Gary Public Schools, 1922
22n List, Gary High Schools' Sports Team Names, 2008
22o Newsletter, Northstar Quarterly. 1998-1999
22p Enumerations, Schools, Calumet Township / Town of Gary, 1907, 1948
22q Program, Horace Mann High School, Dramatic Club and Senior Class, 1965
22r Pamphlet, Spirit of God Accelerated Education, 2003
22s Various, The Story of John H. Vohr School by Sally Hague, 1959
22t Report, The Roosevelt School: An Important West Side Center, ca. 1937
23 Programs, Class Reunions, Edison High School, Class of 1953, 1954, 1964, 1999
24 Program, Class Reunion, Emerson High School, Class of 1949, 1999
25 Programs, Class Reunions, Froebel High School, Class of 1939-1944; 1941-1991
26 Various, Class Reunions, Horace Mann High School, Class of 1935
27 Programs, Class Reunions, Horace Mann High School, Class of 1936, 1939, 1949-1952; 1941-1991
28 Programs, Class Reunions, Lew Wallace High School, Class of 1932-1934; 1940-1941
29 Program, Class Reunion, William A. Wirt High School, Class of 1961
30 Commencement Programs, Edison High School, 1953, 1957, 1958
31 Program, Commencement, Emerson High School, 1931-1932
31 Commencement Program, Emerson High School, 1948
32 Commencement Programs, Froebel High School, 1942, 1948
33 Commencement Programs, Horace Mann High School, 1932, 1933, 1935, 1937, 1950, 1952, 1958, 1966
34 Commencement Program, Lew Wallace High School, 1938
35 Commencement Program, Tolleston High School, 1959
36 Commencement Program, William A. Wirt High School, 1989
37 Program, Scholastic Convocation, 1948
38 Program, Vocational Commencement, 1937
38a Program, Vocational Commencement, 1933
39 Program, Emerson High School Sophomore Class Play, “Hans Brinker or The Silver Skates,” Oct. 24, 1934
39a Program, Emerson High School Sophomore Class Play, "A Mid-Summer Night's Dream", Oct. 25, 1932
40 Program, Emerson High School Junior Class Play, “Seventeen,” March 27, 1935
41 Program, Emerson High School Junior Class Play, “The Charm School,” Jan. 28, 1936
41a Program, The Senior Class of Emerson School Play, "The Royal Family", May 29, 1933
42 Program, Concert by the Intermediate Chorus, Girls’ Glee Club A Capella Choir, Emerson Auditorium, May 3, 1935
43 Program, Lew Wallace A Cappella Choir and Girls Glee Club, Lew Wallace Main Auditorium, May 16, 1941
43a Newspaper Article, Remebering School Days, Post-Tribune, January 4, 2009
43b Booklet, The Gold and Gray Book, Emerson School, Feb. 1928
43c Program, "A Washington Bicentennial Celebration", Gary Public Schools, May 13, 1932
43d Sheet Music, Emerson Loyalty March, ca. 1925
43e Newspaper, Last News, Emerson High School, 1933
43f Booklet, Creative Expersessions, The Children of Carver School, Gary, 1976
43g Recipe Book, The Goody Book, 1944
43h Booklet, Lew Wallace High School Class of 1969 Twenty Year Reunion, July 1989
43i Handbook, Lew Wallace High School, ca. 1965
43j Sheet Music, Lew Wallace Loyalty, 1936



Series: Ethnic Groups
Box File Description
8 44 Articles, Another Chapter In My Life, by Arnold Herskovic
45 Invitation, AHEPA and Daughters of Penelope, 1969
46 Program, Gary's United Serbian Patriotic Organizations Concert, 1944
47 Songbooks, Our Song -- 41 Ukranian Songs, RB Music Studio, Gary, Books land 2, 1973
48 Newspapers, La Voz, 1975
49 Articles of Incorporation, Spanish-American Educational and Political Club, 1930
50 Statistics, Romanians in Gary, 1946
51

Croatian Sons, 1951, 1968, 1970, 1973

8a 1 Programs, Daughters of Scotia, 1968
2 Program, AHEPA Award Dinner-Dance, 1961
3 Slovak Club, Sophie Palenik,
4 Programs, The P.N.A. Story, On The Path of Service
5 Programs, The Polish Americans of Indiana, 1966
6 Programs, Folklore Dance Group R.Y.A.C.A.", Draza Mihailovic" 1975
7 Program, Serbian Democratic Forum, 1975
  8 Program, National Polish American Sports Hall of Fame, 1985
9 Program, Udruzenje Boraca K.Y.V. "Draza Mihailovic" 1974
10-12 Programs, Serbian, 1975-1977
13 Programs, Chopin Chorus No. 122, 1976-1979
14 Programs, Twentieth Anniversary Dinner and Ball, Madame Curie Circle, Lodge No. 3134, Polish National Alliance, 1975
14a Program, Russian Orthodox Day, Gary, Indiana, 1928
15 Booklet, A History of The Settlement House Movement In Gary, IN., ca. 1990
16 Flyer, Liberation of Belgrade and Sophia, Croation Hall, Gary, n.d.
17 Flyer, Slavonic Concert and Victory Dance, Slovak Sokol Hall, Feb. 14, 1932



