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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: Harvey Breit correspondenceInclusive Dates: 1940–1965 (bulk 1945–1960) Repository: Northwestern University
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Collection Title: Daniel Brenner papersInclusive Dates: 1947–1986 Repository: Art Institute of Chicago, Ryerson and Burnham Libraries
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Collection Title: Walter S. Brewster Collection of WhistlerianaInclusive Dates: 1871–1947 Repository: Art Institute of Chicago, Ryerson and Burnham Libraries
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Collection Title: Morrie Brickman cartoonsInclusive Dates: 1966–1985 Repository: Newberry Library
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Collection Title: Old Northwest Territory Art Exhibit collectionInclusive Dates: 1947–1951 Repository: Art Institute of Chicago, Ryerson and Burnham Libraries
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Collection Title: Edgar and Margaret Britton papersRepository: University of Illinois at Chicago, Richard J. Daley Library Special Collections and University Archives
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Collection Title: Edgar and Margaret Britton papersRepository: University of Illinois at Chicago, Richard J. Daley Library Special Collections and University Archives
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Collection Title: Robert Broderick papersInclusive Dates: 1926–2003 Repository: Loyola University Chicago, University Archives and Special Collections
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Collection Title: Virginia Gaertner Broderick papersInclusive Dates: 1909–2004 Repository: Loyola University Chicago, Women and Leadership Archives
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Collection Title: Caroline Shawk Brooks photograph collectionInclusive Dates: circa 1880–1910 Repository: Chicago History Museum
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Collection Title: William Bross papersInclusive Dates: 1813–1956 Repository: Chicago History Museum
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Collection Title: Adolf J. Brown stencil collectionRepository: Art Institute of Chicago, Ryerson and Burnham Libraries
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Collection Title: James Gordon and Elizabeth Palmer Brown archiveRepository: Art Institute of Chicago, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Roger Brown Study Collection
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Collection Title: Francis Fisher Browne papersInclusive Dates: circa 1860–1949, bulk 1873–1915 Repository: Newberry Library
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Collection Title: Thomas Barbour Bryan lettersInclusive Dates: 1853–1889 Repository: Chicago History Museum
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Collection Title: Henry Lewis Bullen printing history collectionInclusive Dates: 1933–1936 Repository: Newberry Library
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Collection Title: Henry Lewis Bullen papersInclusive Dates: 1908-1912 Repository: Newberry Library
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Collection Title: E. A. Burbank papersInclusive Dates: 1897–1949 Repository: Newberry Library
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Collection Title: David L. Burke design collectionInclusive Dates: 1964–1978 Repository: University of Illinois at Chicago, Richard J. Daley Library Special Collections and University Archives
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Collection Title: Daniel H. Burnham collectionInclusive Dates: 1836–1946 (bulk 1880–1925) Repository: Art Institute of Chicago, Ryerson and Burnham Libraries
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Collection Title: Jack Burnham Biographical FileRepository: Northwestern University
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Collection Title: Fanny Butcher papersInclusive Dates: 1830–1984, bulk 1910–1984 Repository: Newberry Library
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Collection Title: Architectural records for buildings by Francis Barry ByrneInclusive Dates: circa 1914–1967 Repository: Chicago History Museum
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Collection Title: John M. Cadel papersInclusive Dates: circa 1920s–circa 1970s Repository: Casa Italia
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Collection Title: John Cage correspondence addendaInclusive Dates: 1914–1992 Repository: Northwestern University
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Collection Title: John Cage correspondenceInclusive Dates: 1901-1993 (bulk 1960-1990) Repository: Northwestern University
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Collection Title: John Cage Notations Project collectionInclusive Dates: 1884–1978 (bulk 1960–1969) Repository: Northwestern University
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Collection Title: John Alden Carpenter PapersInclusive Dates: 1890-1964, bulk 1900-1950 Repository: Newberry Library
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Collection Title: Gertrude Lueneburg Carrier papersInclusive Dates: 1921–1991 Repository: Newberry Library
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Collection Title: Christian Carsten papersInclusive Dates: circa 1912–1917 Repository: Wilmette Historical Museum
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Collection Title: Carter Manny papersInclusive Dates: 1893–1991 Repository: Art Institute of Chicago, Ryerson and Burnham Libraries
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Collection Title: Steven Jay Urry research collectionInclusive Dates: 1960–2012 Repository: Art Institute of Chicago, Ryerson and Burnham Libraries
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Collection Title: George Catlin papersInclusive Dates: 1837–1894 Repository: Field Museum of Natural History
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Collection Title: George Catlin lettersRepository: Newberry Library
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Collection Title: Caxton Club recordsInclusive Dates: 1895–[ongoing] Repository: Newberry Library
