Marilou Hedlund aldermanic papers, 1971-1975

 

Descriptive Inventory for the Collection at Chicago History Museum, Research Center

By Brittany Naumann and Benn P. Joseph, 2008

 

© Copyright 2008, Chicago Historical Society, 1601 North Clark St., Chicago, IL 60614-6038

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Title: Marilou Hedlund aldermanic papers

Main entry: Hedlund, Marilou

Inclusive dates: 1971-1975

Extent: 10 linear feet

A&M accession number: 1975.0022

Restriction: No restrictions.

 

This descriptive inventory contains

Brief biography,

Description of the collection,

List of online catalog headings,

Provenance statement,

Storage designation,

Container list of box/folder numbers and titles.

 

Brief biography:

On February 23, 1971, Marilou Hedlund was one of the first alderwomen to be elected to the City Council of Chicago, Illinois. Before being elected to office, Hedlund received elementary and high school education at the Convent of the Sacred Heart in Chicago, Illinois. She then attended Barat College in Lake Forest, Illinois, and graduated with degrees in history and political science, and went on to study at Newton College in Boston, Massachusetts. Before becoming an alderwoman, she worked as a reporter and feature writer for the Chicago Tribune. Hedlund was the recipient of many journalistic awards for youth reporting, women’s interest features, and for general features. In addition to her being the first woman to be elected to the City Council in 1971, she was also the first woman to receive endorsement of the Democratic Organization of Cook County for alderman.

 

While in office, Hedlund was appointed to the City Council’s committees of Planning and Housing, Health, Culture and Economic Development; and Forestry and Recreation. She was named vice-chairman of Forestry and Recreation in 1973. In November of 1973, she was one of five freshman aldermen (and the first woman ever) appointed to the Finance Committee.

 

Hedlund represented the 48th Ward, which was a lakefront ward in the areas of Uptown and Edgewater. The ward was at the time the most diverse in the city, racially, ethnically, and economically. Parts of the ward were “Model Cities” areas and urban renewal areas. Hedlund focused much of her time on the youth living in her ward and was known for her support for women’s rights (Equal Rights Amendment) and gay rights. She also supported landmark preservation and several times fought for historical buildings and sites to be preserved.

 

Hedlund served one term as alderman, from 1971 to 1975. Five years after her retirement from the City Council, she was appointed as an Illinois delegate to the Democratic National Convention.

 

Description of the collection:

Correspondence, reports, memorandums, newspaper clippings, and topical reference files of Hedlund when she served as Alderman (Democratic) of the 48th Ward (Uptown and Edgewater community areas) in Chicago, Illinois. Papers concern neighborhood organizations, political issues and city ordinances, problems of her constituents and services for them available from government or charities, condition of buildings and housing in her district, landmarks preservation, services for senior citizens and youths, and day to day relations with various departments of city government.

 

Original order of these papers has been maintained.

 

List of online catalog headings:

The following headings were placed in the card catalog.

 

Main entry: Hedlund, Marilou.

Subjects:

Hedlund, Marilou.

Democratic Party (Chicago, Ill.).

Women in politics--Illinois--Chicago--20th century.

City council members--Illinois--Chicago--20th century.

Election districts--Illinois--Chicago--48th Ward.

Housing--Illinois--Chicago.--20th century.

Social service--Illinois--Chicago.--20th century.

Women in politics--Illinois--Chicago--20th century.

Chicago (Ill.)--Politics and government--1951-

Chicago (Ill.)--Social conditions--20th century.

Uptown (Chicago, Ill.)

Edgewater (Chicago, Ill.)

 

Form/genre:

Correspondence

Reports

Memos

Newspaper clippings

 

Provenance statement:

This collection was a gift to Chicago Historical Society by Marilou Hedlund in 1975 (A&M accession number: 1975.0022).

 

Storage designation:

Collections: Marilou Hedlund aldermanic papers.

 

This descriptive inventory by:

Brittany Naumann

Benn P. Joseph

May, 2008.