Series: Events
Box File Description
9 1 Program, Gary Hobby and Antique Show,n.d.
2 Leaflet, Civil Rights Day March, 1987
3 Program, Re-Dedication of Knights of Columbus Building, 1985
4 Pamphlet, Dharathula "Dolly" Millender for Councilwoman at Large, 1975
5 Program, Gilroy Stadium Dedication, 1956
6 Program, Steel City Hall of Fame, 1989, 1995, 1996, 1999
7 Program, 35th Biennial Session, General Grand Masonic Congress; 34th Biennial Session Supreme Grand Chapter, Orders of Eastern Stars of the Adoptive Rite, 1971
8 Program, Testimonial Dinner, Harold James, Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2151, Gary, 1973
9 Program, Thirteenth Annual Debutante Cotillion and Banquet, 1984
10 Program, Induction of Gary's John Story, Indiana Track and Cross Country Hall of Fame, 1992
11 Articles/Programs, Gary Bathhouse Opening, 1991
12 Program, Henry Johnson Dinner Dance, 1969
12a Program, Gary Junior Chamber of Commerce Beauty Pageant, 1950
12b Booklet, Gary Beauty Pageant, 1949
13 Program, Miss Black America Pageant,1975
14 Programs, "A Celebration", Martin Luther King Jr., 1981
9 15 Program, Gary Founder's Day, 1975-76, Gary Bicentennial
16 Program, Graduation Exercises, School of Nursing Education, St. Mary's Mercy Hospital, 1933
17 Programs / Handouts, Twenty-fifth Anniversary, National Black Political Convention, 1997
17a Report, National Black Political Convention, 1972
17b Leaflet, Partisan Defense Committee, "All out to Stop the KKK", January 20, 2001
17c Various, National Black Peoples Unity Convention, 2006
17d Program, Planning and the Black Community Division, National Conference, August 8-11, 2007
17e Program, (2), "A Celebration of the 1972 National Black Political Convention/A New Generation of Leaders", 2015
17f Flyer, Patriotic Rally and Mass Meeting, United Committee of South Slavic Americans, 1944
17g Program, Tropicana Benefit Concert for the Beta Nu Chapter of the Delta Sigma Theata Sorority, 1950
17h Program, Tenth Annual Football-O-Rama at Gilroy Field, 1965
17i Program, Gary Teachers Union Retirement Banquet Honoring Sandra C. Irons and Marvin L. Setzer, Jr., 2008



Series: Politics
Box File Description
9 18 Historical Information, Dozier T. Allen Jr., 1987
19 Campaign Brochure, Betty Malinka, 1959
20 Flyer, Key for Mayor Big Rally, May 2
20a Campaign Materials, Charles H. Graddick for mayor, 1995
20b Campaign Materials, Earline Rogers for mayor, 1995
20c Campaign Materials / articles, Scott King, 1995--
20d Campaign Materials, Marion Williams for mayor, 1995
20e Campaign Materials, Darlene Wanda Mears, n.d.
20f Various, Rudy Clay, Mayor of Gary, 2006--
20g Campaign literature, Karen Freeman-Wilson for mayor, 2007
20h Various, Mayoral Inaugural Ball [Rudy Clay], 2008
20i Campaign Letters, Emery Konrady, (1962-1963)
20j Campaign Card, Louis C. Christopher, 1918



Series: Transportation
Box File Description
9 21 Brochure, Gary Regional Airport.....Taking Off, 1990
22 Information Packet, Fischer Airlines and GaryMunicipal Airport, 1983
23 Various, Gary Railways, (1936-)
23a Booklet, "The Gary Local: The Last Mixed Train in Indiana, The Banner, 2009
24 Gary Chamber of Commerce, Needed State Highways Improvements in the Gary Area, 1957
25 Receipts, Brotherhood of Locomotive Enginemen and Firemen, (1905-1909)



Series: Various
Box File Description
9 26 Map, City of Gary Precinct Limits, 1954
27 Census Tracts, 1950-1970
28 Contract, Gary Land Company, 1909
29 Placemat, Re-Dedication of Gary Land Company Building and Historic 765 Train, 1992
30 Report, Women's Employment Project, 1978
31 Grant Description, Marquette Park Bathhouse, 1989
32 Brochure, Gary Bathing Beach Aquatorium, ca. 2000
33 Letter, Open Occupancy Ordinances, Paul Dudak, 1965
34 Grant Application, Gary Local Opportunity Pool, 1990
35 Abstract of Title, Gary Land Company 1st Subdivision, Lot 20, Block 38, 1882-1922; Gary Land Company 4th Subdivision, Lot 13, Block 17, 1836-1939
35a Abstract of Title, Broadmoor Subdivision, lot no.22, Block 8, 1853-1950; with release of mortgage, Steel City Federal Savings and Loan Association to Hill and Olivia Sulie, 1950
35b Abstract of Title, Young's Highland Subdivision, Gary, May 7, 1925
9 36 Study, The Social and Economic Conditions in Three Minority Groups, Gary, Indiana, 1955
37 Membership Directory, Gary Country Club, 1977
38 Brochure, Genesis Convention Center, n.d.
39 Maps, (2), Gary Public Schools, 1961, n.d.
40 Registration Form, Gary City Center Historic District, 1994
41 Statistics, Employment, Income, Poverty, Crime, 1960-1990
42 Handbook, St. Mary Mercy Hospital School of Nursing, n.d.
43 Proceedings, Second Minority Planning Conference, Gary, 1978
44 Poetry, On 5th and Burr, Kathie (Lusco) Williams, n.d.
44a Poetry, Street Guide to Gary, Indiana, by R.C. Wilson, 1980
45 Newsletter, Reading's Alive, Gary Public Library, 1998 (features a history of the GPL); Hotel Gary; July / August 2000 (features a history of Jefferson Park and the Water Tower); Sept. / Oct. 2000 (historical information on Mexican Repatriation); Calendar, 90th Anniversary, GPL, 1999
9 46 Design Guidelines and Application, Lincoln Street Historic District, 1998
47 Draft, Gary Redevelopment Charette, 1998
48 Program, Fraternal Order of Police, Gary, 1961
49 Report, Gary Marina: Supplement to the Draft Environmental Impact Statement, April 1994
50 Newsletter, Gary El Salvador Committee, May 1982
50a Calendar, The Great American Negro Calendar, 1973
51 Printed Materials, Frank Lloyd Wright houses (Wyant, etc.), 2000
52 Various, Gary SouthShore RailCats, 2003-
53 Various, Tarrytown, (2002- )
54 Brochures, Horace Mann Apartments, 2006.
55 Various, Katie Hall Educational Foundation, 2013-