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Collection Title: Century of Progress recordsInclusive Dates: 1928–1934 Repository: Chicago Public Library, Harold Washington Library Center, Special Collections and Preservation Division
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Collection Title: A Century of Progress recordsInclusive Dates: 1927–1952 Repository: University of Illinois at Chicago, Richard J. Daley Library Special Collections and University Archives
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Collection Title: Century of Progress : Chicago world's fair centennial celebrationInclusive Dates: circa 1933–1934 Repository: Chicago History Museum
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Collection Title: Childerly Chapel photograph albumInclusive Dates: circa 1926–circa 1930 Repository: Art Institute of Chicago, Ryerson and Burnham Libraries
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Collection Title: Christopher John Chamales papersInclusive Dates: 1919–1987 Repository: Art Institute of Chicago, Ryerson and Burnham Libraries
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Collection Title: Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin papersInclusive Dates: 1878–1932 Repository: University of Chicago Library, Special Collections Research Center
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Collection Title: Warren Chappell book layouts for a proposed Christmas book on commission for Alfred E. HamillInclusive Dates: 1949–1967, bulk 1949 Repository: Newberry Library
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Collection Title: Edouard and Olga Chassaing personal papers and sketchbooksInclusive Dates: 1900–1970 Repository: Art Institute of Chicago, Institutional Archives
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Collection Title: David B. Cheskin papersInclusive Dates: 1935 Repository: Chicago History Museum
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Collection Title: Commission for the Encouragement of Local Art recordsInclusive Dates: 1915–1978 Repository: Chicago Public Library, Harold Washington Library Center, Municipal Reference Collection
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Collection Title: Commission for the Encouragement of Local Art recordsInclusive Dates: 1914–1945 Repository: Art Institute of Chicago, Institutional Archives
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Collection Title: Public Art Program recordsInclusive Dates: circa 1978–present Repository: City of Chicago, Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events
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Collection Title: Chicago Academy of Design recordsInclusive Dates: 1871–1907 Repository: Art Institute of Chicago, Institutional Archives
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Collection Title: Chicago Art Silver Shop and Art Metal Studios recordsInclusive Dates: 1912–circa 1929 Repository: Chicago History Museum
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Collection Title: Chicago Artists' Coalition recordsInclusive Dates: 1975–1989 Repository: Chicago History Museum
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Collection Title: Chicago Book Clinic recordsInclusive Dates: 1982–1995 Repository: University of Illinois at Chicago, Richard J. Daley Library Special Collections and University Archives
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Collection Title: Chicago Calligraphy Collective recordsInclusive Dates: 1975–[ongoing] Repository: Newberry Library
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Collection Title: Chicago Hand Bookbinders recordsInclusive Dates: 1979–2007 Repository: Newberry Library
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Collection Title: Autograph letterbooks compiled by Chicago Historical SocietyInclusive Dates: circa 1871–1920 Repository: Chicago History Museum
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Collection Title: Chicago Historical Society Decorative and Industrial Arts Department management recordsInclusive Dates: 1870s–1997 Repository: Chicago History Museum
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Collection Title: Sketches by Chicago Artists of the 1890sInclusive Dates: 1890–1896 Repository: Chicago History Museum
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Collection Title: State Street autumn festival photograph collectionInclusive Dates: circa 1900 Repository: Chicago History Museum
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Collection Title: Chicago History Museum's bookplate collectionInclusive Dates: circa 1700–1930, bulk 1800s Repository: Chicago History Museum
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Collection Title: Records relating to John Frederick Finerty Memorial StatueInclusive Dates: 1913–1941 Repository: Chicago History Museum
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Collection Title: Photographs of Chicago-area PottersInclusive Dates: 1954–1957 Repository: Chicago History Museum
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Collection Title: Photographs of Lucy Flower Technical High School in ChicagoInclusive Dates: circa 1916–1985 Repository: Chicago History Museum
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Collection Title: John Alexander LoganInclusive Dates: 1890s Repository: Chicago History Museum
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Collection Title: Album of photographs of the Woman's Building at the World's Columbian ExpositionInclusive Dates: 1893 Repository: Chicago History Museum
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Collection Title: Painting and Sculpture Department filesInclusive Dates: 1970s–1990s Repository: Chicago History Museum
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Collection Title: Chicago Journalists Association collectionInclusive Dates: circa 1910s–1960s Repository: Columbia College Chicago
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Collection Title: Chicago Literary Club recordsInclusive Dates: 1874–1960 Repository: Newberry Library
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Collection Title: Chicago Loop Alliance collectionInclusive Dates: 1895–2006 (bulk, 1970–2006) Repository: Chicago Public Library, Harold Washington Library Center, Special Collections and Preservation Division
