The Chicago History Museum's Studs Terkel Center for Oral History and the City Club of Chicago are pleased to share with you Twenty-eight interviews featuring contemporaries of Mayor Richard J. Daley. The interviews include several key figures from the elder Mayor Daley's time in office, including the mayor's bodyguard, and former CPD officer, Vance Gavin who Daley met while being rescued during the Chicago Blizzard of 1967, and Ed Kelly, the former head of the Park District, who discusses years of regret for turning the Mayor away on the day he died because he was too busy.
Explore LGBT stories, perspectives, and issues such as language, gender expression, formation of identity, politics and culture, and family relationships.
The Chicago History Museum stands at the crossroads of America's past and its future. If you live in Chicago or visit here and are curious about the city's past, present, and future, the Museum should be your first stop.
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The Chicago History Museum stands at the crossroads of America's past and its future. If you live in Chicago or visit here and are curious about the city's past, present, and future, the Museum should be your first stop.
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