Chicago Public Library, Harold Washington Library Center, Special Collections and Preservation Division

Harold Washington Library Center (HWLC) serves as the headquarters and main branch of the Chicago Public Library, an 80-branch public library system. The Special Collections and Preservation Division houses most of the HWLC's archival collections. Finding aids are available in the Chicago Public Library online union catalogue.  

Address:

400 S. State Street
Chicago, IL 60605
United States

Collections in this Repository

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Photograph of an artist's easel side table with paints and other materials
Donating Papers

The Archives of American Art collects primary source materials—original letters, writings, preliminary sketches, scrapbooks, photographs, financial records and the like—that have significant research value for the study of art in America.

 

Find out how to give your papers, records, recordings, or other primary source material to the Archives of American Art.