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Collection: History of Bensenville
Description: A brief history of Bensenville's evolution from a farming community to an industrial suburb next to O'Hare International Airport, 1833-1969. Article includes census information.
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Subject: Population growth, Transportation, O'Hare, Community, Settlers, Immigration
Creator: The Chicago Historical Society
Publisher: The Chicago Historical Society
Language: English
Coverage: United States (country) , Illinois (state), DuPage (county), Bensenville (inhabited place)
Format: WARC
Type: Website
Collector: Bensenville Community Public Library
Contributor: Kenneth Ritzert. “Bensenville.” In DuPage Roots, ed. Richard Thompson, 1985., Knowing Our History, Learning Our Culture. Videotape. Bensenville Community Library, 1993. 42 min., Martha Kirker Jones. Bensenville. 1976.
Rights: The Electronic Encyclopedia of Chicago © 2005 Chicago Historical Society. The Encyclopedia of Chicago © 2004 The Newberry Library. All Rights Reserved. Portions are copyrighted by other institutions and individuals.
Identifier: BCPL_BH_HISTORY_002
Collection: Civic Organizations
Description: Official website for Alas y Raíces (Roots and Wings), an immigrant support nonprofit located at 302 W. Green St. in Bensenville.
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Subject: Social services, Resources, Immigration , Community
Creator: Alas y Raíces
Publisher: Alas y Raíces
Coverage: United States (country) , Illinois (state), DuPage (county), Bensenville (inhabited place)
Format: WARC
Type: Website
Identifier: BCPL_CO_CIVIC_023
Collector: Bensenville Community Public Library
Collection: Oral History
Description: Maribel Taboada discusses her experiences as the daughter of Mexican immigrants to Chicago and her experiences in education advocating for bilingual students.
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Subject: Education, Immigration , Mexican Americans, Family, Immigrant communities, Latino heritage, Youth
Creator: Ayde Flores
Publisher: CLLA-Center for Latino & Latin American Studies at Northern Illinois University, NIU Latinx Oral History Project
Coverage: United States (country) , Mexico (country), Guerrero (state), Illinois (state), DuPage (county), Bensenville (inhabited place), Cook (county), Elk Grove (inhabited place), Melrose Park (inhabited place), Wheeling (inhabited place)
Date: 2015/07/14
Collector: Bensenville Community Public Library
Rights: ©2016 Board of Trustees of Northern Illinois University. All rights reserved.
Identifier: BCPL_ORH_HISTORY_003
Collection: Oral History
Description: U.S. Senator for Illinois Dick Durbin describes his efforts to pass comprehensive immigration reform over his senate career and President Trump's efforts to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program established by executive order by President Obama.
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Subject: DREAM Act, DACA, Trump administration, Immigration , Immigration reform
Creator: Laura Vivaldo Cholula
Publisher: NIU Latinx Oral History Project
Language: English
Coverage: United States (country) , Illinois (state), Washington D.C. (city), Chicago (city)
Date: 2019-09-28
Collector: Bensenville Community Public Library
Contributor: Richard (Dick) Durbin
Rights: ©2016 Board of Trustees of Northern Illinois University. All rights reserved.
Identifier: BCPL_ORH_HISTORY_002
Collection: History of Bensenville
Description: A short history of gang activity in Bensenville from the early 1900's to the 2010's, with most modern gang activity beginning in the 1980's.
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Subject: Crime, Gangs, Immigration , Youth, O'Hare
Creator: Chicago Gang History
Publisher: Chicago Gang History
Language: English
Coverage: United States (country) , Illinois (state), DuPage (county), Bensenville (inhabited place)
Format: WARC
Type: Website
Rights: ©2022 Chicago Gang History. All rights Reserved.
Identifier: BCPL_BH_HISTORY_005
Collector: Bensenville Community Public Library
Collection: DuPage County
Description: Official website for the DuPage Federation on Human Services Reform, located at 1910 S. Highland Ave., Suite 135, in Lombard. They are a collaboration of government and community organizations that helps communities fulfill their own human service needs.
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Subject: DACA, Immigration , Food, Employment, Youth, Seniors, Health, Social services, Government, Community, Immigrant communities, Resources
Creator: DuPage Federation on Human Services Reform
Publisher: DuPage Federation on Human Services Reform
Language: English, Chinese, Arabic, Polish, Spanish, Urdu, Mandarin, Burmese, Hindi, Korean, Russian, Tagalog, Vietnamese, Pashto, Dari
Coverage: United States (country) , Illinois (state), DuPage (county)
Identifier: BCPL_DU_DUPAGE_011
Collector: Bensenville Community Public Library
Collection: DuPage County
Description: Official website of Immigrant Solidarity DuPage, a group formed in 2007 to help support the growing Latino community in DuPage county.
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Subject: Organization, Community, Education, Employment, Immigration communities, Immigrants, Immigration , Latino heritage, Mexican Americans, Mexican emigration, Resources, Social services, Suburban
Creator: Immigrant Solidarity DuPage
Publisher: Immigrant Solidarity DuPage
Coverage: United States (country) , Illinois (state), DuPage (county)
Format: WARC
Type: Website
Rights: Copyright © 2023, Immigrant Solidarity DuPage
Identifier: BCPL_DU_DUPAGE_001
Collector: Bensenville Community Public library
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