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  [1995 Mayoral Election: Tape 3]

  Bill Stamets, Chicago, Chicago Politics, Politics

  Third and final tape of Stamets’ footage from the 1995 mayoral election. Includes press conference at challenger Roland Burris’s campaign headquarters, Mayor Richard M. Daley casting his vote, and Daley’s victory speech and inauguration.

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  [1995 Chicago Mayoral Election, tape 2]

  Bill Stamets, Black, Chicago, Chicago Politics, Communities, Latinx, Politics

  Assorted footage of the 1995 Chicago mayoral campaign, including a candidate’s panel at the Chicago Urban League, a Marge Laurino campaign event, a press conference in Pilsen, and Mayor Richard M. Daley’s eulogy at Bishop Ford’s funeral.

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  [1995 Chicago Mayoral Election, tape 1]

  Bill Stamets, Chicago, Chicago Politics, Harold Washington, Politics

  Footage shot by Bill Stamets leading up to the 1995 mayoral election. In the first segment, Mayor Daley addresses the crowd at a ceremony and press conference in honor of the live “Pocahontas” show in Chicago. In the second, mayoral challengers Ray Wardingley, Roland Burris, and Lawrence Redmond participate in a panel hosted by the Chicago Urban League.

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  [Ray Simon interview]

  Bill Stamets, Chicago, Chicago Politics, Politics

  An interview with Richard J. Daley’s deputy mayor and corporation counsel, Ray Simon, who served the mayor’s office for sixteen years.

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  [Interview with Studs Terkel about Nelson Algren]

  Chicago, Studs Terkel

  Interview with Studs Terkel shot for the documentary “Nelson Algren: The End is Nothing, The Road is All,” produced by Mark Blottner, Ilko Davidov, and Denis Mueller.

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  [Voices of Cabrini raw #5]

  Black, Chicago, GDDF, NHPRC-2, Voices of Cabrini

  Footage for the documentary “Voices of Cabrini.” Shot between 1995-1999, it documented the Cabrini Green redevelopment project proposed and carried out by the City of Chicago. This tape features an interview with Peter Geller (KSO G), Margaret, and Ray in 923 N. Sedgwick. They talk about their ideas of home and community, the future of Cabrini, and its current culture.

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  Down Clark Street

  Chicago, Tom Palazzolo

  Tom Palazzolo takes us on a tour of the Chicago neighborhood where he lived in the 1960s, stretching down Clark Street from Chicago Avenue to the Chicago River. Palazzolo combines his own vintage photographs and film footage from the ’60s and ’70s with a modern-day video tour, led by the filmmaker himself. Palazzolo recounts stories of locals that he knew, filmed and photographed on Clark street and speaks of how the neighborhood has changed over the years.