 

Container list of box/folder titles/numbers:

Box 1

Folders:

1          Abandoned Cars

2          The Admiral

3          Ainslie-Sheridan Development

4          Alcoholics Center

5          Aldermen and guidelines

6          Alley--Holes

7          Alternatives, Inc.

8          Ambulance

9          American Arbitration Association

10        Andersonville Residents Council/Chamber of Commerce

11        ANSCO--Allied Northside Community Organizations

12        Apartment correspondence

13        Aragon

14        Argyle--Chinatown

15        Argyle Improvement Association

16        Argyle--Magnolia--Glenwood Block Club

17        Armories

18        Avatar

19        Awards

20        Award letters

21        Bicentennial

22        Bicycle Guides/Information

23        Board of Education--Budget

24        Board of Education--District 24

25        Board of Health

26        Boys Club

27        Bryn Mawr Merchants and Residents

 

Box 2

Folders:

1          Problem Buildings Compliance Board

2          Budget

3          Slumlords

4          Dolin

5          Gutman buildings

6          918-922 Agatite Dismissal; 835-843 Agatite and 930 Dismissal

7          1060 Ainslie Dismissal and 1055 Ainslie

8          1353-1359 Argyle; (4923-4925 Glenwood)

9          1050 Berwyn; 1064-1068 Berwyn; 5301-5309 Winthrop

10        5930 Broadway--Rehab; 5636 Broadway; 5200 Broadway

11        1420-1422 Carmen and 1424 Carmen

12        5105-5119 Clark demolished; 5203-5205 Clark & 5025 Clark (garages); 1471 Winnemac demolished

13        825 and 928 Eastwood

14        1059-1071 Foster; 5127-5131 Winthrop

15        4908-4918 Glenwood

16        5045-5049 Glenwood; 5005 Glenwood; 1348-1358 Winnemac; 1222-1224 Winnemac

17        1400-1402 (5030-5032 Glenwood) and 1453-1455 Winnemac--Dismissed

18        832 and 921-923 Gunnison

19        905 Lawrence--Dismissed; 809 Lawrence

20        4878 North Magnolia and 4834-4840 Magnolia

21        5747 Sheridan

22        852-854 Sunnyside

23        815-827-900-837-all-(917-919) Windsor

24        Windsor--Wilson; 915 Wilson

25        940-946 Wilson; 4601-4615 Sheridan; Sheridan--Plaza

26        1326-1328 Winona and 1312 Winona--1321 Winona

27        4861-4863 Winthrop; 5109 Winthrop

28        4917 Kenmore--Dismissed; 5036-5038 Kenmore--Rehab; 5350 Kenmore; 5417 Kenmore-(Comrow); 5424 Kenmore; 5816 Kenmore; 5820 Kenmore--(Dolin)

29        5437 Kenmore

30        5510 Winthrop; Jac--Win

31        5621-5625 Winthrop

32        5716-5718 Winthrop

33        5734 Winthrop; 5717 Winthrop

34        5726 Winthrop; 5757 Winthrop

35        “Building Department”; “Complaints”

36        Buildings correspondence

37        Building contractors--Etc.

 

Box 3

Folders:

1          Building permits

2          B.U.I.L.D. Program information

3          Building Task-Force; Edgewater/Uptown

4          840-846 Ainslie--Dismissal

5          856 Ainslie--Demolished

6          1218-1232 Bryn Mawr

7          925 Carmen--Dismissal; Dolin

8          5019-5023 Glenwood; 5025-5027 Glenwood

9          815-821 Gunnison--Dismissed

10        4872 Kenmore--Dismissed

11        4901 Kenmore--Complied; 1016-1026 Ainslie

12        4927 Kenmore; Voice of the People

13        5047 Kenmore--Dismissed

14        Ken Beach; 5107--Demolished

15        5121-5123 Kenmore--Complied

16        5220 Kenmore--Dismissed

17        5439-5443 Kenmore--Dismissed

18        931 West Lawrence Avenue--Demolished

19        860 Leland--Demolished; 843--Demolished

20        934-936 Leland--Dismissed; 846 Leland--Demolished

21        936 Margate--Dismissed

22        5817 Ridge--Complied

23        4804 Sheridan--Dismissed; Dolin

24        5036 Sheridan--Dismissed

25        5056 Sheridan; 1015 Winona--Demolished

26        1020 Thorndale--Demolished

27        927-929 Wilson--Dismissed

28        900-910 Winona--Complied

29        1017-1019 Winona; 5057-63 Kenmore

30        4826 Winthrop Castle Hotel--Demolished

31        Castle Hotel Petitions

32        5061 Winthrop--Demolished; 1063-1065 Winona

33        5123-5125 Winthrop--Complied

34        5723 Winthrop--Demolished

35        Cafferty--Pastora

36        Canterbury House

37        CAP--Citizens Action Program

38        Capital Improvements Program

39        Care For Real

40        Certome

41        Census figures/Tract info; (See: Surveys)

42        Marco Cervantes

43        CHA (Chicago Housing Authority) housing correspondence

44        CHA housing sites

 