Series: Articles -- General
Box File Description
10 1 Address, "Gary -- Our Challenge," 1967
2 Article, "The Liberation of Gary, Indiana", by Edward Greer, 1971
3 Article, "Gary, Ind.: a City Federal Millions Haven’t Helped," U.S. News & World Report, November 22, 1982
4 Article, "Indiana: The Abandoned County", Time, April 29, 1966
5 Paper, "Acorn Queen -Story of a Beginning of a City - Gary, Indiana, 1981
6 Article, "Growing Up with Gary", by Rose C. Feld, Success, October, 1923
7 Article, "The Lake Shore Limited", 1993
8 Article, "Life and Death in Gary", March 1980
9 Paper, "A Study of the Social and Economic Concerns of the Negro Population of Gary, Indiana", December, 1944
10 Paper, "Migration, Work, and Culture: African-Americans in Gary, Indiana, 1906-1920", by Nelson Ouellet, 1992
11 Article, "The Great Migration in Gary, Indiana (1906-1920)" by Nelson Ouellet, Indiana Magazine of History, vol. XCVI, no. 1, March, 2000
12 The Home Front in Gary during WWII, 1983
13 Paper, "The People of a Region", T. F. Thompson, 1961
14 "The Community Relations Project for Interracial Social Planning", n.d. (ca. 1944)
10 15 Paper, "Gary, Indiana: A City Under Siege", 1989
16 Article, "A Tax Assessor has Many Friends", by George Crile, Harper’s Magazine, Nov. 1972
17 Excerpt, "Goofy", from Out of the Midwest, 1944
18 Paper, "Gary: The City of Steel", 1956
19 Newsarticle, "Perry Scrapbook On Early Gary", Post-Tribune, November 14, 1965
20 Article, "Growing Up With Gary", Post-Tribune, March 20, 1986
21 Newsarticle, "Gary’s Birthday Recalls Early Scenes of Rising Steel City", Post-Tribune, March 12, 1947
22 Newsarticle, "Clark Station Named for Calumet ‘Father’", Post-Tribune, n.d.
23 Newsarticle, "79 Seized in Gary by Street Patrols", New York Times, July 29, 1968
24 Newsarticle, "A Steel City Still Needs Help Despite Big Steel’s Comeback", 1989
25 Article, "Gary: City on the Comeback Trail", Dunes Country Magazine, Spring, 1982
26 Article, "Guns vs. Butter: Many Blacks Oppose American Roles in War, Citing Domestic Needs", Wall Street Journal, 1991
27 Newsarticle, "Clark Station ‘Ghostly’", Post-Tribune, July 8, 1970
28 Newsarticles, "Gary Re-Elects Mayor 1st Time"; "Stadium in Works for Gary"; "Gary Gets a Sunday Paper", Post-Tribune, January 1, 1956
29 Newsarticle, "The 20 Years War Along the Little Calumet", Post-Tribune, November 13, 1955
10 30 Newsarticles, Col. Melton’s Story, Post-Tribune, October 23, 1955
31 Newsarticle, "Gary, Indiana is a City in Deep, Deep, Deep Denial", Gary Info, March 16, 1995
32 Newsarticle, "Gary Woes Cited at King Service", Post-Tribune, April 5, 1972
33 Newsarticle, "They’re Planning to Ac-Cen-Tuate the Positive About Gary", Post-Tribune, May 31, 1974
34 Newsarticle, "Gary Men Remember Jobs of Their Youth" (Civilian Conservation Corps), Post-Tribune, May 18, 1995
34a Newsarticle, “Boyhood Pals Rediscover Their Turf”, Post-Tribune, March 6, 2005
35 Article, "Gary Earns a Gold Medal", US Steel News, October, 1956
36 Anniversary Issue, INFO, March 1954 (Theme: What’s right with Gary?)
37 Article, "Gary Grasping Rays of Hope Where It Can", Chicago Tribune, August 4, 1985
38 Newsarticle, "Perceptions Don’t Tell the Whole Story", Post-Tribune, October 13, 1995
39 Article, "Gary, Indiana", Harper’s Magazine, August, 1969
40 Newsarticle, "Mean Streets", Times, January 14, 1996
41 Newsarticle, "Gary: The Promise, The Problem" series, Times, March 24-25, 1996
42 Newsarticle, "Gary Boasts Some Well-Kept Secrets", Times, March 25, 1996
43 Newsarticle, "Gary, Indiana, in National Spotlight - for Homicides", USA Today, September 23, 1996
44 Newsarticle, "Murder Capital of the World", Melbourne Herald Sun, March 5, 1996
10 45 Newsarticle, "Gary Most Segregated City in U.S.", Times, January 29, 1997
46 Newsarticle, "A New Day?", Times, February 9, 1997
47 Newsarticles, Money magazine Ratings of Gary, 1997
48 Newsarticle, "Gary Looks for a Rebirth", Post-Tribune, March 22, 1999
49 Newsarticles, Bongi Cartage Property (Nature Preserves), Times, June 22, 1993
49a Newsarticle, “Gary, Indiana - Nowhere to Go But Up”, Chicago Tribune, December 31, 1986
49b Article, "Steel Town America," New Steel, September 1996
49c Newsarticle, "Old Article on Street Names in Gary ," Post Tribune, August 8, 2006
49d Newsarticle, “Keeping up with Gary’s continuing demise is sad”, Post-Tribune, April 9, 2006



