Newberry Library - Gartz family papers, 1870-2018

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Title Gartz family papers, 1870-2018

Date 1870 to 2018

Description Diaries, letters, scrapbooks, photographs, financial documents, and some artifacts, art, and audiovisual materials documenting Chicago life from the 1910s through the 1960s and 1970s. The Gartz family settled in West Garfield Park, Chicago, and lived there as the all-white, mostly European immigrant families community changed to an all African American community due to housing discrimination in Chicago. Donor Linda Gartz wrote the book "Redlined: A Memoir of Race, Change, and Fractured Community in 1960s Chicago" (2018) based on the archive and about her family’s lives before, during, and after their neighborhood’s racial change.

The collection also includes photographs, notes, Linda Gartz's documentaries, book research notes, and copies of drafts of "Redlined" dating from the 1980s through the 2000s. It also includes geneaological information for Gartz and Koroschetz family names.

Archival Collection Title Gartz family papers

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Call Number Midwest MS Gartz Family

Projects Tag Blockbusting

Rights Status Copyright Not Evaluated

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

Newberry Open Access Policy The Newberry makes its collections available for any lawful purpose, commercial or non-commercial, without licensing or permission fees to the library, subject to these terms and conditions.

IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Size 5557px × 4155px 66.08 MB

File Created 02/17/2023

Filename dcc_midwest_ms_gratz_box_00020_fl_diary_jun_21_1963_02.tif

Unique Identifier NL11F7B7