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Chicago's Art-Related Archival Materials
A Terra Foundation Resource
In 2015, with funding provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art, more than 75 Chicago archival repositories were surveyed. Browse by repository or search across the nearly 900 records to discover the history of American Art in Chicago.
The Archives of American Art would like to acknowledge the work of Chicago-based art historian Dr. Wendy Greenhouse who completed the survey, and the valued participation of the contributing institutions and organizations.
Repository Locations
Surveyed Collection Descriptions
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Collection Title: 57th Street Art Fair records and addendaInclusive Dates: 1964–2006, 2005 Repository: University of Chicago Library, Special Collections Research Center
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Collection Title: 57th Street Art Fair collection of visual materials and 57th Street Art Fair files of Adrian AlexanderInclusive Dates: 1947–2001, 1964–1982 Repository: Chicago History Museum
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Collection Title: Walter Burt Adams papersInclusive Dates: 1926–1988 Repository: Evanston History Center
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Collection Title: George Ade papersInclusive Dates: 1865–1971 Repository: Newberry Library
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Collection Title: Adler Planetarium and Astronomy Museum institutional recordsInclusive Dates: 1912–2008 Repository: Adler Planetarium and Astronomy Museum
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Collection Title: Mortimer Adler papersInclusive Dates: 1914–1995 Repository: University of Chicago Library, Special Collections Research Center
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Collection Title: Fritz W. Albert photograph collectionInclusive Dates: circa 1895–1935 Repository: Chicago History Museum
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Collection Title: Photographs of the Century of ProgressInclusive Dates: 1933–1934 Repository: Chicago History Museum
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Collection Title: Ivan Albright medical drawings made in Nantes, FranceInclusive Dates: 1918–1919 Repository: University of Chicago Library, Special Collections Research Center
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Collection Title: Ivan Albright collectionInclusive Dates: 1888–1995 (bulk 1900–1980) Repository: Art Institute of Chicago, Ryerson and Burnham Libraries
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Collection Title: Harold Allen Egyptomania collectionInclusive Dates: 1780–1998 Repository: Art Institute of Chicago, Ryerson and Burnham Libraries
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Collection Title: Washington Allston papersInclusive Dates: 1816 Repository: Chicago History Museum
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Collection Title: Franz Altschuler collectionInclusive Dates: 1910–2007 Repository: Pritzker Military Museum & Library
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Collection Title: American Center for Design recordsInclusive Dates: 1927–1994 Repository: Chicago History Museum
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Collection Title: American Terra Cotta Company photograph collectionInclusive Dates: circa 1890–1915 Repository: Chicago History Museum
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Collection Title: Polly Scribner Ames papersInclusive Dates: 1938–1993 Repository: University of Chicago Library, Special Collections Research Center
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Collection Title: Michael Anania papersInclusive Dates: circa 1950s–2006 Repository: University of Chicago Library, Special Collections Research Center
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Collection Title: Anchor Graphics archiveInclusive Dates: 1990–2016 Repository: Columbia College Chicago
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Collection Title: Donald M. Anderson papersInclusive Dates: 1942–1995 Repository: Newberry Library
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Collection Title: Sherwood Anderson papersInclusive Dates: 1872–1992 Repository: Newberry Library
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Collection Title: William B. Andruss diary and commissionsInclusive Dates: 1855–1876 Repository: Newberry Library
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Collection Title: ARC Gallery recordsRepository: Art Institute of Chicago, Ryerson and Burnham Libraries
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Collection Title: Arché Club recordsInclusive Dates: 1890–1990 Repository: Chicago History Museum
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Collection Title: Emil Armin papersInclusive Dates: 1929–1971 Repository: Art Institute of Chicago, Ryerson and Burnham Libraries
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Collection Title: May Armstrong autograph book [manuscript]Inclusive Dates: 1875–1881 Repository: Chicago History Museum
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Collection Title: Views of the World's Columbian ExpositionInclusive Dates: 1893 Repository: Chicago History Museum
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Collection Title: C. D. Arnold photographic collectionInclusive Dates: 1891–1893 Repository: Chicago Public Library, Harold Washington Library Center, Special Collections and Preservation Division
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Collection Title: C.D. Arnold photograph albums of World's Columbian Exposition constructionInclusive Dates: 1891–1892 Repository: Chicago History Museum
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Collection Title: World's Columbian Exposition photographs by C.D. ArnoldInclusive Dates: 1891–1894 Repository: Art Institute of Chicago, Ryerson and Burnham Libraries
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Collection Title: Isaac N. Arnold papersInclusive Dates: 1860–1885 Repository: Chicago History Museum
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Collection Title: Rus Arnold papersInclusive Dates: circa 1920, circa 1938–1987 Repository: Chicago History Museum
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Collection Title: Florence Arquin collectionInclusive Dates: 1956–1974 Repository: University of Illinois at Chicago, Richard J. Daley Library Special Collections and University Archives
