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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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  • Breit, Harvey, 1909-1968

    Collection Title: Harvey Breit correspondence
    Inclusive Dates: 1940–1965 (bulk 1945–1960)
    Repository: Northwestern University

  • Brenner, Daniel, 1917-1977

    Collection Title: Daniel Brenner papers
    Inclusive Dates: 1947–1986
    Repository: Art Institute of Chicago, Ryerson and Burnham Libraries

  • Brewster, Walter S.

    Collection Title: Walter S. Brewster Collection of Whistleriana
    Inclusive Dates: 1871–1947
    Repository: Art Institute of Chicago, Ryerson and Burnham Libraries

  • Brickman, Morrie, 1917-1994

    Collection Title: Morrie Brickman cartoons
    Inclusive Dates: 1966–1985
    Repository: Newberry Library

  • Bridaham, Lester Burbank, 1899-1992

    Collection Title: Old Northwest Territory Art Exhibit collection
    Inclusive Dates: 1947–1951
    Repository: Art Institute of Chicago, Ryerson and Burnham Libraries

  • Britton, Edgar, 1901-1982, Britton, Margaret, 1906-1962

    Collection Title: Edgar and Margaret Britton papers
    Repository: University of Illinois at Chicago, Richard J. Daley Library Special Collections and University Archives

  • Britton, Edgar, 1901-1982, Britton, Margaret, 1906-1962

    Collection Title: Edgar and Margaret Britton papers
    Repository: University of Illinois at Chicago, Richard J. Daley Library Special Collections and University Archives

  • Broderick, Robert C., 1913-1991

    Collection Title: Robert Broderick papers
    Inclusive Dates: 1926–2003
    Repository: Loyola University Chicago, University Archives and Special Collections

  • Broderick, Virginia Gaertner, 1917-2004

    Collection Title: Virginia Gaertner Broderick papers
    Inclusive Dates: 1909–2004
    Repository: Loyola University Chicago, Women and Leadership Archives

  • Brooks, Caroline Shawk, 1840-1913

    Collection Title: Caroline Shawk Brooks photograph collection
    Inclusive Dates: circa 1880–1910
    Repository: Chicago History Museum

  • Bross, William, 1813-1890

    Collection Title: William Bross papers
    Inclusive Dates: 1813–1956
    Repository: Chicago History Museum

  • Brown, Adolph Jacob, circa 1885-

    Collection Title: Adolf J. Brown stencil collection
    Repository: Art Institute of Chicago, Ryerson and Burnham Libraries

  • Brown, Roger, 1941-1997

    Collection Title: James Gordon and Elizabeth Palmer Brown archive
    Repository: Art Institute of Chicago, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Roger Brown Study Collection

  • Browne, Francis F. (Francis Fisher), 1843-1913

    Collection Title: Francis Fisher Browne papers
    Inclusive Dates: circa 1860–1949, bulk 1873–1915
    Repository: Newberry Library

  • Bryan, Thomas B. (Thomas Barbour), 1828-1906

    Collection Title: Thomas Barbour Bryan letters
    Inclusive Dates: 1853–1889
    Repository: Chicago History Museum

  • Bullen, Henry Lewis, 1857-1938

    Collection Title: Henry Lewis Bullen printing history collection
    Inclusive Dates: 1933–1936
    Repository: Newberry Library

  • Bullen, Henry Lewis, 1857-1938

    Collection Title: Henry Lewis Bullen papers
    Inclusive Dates: 1908-1912
    Repository: Newberry Library

  • Burbank, E. A. (Elbridge Ayer),, 1858-1949

    Collection Title: E. A. Burbank papers
    Inclusive Dates: 1897–1949
    Repository: Newberry Library

  • Burke, David L.

