Some of the letters sent to Chancellor Broski at the U of Illinois at Chicago:
Delta Blues Museum, Center for the Study of Southern Culture(U of Mississippi), U. of Iowa, Kansas State U., Mexican American Studies and Research Center(U of Arizona), Howard Stovall(The Blues Foundation, Memphis and the Sunflower River Blues Association,Clarksdale, Mississippi), American Jewish Archives, Larry Hoffman(Blues Historian and author of Smithsonian collection), Philippe Guieu(U of Chicago summer intern from France), Israel Antiquities Authority(Jerusalem, Israel), Hillel House(U. of Iowa), Richard Gordon(attorney and U of Chicago alumnus), Living Blues Magazine, Center for African and African-American Studies(Roosevelt U), Robert Woodson(President, National Center for Neighborhood Enterprise), Dr. Irving Cutler(author of The Jews of Chicago), Curtis Hewston(creator of The Blue Highway), Sidney Sorkin(author of Bridges to an American City), Fulton Caldwell(U. of the District of Columbia), Richard Bourcier(Jazz Fan Attic, Ottawa, Canada), Gustavo Rubinsztein(Friends World Wide Blues Tribute, Buenos Aires, Argentina), BLUES ACCESS Magazine(Cary Wolfson, Publisher), Norman Roule(American Embassy - Ankara, Turkey), Randy Wood(Moonlite Express Dixieland Band, Flagstaff, Arizona), Delta Blues Association of Canada(Rae George Reid), Glenn Nelson(Australian Blues Presenter), Cary Baker (The Baker/Northrop Media Group), Lee W. Formwalt(Professor of History, Albany State U, Albany, Georgia), Pablo M. (Harry) Burkett(Buenos Aires), Real Blues Magazine(Andrew T. Grigg, Music Editor), Peter Tosi(Kuranda Australia), John W. Wolf(Anthropologist, Oregon Health Sciences U), Gordon Quinn(Kartemquin Films), Carol F. Black(Humanities Library, Purdue U.), Dan M. Parker(Sociologist and UIC Alumnus), Marc Bristol(Editor/Publisher, Blue Suede News), William Tolson(Dentist and UIC Alumnus), Norman D. Schwartz(Past President, Chicago Jewish Historical Society), Rabbi Robert J. Marx(Congregation Hakafa, Glencoe, IL), Bjarte Ryland(Bremanger, Norway), Susan M. Peik(Friends of Schinkel), Elise Martel(Department of Sociology, UIC), Bob Koth(Uptown Peoples Development Corporation), Marilyn Kodish(Gaithersburg, Maryland), Chicago Flame(The Independent Student Newspaper at the UIC), Scott Montgomery(Internet host, Blues Paradise), Ed Baranowski(Appleton, Wisconsin), Thierry Cosquer(Matra Communications, France), Kai-uwe Porath(Germany), Niko Matsakis(Silver Spring, Maryland), Mike Weeks(Purdue University), Joel Rubinstein(Oakland, California), Steven "Honeyboy" Smalley(Indianapolis), Marion Wijburg( Utrecht, Netherlands), B.J. Huchtemann(music journalist/reviewer, Omaha), Chicago Workshop on Economic Development(a coalition of fifty community-based organizations in Chicago), Marty Spaulding(WRKR Radio, Kalamazoo), Eric Paul-Hus(Drummondville, Quebec), Mike Moskowitz Ph.D.