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Collection Title: Chicago Mural Group recordsInclusive Dates: 1970–1995 Repository: Chicago History Museum
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Collection Title: Chicago Park district drawingsInclusive Dates: 1870–2010 Repository: Chicago Public Library, Harold Washington Library Center, Special Collections and Preservation Division
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Collection Title: Art Conservation filesInclusive Dates: 1990s–1930 (bulk 1990s) Repository: Chicago Park District
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Collection Title: Chicago Park District recordsInclusive Dates: 1869–1980s Repository: Chicago Park District
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Collection Title: Chicago Public Art Group archiveRepository: Chicago Public Art Group
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Collection Title: Beverly-Morgan Park collectionInclusive Dates: 1884–2002 (bulk 1896–1956) Repository: Chicago Public Library, Harold Washington Library Center, Special Collections and Preservation Division
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Collection Title: Chicago Artists’ archiveInclusive Dates: circa 1890–present (bulk 1946–present ) Repository: Chicago Public Library, Harold Washington Library Center, Special Collections and Preservation Division
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Collection Title: Woodlawn Community collectionInclusive Dates: 1857–1970 Repository: Chicago Public Library, Harold Washington Library Center, Special Collections and Preservation Division
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Collection Title: George Cleveland Hall Branch archivesInclusive Dates: 1930–1975 Repository: Chicago Public Library, Harold Washington Library Center, Special Collections and Preservation Division
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Collection Title: Chicago Reader artwork collectionInclusive Dates: 1973–2005 Repository: Newberry Library
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Collection Title: Chicago Society of Artists recordsInclusive Dates: 1953–1956 Repository: University of Chicago Library, Special Collections Research Center
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Collection Title: Chicago Society of Decorative Art recordsInclusive Dates: 1877–1895 Repository: Chicago History Museum
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Collection Title: Chicago Society of Decorative Art decorative art scrapbookInclusive Dates: (undated) Repository: Chicago History Museum
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Collection Title: Chicago Society of Decorative Art miscellaneous pamphletsInclusive Dates: (undated) Repository: Chicago History Museum
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Collection Title: Art Audio-Visual collectionInclusive Dates: 1960s–present Repository: Chicago State University
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Collection Title: Chicago Water Color Club papersInclusive Dates: 1909–1914 Repository: Art Institute of Chicago, Institutional Archives
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Collection Title: Chicago Woman's Aid recordsInclusive Dates: 1903–1988 Repository: University of Illinois at Chicago, Richard J. Daley Library Special Collections and University Archives
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Collection Title: Chicago Woman's Club anniversary scrapbookInclusive Dates: October 1923 Repository: Chicago History Museum
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Collection Title: Chicago Woman's Club recordsInclusive Dates: 1876–1998 Repository: Chicago History Museum
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Collection Title: Chiswick Book Shop (New York, N.Y.) recordsInclusive Dates: 1952–1958 Repository: Newberry Library
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Collection Title: Frederic Edwin Church papersInclusive Dates: 1865 Repository: Chicago History Museum
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Collection Title: Barbara Ciurej and Lindsay Lochman papersInclusive Dates: 1980–2010 Repository: Loyola University Chicago, Women and Leadership Archives
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Collection Title: Ciurlonis Lithuanian Art Gallery collectionInclusive Dates: circa 1930s–present (bulk 1950s–present) Repository: Lithuanian Research and Studies Center
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Collection Title: Ralph E. Clarkson papersInclusive Dates: circa 1900–1941 Repository: Art Institute of Chicago, Ryerson and Burnham Libraries
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Collection Title: Cliff Dwellers recordsInclusive Dates: 1890–ongoing Repository: Newberry Library
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Collection Title: George M. Cohen papersInclusive Dates: 1948–1999 Repository: Northwestern University
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Collection Title: Herman Cohen correspondence and notesInclusive Dates: 1954 Repository: Newberry Library
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Collection Title: Thomas Cole papersInclusive Dates: 1834 Repository: Chicago History Museum
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Collection Title: Ed Colker papersInclusive Dates: 1999–2004 Repository: Newberry Library
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Collection Title: Oral History collectionInclusive Dates: 1998–2004 Repository: Columbia College Chicago
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Collection Title: Chester Commodore papersInclusive Dates: 1914–2004 Repository: Chicago Public Library, Woodson Regional Library Center
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Collection Title: Chicago Renaissance: A Festival Celebrating African American ArtInclusive Dates: 1997–2001 Repository: Chicago State University
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Collection Title: William F. Conger papersInclusive Dates: 1971–2010 Repository: Northwestern University