    Collection Title: David L. Burke design collection
    Inclusive Dates: 1964–1978
    Repository: University of Illinois at Chicago, Richard J. Daley Library Special Collections and University Archives

  • Burnham, Daniel Hudson, 1846-1912

    Collection Title: Daniel H. Burnham collection
    Inclusive Dates: 1836–1946 (bulk 1880–1925)
    Repository: Art Institute of Chicago, Ryerson and Burnham Libraries

  • Burnham, Jack, 1931-

    Collection Title: Jack Burnham Biographical File
    Repository: Northwestern University

  • Butcher, Fanny, 1888-1987

    Collection Title: Fanny Butcher papers
    Inclusive Dates: 1830–1984, bulk 1910–1984
    Repository: Newberry Library

  • Byrne, Francis Barry, 1883-1967

    Collection Title: Architectural records for buildings by Francis Barry Byrne
    Inclusive Dates: circa 1914–1967
    Repository: Chicago History Museum

  • Cadel, John M., 1905-1977

    Collection Title: John M. Cadel papers
    Inclusive Dates: circa 1920s–circa 1970s
    Repository: Casa Italia

  • Cage, John, 1912-1992

    Collection Title: John Cage correspondence
    Inclusive Dates: 1901-1993 (bulk 1960-1990)
    Repository: Northwestern University

  • Cage, John, 1912-1992

    Collection Title: John Cage Notations Project collection
    Inclusive Dates: 1884–1978 (bulk 1960–1969)
    Repository: Northwestern University

  • Cage, John, 1912-1992

    Collection Title: John Cage correspondence addenda
    Inclusive Dates: 1914–1992
    Repository: Northwestern University

  • Carpenter, John Alden, 1876-1951

    Collection Title: John Alden Carpenter Papers
    Inclusive Dates: 1890-1964, bulk 1900-1950
    Repository: Newberry Library

  • Carrier, Gertrude Lueneburg, 1902-1991

    Collection Title: Gertrude Lueneburg Carrier papers
    Inclusive Dates: 1921–1991
    Repository: Newberry Library

  • Carsten, Christian, 1863-1956

    Collection Title: Christian Carsten papers
    Inclusive Dates: circa 1912–1917
    Repository: Wilmette Historical Museum

  • Carter, Manny, 1918-

    Collection Title: Carter Manny papers
    Inclusive Dates: 1893–1991
    Repository: Art Institute of Chicago, Ryerson and Burnham Libraries

  • Cassidy, Victor M., 1940-

    Collection Title: Steven Jay Urry research collection
    Inclusive Dates: 1960–2012
    Repository: Art Institute of Chicago, Ryerson and Burnham Libraries

  • Catlin, George, 1796-1872

    Collection Title: George Catlin letters
    Repository: Newberry Library

  • Catlin, George, 1796-1872

    Collection Title: George Catlin papers
    Inclusive Dates: 1837–1894
    Repository: Field Museum of Natural History

  • Caxton Club

    Collection Title: Caxton Club records
    Inclusive Dates: 1895–[ongoing]
    Repository: Newberry Library

  • Century of Progress International Exposition (1933-1934 : Chicago, Ill.)

    Collection Title: Century of Progress : Chicago world's fair centennial celebration
    Inclusive Dates: circa 1933–1934
    Repository: Chicago History Museum

  • Century of Progress International Exposition (1933-1934 : Chicago, Ill.)

    Collection Title: A Century of Progress records
    Inclusive Dates: 1927–1952
    Repository: University of Illinois at Chicago, Richard J. Daley Library Special Collections and University Archives

  • Century of Progress International Exposition (1933-1934 : Chicago, Ill.)

