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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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  • Jacobs, Elmer, 1900-

    Collection Title: Elmer Jacobs papers
    Inclusive Dates: 1925–1982
    Repository: Newberry Library

  • Jacobs, Herbert Austin, 1903-1987

    Collection Title: Herbert and Katherine Jacobs residence and Frank Lloyd Wright records
    Inclusive Dates: 1924–1974
    Repository: Art Institute of Chicago, Ryerson and Burnham Libraries

  • Jacobsen, Jacque, 1907-1967

    Collection Title: Jacque Jacobsen papers
    Inclusive Dates: circa 1900s–1980s
    Repository: Newberry Library

  • Janiak, Larry, 1938-

    Collection Title: Zoetrope (Newsletter) records
    Inclusive Dates: 1977–1981
    Repository: Chicago History Museum

  • Janiak, Larry, 1938-

    Collection Title: Larry Janiak collection
    Inclusive Dates: 1960–1980
    Repository: Chicago Film Archives

  • Janiak, Larry, 1938-

    Collection Title: Larry Janiak Teaching at the Institute of Design [videorecording]
    Inclusive Dates: 1968–1980
    Repository: Chicago History Museum

  • Janiak, Larry, 1938-

    Collection Title: Larry Janiak papers
    Inclusive Dates: circa 2001
    Repository: Chicago History Museum

  • Jansen, Ute

    Collection Title: Ute Jansen design collection
    Inclusive Dates: 1963–2008
    Repository: University of Illinois at Chicago, Richard J. Daley Library Special Collections and University Archives

  • Jaques, Bertha E. (Bertha Evelyn),, b. 1863-

    Collection Title: Bertha E. Jaques papers
    Inclusive Dates: 1922–1941
    Repository: University of Illinois at Chicago, Richard J. Daley Library Special Collections and University Archives

  • Jarrett, Vernon, 1918-2004

    Collection Title: Vernon Jarrett videotape collection
    Inclusive Dates: 1991–1998
    Repository: Chicago Public Library, Woodson Regional Library Center

  • Jewish Community Centers of Chicago

    Collection Title: Jewish Community Centers of Chicago records
    Inclusive Dates: 1904–1985
    Repository: Chicago History Museum

  • John M. Flaxman Library

    Collection Title: Joan Flasch Artists’ book collection
    Repository: Art Institute of Chicago, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, John M. Flaxman Library

  • John M. Flaxman Library

    Collection Title: Mail Art collection
    Repository: Art Institute of Chicago, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, John M. Flaxman Library

  • Johnson, Kenneth O., 1926-2007

    Collection Title: Kenneth O. Johnson papers
    Inclusive Dates: 1931–1985, bulk 1953–1973
    Repository: Newberry Library

  • Jones, Calvin B., 1934-2010

    Collection Title: Calvin B. Jones papers
    Inclusive Dates: 2007–2010
    Repository: Chicago Public Library, Woodson Regional Library Center

  • Jones, Richmond Addison, 1937-

    Collection Title: Richmond A. Jones design papers
    Inclusive Dates: 1970–2000
    Repository: University of Illinois at Chicago, Richard J. Daley Library Special Collections and University Archives

  • Jorgensen, Sandra, 1934-1999

    Collection Title: Sandra Jorgensen archive
    Inclusive Dates: 1952–circa 1970s
    Repository: Elmhurst Art Museum

  • Judson, Clay, 1892-1960

    Collection Title: Clay Judson papers
    Inclusive Dates: 1800–1966
    Repository: Newberry Library

  • Juergens, Alfred, 1866-1934

    Collection Title: Alfred Juergens sketchbook
    Inclusive Dates: circa 1897
    Repository: Art Institute of Chicago, Ryerson and Burnham Libraries

  • Justus, Ruth, 1958-1970

    Collection Title: Ruth Justus papers
    Inclusive Dates: 1958–1970
    Repository: Newberry Library

  • Kalman, Tibor, 1949-1999

    Collection Title: Tibor Kalman collection
    Inclusive Dates: 1980–1993
    Repository: University of Illinois at Chicago, Richard J. Daley Library Special Collections and University Archives

  • Kalo Shop

    Collection Title: Kalo Shop collection of visual materials
    Inclusive Dates: circa 1920–1970
    Repository: Chicago History Museum

  • Katz, A. Raymond (Alexander Raymond), 1895-1974

    Collection Title: A. Raymond Katz collection of visual materials
    Inclusive Dates: circa 1930–1950s
    Repository: Chicago History Museum

  • Katzive, David H.

    Collection Title: David Katzive papers
    Repository: Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago

  • Kauffman, Andrene, 1905-1993

    Collection Title: Andrene Kauffman collection
    Repository: Elmhurst Art Museum

  • Kaufmann & Fabry Co.