Box 4

Folders:

1          CHA requests

2          CHA subsidies and CDA

3          Charitable foundations

4          Retirement facilities: Chelsea House, Lakeland House, Lawrence House

5          Chicago Central Area Committee

6          Chicago Children’s Museum

7          Chicago Committee on Urban Opportunity and OEO (Office of Economic Opportunity)

8          Chicago Lakeshore Hospital (Previously known as the Fairview Hospital)

9          Chicago Public Library

10        Chicago Teacher’s Union

11        Child Safety Program

12        Chris Cohen

13        City of Chicago

14        Claims--City

15        Combined Insurance

16        Committee memberships

17        Community Building Maintenance Corporation

18        Community Centers and Organizations

19        Community Improvement Program

20        Condominiums

21        East Point Condominium

22        Folder I: State Government Responses

23        Folder II: Municipal Government Responses

24        Consumer Affairs

25        Contributions

26        Mini--Convention

 

Box 5

Folders:

1          Cook County information

2          CTA

3          Cuneo Hospital correspondence

4          Curbing

5          Day care I

6          Day care II

7          Christopher House

8          Hull House

9          Unity Day Care

10        Uptown Lutheran

11        Uptown--YWCA; Model Cities Day Care

12        Winthrop--Day Care

13        Delegates

14        Democratic--Platform; State Central Committee

15        Department of Human Resources

16        Development and Planning Department

 

Box 6

Folders:

1          Disposable World Inc.

2          Dog ordinance notes

3          DRAM Act

4          Driveway permits

5          Drugs

6          East Andersonville

7          Economic development

8          Ecumenical Institute

9          Edgewater Beach Apartments

10        Edgewater Community Council

11        Edgewater Laundry info./Burger King

12        Edgewater Presbyterian Church

13        Edgewater-Uptown Community Coalition

14        Edgewater-Uptown Mental Health Program Correspondence

15        Electrical sign notices

16        El Informador

17        Emanuel Congregation

18        Emerald City

19        Emergency Room Plan

20        Employees T.S. and P.S.

21        Environmental control correspondence

22        Environmental noise ordinance

23        Epworth Methodist Church

24        Women’s Liberation (E.R.A.)

 

Box 7

Folders:

1          Ethics legislation

2          Federal cutbacks

3          Federally Employed Women

4          FHA development

5          Fire Department

6          Bureau of Forestry

7          Fort Sheridan correspondence

8          48th Ward Assembly

9          48th Ward correspondence

10        Fox River Hospital (London Memorial Hospital)

11        Gas stations

12        Gateway Houses

13        Gay Alliance

14        Greater Edgewater Chamber of Commerce

15        Darel Grothaus

16        Gun control

17        Hand gun control

18        Handicapped

19        Albert C. Hanna

20        Joseph Hannon

21        Haven Bookstore

22        Health Center/Hazel-Wilson

23        Hollywood Property Owner’s Council

24        Health Committee

25        Hollywood Towers

26        Housing address and booklets

27        Housing background

28        Housing Committees

29        Housing--Senior citizens

30        Hull House correspondence

 

Box 8

Folders:

1          IHDA

2          Illinois Commission--Status of Women

3          Illinois Democratic Women’s Caucus

4          Independent Voters of Illinois

5          Indians

6          International Plaza

7          IRMCO Corporation

8          Japanese American Citizens League J.A.C.L.

9          Just Jobs information

10        Juvenile Protective Association

11        Tom Keane correspondence

12        Kemper

13        Kenmore Learning Center

14        Kinetic Theatre; Lawrence and Clark

15        Know Your Chicago

16        Lakefront

17        Lakefront Coalition

18        Lakefront erosion

19        Lakeview Citizens Council

20        Lakeview Pumping Station

21        Lakeview-Uptown Community Council

22        Lakeview-Uptown Mental Health

23        Lakewood-Balmoral Council

24        Landmarks Commission

25        LaSalle-Oak Venture (CHA)

26        Latin American Directory of Illinois

27        Lawrence House, 1020 W. Lawrence

28        Lead paint ordinance

 

