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Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1998 10:17:54 -0500 (CDT)
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There are crude but perfectly usable 1910/1920 Chicago census
maps in _Census data of the City of Chicago_ / edited by Ernest
W. Burgess and Charles Newcomb (Chicago : University of Chicago
Press, 1931).
 
Chris Winters
University of Chicago Library
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On Wed, 29 Jul 1998, Johnnie Sutherland wrote:
 
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> >From:         "Theodore J. Hull" <[log in to unmask]>
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> Dear Ms. Dwyer:
>
> A brief history of the Census tract is included in the "Geographic Areas
> Reference Manual" publication of the Bureau of the Census, issued
> November 1994.  This history is included on pages 10-2-10-3.  It states
> that the Census Office " ... collected the 1910 census data in a manner
> that allowed for these tabulations by small area.   Interested data users
> then could purchase the data summaries and arrange for their tabulation
> and publication,  The Census Office also delineated similar 'districts,' later
> called 'census tracts,' in seven other cities (other than NYC): Baltimore,
> Boston, Cleveland, Chicago, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and St. Louis."
>
> It goes on to state that "the Census Bureau collected data by census
> tract for these eight cities in 1910 and 1920; however only New York
> city made immediate use of the data.  In the mid-1920's Chicago and
> Cleveland purchased and published their census tract data."
>
> Therefore, since the term 'census tract' did not come into use until after
> the delineation of the areas for the 1910 and 1920 censuses, there may
> be some confusion among your sources about what to look for on the
> base maps.  From this description, the areas should have either been
> delineated on the maps or some narrative description of these 'districts'
> published in order for the cities to later tabulate and publish the statistics.
>
> For example, textual records of the Geography Division in the National
> Archives and Records Administration include, according to the "Guide to
> Federal Records in the National Archives (1995), entry 29.3.6, possible
> sources for such narrative materials.  You or your patron may consider
> contacting the Textual Reference Branch (NWCTB), National Archives,
> Washington, DC  20408, for further information about these records.  The
> telephone number is 202-501-5395.
>
> I hope this information is useful.
>
> Ted Hull
> Center for Electronic Records
> National Archives and Records Administration
> 301-713-6645, ext. 253
>
> >>> "Catherine M Dwyer, University at Albany/SUNYA"
> <[log in to unmask]> 07/27/98 06:50pm >>>
> Hi,  i have a patron who is looking for 1910 and 1920 census
> tract maps for chicago illinois.  she has located the data so we
> assume there must be some type of mapping somewhere.  the people
> that
> she has spoken to at nara and census and in illinois are only
> aware of enumeration maps.
> any help would be greatly appreciated
> cathy
>
> Catherine M Dwyer
> Government Documents Librarian
> University at Albany/SUNYA
> 518-442-3549
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