    Collection Title: Century of Progress records
    Inclusive Dates: 1928–1934
    Repository: Chicago Public Library, Harold Washington Library Center, Special Collections and Preservation Division

  • Chadbourne, E. Crane (Emily Crane)

    Collection Title: Childerly Chapel photograph album
    Inclusive Dates: circa 1926–circa 1930
    Repository: Art Institute of Chicago, Ryerson and Burnham Libraries

  • Chamales, Christopher John, 1907-1993

    Collection Title: Christopher John Chamales papers
    Inclusive Dates: 1919–1987
    Repository: Art Institute of Chicago, Ryerson and Burnham Libraries

  • Chamberlin, Thomas Chrowder, 1848-1928

    Collection Title: Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin papers
    Inclusive Dates: 1878–1932
    Repository: University of Chicago Library, Special Collections Research Center

  • Chappell, Warren, 1904-1991

    Collection Title: Warren Chappell book layouts for a proposed Christmas book on commission for Alfred E. Hamill
    Inclusive Dates: 1949–1967, bulk 1949
    Repository: Newberry Library

  • Chassaing, Edouard, 1895-1974

    Collection Title: Edouard and Olga Chassaing personal papers and sketchbooks
    Inclusive Dates: 1900–1970
    Repository: Art Institute of Chicago, Institutional Archives

  • Cheskin, David B., 1909-1994

    Collection Title: David B. Cheskin papers
    Inclusive Dates: 1935
    Repository: Chicago History Museum

  • Chicago (Ill.). Commission for the Encouragement of Local Art

    Collection Title: Commission for the Encouragement of Local Art records
    Inclusive Dates: 1914–1945
    Repository: Art Institute of Chicago, Institutional Archives

  • Chicago (Ill.). Commission for the Encouragement of Local Art

    Collection Title: Commission for the Encouragement of Local Art records
    Inclusive Dates: 1915–1978
    Repository: Chicago Public Library, Harold Washington Library Center, Municipal Reference Collection

  • Chicago (Ill.). |b Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events. Visual Arts Division

    Collection Title: Public Art Program records
    Inclusive Dates: circa 1978–present
    Repository: City of Chicago, Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events

  • Chicago Academy of Design

    Collection Title: Chicago Academy of Design records
    Inclusive Dates: 1871–1907
    Repository: Art Institute of Chicago, Institutional Archives

  • Chicago Art Metal Studios (Chicago, Ill.)

    Collection Title: Chicago Art Silver Shop and Art Metal Studios records
    Inclusive Dates: 1912–circa 1929
    Repository: Chicago History Museum

  • Chicago Artists' Coalition

    Collection Title: Chicago Artists' Coalition records
    Inclusive Dates: 1975–1989
    Repository: Chicago History Museum

  • Chicago Book Clinic

    Collection Title: Chicago Book Clinic records
    Inclusive Dates: 1982–1995
    Repository: University of Illinois at Chicago, Richard J. Daley Library Special Collections and University Archives

  • Chicago Calligraphy Collective

    Collection Title: Chicago Calligraphy Collective records
    Inclusive Dates: 1975–[ongoing]
    Repository: Newberry Library

  • Chicago Hand Bookbinders

    Collection Title: Chicago Hand Bookbinders records
    Inclusive Dates: 1979–2007
    Repository: Newberry Library

  • Chicago Historical Society

    Collection Title: Autograph letterbooks compiled by Chicago Historical Society
    Inclusive Dates: circa 1871–1920
    Repository: Chicago History Museum

  • Chicago Historical Society

    Collection Title: Chicago Historical Society Decorative and Industrial Arts Department management records
    Inclusive Dates: 1870s–1997
    Repository: Chicago History Museum

  • Chicago History Museum

    Collection Title: Chicago History Museum's bookplate collection
    Inclusive Dates: circa 1700–1930, bulk 1800s
    Repository: Chicago History Museum

  • Chicago History Museum

    Collection Title: Records relating to John Frederick Finerty Memorial Statue
    Inclusive Dates: 1913–1941
    Repository: Chicago History Museum

  • Chicago History Museum

    Collection Title: Photographs of Chicago-area Potters
    Inclusive Dates: 1954–1957
    Repository: Chicago History Museum

  • Chicago History Museum

    Collection Title: Photographs of Lucy Flower Technical High School in Chicago
    Inclusive Dates: circa 1916–1985
    Repository: Chicago History Museum