Series: Articles -- Architecture and City Planning
Box File Description
10 50 Paper, Urban Renewal Projects in Gary, Indiana, 1986
51 Article, "The American Home" by David P. Handlin, 1979 (excerpt)
52 Dissertation, "Gary, Indiana: The Establishment and Early Development of an Industrial Community, 1906-1930", by A. Michael Turner, 1971
53 Article, "Making a City to Order", by Dewey Sheldon Beebe, The Technical World Magazine, August, 1906
54 Article, "Creating the Newest Steel City" by Graham Romeyn Taylor, The Survey, April 3, 1909
55 Article, "Civic Development at Gary", The Iron Age, March 24, 1910
56 Excerpt, Planning the Capitalist City by Richard Foglesong, 1986
57 Excerpt, Towards the Planned City by Anthony Sutcliffe, 1981
58 Newsarticles, "New Life for Abandoned Edison Homes", New York Times, January 14, 1996; "Community Group Rebuilding Neighborhood a Little at a Time", Vidette-Times, March 17, 1996
59 Newsarticle, "Gary Neighborhood a Part of History" (West 5th Avenue), Post-Tribune, July 8, 1984
59a Newsarticle, “Clark Station ‘Ghostly’”, Post-Tribune, July 8, 1970
60 Newsarticle, "Gary’s Grand Dame" (Genesis Towers-Hotel Gary), Indianapolis Star, March 2, 2001
61 Newsarticles, Frank Lloyd Wright house, 1996-
62 Paper, "The State Theatre", (1982?)
62a Newsarticle, “80 year old Palace Theatre to be razed”, Post-Tribune, August 26, 2004
63 Newsarticle, "Building Momentum" (town home project), Post-Tribune, June 18, 1996
64 Newsarticles, Gary Union Station, 1998-
10 65 Newsarticle, "Field of Dreams" (Buffington Harbor, Miller Beach), The Times, June 14, 1998
66 Newsarticle, "Making the Dream Reality", Post-Tribune, November 22, 1998
67 Newsarticles, Demolishing Gary Landmarks, 1998-1999
68 Newsarticles, Buffington Harbor Development, 1997-
69 Newsarticles, Genesis Center, 1986, 2000
70 Newsarticle,"True Grit"(Gary redevelopment plans), Chicago Tribune, March 12, 2000
71 Newsarticle, "Architectural Coup for Gary" (Media Center), Post-Tribune, October 25, 2000
71a Newsarticle, “Fond memories remain vivid” (Jefferson Park), Post-Tribune, March 4, 2007



Series: Articles -- The Arts
Box File Description
10 72 Newsarticle, "Putting Gary on Record" (Lucius Rouser III), Post-Tribune, August 26, 2003
73 Newsarticle, "Doo-wop Pioneer Will Be Remembered for Bass Voice" (Gerald Gregory), Post-Tribune, February 16, 1999
74 Newsarticle, "Gary’s Art Hoyle Knows Jazz, Plays Jazz", Post-Tribune, August 27, 1992
75 Newsarticle, " Songs in the Key of Life", Post-Tribune, February 16, 1992
76 Newsarticle, "Glance Back to a Glamorous Past" (Martha Vance, singer), Post-Tribune, October 4, 2001
77 Paper, "Blues and Jazz Music: Gary Style", by Novella Hill, 1995
78 Newsarticle, "All That Jazz" (Henry Johnson), Post-Tribune, August 27, 1995
78a Newsarticle, "Cool Jazz is 'our classic music'," Post Tribune, August 15, 2002.
78b Newsarticle, "Gary Music Scene Before World War II..." Post Tribune, November 13, 2005.
79 Newsarticle, "Gary Civic Theater Lauded For Is 10 Years of Success", no id., n.d.
79a Newsarticle, "80 year old Palace Theatreto be Razed," Post Tribune, n.d.
80 Newsarticle, "Jazz Decades", Post-Tribune, August 4, 1996
81 Newsarticles, The Jackson 5, 1997-
82 Newsarticle, "Gary Jazzes Up With Weekend Blues", Post-Tribune, February 13, 1998
83 Newsarticle, "Close to the Heart" (Sista Monica), Post-Tribune, October 2, 2000
84 Article, "Into Something: Interview with John Brim", Crossroads Blues Society, 1998
85 Newsarticle, "Jazz Lovers Book it to Library for Program", Post-Tribune, October 10, 1998
86 Newsarticle, [Bigelow’s Band, Gary Kiltie Band], n.d.
10 87 Paper, "The Gary Civic Repertoire Theatre" (Little Theater of Gary), n.d.
88 Newsarticle, "Merry Gary" (The Music Man), Post-Tribune, March 3, 2002
88a Newsarticle, “Noted artist does statue of judge”, no ID, n.d.
88b Newsarticle, “Gary Native’s Stage Career . . . “(Chester Gregory II), Post-Tribune?, December 26, 2005



