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Welcome
to the . . . .
Chicago City Council
Proceedings Files Index,
1833–1871
Compiled
by the Illinois State Archives for the
Illinois Regional Archives Depository System at
Northeastern Illinois University
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About the Chicago
City Council Proceedings Files Index
This database provides access to the working
papers of the Chicago City Council for the period before the Great
Fire. Until their rediscovery in 1983, these files were presumed to
have been destroyed in that catastrophe.
The database contains
entries for 35,650 different files. Each entry shows the title of the file and a
control number containing the filing calendar or fiscal year, file
number, filing month and day. Click here for a detailed description
of the Chicago
City Council Proceedings Files Inventory and the Filing
Arrangement.
The database may be searched by a single subject
term, by a combination of two subject terms with the AND and OR
operators, and by filing calendar or fiscal year. Click here for a Thesaurus
of Subject Terms used in this database.
Content
of Chicago City Council Proceedings Files
Proceedings contain all business of the Chicago City Council
including, petitions, resolutions, ordinances, remonstrances, acts
and orders of the city council; communications with the city
council; reports of committees and officers; reports of teachers;
physicians' reports on deaths from smallpox and cholera; accounts of
treasurers and other city officers; claims against the city;
election returns and poll lists; lists of licenses issued; bonds and
oaths of officials; commissions, appointments and resignations of
officials; tax assessment rolls; and calls for special meetings.
Proceedings concern fiscal matters; elections of city
officials; construction and maintenance of city
streets, alleys, bridges, sidewalks, sewers, railroad viaducts, and
docks; city taxes; licensing of businesses such as peddlers, ferries
and entertainment; animal
control; annexation; maintenance of city property; conditions of schools,
jails and pesthouses; fire and police protection; public health and
safety; the operation of markets, wharves, schools, jails and
bridewells; and claims against the city.
How to obtain
copies of Chicago City Council Proceeding Files
Copies of the city council proceedings files found in this index
may be obtained by mail or telephone. Inquiries should be made
directly to the Illinois Regional Archives Depository (IRAD) at
Northeastern Illinois University in Chicago. When requesting
documents for the Chicago City Council Proceedings Files, please
include the filing or calendar year, file number and month and day
of the document. IRAD cannot accept
requests by e-mail at this time. Call or write:
Illinois Regional Archives
Depository
Ronald Williams Library
Northeastern Illinois University
5500 N. St. Louis Avenue
Chicago, IL 60625-4699 |
Telephone: (773) 442-4506 |
The Chicago City Council
Proceedings Files Index provides access only to personal names that
appear in the file title and not to names that may appear within the
file itself. Illinois Regional Archives Depository (IRAD) staff
cannot conduct a name search of individual files such as
teacher's reports or assessment rolls. Researchers are welcome to
visit our depository at Northeastern Illinois University to search
the records for personal names. Click here for more information about the
IRAD
Research Policy.
Visitors are always welcome to view and search
the records for themselves. The Illinois Regional Archives
Depository at Northeastern Illinois University is open from 9:00
a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. The depository is closed
on all state holidays and any day that the university library is
closed. It is always a good idea to call ahead before planning a
visit.
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