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Collection Title: Art Alliance of America scrapbookInclusive Dates: 1918–1919 Repository: Art Institute of Chicago, Ryerson and Burnham Libraries
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Collection Title: Junior Museum and Gallery of Art Interpretation recordsInclusive Dates: 1924–1956 Repository: Art Institute of Chicago, Institutional Archives
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Collection Title: Museum Services recordsInclusive Dates: 1919–1983 Repository: Art Institute of Chicago, Institutional Archives
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Collection Title: Art Institute of Chicago photographsInclusive Dates: circa 1885–2010 Repository: Art Institute of Chicago, Institutional Archives
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Collection Title: Public Affairs Department recordsInclusive Dates: 1939–1998 Repository: Art Institute of Chicago, Institutional Archives
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Collection Title: Registrar's records from the Art Institute of Chicago, Institutional ArchivesInclusive Dates: 1894–1983 Repository: Art Institute of Chicago, Institutional Archives
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Collection Title: Anonymous scrapbook from the Art Institute of Chicago's Institutional ArchivesInclusive Dates: circa 1895 Repository: Art Institute of Chicago, Institutional Archives
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Collection Title: Secretary's records from the Art Institute of Chicago, Institutional ArchivesInclusive Dates: 1894–1943 Repository: Art Institute of Chicago, Institutional Archives
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Collection Title: Department of 20th-Century Painting and Sculpture records from the Art Institute of Chicago, Institutional ArchivesInclusive Dates: 1939–1976 Repository: Art Institute of Chicago, Institutional Archives
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Collection Title: Secretary's scrapbooks from the Art Institute of Chicago, Institutional ArchivesInclusive Dates: 1890–1937 Repository: Art Institute of Chicago, Institutional Archives
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Collection Title: Women's Board, art rental and sales gallery recordsInclusive Dates: 1954–1986 Repository: Art Institute of Chicago, Institutional Archives
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Collection Title: Antiquarian Society recordsInclusive Dates: 1896–1984 Repository: Art Institute of Chicago, Institutional Archives
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Collection Title: Century of Progress CollectionInclusive Dates: circa 1920s–1980 Repository: Art Institute of Chicago, Ryerson and Burnham Libraries
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Collection Title: Pamphlet filesInclusive Dates: early 20th century–ongoing Repository: Art Institute of Chicago, Ryerson and Burnham Libraries
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Collection Title: Scrapbook of art and artists of Chicago [microform]Inclusive Dates: 1875–1993 Repository: Art Institute of Chicago, Ryerson and Burnham Libraries
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Collection Title: American Mural Painting scrapbooksInclusive Dates: 1934–1944 Repository: Art Institute of Chicago, Ryerson and Burnham Libraries
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Collection Title: Historic Architecture and Landscape Image collectionInclusive Dates: circa 1865–1973 Repository: Art Institute of Chicago, Ryerson and Burnham Libraries
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Collection Title: Architects' and Designers' papersInclusive Dates: 1767–2003 (bulk 1889–1920) Repository: Art Institute of Chicago, Ryerson and Burnham Libraries
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Collection Title: Illinois Artists, Art Institute questionnaires and Illinois Academy of Fine Arts biographical dataInclusive Dates: 1918, 1929 Repository: Art Institute of Chicago, Ryerson and Burnham Libraries
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Collection Title: Artists' papers from the Art Institute of Chicago, Ryerson and Burnham LibrariesInclusive Dates: 1636–1970 (bulk 1800s) Repository: Art Institute of Chicago, Ryerson and Burnham Libraries
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Collection Title: World's Columbian Exposition collectionInclusive Dates: 1890–1896 Repository: Art Institute of Chicago, Ryerson and Burnham Libraries
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Collection Title: Work[s] Progress Administration Federal Art Project photograph collectionInclusive Dates: 1930s Repository: Art Institute of Chicago, Ryerson and Burnham Libraries
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Collection Title: School of the Art Institute of Chicago recordsInclusive Dates: 1879–2010 Repository: Art Institute of Chicago, Institutional Archives
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Collection Title: On Art and Artists video collectionInclusive Dates: 1974–present Repository: Video Data Bank
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Collection Title: Art Resources in Teaching recordsInclusive Dates: 1906–1994 (bulk 1945–1991) Repository: University of Illinois at Chicago, Richard J. Daley Library Special Collections and University Archives
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Collection Title: Artemisia Gallery recordsRepository: Art Institute of Chicago, Ryerson and Burnham Libraries
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Collection Title: Artists Book Works recordsInclusive Dates: undetermined Repository: Newberry Library
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Collection Title: Arts Club recordsInclusive Dates: 1892–2004 Repository: Newberry Library
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Collection Title: Chicago Area Topical Collection on Art—Atlan Ceramic Art ClubRepository: Chicago History Museum
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Collection Title: Adeline Lobdell Atwater papersInclusive Dates: circa 1932–1956 Repository: Newberry Library
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Collection Title: Auditorium Theatre Council (Chicago, Ill.) recordsInclusive Dates: 1960–1982 Repository: Chicago History Museum
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Collection Title: Auditorium Theatre Council recordsInclusive Dates: 1955–1970 Repository: Newberry Library
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Collection Title: John James Audubon [papers]Inclusive Dates: 1829–1844 Repository: Chicago History Museum