Series: Articles -- Business & Industry
Box File Description
10 89 Excerpt, The Authentic History of the United States Steel Corporation, by Arundel Cotter, 1916
90 Article, "The Rhetoric of Paternalism: Elbert H. Gary’s Arguments for the Twelve Hour Day", by Benjamin Sevitch, Western Speech, v.35, Winter, 1971
91 Article, "Gary’s Industrial Workers as Full Citizens" by Warner Bloomberg, Commentary, September 18, 1954
92 Excerpt, Describing race relations at Gary Works, 1964
93 Article, "Gary, One of Indiana’s Youngest Cities", Bell Telephone News, 1922
94 Newsarticle, "Gary Bridge Plant Left Its Stamp on the Nation", Post-Tribune, July 6, 1980
95 Post-Tribune articles on Gary Business Climate, May 13-18, 1984
96-101 Newsarticles, Gary Airport, (1986- ), n.d.
102 Newsarticles, "Gary Area’s Skies Smoking Less, Lungs Enjoying it More", Chicago Sun-Times, October 20, 1974
103 Newsarticle, "Andrew Means - An American Success Story", Post-Tribune, October 2, 1955
104 Newsarticle, "Judge Gary Goes Into Detail on the Organization of U.S. Steel", Gary Daily Tribune, May 29, 1913
104a Newsarticle, “Men of mettle” (an early vision of Gary), Post-Tribune, May-June 2002
105 Newsarticle, "Building History" (American Bridge Company), Post-Tribune, January 13, 2000
106 Newspaper, The Gary Steel Worker, vol.2, no.5, July, 1938
106a Newsarticle, “1917 Aetna Powder Plant Accident: the Myth Debunked”, Post-Tribune, December 11, 2005



Series: Articles -- Churches
Box File Description
10 107 Article, "The Modern Church Auditorium" (City Methodist Church), by Thomas E. Tallmadge, The Architectural Record, March, 1927
108 Paper, "Survey of Church Libraries in Gary, Indiana" by Dorothy May Haith, January, 1968
109 Newsarticle, "They Try to Restore Gary’s Religious Heritage", Post-Tribune, August 1, 1996
109a Newsarticle, "Ross Community Reformed Church Celebrates 80 years of Worship," The Times, October 2, 2010



Series: Articles -- Community Organizations
Box File Description
10 110 Excerpt, "Between Church and Mill: Stewart House - The Making of a Black Settlement House", by Ruth Crocker, 1989
111 Newsarticles, St. Mary Mercy Hospital, 1973-1974, 1993-
112 Newsarticle, "Steel City’s Boys’ Club", Post-Tribune, December 25, 1955
113 Newsarticle, "Review of Gary Women’s Organizations Shows Growth in Membership and Interest: Charity Work, Social Life, Fine Programs Featured", no id, 1922
113a Newsarticle, “Welcome to the Glen: Let the show begin” (African American Achievers), Post-Tribune, December 2, 2007