    Collection Title: Official Kaufmann & Fabry photographs of the Century of Progress
    Inclusive Dates: 1933–1934
    Repository: Chicago History Museum

  • Kelly, Clay, 1874-

    Collection Title: Clay Kelly papers
    Repository: Chicago History Museum

  • Kenilworth Assembly Hall Association

    Collection Title: Kenilworth Assembly Hall Association Records
    Inclusive Dates: 1894–present
    Repository: Kenilworth Historical Society

  • Kessler, William H. (William Henry), 1924-2002

    Collection Title: William Kessler papers
    Inclusive Dates: 1942
    Repository: Illinois Institute of Technology

  • Kezys, Algimantes, 1928-2015

    Collection Title: Lithuanian Research and Studies Center Art collection files
    Inclusive Dates: circa 1924–present
    Repository: Lithuanian Research and Studies Center

  • Kiar, Peter, 1944-

    Collection Title: Photographic print collections and Peter Kiar collection
    Inclusive Dates: circa 1941–1980, circa 1970–1980
    Repository: Northwestern Memorial Hospital Archives

  • Kibish-Ozarowska, Krystyna, 1917-

    Collection Title: Krystyna Kibish-Ozarowska collection
    Repository: Polish Museum of America

  • Kina, Laura, 1973-

    Collection Title: Asian American Art Oral History Project
    Inclusive Dates: 2009–ongoing
    Repository: DePaul University

  • Kinsman, William J., 1867-1954

    Collection Title: William J. Kinsman photograph collection
    Inclusive Dates: circa 1890–1929
    Repository: Chicago History Museum

  • Kirkland, Wallace, 1892-1979

    Collection Title: Wallace Kirkland papers
    Inclusive Dates: 1890–1983
    Repository: University of Illinois at Chicago, Richard J. Daley Library Special Collections and University Archives

  • Kirkland, Wallace, 1892-1979

    Collection Title: Eleanor Howard Collection of Wallace Kirkland photographs
    Inclusive Dates: 1950s–1960s
    Repository: University of Illinois at Chicago, Richard J. Daley Library Special Collections and University Archives

  • Kirkland, Wallace, 1892-1979

    Collection Title: Hull-House photograph collection (formerly known as the Jane Addams Memorial Collection)
    Inclusive Dates: 1860s–1970s and undated (bulk 1900–1950)
    Repository: University of Illinois at Chicago, Richard J. Daley Library Special Collections and University Archives

  • Kittredge, William A. (William Albion), 1891-1945

    Collection Title: William A. Kittredge papers
    Inclusive Dates: 1907–1952, bulk 1922–1944
    Repository: Newberry Library

  • Klugman, Don, 1933-

    Collection Title: Don Klugman collection
    Inclusive Dates: 1964–1969
    Repository: Chicago Film Archives

  • Knight, Charles Robert, 1874-1953

    Collection Title: Charles Robert Knight papers
    Inclusive Dates: 1926–1981
    Repository: Field Museum of Natural History

  • Knudtson, Thomas, 1939-

    Collection Title: Thomas Knudtson papers
    Inclusive Dates: 1973–1984
    Repository: University of Illinois at Chicago, Richard J. Daley Library Special Collections and University Archives

  • Koehnemann, Renard, 1918-1999

    Collection Title: Renard Koehnemann collection
    Inclusive Dates: 1913–1991
    Repository: Art Institute of Chicago, Ryerson and Burnham Libraries

  • Koppe, Richard, 1916-1973

    Collection Title: School of Art and Design -- Richard Koppe papers
    Inclusive Dates: 1936–1973
    Repository: University of Illinois at Chicago, Richard J. Daley Library Special Collections and University Archives

  • Kosciuszko Monument Central Committee

    Collection Title: Kosciuszko Monument Central Committee records
    Inclusive Dates: 1903–1907
    Repository: Polish Museum of America

  • Kostka, Robert, 1934-1997

    Collection Title: Robert Kostka photograph collection
    Inclusive Dates: 1947–1956
    Repository: Chicago History Museum

  • Kowalsky, Bohdan, 1923-2008

    Collection Title: Bohdan Kowalsky papers
    Inclusive Dates: 1960s–2000s
    Repository: Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art

  • Kozman, Myron, 1916-2002

    Collection Title: Myron Kozman papers
    Inclusive Dates: 1938–1954
    Repository: University of Illinois at Chicago, Richard J. Daley Library Special Collections and University Archives

  • Kramer, Dale, 1936-

    Collection Title: Dale Kramer papers
    Inclusive Dates: circa 1930–1966
    Repository: Newberry Library

  • Kramer, Linda Lewis, 1937-

    Collection Title: Linda Lewis Kramer papers
    Inclusive Dates: 1987–2010
    Repository: Loyola University Chicago, Women and Leadership Archives

