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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: Elmer Jacobs papersInclusive Dates: 1925–1982 Repository: Newberry Library
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Collection Title: Herbert and Katherine Jacobs residence and Frank Lloyd Wright recordsInclusive Dates: 1924–1974 Repository: Art Institute of Chicago, Ryerson and Burnham Libraries
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Collection Title: Jacque Jacobsen papersInclusive Dates: circa 1900s–1980s Repository: Newberry Library
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Collection Title: Larry Janiak papersInclusive Dates: circa 2001 Repository: Chicago History Museum
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Collection Title: Larry Janiak Teaching at the Institute of Design [videorecording]Inclusive Dates: 1968–1980 Repository: Chicago History Museum
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Collection Title: Larry Janiak collectionInclusive Dates: 1960–1980 Repository: Chicago Film Archives
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Collection Title: Zoetrope (Newsletter) recordsInclusive Dates: 1977–1981 Repository: Chicago History Museum
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Collection Title: Ute Jansen design collectionInclusive Dates: 1963–2008 Repository: University of Illinois at Chicago, Richard J. Daley Library Special Collections and University Archives
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Collection Title: Bertha E. Jaques papersInclusive Dates: 1922–1941 Repository: University of Illinois at Chicago, Richard J. Daley Library Special Collections and University Archives
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Collection Title: Vernon Jarrett videotape collectionInclusive Dates: 1991–1998 Repository: Chicago Public Library, Woodson Regional Library Center
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Collection Title: Jewish Community Centers of Chicago recordsInclusive Dates: 1904–1985 Repository: Chicago History Museum
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Collection Title: Joan Flasch Artists’ book collectionRepository: Art Institute of Chicago, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, John M. Flaxman Library
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Collection Title: Mail Art collectionRepository: Art Institute of Chicago, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, John M. Flaxman Library
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Collection Title: Kenneth O. Johnson papersInclusive Dates: 1931–1985, bulk 1953–1973 Repository: Newberry Library
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Collection Title: Calvin B. Jones papersInclusive Dates: 2007–2010 Repository: Chicago Public Library, Woodson Regional Library Center
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Collection Title: Richmond A. Jones design papersInclusive Dates: 1970–2000 Repository: University of Illinois at Chicago, Richard J. Daley Library Special Collections and University Archives
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Collection Title: Sandra Jorgensen archiveInclusive Dates: 1952–circa 1970s Repository: Elmhurst Art Museum
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Collection Title: Clay Judson papersInclusive Dates: 1800–1966 Repository: Newberry Library
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Collection Title: Alfred Juergens sketchbookInclusive Dates: circa 1897 Repository: Art Institute of Chicago, Ryerson and Burnham Libraries
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Collection Title: Ruth Justus papersInclusive Dates: 1958–1970 Repository: Newberry Library
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Collection Title: Tibor Kalman collectionInclusive Dates: 1980–1993 Repository: University of Illinois at Chicago, Richard J. Daley Library Special Collections and University Archives
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Collection Title: Kalo Shop collection of visual materialsInclusive Dates: circa 1920–1970 Repository: Chicago History Museum
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Collection Title: A. Raymond Katz collection of visual materialsInclusive Dates: circa 1930–1950s Repository: Chicago History Museum
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Collection Title: David Katzive papersRepository: Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
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Collection Title: Andrene Kauffman collectionRepository: Elmhurst Art Museum
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Collection Title: Official Kaufmann & Fabry photographs of the Century of ProgressInclusive Dates: 1933–1934 Repository: Chicago History Museum
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Collection Title: Clay Kelly papersRepository: Chicago History Museum
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Collection Title: Kenilworth Assembly Hall Association RecordsInclusive Dates: 1894–present Repository: Kenilworth Historical Society
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Collection Title: William Kessler papersInclusive Dates: 1942 Repository: Illinois Institute of Technology
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Collection Title: Lithuanian Research and Studies Center Art collection filesInclusive Dates: circa 1924–present Repository: Lithuanian Research and Studies Center
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Collection Title: Photographic print collections and Peter Kiar collectionInclusive Dates: circa 1941–1980, circa 1970–1980 Repository: Northwestern Memorial Hospital Archives
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Collection Title: Krystyna Kibish-Ozarowska collectionRepository: Polish Museum of America
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Collection Title: Asian American Art Oral History ProjectInclusive Dates: 2009–ongoing Repository: DePaul University
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Collection Title: William J. Kinsman photograph collectionInclusive Dates: circa 1890–1929 Repository: Chicago History Museum