Series: Articles -- Education
Box File Description
10 114 Article, "Gary High School Strike", School and Society, November 26, 1927
  114a Newsarticles, William Wirt eulogies, no ID, 1938
115 Newsarticle, "Justice After 74 Years" (Emerson 18), Post-Tribune, January 24, 2001
115a Newsarticle, "Artful Dodger, Missing Art in Gary Schools," Post Tribune,December 11, 2005.
116 Paper, "The Urban League and School Integration in Gary, Indiana, 1945-1960", by Ronald D. Cohen, April, 1983
116a Newsarticle, "Ethic Arts Aid Understanding," (Froebel)Post Tribune, July 25, 1976
117 Article, "The Dilemma of School Integration in the North: Gary, Indiana, 1945-1960", by Ronald D. Cohen, Indiana Magazine of History, June, 1986
118 Article, "The Gary School Crisis of the 1950's: a Personal Memoir", by Elizabeth Balanoff, Indiana Magazine of History, March, 1987
119 Paper, "Music in the Early Years of the Gary Schools", by Melvin E. Snyder, 1956
120 Article, "William B. Ittner: His Service to American School Architecture", by Marie Anderson Ittner, School Board Journal, January, 1941
121 Article, "Some Gary Notes" (Editorial), Journal of Education, September 10, 1914
122 Excerpt, The Gary Public Schools: Measurement of Classroom Products, by Stuart A. Curtis, 1919
123 Paper, "Schooling in Post-War America: Gary, Indiana, 1945-1950", by Ronald D. Cohen, 1981
124 Article, "A ‘Child World’ and a ‘People’s Clubhouse: School Architecture and the Work-Study-Play System in Gary, Indiana, 1907-1930", by Dale Allen Gyure, Arris, 2001
125 Article, "The Gary Plan Revisited" by Richard Elwell, American Education, July, 1976
126 Newsarticle, "Gary Business College Closes", Post-Tribune, August 26, 1962
127 Newsarticles, Roosevelt High School, 1992--
128 Newsarticle, "A Day in the Life of a Student Nurse" (Mercy Hospital School of Nursing), Post-Tribune, December 18, 1955
10 129 Newsarticles, College Club of Gary (1945-1968)
  129a Various, Early Gary schools, 1956, n.d.
10a 130-132 Newsarticles, Gary Schools, (October, 1971-1978), n.d.
133 Newsarticle, "Gary Wallace Struggles with Bad-School Image", Post-Tribune, February 12, 1991
134 Newsarticle, "A Rotting Relic" (Froebel School),Post-Tribune, July 8, 2002
134a Newsarticles, Froebel memories, (1943-1963)
134b Newsarticle, “Froebel High’s Namesake Father of Kindergarten”, no ID, 1962?
134c Newsarticle, [Froebel as federal subsidized housing], Post-Tribune, March 28, 1979
134d Newsarticle, “Farewell Froebel”, Post- Tribune, December 2, 2004
134e Newsarticles, [Froebel as a museum], (2004-2005)
134f Newsarticles, [Froebel on national register], (January-April, 2005)
134g Newarticle, "Froebel Era Tumbles Down," Post-Tribune, May 7, 2005
135 Newsclipping, Emerson Strike, 1947
136 Newsarticle, "Gary Schools: After Court Decisions", Post-Tribune, May 20, 1984
136a Newsarticle, “Oldest Gary School” (Clark School), Post-Tribune, July 8, 1970



Series: Articles -- Events
Box File Description
10a 137 Newsarticle, "Circus of Death", Post-Tribune, June 20, 1993
138 Newsarticles, Golden Jubilee, 1956
139 Newsarticles, Memorial Auditorium Fire, 1997
140 Newsarticles, "KKK a No-Show", Nothwest Phoenix, January 24, 2001
141 Newsarticles, Miss USA, 2001-



Series: Articles -- Government
Box File Description
10a 142 Newsarticle, "Retired Fireman Talks of ‘2 Horsepower’ Days", Chicago Tribune, November 28, 1965
143 Newsarticles, Gary Parks, 1917-1918 (also includes items about women’s suffrage)
143a Excerpt, “Guerrilla History in Gary” by Staughton Lynd, October, 1969



Series: Articles -- People
Box File Description
10a 144 Excerpt, Will: The Autobiography of G. Gordon Liddy, 1980
145 Newsarticle, "Ex-Mayor Finerty dies at 87", November 9, 1992
146 Newsarticle, "Outspoken Civil Rights Pioneer Dies Quietly" (Joseph Chapman), Post-Tribune, July 21, 2003
147 Newsclipping, "First Black Baby Born in Gary Dies at age 76", Post-Tribune, January 13, 1986
148 Newsarticle, "Gary’s First Baby", n.d.
149 Newsarticle, "Capt. Forbis Wins Ovation for Service", n.d.
150 Newsarticle, "She Knew Only One Way to Do [a] Good Job" (YJean Chambers), Post-Tribune, November 24, 2003
151 Newsarticle, "Former Gary Youth Aids Television Tests" (Ray Davis Kell), Post-Tribune, February 24, 1928
152 Newsarticle, "Horace Mann Graduate Conquers Financial World" (Joseph Stiglitz), Times, May 1999
153 Newsarticle, "Gary Actor ‘Right’ as Killer in ‘In Cold Blood’ (Paul Prokop), Times, September 11, 1966
154 Newsarticle, "Mladen to Malden", Post-Tribune, May 18, 1989
155 Newsarticles, Developer Bill Harrington, 1999
156 Newsarticles, "Officer Takes on Gary’s Toughest", Vidette-Times, March 29, 1999
157 Newsarticle, "Gleason Called Father of Parks", Post-Tribune, June 29, 1976
158 Newsarticle, "Hometown Hollywood Hero" (Karl Malden), Times, February 16, 2004
158a Newsarticle, “Tuskegee Airmen to be honored Saturday in Gary” (statue), The Times, May 3, 2005
158b Newsarticle, “Another Gary native gives city a reason to be” (Vice Admiral Michael Kalleres), The Times, May 4, 1990
158c Newsarticle, “No Matter What” (Mabel McCants), Post-Tribune, February 2, 2002



Series: Articles -- Politics
Box File Description
10a 159 Article, "Exposing a Crooked Mayor Whose City was a Hotbed of Girls, Graft, and Gangsters!", True Police Cases, n.d.
160 Agenda and newsarticles, Black National Political Convention, 1972-1975
161 Newsarticle, "Meet the Next Mayor of Gary - ‘Pete’ or ‘Em’, Post-Tribune, October 30, 1955
162 Newsarticle, "Brennan vs. Knotts", Post-Tribune, December 7, 1958
162a Newsarticle, “Breakthrough at Marquette Park Beach Recalled”, Post-Tribune, April 24, 2003



