Chicago Collections

Remember when we did protection instead of deportation?
Midwest Committee for Protection of Foreign Born records, 1947-1963, bulk 1950-1958
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Voting for the timelessness of a burger as most soothing.

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Here for things with no reason, especially in these times!

Chicago History Museum cuts hinder research, exploration The timing couldn't have been worse. The Trump administration has slashed museum budgets, the Smithsonian is being reviewed to align with Donald Trump's vision of America and the school year just star...

Kevin M. Schultz and Daniel Kaliszyk describe troubling cuts at the Chicago History Museum.
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Right exhibit in the right place! We look forward to seeing it.

Member DePaul has the Young Lords collection: explore.chicagocollections.org/ead/depaul/8...

The View from the Ground archive is a searchable collection of Jamie Kalven’s original reporting and a robust collection of black and white film photographs by Patricia Evans from the final chapter of high-rise public housing in Chicago.

Like any research, it started with something else, in this case, a question about the United Center.

A tuxedo cat lies on a laptop keyboard interfering with a search in the ECC portal for the Chicago Stadium.

Man, the world is scary, so why not go down the rabbit hole of Chicago Stadium research with a coworker

Chicago History Museum cuts hinder research, exploration The timing couldn't have been worse. The Trump administration has slashed museum budgets, the Smithsonian is being reviewed to align with Donald Trump's vision of America and the school year just star...

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He wrote for the Vassar Spectator with Marc Theissen and Richard Miniter
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Can't listen for even 5 minutes!

We're here for whatever Dominic Pacyga writes!

Perhaps a copy signed by the authors will find its way into our hands?

What a treat to see the interior! Can't wait to read the book!

Wondering that too.

Chilling. Let's remember that in Chicago, we don't censor history.

The vibe we needed this morning! Hellhole, amirite?

Saw it on Broadway yeaaaaars ago with Lindsay Duncan and *swoon* Alan Rickman!

Private Lives!

Are you thinking of the former mayor of Aurora?

The Museum of Broadcast Communications is a member of ours! We're thrilled for a new physical home for them!

This is something a colleague used to send to the late Dennis McClendon. He's sorely missed!

True. CHM has this finding aid for fire insurance maps
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You can only get so far which is why it needs to be fully resurrected.

We used an expletive

And clarifying, a version of Dennis's wonderful Sanborn interface. We know he had so many more maps available.

Our colleagues at CHM are working to make a version available

Once you get there, the Sanborns aren't in the Wayback Machine so you've got to take their Library of Congress URLs and paste them in and then you may or may not get results because of what the government is doing to the LoC. So many things we took for granted . . .

We know there is A LOT going on but access to history is important too. If you were a fan of the late Dennis McClendon, his Sanborn site is now only available via the Wayback Machine:
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