I propose to present the Chicago related collections available at the Newberry Library. Chicago oriented material is evident in nearly all of our core collections. Collection examples are: • Railroads – Pullman Company, CB&Q, Illinois Central, including operations, employee records, board meeting minutes, etc. • Writers – authors, journalists, poets • Performing Arts – theater programs, music, Chicago Dance • Genealogy and Local History - City Directories, neighborhood histories, biography and industry, labor history, newspapers, church and cemetery records, architecture, pre-fire photographs, maps, World’s Columbian Exposition, activism • Wing Foundation – Chicago-based publishing houses and type foundries • Ayer Collection – maps of local indigenous peoples (Potowatami, Ojibwe, Sauk) and linguistic material • Postcards – Curt Teich and others The audience will take away a deeper understanding of the Newberry’s collections as they relate to Chicago, and have a greater appreciation of the diverse offerings available in Chicago studies.