Series: Articles -- Sports
Box File Description
10a 163 Article, "Indiana Badlands" (Tolleston Gun Club), Right Here, 1987
164 Newsarticle, "Old Calumet Marshes Dad’s Idea of Heaven", Post-Tribune, June 17, 1979
165 Newsarticle,"‘Frontier’ Gun Club Fought Sportsmen", Post-Tribune, July 6, 1951
166 Newsarticles, Gleason Field, 1953
167 Newsarticles, "Gary’s All-American" (Alex Karras), The Times, January 28, 1996
168 Article, "Tougher Than Football" by Tom Harmon, Saturday Evening Post, October 25, 1941
169 Newsarticles, Coach Chester Schleff, (1968-1986)
170 Newsarticle, "Jump-Start into History" (Davage Minor), Post-Tribune, March 24, 1997
171 Newsarticle, "Gary Men Netted Gains with Renowned Globetrotters", Post-Tribune, February 28, 1998
172 Newsarticles, Tony Zale
173 Newsarticles, Gary West Side High School Basketball Tournament Championship, The Times, March 24, 2002
174 Newsarticles, Gary WHIPS, 2007
175 Newsarticles, Anderson Company Little League, 1960-1961


Box File Description
20 Life Magazine, August 9, 1943
Poster, Helen Keller in Gary, n.d.
Report, Central Gary: 1980, 1959
Article, "Frank Sinatra in Gary", LIFE, 1945 (Froebel Strike)
Minutes, Gary Commercial Club, 1917-1919
21

Poster, Opening of Gary National Bank building, n.d.
Poster, C.V. Ridgely for Judge, n.d.

Poster, "Entering the Dream", Aquatorium Tuskegee Wing, 1999

Diploma, Ralph G. Clarke, Gary High School, 1913
Diploma, Ruth Emily Wall, Horace Mann High School, 1934

22 Scrapbooks, (2), Russell Bohn (Gary schools), 1951-1956
23 Photograph,(1), Romanian Church Construction, Gary, 1910
  Photographs, (3), Romanian Hall, 1208 Adams, Gary, ca. 1912
  Photographs, (4), Romanian Funerals, n.d.
  Photograph, (1), United Fixture Company, 1049-1059 Washington St., Gary, n.d.
  Photographs, (4), Warren G. Harding, n.d.
  Photographs, (5), Romanian Events?, n.d.
  Photographs, (6), no i.d., n.d.[bride c. 1920, soda fountain c. 1918]
  Postcards, (5), no i.d., n.d. [soda fountain ca. 1918, various persons]
  Photograph, (1), USS Utah, France, 1922
  Photograph, (1), Woman in Ethnic Costume, n.d.
24 Newspaper, Souvenir Edition, Black National Political Convention, 1972
Newspaper, Gary Sanitary District, 1978
Newspaper, History Alive!, 1995
Newspaper, Gary Northstar, v.1, no. 1- (July 14, 2000- )
Newspaper, Charles Graddick for mayor, 1995
Newspaper, Gary Up!, 1995
Newspaper, Gary Chronicle, Italian-American edition, 1967
Newspaper, Chanute Aquatorium Society, 1999
Newspaper, "Aquatorium", Post-Tribune, Special Supplement, July 22, 2003
Newspaper, Gary Steel Worker, vol. 2, no. 5, July, 1938
Newsarticle, "Resentment Voiced in Gary over Sinatra 'Peace Mission'", The Milwaukee Journal, November 1, 1945
Newspaper, The Gary Post-Tribune, Tolleston Section (Tolleston Centennial), July 6, 1981
Newspaper, The Tolleston Herald, June 17, 1954
Newspaper, Gary SouthShore RailCats, Post-Tribune, May 23, 2003
25 Scrapbooks, (2), Mardelle Cross, Lew Wallace School, 1936-1937, 1938
26 Scrapbook, (1), To A. J. Rolfe, Memories of our coach from Emerson football captains, 1928-1962



Oversize (shelved with collection or on map case or in Auxiliary Storage map case)
Description
Posters, (2), Gary NAACP Dinner, 1984 (framed)
Logo, City of Gary, n.d.
Report, Gary Indiana Revitalization Studio, 1998 (in partnership with Penn State)
Maps, (12), Gary, (1939-2000)
Campaign Brochure, Rudy Clay, 1972
Map, (1), General Development Plan, 1957
Newspaper Supplement, Gary Zoning Ordinance, 1958
Article, "A Blueprint for Change" by David Hoff, Education Week, April 21, 1999 (Gary Schools)

Plat of Lots, Gary Land Company, Town of Gary, n.d. (in Auxiliary Storage Map Case)