Box 9

Folders:

1          League of Women Voters

2          Legislative reference

3          Lerner newspapers

4          Letters of introduction

5          License exemption correspondence

6          Lights (Vapor)

7          Links, Incorporated

8          Liquor license

9          Lockout--Ordinance

10        Looking Glass Travelers Aid

11        Miscellaneous correspondence Folder 1

12        Miscellaneous correspondence Folder 2

13        Margate-Ainslie Neighbors

14        Matanky and Associates

15        For Chicago; Mayor Daley

16        Mayor’s Office of Inquiry and Complaints

17        Mental health

 

Box 10

Folders:

1          Mental Health Statistics Subzone #2

2          Methodist Youth Services

3          (United) Methodist Homes/Services

4          Middle City

5          Model Cities

6          Model Cities Election

7          Model Cities: Leisure Time Council

8          Model Cities Third Year Program

9          Montrose Urban Progress Center

10        Municipal News

11        Municipal Reference Library

12        McGee, Henry--Postmaster

13        Neighborhood Development Corporation

14        Normandy Terrace

15        Northeast Uptown Neighbors; 941 Winona

16        Northern Illinois University

17        North Shore Baptist Church

18        Not for Sale signage

19        Nursing homes, Sheltered care listings

20        Office expenses

21        ONE--Organization of the North East

 

Box 11

Folders:

1          Ordinance resolutions

2          Osco Drugs

3          PACE Institute

4          Parent-Child Center

5          Park District

6          Parking

7          Pay toilets

8          People’s Church

9          Phosphate Sludge

10        Police 20th District

11        Police Community Service Aides

12        Police statistics folder 1

13        Police statistics folder 2

 

Box 12

Folders:

1          Pool Hall--4808 Sheridan

2          Population Commission

3          Precinct Captains Members

4          Precinct--Surveys

5          Prostitution

6          Property Tax

7          PTA Chicago-Region

8          Public Aid information

9          Public opinions

10        Commission on Public Works

11        PUD (Planned Developments) ordinance

12        Bureau of Outdoor Recreation

13        Recycling

14        Red-lining

15        “Rent stamps”

16        Retail Clerks Union

17        Revenue sharing

18        Sacred Heart

19        Ken Sain correspondence

20        Saint Ita Church

21        Schools

22        Amundsen-Mayfair College

23        Schools, Michael Bakalis

24        Brennenmann School

25        College correspondence

26        Goudy School

27        School--Middle/Hazel Wilson

28        Peirce School

29        Redmond, James Dr. correspondence

30        School information

31        Lou and Candoli correspondence

32        Malcolm X College

 

Box 13

Folders:

1          McCutcheon School and Park correspondence

2          Senn High School

3          Southern School

4          Swift School correspondence

5          Walt Disney Magnet School

6          Self-Help Home (908 Argyle)

7          Senior Citizens, DHR

8          Senior Citizen Housing Coalition

9          Senior citizen information

10        7th Church of Christ

11        Sewers, Bureau of

12        Shell Oil Company permit

13        Sheltered care facilities

14        Sheltered care ordinances

 

Box 14

Folders:

1          Sidewalks- 50/50 Program

2          Silverman, Lewis

3          Somerset

4          Somerset news clippings

5          Soviet Jewry

6          Speech ideas

7          St. Thomas of Canterbury; Father Millea

8          Stahl, Dave communication

9          Reverend Steele

10        Chicago Stock Exchange

11        Stone Foundation report

12        Ardmore

13        Argyle

14        Balmoral

15        Berwyn

16        Broadway Street

17        Bryn Mawr Street

18        Carmen

19        Castlewood

20        Castlewood Cul-De-Sac

21        Catalpa

22        Clarendon

23        Clark Street

24        Early

25        Eastwood

26        Edgewater

27        Elmdale

28        Farragut

29        Foster

30        Lot: Foster and Sheridan Road

31        Foster and Winthrop

32        Commadore; 5547 Kenmore

33        Traemowr; 5427 Kenmore

34        Glenlake

35        Glenwood Avenue

 