  • Chicago History Museum

    Collection Title: John Alexander Logan
    Inclusive Dates: 1890s
    Repository: Chicago History Museum

  • Chicago History Museum

    Collection Title: Album of photographs of the Woman's Building at the World's Columbian Exposition
    Inclusive Dates: 1893
    Repository: Chicago History Museum

  • Chicago History Museum

    Collection Title: Sketches by Chicago Artists of the 1890s
    Inclusive Dates: 1890–1896
    Repository: Chicago History Museum

  • Chicago History Museum

    Collection Title: State Street autumn festival photograph collection
    Inclusive Dates: circa 1900
    Repository: Chicago History Museum

  • Chicago History Museum. Dept. of Painting and Sculpture

    Collection Title: Painting and Sculpture Department files
    Inclusive Dates: 1970s–1990s
    Repository: Chicago History Museum

  • Chicago Journalists Association

    Collection Title: Chicago Journalists Association collection
    Inclusive Dates: circa 1910s–1960s
    Repository: Columbia College Chicago

  • Chicago Literary Club

    Collection Title: Chicago Literary Club records
    Inclusive Dates: 1874–1960
    Repository: Newberry Library

  • Chicago Loop Alliance

    Collection Title: Chicago Loop Alliance collection
    Inclusive Dates: 1895–2006 (bulk, 1970–2006)
    Repository: Chicago Public Library, Harold Washington Library Center, Special Collections and Preservation Division

  • Chicago Mural Group

    Collection Title: Chicago Mural Group records
    Inclusive Dates: 1970–1995
    Repository: Chicago History Museum

  • Chicago Park District (Chicago, Ill.)

    Collection Title: Chicago Park district drawings
    Inclusive Dates: 1870–2010
    Repository: Chicago Public Library, Harold Washington Library Center, Special Collections and Preservation Division

  • Chicago Park District (Chicago, Ill.)

    Collection Title: Art Conservation files
    Inclusive Dates: 1990s–1930 (bulk 1990s)
    Repository: Chicago Park District

  • Chicago Park District (Chicago, Ill.)

    Collection Title: Chicago Park District records
    Inclusive Dates: 1869–1980s
    Repository: Chicago Park District

  • Chicago Public Art Group

    Collection Title: Chicago Public Art Group archive
    Repository: Chicago Public Art Group

  • Chicago Public Library

    Collection Title: Woodlawn Community collection
    Inclusive Dates: 1857–1970
    Repository: Chicago Public Library, Harold Washington Library Center, Special Collections and Preservation Division

  • Chicago Public Library

    Collection Title: Beverly-Morgan Park collection
    Inclusive Dates: 1884–2002 (bulk 1896–1956)
    Repository: Chicago Public Library, Harold Washington Library Center, Special Collections and Preservation Division

  • Chicago Public Library

    Collection Title: Chicago Artists’ archive
    Inclusive Dates: circa 1890–present (bulk 1946–present )
    Repository: Chicago Public Library, Harold Washington Library Center, Special Collections and Preservation Division

  • Chicago Public Library. George Cleveland Hall Branch

    Collection Title: George Cleveland Hall Branch archives
    Inclusive Dates: 1930–1975
    Repository: Chicago Public Library, Harold Washington Library Center, Special Collections and Preservation Division

  • Chicago Reader

    Collection Title: Chicago Reader artwork collection
    Inclusive Dates: 1973–2005
    Repository: Newberry Library

  • Chicago Society of Artists

    Collection Title: Chicago Society of Artists records
    Inclusive Dates: 1953–1956
    Repository: University of Chicago Library, Special Collections Research Center

  • Chicago Society of Decorative Art

    Collection Title: Chicago Society of Decorative Art records
    Inclusive Dates: 1877–1895
    Repository: Chicago History Museum