  • Krawiec, Walter, 1889-1982

    Collection Title: Walter Krawiec political cartoons
    Inclusive Dates: circa 1950–1960's
    Repository: Newberry Library

  • Kredel, Fritz, 1900-1973

    Collection Title: Fritz Kredel letters
    Inclusive Dates: 1948–1960
    Repository: Newberry Library

  • Krehbiel, Dulah Evans, 1875-1951

    Collection Title: Dulah Evans Krehbiel papers
    Inclusive Dates: 1900–1950
    Repository: Art Institute of Chicago, Institutional Archives

  • Kucera, Kathryn

    Collection Title: Kathryn Kucera papers
    Inclusive Dates: 1950–2011
    Repository: Loyola University Chicago, Women and Leadership Archives

  • Kurz, Louis, 1833 or 4-1921

    Collection Title: Louis Kurz Family photograph collection
    Inclusive Dates: circa 1850–1919
    Repository: Chicago History Museum

  • Kurz, Louis, 1833 or 4-1921

    Collection Title: Louis Kurz papers
    Inclusive Dates: 1856–1938
    Repository: Chicago History Museum

  • Kutner, Luis, 1908-1993

    Collection Title: Luis Kutner papers
    Inclusive Dates: 1916–1981 (bulk 1950–1980)
    Repository: Chicago History Museum

  • Laflin, Josephine Knowland, 1862-1949

    Collection Title: Florence James Adams memorial scrapbook
    Inclusive Dates: 1910–1943
    Repository: Chicago History Museum

  • Lai, Grace Lee, 1927-2010

    Collection Title: Grace Lai papers
    Inclusive Dates: 1915–2010 (bulk 1990s)
    Repository: Chinese-American Museum of Chicago

  • Lake Forest-Lake Bluff Historical Society

    Collection Title: Reference files from the Lake Forest-Lake Bluff Historical Society
    Repository: Lake Forest-Lake Bluff Historical Society

  • Laliberté, Norman, 1925-

    Collection Title: Passavant Memorial Hospital records, general art files, and Norman LaLiberté collection
    Inclusive Dates: 1865–1972, circa 1906–1972, 1973–1975
    Repository: Northwestern Memorial Hospital Archives

  • Langley, Roy, 1909-1983

    Collection Title: Roy Langley papers
    Inclusive Dates: 1909–1981, bulk 1951–1961
    Repository: Newberry Library

  • Lanterman, Margaret

    Collection Title: Margaret Lanterman papers
    Inclusive Dates: 1991–2002
    Repository: Loyola University Chicago, Women and Leadership Archives

  • Lawe, George William, 1810-1895

    Collection Title: George W. Lawe papers
    Inclusive Dates: 1754–1914 (bulk 1820–1860)
    Repository: Chicago History Museum

  • Lerner, Michael S.

    Collection Title: Michael S. Lerner papers
    Inclusive Dates: 1953–1985
    Repository: Chicago Public Library, Conrad Sulzer Regional Library

  • Lerner, Nathan, 1913-1997

    Collection Title: Nathan Lerner papers
    Inclusive Dates: circa 1960–1979
    Repository: Chicago History Museum

  • Lewis, Allen, 1873-1957

    Collection Title: Allen Lewis papers
    Inclusive Dates: 1873–1985
    Repository: Wheaton College Archives & Special Collections

  • Lieberman, Archie, 1926-2008

    Collection Title: Archie Lieberman collection
    Inclusive Dates: 1950s–2003
    Repository: Columbia College Chicago

  • Lillie, Frances Crane, 1869-1958

    Collection Title: Crane family and Lillie family papers
    Inclusive Dates: 1833–1978 (bulk 1890s–1960s)
    Repository: Chicago History Museum

  • Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

    Collection Title: Abraham Lincoln collection
    Inclusive Dates: 1804–1948
    Repository: Chicago History Museum

  • Lincoln, Robert Todd, 1843-1926

    Collection Title: Robert Todd Lincoln manuscript collection
    Inclusive Dates: 1864–1926
    Repository: Chicago History Museum

  • Lipp, Franz, 1897-1996

    Collection Title: Franz Lipp collection of visual materials
    Inclusive Dates: circa 1950–1951
    Repository: Chicago History Museum

  • Lipp, Franz, 1897-1996

    Collection Title: Franz Lipp papers
    Inclusive Dates: 1930–1997
    Repository: Art Institute of Chicago, Ryerson and Burnham Libraries

  • Little Room (Chicago, Ill.)