(Silicon Graphics), Jai Goulding(Victor Harbor, Australia), Adrian Lucas(Switzerland), Steve Hoffman(Radio Producer, Takoma Park, Maryland), Congressman Danny K. Davis(7th Congressional District, Chicago), Soren Lindholt Hansen(Aalborg, Denmark), Philip Chess(Former President of Chess Records), Kevin Chess(ARC Music Corporation), Gordon Baxter(University of Nottingham, UK), Catherine Yronwode(Lucky Mojo Curio Co., Forestville, California), Alan Lloyd(London England), Larry Lund(Real Estate Planning Group, Chicago), Bob Wronkiewicz(Rubagar Music, Park Ridge, IL), John Lukehart(Leadership Council for Metropolitan Open Communities, Chicago), Charles K. Cowdery(author of Blues Legends, Chicago), Marc Frijlink(Blues DJ from Radio Meppel, the Netherlands), Kurt Derbyshire(Blues Cruise, Australia's national blues radio show), Ree Ann Halonen(Seattle), Coy Pugh(State Representative, 10th District, Illinois), Amy Balkin(San Francisco), Dan Keane(WKCR, New York, Columbia University), David Goldstein, (Cooper City, FL), Robert W. Blythe(Architectural Historian, UIC Alumnus), Ralph Abramson(Chairperson, Manitoba Blues Society), Kyle Kelly and Dave Herda(Producers, The Chicago Blues X-plosion!, WCBR), Buddy Guy(Grammy Award Recipient), Pervis Spann(Owner, Midway Broadcasting Corp, WVON 1450 am, Chicago), Jos Potting(Weerterbroekplantsoen 97, The Netherlands), Sam Mills(Greenville, NC), Stacy Blasiola(Assistant Editor "Pulse, Bradley Scout, Bradley University), Congressman Bobby L. Rush(1st Congressional District, Chicago), Daniel Droixhe(Liège and Brussels Universities, Centre de Philologie et d'Histoire littéraire wallonnes), Christian Esther(CAD Engineer, Paris France), Olle Hernegren, Karlstad, Sweden, "Howlin' Bill" Wim de Vos(Antwerp, Belgium), Don Rose(President, Don Rose Communications, Chicago), Ron Kraemer(Princeton, NJ), Lorri A. Cook(Pittsburgh, PA), Ken B. (Moose) Larocque(Thunder Bay, Ontario), Gloria Pierce(Artist Management, Miami), J. Richez(France), Charles Bushong(Elkhart,IN), Char Ham and Mike Williams(Journalist and Photographer for the Blues Web), Gordon "Wedge" Wedgewood(CLU, CHF, & Author, Chicago), Joanne Murad(Corpus Christi, TX), Congressman John Conyers Jr.(14th Congressional District, Detroit), Alan P. Mammoser(Grad Student, UIC), Paolo Pacifico(Trento, Italy), Dr. William G. Nowlin Jr.(Director, The Rounder Records Group), Gerardo Reyes(President, St. Francis of Assisi Church Preservation Committee, Chicago), Piano C. Red(Chicago), Jimmie Lee Robinson(The Lonely Traveller, Chicago), Florence Scala(Chicago), Bruce Iglauer(President of Alligator Records, Chicago), Dan Aykroyd(Columbia Pictures and House of Blues Entertainment Inc.), Michael and Judith Suffern, (SoundTravels, Chicago), Stan Ruffo(Blues On Tap, KIOO 99.7 FM, Visalia, California), Roberto "Bluebird" Ruggeri(RARO! Magazine, Italy), Ellis E. Kell, Jr.(The Ellis Kell Band, Rock Island, Illinois), Dyana Williams(President, International Association of African-American Music), Gino and Bernadette Battaglia(Owners, Blue Chicago), D. Thomas Moon(Educator/Music Journalist, Lisle, Illinois), Glenn Adams(The Delta Kitchen Bluespage), Nadine Cohodas(author, St. Martins Press), Lonnie Knight(Easy Money and Mosquito Shoals Studio, Minneapolis), Janelle L. Walker(Folklore Institute, Indiana University), Bob Rudner(Chicago Arcology Network), Edward G Kosary(Kosary Entertainment Group, Newport Beach CA), Rev. Franklin Guerrero(Bethany United Methodist Church & Methodist Immigrant Defense Fund), David Evans Ph.D.