Subject Tracings

  • Aetna
  • African American Achievers
  • African Americans
  • Airports
  • Ambridge
  • Ambridge School
  • American Bridge Company
  • Architecture--Gary
  • Arts
  • Banks and banking
  • Beauty contests
  • Beckman Junior High School
  • Bethel Lutheran Church (Miller)
  • Beveridge School
  • Black Oak Church of Christ
  • Boy Scouts of America
  • Broadway Hotel (Gary)
  • Brunswick School
  • Buildings--Commercial
  • Building--Residential
  • Business
  • Calumet Junior High School
  • Calvary Institutional Missionary Baptist Church
  • Casinos
  • Cathedral of the Holy Angels (Gary)
  • Central Baptist Church (Gary)
  • Chacharis, George
  • Christ Church Episcopal
  • Church of Christ (Gary)
  • Church of God (Gary)
  • Churches, Gary
  • City Methodist Church
  • Civil Rights Movement
  • Clarke Station
  • Community Organizations
  • Convention Facilities
  • Country Clubs
  • Crime
  • Delaney Housing Project
  • Delaney Methodist Church
  • Demographic surveys
  • Diocese of Gary
  • Dunbar School
  • East Side Presbyterian Church
  • Edison High School (Gary)
  • Elections
  • Emerson School
  • Ethnic Groups
  • First African Methodist Episcopal Church (Gary)
  • First Baptist Church (Gary)
  • First Congregational Church (Gary)
  • First Presbyterian Church (Gary)
  • Forty-Third Avenue Presbyterian Church
  • Founders Day (Gary)
  • Franklin School (Gary)
  • Froebel School
  • Gary
  • Gary Airport
  • Gary Armory
  • Gary Bar Association
  • Gary Board of Public Works and Safety
  • Gary Building Department
  • Gary Business College
  • Gary Chamber of Commerce
  • Gary Civic Concert Association
  • Gary Commercial Club
  • Gary Country Club
  • Gary Fair Employment Practices Commission
  • Gary Fire Department
  • Gary Golden Jubilee
  • Gary High School
  • Gary Historical and Cultural Society
  • Gary Human Relations Commission
  • Gary Land Company
  • Gary Marina
  • Gary Municipal Laboratory
  • Gary National Bank
  • Gary Neighborhood Services
  • Gary Old Timer's Athletic Association
  • Gary Park Department
  • Gary Plan Commission
  • Gary Police Department
  • Gary--Politics and government
  • Gary Post Office
  • Gary Post Tribune
  • Gary Public Library
  • Gary Railway
  • Gary Redevelopment Commission
  • Gary Sanitary District
  • Gary Silver Jubilee
  • Gary--Social life and customs
  • Gary--Songs and music
  • Gary Union Station
  • Gary WHIPS
  • General Refractories Company
  • Genesis Center
  • Gilroy Stadium
  • Glen Park
  • Glen Park Christian Church
  • Glen Park School
  • Glen Theater
  • Habitat for Humanity
  • Harbors
  • Hatcher, Richard Gordon
  • Holy Angels School
  • Holy Trinity (Croatian) Church
  • Holy Trinity (Slovak) Church (Gary)
  • Horace Mann School
  • Hospitals
  • Hotel Gary
  • Housing--Gary
  • Human Services
  • Immaculate Heart of Mary Church
  • Indiana Dunes
  • Industry
  • Ivanhoe School
  • Jefferson Park Water Tower
  • Jefferson School
  • Katz, A. Martin
  • Kennedy-King Middle School
  • Koinonia Baptist Church
  • Knotts, Armanis F.
  • Ku Klux Klan
  • Labor
  • Lew Wallace High School
  • Lincoln School (Gary)
  • Little Calumet River
  • Lake Interfaith Families Together (LIFT)
  • Marinas
  • Marona House
  • Marquette Park
  • Memorial Auditorium
  • Methodist Hospitals
  • Miller
  • Mosque El Ameen
  • Mt. Moriah Baptist Church
  • Music
  • Musical groups
  • National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
  • National Can Company
  • New Tabernacle Baptist Church (Gary)
  • Norton Park School
  • Orchestras
  • Our Lady of Consolation Church
  • Parades
  • Parks--Gary
  • Politicians
  • Public health
  • Race relations
  • Railroads
  • Republic Steel Corporation
  • Roosevelt High School
  • Sacred Heart Parish
  • St. Andrew's African Mehtodist Episcopal Zion Church
  • St. Elijah Serbian Orthodox Church
  • St. Hedwig Church
  • St. Joseph the Worker (Croatian) Church
  • St. Mark Church (Glen Park)
  • St. Mary Medical Center
  • St. Mary's Orthodox Church
  • St. Michael's Byzantine Catholic Church
  • St. Paul Baptist Church
  • St. Timothy Community Church
  • Sts. Peter and Paul Macedonian Orthodox Church
  • Schools, Calumet Township
  • Schools, Gary
  • Settlement Houses
  • Social Services--Gary
  • The Spaniels (Musical group)
  • Sports
  • Steel
  • Steel City DeMolay
  • Stewart Settlement House
  • Strikes and lockouts
  • Temple Beth-El (Gary)
  • Temple Israel
  • Theater
  • Tolleston
  • Tolleston School
  • Tradewinds Rehabilitation Center
  • Transportation
  • United States Steel Corporation
  • Urban League of Northwest Indiana
  • Urban renewal
  • Village Shopping Center
  • Webster School
  • Wirt, William A.
  • Wirt School
  • WLTH radio
  • Women
  • Work-Study-Play System
  • World War II
  • Young Mens Christian Association