Box 15

Folders:

1          Granville Avenue

2          Gregory

3          Gunnison

4          815 Gunnison

5          Hazel

6          Hollywood

7          Kenmore Avenue

8          4860-62 Kenmore

9          Voice of the People 4927 Kenmore

10        5035-45 Kenmore

11        5209 Kenmore

12        Lakeside Place

13        Lakewood Avenue

14        Lawrence

15        850 Lawrence

16        Leland

17        Magnolia Avenue

18        Margate Court

19        900-02 Margate

20        Marine Drive-(5030)

21        Olive

22        Rascher

23        Ridge

24        Rosedale

25        Sheridan Road

 

Box 16

Folders:

1          5510 Sheridan condominium

2          (SHO) 6100 Sheridan

3          Summerdale

4          Sunnyside

5          Sites Sunnyside--Clarendon

6          Thorndale Avenue

7          Victoria

8          Wayne Avenue

9          Wilson

10        Windsor

11        Winnemac Avenue

12        Winona

13        Winthrop

14        Winthrop Tower 4848--Winthrop closing

15        1971--Christmas Baskets for Needy; plus misc. document--Chicago Today correspondence

16        Street closure forms

17        Street mappings One-way 48th Ward

18        Street namings

19        Street ordinances

20        Streets and Sanitation

21        Agatite

22        Ainslie

23        Surveys

24        MARC Commercial Policies Study 1970; Shopping Center

 

Box 17

Folders:

1          Church surveys

2          Taverns

3          Taxes

4          Taxi service

5          Thorndale Beach North Condominium

6          Thorndale Beach South Condominium

7          T.J.O.--Gang

8          “Town Hall” Meeting correspondence

9          Traffic proposals--Study

10        Traffic signs and signals

11        Treasure Island

12        Tribune Article--May 31, 1973

13        Block Club-Carmen-Winona-Winnemac-Foster

14        Young Democrats

15        Uptown Shopping Center

16        Uptown Chicago Commission

17        United Charities of Chicago

18        Uptown (Community Organization) Peoples Action Program

19        Uptown Conservation Area

20        Uptown Conversation Community Council-Urban Renewal

21        Uptown National Bank

22        Urban Doctors Program

23        Vacant Lots

 

Box 18           

Folders:

1          Vandalism

2          Victoria--Block Club

3          Volunteers

4          Governor Walker

5          Weiss Hospital

6          Wieboldt Foundation Book

7          Paul Wigoda correspondence

8          Women--Elected

9          Women Employed

10        Yates

11        Zoning

12        Zoning Ordinance

13        Proposed Program 1973-74 Young Democrats

14        Testimony Data

15        Department of Urban Renewal; Uptown Conservation Community Council

16        Grothaus--Working Paper

17        Senior Citizens

18        Re-election--M.H. (Marilou Hedlund)

19        (1401) Comprehensive Neighborhood Health Center (1481)

 

Box 19

Folders:

1          Somerset and Somerset Petition

2          Halfway Houses

3          Foster and Kleiser

4          Survey--Montrose and Uptown Community-Analysis

5          Ordinances-Nursing homes

6          Mini College/Department of Human Resources

7          Model Cities Program--Montrose Urban Progress Center Area

8          Voting (Electoral Voting Areas)

9          Day Care Alliance

10        Chicago Housing Authority (CHA)

11        Chicago Board of Education

12        Reach Out

13        Mayor’s Office for Senior Citizens

 

Box 20

Folders:

1          Senior building--4645 Sheridan Road petitions

2          Argyle Merchants petitions

3          LaSalle-Oak Venture

4          Lakewood-Balmoral Study Area--Traffic pattern proposals

5          United States Senate--RSVP and Foster Grandparents Program

6          Bryn Mawr’s Continued Commercial Development (posters)

7          Model Cities

8          Davis, Alison

9          The 9th Chicago International Film Festival

10        Chicago history notes/books

11        M.H.--Banking

12        M.H.--Commission on Chicago Historical Landmarks Folder I

13        M.H.--Commission on Chicago Historical Landmarks Folder II

14        Committee on Local Transportation

15        Local Option Law, City of Chicago

 

Box 21

Description of items:

Various reports, maps, and published materials.