John M. Ragland collection of visual
materials, 1890s-1979, bulk 1960s-1970s.
Descriptive
Inventory for the Collection at Chicago Historical Society, Research Center
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John
M. Ragland collection of visual materials, 1890s-1979, bulk 1960s-1970s.
Storage: Box Lot (3 boxes, 8 x 10 in.; 1 box 11 x 14
in.; 1 box (Hollinger)
Color Photoprints
(2 folders -- CP0014-15)
Glass Negatives (1 folder -- GN0001)
Chicago Conventions-H4
Accession
Number: 1986.0048
Restriction: To consult the glass negatives or color
materials in this collection in the Research Center it is necessary to make an
advance appointment (email: Research@chicagohistory.org ).
Description
of the Collection
Summary: Relating to John Ragland, his family
and his career aiding blacks
economically and socially in Ohio and Chicago and in the U.S. Army during
WWII,
and the South Central Association (Chicago) from 1917-1970s. Also
includes
materials relating to his son, Albert Ragland while serving as
executive
director of the Chicago Conference on Religion and Race,
1971-1974?.
Container
List
Box 1
1 Banquets
2 Biography - Albert Ragland
3 Biography - Albert Ragland &
others
4 Biography - Elizabeth Ragland (Mrs.
John Ragland)
5 Biography - John Ragland
6 Biography - John Ragland & others
7 Biography - John Ragland & others
(Eleanor Roosevelt)
8 Charitable organizations &
benefits
Box 2 Chicago Conference
on Religion and Race
1 Churches
2 Conventions
3 Conventions
4 Groups
4 Groups
5-12 Men - unidentified
13 Tri-Faith offices
14 Tri-Faith offices
15 Tri-Faith offices
16 Vocational education
17 Vocational education
18 Vocational education
19 Women
Box 3
1 Children
2 Children & adults
3 Commercial buildings
4 Dwellings
5 Dwellings - John Ragland
6 Dwellings - John Ragland
7 Dwellings - John Ragland
8 Dwellings - John Ragland
9 Economic conditions - National
Investors Group, 1947
10 Entertainers
11 Family groups - couples
12-16 Chicago Conference on Religion &
Race - contact sheets
Box 4
1 Family groups - some with John Ragland
2 Family portraits - Ragland family
3 Housing - Ohio
4 Lying in state - John Ragland
5 Men
6 Miscellaneous
7 South Central Association
8 World War II - Black troops
9 Women
Box 5
Photos mounted on wood - probably Albert
Ragland's
Hand painted album cover