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The Book Circle was a reading group organized by African-American women on the South Side of Chicago to “boost morale” during World War II. The group continued to meet on a monthly basis over the next fifty years. The collection includes meeting minutes, photographs, scrapbooks, and constitutions.

Dates: 1943-1993   |   Extent: 3 boxes; 4.5 linear feet
Archives: Chicago State University

The Carter G. Woodson Regional Library opened December 9, 1975 in a two-story building housing the Vivian G. Harsh Research Collection of Afro-American History and Literature, the largest collection of its kind in the Midwest. A new 11,000 square foot wing was added in 1998 to expand the Vivian G. Harsh Research Collection. A Children's Library, Social Sciences, Humanities, Science

Dates: 1975-2006   |   Extent: 74.0 Linear feet
Archives: CPL-Vivian G. Harsh Research Collection

Dr. George Cleveland Hall (February 22, 1864 – June 17, 1930) Dr. George Cleveland Hall, physician and humanitarian, was born on February 22, 1864 to James W. and Emmaline Buck Hall in Ypsilanti, Michigan. Hall received his primary and secondary education in Ypsilanti public schools. In 1882 he matriculated at Lincoln University of Pennsylvania, from which he graduated with honors

Dates: 1930-1975   |   Extent: 28 linear feet
Archives: CPL-Vivian G. Harsh Research Collection

Nannie Pinkney was a clerk at George Cleveland Hall Branch Library.

Dates: 1950-1965   |   Extent: 1.0 Linear feet
Archives: CPL-Vivian G. Harsh Research Collection