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Collection Title: B. F. Ferguson Monument Fund recordsInclusive Dates: 1906–2000 Repository: Art Institute of Chicago, Institutional Archives
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Collection Title: B. Leader & Sons photograph collection and B. Leader & Sons itemsInclusive Dates: circa 1920–1997, circa 1957–1990 Repository: Chicago History Museum
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Collection Title: Baltramaitis collectionInclusive Dates: 1960s–1981 Repository: Lithuanian Research and Studies Center
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Collection Title: Laura Bannon collection of illustrationsInclusive Dates: 1939–1958 Repository: Newberry Library
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Collection Title: Claude A. Barnett papersInclusive Dates: 1918–1967 (bulk 1928–1963) Repository: Chicago History Museum
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Collection Title: James Prestini collection of Frank Barr designsInclusive Dates: circa 1940–1969 Repository: Chicago History Museum
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Collection Title: Susan Barron papersRepository: Newberry Library
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Collection Title: Frederic Clay Bartlett Personal PapersInclusive Dates: 1900-1950 Repository: Art Institute of Chicago, Institutional Archives
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Collection Title: J.B. Beale collection of visual materialsInclusive Dates: 1870s Repository: Chicago History Museum
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Collection Title: Lester Beall design collectionInclusive Dates: 1934–1962 Repository: University of Illinois at Chicago, Richard J. Daley Library Special Collections and University Archives
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Collection Title: Frank Beard collection of visual materialsInclusive Dates: circa 1880–1890 Repository: Chicago History Museum
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Collection Title: Bruce Beck design collectionInclusive Dates: 1953–1984 Repository: University of Illinois at Chicago, Richard J. Daley Library Special Collections and University Archives
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Collection Title: Edward S. and Clare F. Beck autograph collectionInclusive Dates: 1878–1882 Repository: Chicago History Museum
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Collection Title: Solon Spencer Beman papersInclusive Dates: 1904–1959 Repository: Chicago History Museum
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Collection Title: Enella Benedict papersInclusive Dates: 1920–1942 Repository: University of Illinois at Chicago, Richard J. Daley Library Special Collections and University Archives
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Collection Title: Benjamin Galleries recordsInclusive Dates: 1941–1979 Repository: Chicago History Museum
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Collection Title: Benjamin GalleriesInclusive Dates: 1939–1979? Repository: Art Institute of Chicago, Ryerson and Burnham Libraries
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Collection Title: Edward H. Bennett collectionInclusive Dates: 1901–1954 Repository: Art Institute of Chicago, Ryerson and Burnham Libraries
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Collection Title: William Benton papersInclusive Dates: 1839–1973 Repository: University of Chicago Library, Special Collections Research Center
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Collection Title: Vera Berdich personal papersInclusive Dates: 1935–2000 Repository: Art Institute of Chicago, Institutional Archives
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Collection Title: Peter L. Berg Silver Designs collectionInclusive Dates: circa 1909–circa 1915 Repository: Art Institute of Chicago, Ryerson and Burnham Libraries
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Collection Title: New Deal Federal Art Project research collectionInclusive Dates: 1934–1982 Repository: Art Institute of Chicago, Ryerson and Burnham Libraries
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Collection Title: Bertsch & Cooper image collectionInclusive Dates: 1904–1910 Repository: Chicago History Museum
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Collection Title: Louis Betts collectionInclusive Dates: 1918–1994 Repository: Art Institute of Chicago, Ryerson and Burnham Libraries
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Collection Title: Beverly Arts Center exhibition recordsInclusive Dates: circa 2005–present Repository: Beverly Arts Center
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Collection Title: Mildred B. Bevis notebook of designs for the Kalo ShopInclusive Dates: circa 1910–1913 Repository: Art Institute of Chicago, Ryerson and Burnham Libraries
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Collection Title: Barbara Blades papersInclusive Dates: 1976–2004 Repository: Loyola University Chicago, Women and Leadership Archives
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Collection Title: William McCormick Blair recordsInclusive Dates: 1958–1966 Repository: Art Institute of Chicago, Institutional Archives
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Collection Title: Hayward Blake design collectionInclusive Dates: 1960s–2000s and undated Repository: University of Illinois at Chicago, Richard J. Daley Library Special Collections and University Archives
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Collection Title: Margaret Day Blake scrapbookInclusive Dates: 1952–1964 Repository: Art Institute of Chicago, Institutional Archives
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Collection Title: Rufus Blanchard collectionInclusive Dates: 1880–1940 Repository: Chicago History Museum
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Collection Title: Betty J. Blum Blatchford Family research papersInclusive Dates: 1862–1983 Repository: Newberry Library
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Collection Title: Bennet Harvey collection's scrapbook on Chicago artist Grace Gassette's work in World War I ParisInclusive Dates: 1914–1919 Repository: Lake Forest College Library
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Collection Title: Edward Augustus Brackett collectionInclusive Dates: 1839 Repository: Chicago History Museum
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Collection Title: James D. Breckenridge papersInclusive Dates: 1924-1983 Repository: Northwestern University