    Collection Title: Little Room records
    Inclusive Dates: 1898–1931
    Repository: Newberry Library

  • 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

  • Logan, Arthur, 1907-2000

    Collection Title: Arthur Logan papers
    Inclusive Dates: 1924–1997
    Repository: Chicago Public Library, Woodson Regional Library Center

  • Longstreet, Stephen, 1907-

    Collection Title: Stephen Longstreet collection
    Repository: University of Chicago Library, Special Collections Research Center

  • Loujon Press

    Collection Title: Loujon Press and The Outsider collections
    Repository: Northwestern University

  • Macbeth, Helen, 1838-1934

    Collection Title: Helen Macbeth papers
    Repository: Glessner House Museum

  • MacMurray, Charles G., 1924-2009

    Collection Title: Charles MacMurray design collection
    Inclusive Dates: 1960–1981
    Repository: University of Illinois at Chicago, Richard J. Daley Library Special Collections and University Archives

  • Maher, George Washington, 1864-1926

    Collection Title: George Maher Family collection
    Inclusive Dates: circa 1891–circa 2000
    Repository: Kenilworth Historical Society

  • Majewski, Kazimierz J., 1903-1981

    Collection Title: Kazimierz Majewski cartoon collection
    Inclusive Dates: circa 1953–1964
    Repository: Chicago History Museum

  • Malagrino, Sylvia, 1950-

    Collection Title: Silvia Malagrino papers
    Inclusive Dates: 1985–2011
    Repository: Loyola University Chicago, Women and Leadership Archives

  • Malkoff, Sol, 1918-2001, Sol, 1918-2001

    Collection Title: Sol Malkoff papers
    Inclusive Dates: 1944–1992
    Repository: Newberry Library

  • Marianne Deson Gallery (Chicago, Ill.)

    Collection Title: Marianne Deson Gallery records
    Repository: Art Institute of Chicago, Ryerson and Burnham Libraries

  • Marshall Field & Company

    Collection Title: Federated Department Stores' records of Marshall Field & Company
    Inclusive Dates: circa 1875–2003
    Repository: Chicago History Museum

  • Martin, Gordon

    Collection Title: Gordon Martin design collection
    Inclusive Dates: 1954–1957
    Repository: University of Illinois at Chicago, Richard J. Daley Library Special Collections and University Archives

  • Martyl, 1917-2013

    Collection Title: Martyl papers
    Repository: Art Institute of Chicago, Ryerson and Burnham Libraries

  • Mary and Leigh Block Gallery

    Collection Title: Records of the Block Gallery
    Inclusive Dates: 1932–1997
    Repository: Northwestern University

  • Mason, Grace

    Collection Title: Grace Mason papers/Atkinson photograph collection
    Inclusive Dates: 1880–1920
    Repository: Chicago Public Library, Woodson Regional Library Center

  • Mason, Michael L., 1895-1963

    Collection Title: Passavant Memorial Hospital, general art files, and Michael Mason, MD, papers
    Inclusive Dates: 1865-1972
    Repository: Northwestern Memorial Hospital Archives

  • Mathieu, Aron M.

    Collection Title: Stieglitz-Mathieu correspondence
    Inclusive Dates: 1943–1945
    Repository: University of Chicago Library, Special Collections Research Center

  • Mauldin, Bill, 1921-2003

    Collection Title: Bill Mauldin collection
    Inclusive Dates: 1941–2003
    Repository: Newberry Library

  • Maxon, John, 1916-

    Collection Title: John Moore Maxon papers
    Inclusive Dates: 1959–1977
    Repository: Art Institute of Chicago, Institutional Archives

  • May, Donald Richard, 1911-1993

    Collection Title: Don May papers
    Inclusive Dates: 1927–2009, bulk 1935–1982
    Repository: Newberry Library

  • Mayer, Frank Blackwell, 1827-1899

    Collection Title: Frank B. Mayer collection of sketchbooks, drawings, and oil paintings of Sioux Indians during the 1851 Treaty Negotiations at Traverse des Sioux and Mendota, Minn
    Inclusive Dates: 1851–1886
    Repository: Newberry Library

  • Mayer, Frank Blackwell, 1827-1899

    Collection Title: Frank Blackwell Mayer diaries
    Inclusive Dates: 1851 May 7–July 18
    Repository: Newberry Library

  • Mayer, Lyle R.

    Collection Title: Lyle Mayer photograph collection
    Inclusive Dates: 1947–1967
    Repository: Chicago History Museum

  • Mayor Dever's Committee of 75 to Purchase Gilbert Stuart's Portrait of George Washington, 1924

    Collection Title: Mayor Dever's Committee of 75 to Purchase Gilbert Stuart's Portrait of George Washington records
    Inclusive Dates: 1924
    Repository: Art Institute of Chicago, Institutional Archives

  • McBride, William, 1912-2000

    Collection Title: U.S. Work Projects Administration, Illinois, poster collection
    Inclusive Dates: circa 1930s–1940s
    Repository: Chicago History Museum

  • McBride, William, 1912-2000

    Collection Title: William McBride, Jr. papers
    Inclusive Dates: 1907–1995
    Repository: Chicago Public Library, Woodson Regional Library Center

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