(Professor of Music, University of Memphis), Alan R. Fijal (Kildeer, IL), Katie Fitzgerald(Vienna Sausage Mfg. Co., Chicago), Kevin Dixler(UIC Alumnus and Attorney, Chicago), Colin Talcroft(And This is Maxwell Street, Tokyo), Alisa Bearov Landrum(Esq., Norfolk, VA), John Vick(Des Moines, Iowa), Bruce Allen(Writer and Revolutionary, St. Catharines, Ontario), Corky Siegel(Chicago), Willie James(Maxwell Street Blues Band, Chicago), Henry E. Juszkiewicz(Chairman and CEO, Gibson Musical Instruments, Nashville, TN), John A. Rasmussen(Consultant, Ann Arbor, Michigan), Jaime Guzman(Harmonica and Slide Guitar player, Burnham, IL), Andrew M. Cohen(Rev. Gary Davis Institute and Riverlark Music, Memphis), Fruteland Jackson(Blues musician and Blues educator, Chicago), Ben Walters(Asheville, NC), Jeff Cote(New Hampshire), Ralf Reckfort(Bochum, Germany), Richard Christy(Seattle), Steve Hernandez(Ann Arbor), Shelli Drummer(Seattle), Ed Cowardin Jr.(Richmond, Virginia), Dale Gilbert Jarvis(Heritage Foundation of Newfoundland and Labrador), Skip Henderson(Founder/Director, The Mount Zion Memorial Fund, Clarkesdale, MS), Annie Tully(The University of Washington), Landmarks Preservation Council of Illinois(Chicago Programs Committee), Tamotsu Oishi(Osaka, Japan), bluesboy T. Shiraiwa(Blues PEOPLE, Japan), David J. Ligda(The Mojo Blues Society, Northern Indiana), Masahiro Sumori(Blues Ginza, Tokyo), Paul Baldwin(radio producer, World Blues, North Yorkshire, England), Kelly Brown(Los Angeles), Henrik Lassen(University of Odense, Denmark), Paul J. Plate(Des Moines), Patrick Ong(Manila, Philippines), Géralt Aubepart(Reims, France), Thor Kristinsson(Cobble Hill, B.C., Canada), Richard Chalk(Topcat Records, Dallas Texas), Samuel A. Floyd, Jr.(Director, Center for Black Music Research, Columbia College), James E. Mann(Regional Director, National Trust For Historic Preservation), Steve Zeitlin(Exec Director, City Lore: The NY Center for Urban Folk Culture), Howard Mandel(Jazz Commentator and President of the Jazz Journalists Association, NY City), Davide Gentili(Piu' Bestial Che Blues, Rome, Italy), Cathy Ann Burton(R.N.C., Ozona, Florida), Amanda Solon(Metro Seniors in Action, Chicago), Charlie Musselwhite(Memphis), Tom Shaka(Norderstedt, Germany), Michael Dietler(Assoc Professor of Anthropology, The University of Chicago), Andy McKaie(Universal Music Group-MCA-Chess), Priscilla Perkins(Assistant Professor, Roosevelt University, Chicago), Justin O'Brien(UIC Graduate), Elmer Gertz, (Law Professor and Author, Chicago), Alan Lomax(Florida), Max Grinnel(UIC grad student), Claudia Blas (Mountain View, California), T.J. Wheeler(Blues Bank Collective, Hampton Falls N.H.), Dan M. Parker(letter 2 from this UIC Alumnus), Caleb Dube(Dept. of Anthropology, Northwestern University), Jay Gulledge(Harvard University), Chris Koziol(Director of the Architectural Preservation Institute, Colorado State U.), Studs Terkel(Scholar-in-Residence, Chicago Historical Society)
Want to read some letters from our 1994 National Landmark Register application?
Douglas Greenberg(President and Director, Chicago Historical Society), Carol Mosely-Braun(United States Senator), Vincent L. Michael(Chicago Programs Director, Landmarks Preservation Council of Illinois), Gregg Parker(President and Founder, Chicago Blues Museum), Abraham Lincoln Marovitz(Judge - United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois)
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