{"id":7060,"date":"2018-06-06T09:15:53","date_gmt":"2018-06-06T15:15:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.library.depaul.press\/full-text\/?p=7060"},"modified":"2018-06-04T15:10:56","modified_gmt":"2018-06-04T21:10:56","slug":"the-janet-nolan-ethnographic-research-on-puerto-ricans-in-chicago-collection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.library.depaul.press\/full-text\/2018\/06\/06\/the-janet-nolan-ethnographic-research-on-puerto-ricans-in-chicago-collection\/","title":{"rendered":"The Janet Nolan Ethnographic Research on Puerto Ricans in Chicago Collection"},"content":{"rendered":"

This month marks the 52nd<\/sup> year since Chicago\u2019s Division Street riots of 1966.\u00a0 In conjunction with this anniversary, DePaul Special Collections and Archives is proud to announce a soon-to-be-available collection related to the June 12-14 events and the West Town community of that time.\u00a0 The Janet Nolan Ethnographic Research on Puerto Ricans in Chicago collection features over 3500 pages of ethnographic notes and transcribed interviews of West Town residents from April 1966 through July 1967.\u00a0 These typed notes on onionskin paper document the experiences of people living in poverty during this contentious time.<\/p>\n

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Excerpt from the Janet Nolan Ethnographic Research on Puerto Ricans in Chicago collection<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In a 1967 report to John Cardinal Cody, Janet Nolan (then Janet Parmalee, a Catholic nun from the Maryknoll Sisters of St. Dominic) described her assignment as \u201cconducting research under the auspices of the University of Notre Dame for [President Lyndon Johnson\u2019s] War on Poverty.\u201d Janet set up an \u201cinformation center\u201d on Evergreen Avenue where local residents could receive help finding needed resources such as health care and employment, and find interpreters who would accompany people to appointments at schools, courts, hospitals, etc.\u00a0 These recorded interactions deal with numerous topics such as poverty, health care, gender roles, housing, employment, and policing.\u00a0 Members of the Latin Kings used the center as a hangout – many of their experiences and histories are recorded as well.\u00a0 Also, the Division Street riots occurred shortly after the center opened, so many accounts were taken of the events surrounding a policeman shooting a Puerto Rican man and the subsequent clash between the community and police.<\/p>\n

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Excerpt from the Janet Nolan Ethnographic Research on Puerto Ricans in Chicago collection<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Because the Janet Nolan Ethnographic Research on Puerto Ricans in Chicago collection features personal information about the lives of the people being profiled, the papers will primarily be available to researchers in the form of redacted PDF files.\u00a0 Researcher Michael Staudenmaier created the original PDFs from Janet\u2019s papers for his own dissertation research<\/a>.\u00a0 Understanding the importance of sharing these documents more widely, he ultimately connected Janet and DePaul which led to the donation of her papers.\u00a0 Anyone interested in viewing the collection at this time is welcome to contact Special Collections<\/a> for further information.<\/p>\n

To learn more about\u00a0DePaul Special Collections and Archives<\/a>, visit us in room 314 of the John T. Richardson Library or contact us at\u00a0libguides.depaul.edu\/askspca<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This month marks the 52nd year since Chicago\u2019s Division Street riots of 1966.\u00a0 In conjunction with this anniversary, DePaul Special Collections and Archives is proud to announce a soon-to-be-available collection related to the June 12-14 events and the West Town community of that time.\u00a0 The Janet Nolan Ethnographic Research on Puerto Ricans in Chicago collection <\/p>\n

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