CHICAGO HISTORY
Welcome to the Chicago History Library Guide! This guide provides resources for information pertaining to Chicago history.
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Reference Resources
Chicago
Call Number: F548.18 .C395 2004
Chicago
Call Number: F548.18 .G58 2004
Encyclopedia of Chicago
Call Number: F548.3 .E53 2004
Chicago
Call Number: F548.18 .M34 2003
20th century Chicago:
100 years, 100 voices
Call Number: F548.5 .A15 2000
Hands on Chicago
Call Number: F548.18 .H38 1987
Chicago modern, 1893-1945: Pursuit of the New
Call Number: N6535 .C5 C476 2004
Online Databases
Historical collection of Chicago's premier African-American newspaper.
Full text coverage from today's news and historical coverage back to 1985.
Historical collection from Chicago Tribune covering the years 1849-1990.
This database presents multi-ethnic and multi-cultural points of view from newspapers,
magazines, and journals.
Electronic Access to Harper's Weekly with dates ranging from 1857-1912.
Internet Resources
Chicago History Museum
Museum and research center dedicated to collecting, interpreting, and presenting the rich multicultural history of Chicago and Illinois.
City of Chicago
This website includes early Chicago history.
Encyclopedia of Chicago
This website is the electronic version of the printed Encyclopedia of Chicago
The Great Chicago Fire
The Great Chicago Fire & the Web of Memory consists of two main parts which include: five chronologically organized sections that together present a history of the fire and examines six ways in which the fire has been remembered.
Haitian American Museum of Chicago
The Haitian American Museum of Chicago (HAMOC) was Founded in 2012, it was created to hold programs and exhibits that will contribute to the rich multicultural tapestry in Chicago.
National Archives and Records Administration-Great Lakes Region
Contains historical records dating from 1800 to the 1990's.
Urban Experience in Chicago:Hull-House And It’s Neighborhoods 1889-1963
The Urban Experience website is divided into six major sections: Historical Narrative, Timeline, Images, Geography, Teachers' Resources, and Search, each section has a different focus and strategy to engage in the subject matter.
Last Updated: August 20, 2020
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