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  • In addition to monetary support through membership, VGHS looks to grow and expand the Collection. For further information on bequests, and on gifts of manuscripts and photographs, to the Vivian G. Harsh Research Collection at the Woodson Regional Library please send us a message or call the VGHS office.
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Join the Vivian G. Harsh Society and help preserve the legacy of African-American history for future generations. Visit our Membership page for details.

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THE GREAT MIGRATION:

Listen now to the 2013 CPL program featuring Timuel Black, Linda Johnson Rice and Adam Green in an engaging conversation of how the Great Migration shaped their lives and the city of Chicago.

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The largest African-American history and literature collection in the Midwest contains over 75,000 books, many of them rare, 15,000 reels of microfilm, over 4,000 clipping files, and 175 manuscripts and archival collections.  While the Collection includes materials on African-Americans throughout the Diaspora, the primary focus is on African-American History in Chicago and Illinois. The completed finding aides include the Abbott/Sengstacke Family Papers, Babara E. Allen Papers, Timuel D. Black, Jr. Papers, Etta Moten Barnett Papers, Earl B. Dickerson Papers, Francis Minor Papers and the Chicago SNCC History Project Archives, to name a few.

The board and members of the Vivian G. Harsh Society invite you to explore the collection. We welcome your interest and support.

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