  • Chicago Society of Decorative Art

    Collection Title: Chicago Society of Decorative Art decorative art scrapbook
    Inclusive Dates: (undated)
    Repository: Chicago History Museum

  • Chicago Society of Decorative Art

    Collection Title: Chicago Society of Decorative Art miscellaneous pamphlets
    Inclusive Dates: (undated)
    Repository: Chicago History Museum

  • Chicago State University

    Collection Title: Art Audio-Visual collection
    Inclusive Dates: 1960s–present
    Repository: Chicago State University

  • Chicago Water Color Club

    Collection Title: Chicago Water Color Club papers
    Inclusive Dates: 1909–1914
    Repository: Art Institute of Chicago, Institutional Archives

  • Chicago Woman's Aid

    Collection Title: Chicago Woman's Aid records
    Inclusive Dates: 1903–1988
    Repository: University of Illinois at Chicago, Richard J. Daley Library Special Collections and University Archives

  • Chicago Women's Club (Chicago, Ill.)

    Collection Title: Chicago Woman's Club anniversary scrapbook
    Inclusive Dates: October 1923
    Repository: Chicago History Museum

  • Chicago Women's Club (Chicago, Ill.)

    Collection Title: Chicago Woman's Club records
    Inclusive Dates: 1876–1998
    Repository: Chicago History Museum

  • Chiswick Book Shop

    Collection Title: Chiswick Book Shop (New York, N.Y.) records
    Inclusive Dates: 1952–1958
    Repository: Newberry Library

  • Church, Frederic Edwin, 1826-1900

    Collection Title: Frederic Edwin Church papers
    Inclusive Dates: 1865
    Repository: Chicago History Museum

  • Ciurej, Barbara, 1956-, Lochman, Lindsay

    Collection Title: Barbara Ciurej and Lindsay Lochman papers
    Inclusive Dates: 1980–2010
    Repository: Loyola University Chicago, Women and Leadership Archives

  • Ciurlonis Lithuanian Art Gallery (Chicago, Ill.)

    Collection Title: Ciurlonis Lithuanian Art Gallery collection
    Inclusive Dates: circa 1930s–present (bulk 1950s–present)
    Repository: Lithuanian Research and Studies Center

  • Clarkson, Ralph, 1861-1942

    Collection Title: Ralph E. Clarkson papers
    Inclusive Dates: circa 1900–1941
    Repository: Art Institute of Chicago, Ryerson and Burnham Libraries

  • Cliff Dwellers (Club)

    Collection Title: Cliff Dwellers records
    Inclusive Dates: 1890–ongoing
    Repository: Newberry Library

  • Cohen, George M., 1919-1999

    Collection Title: George M. Cohen papers
    Inclusive Dates: 1948–1999
    Repository: Northwestern University

  • Cohen, Herman, 1905-1997

    Collection Title: Herman Cohen correspondence and notes
    Inclusive Dates: 1954
    Repository: Newberry Library

  • Cole, Thomas, 1801-1848

    Collection Title: Thomas Cole papers
    Inclusive Dates: 1834
    Repository: Chicago History Museum

  • Colker, Ed, 1927-

    Collection Title: Ed Colker papers
    Inclusive Dates: 1999–2004
    Repository: Newberry Library

  • Columbia College (Chicago, Ill.)

    Collection Title: Oral History collection
    Inclusive Dates: 1998–2004
    Repository: Columbia College Chicago

  • Commodore, Chester, 1914-2004

    Collection Title: Chester Commodore papers
    Inclusive Dates: 1914–2004
    Repository: Chicago Public Library, Woodson Regional Library Center

  • Conda, Isabella

    Collection Title: Chicago Renaissance: A Festival Celebrating African American Art
    Inclusive Dates: 1997–2001
    Repository: Chicago State University

  • Conger, William, 1937-

    Collection Title: William F. Conger papers
    Inclusive Dates: 1971–2010
    Repository: Northwestern University

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