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Collection Title: Wallace Kirkland papersInclusive Dates: 1890–1983 Repository: University of Illinois at Chicago, Richard J. Daley Library Special Collections and University Archives
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Collection Title: Eleanor Howard Collection of Wallace Kirkland photographsInclusive Dates: 1950s–1960s Repository: University of Illinois at Chicago, Richard J. Daley Library Special Collections and University Archives
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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
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Collection Title: William A. Kittredge papersInclusive Dates: 1907–1952, bulk 1922–1944 Repository: Newberry Library
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Collection Title: Don Klugman collectionInclusive Dates: 1964–1969 Repository: Chicago Film Archives
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Collection Title: Charles Robert Knight papersInclusive Dates: 1926–1981 Repository: Field Museum of Natural History
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Collection Title: Thomas Knudtson papersInclusive Dates: 1973–1984 Repository: University of Illinois at Chicago, Richard J. Daley Library Special Collections and University Archives
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Collection Title: Renard Koehnemann collectionInclusive Dates: 1913–1991 Repository: Art Institute of Chicago, Ryerson and Burnham Libraries
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Collection Title: School of Art and Design -- Richard Koppe papersInclusive Dates: 1936–1973 Repository: University of Illinois at Chicago, Richard J. Daley Library Special Collections and University Archives
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Collection Title: Kosciuszko Monument Central Committee recordsInclusive Dates: 1903–1907 Repository: Polish Museum of America
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Collection Title: Robert Kostka photograph collectionInclusive Dates: 1947–1956 Repository: Chicago History Museum
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Collection Title: Bohdan Kowalsky papersInclusive Dates: 1960s–2000s Repository: Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art
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Collection Title: Myron Kozman papersInclusive Dates: 1938–1954 Repository: University of Illinois at Chicago, Richard J. Daley Library Special Collections and University Archives
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Collection Title: Dale Kramer papersInclusive Dates: circa 1930–1966 Repository: Newberry Library
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Collection Title: Linda Lewis Kramer papersInclusive Dates: 1987–2010 Repository: Loyola University Chicago, Women and Leadership Archives
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Collection Title: Walter Krawiec political cartoonsInclusive Dates: circa 1950–1960's Repository: Newberry Library
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Collection Title: Fritz Kredel lettersInclusive Dates: 1948–1960 Repository: Newberry Library
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Collection Title: Dulah Evans Krehbiel papersInclusive Dates: 1900–1950 Repository: Art Institute of Chicago, Institutional Archives
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Collection Title: Kathryn Kucera papersInclusive Dates: 1950–2011 Repository: Loyola University Chicago, Women and Leadership Archives
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Collection Title: Louis Kurz papersInclusive Dates: 1856–1938 Repository: Chicago History Museum
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Collection Title: Louis Kurz Family photograph collectionInclusive Dates: circa 1850–1919 Repository: Chicago History Museum
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Collection Title: Luis Kutner papersInclusive Dates: 1916–1981 (bulk 1950–1980) Repository: Chicago History Museum
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Collection Title: Florence James Adams memorial scrapbookInclusive Dates: 1910–1943 Repository: Chicago History Museum
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Collection Title: Grace Lai papersInclusive Dates: 1915–2010 (bulk 1990s) Repository: Chinese-American Museum of Chicago
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Collection Title: Reference files from the Lake Forest-Lake Bluff Historical SocietyRepository: Lake Forest-Lake Bluff Historical Society
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Collection Title: Passavant Memorial Hospital records, general art files, and Norman LaLiberté collectionInclusive Dates: 1865–1972, circa 1906–1972, 1973–1975 Repository: Northwestern Memorial Hospital Archives
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Collection Title: Roy Langley papersInclusive Dates: 1909–1981, bulk 1951–1961 Repository: Newberry Library
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Collection Title: Margaret Lanterman papersInclusive Dates: 1991–2002 Repository: Loyola University Chicago, Women and Leadership Archives
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Collection Title: George W. Lawe papersInclusive Dates: 1754–1914 (bulk 1820–1860) Repository: Chicago History Museum
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Collection Title: Michael S. Lerner papersInclusive Dates: 1953–1985 Repository: Chicago Public Library, Conrad Sulzer Regional Library
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Collection Title: Nathan Lerner papersInclusive Dates: circa 1960–1979 Repository: Chicago History Museum
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Collection Title: Allen Lewis papersInclusive Dates: 1873–1985 Repository: Wheaton College Archives & Special Collections
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Collection Title: Archie Lieberman collectionInclusive Dates: 1950s–2003 Repository: Columbia College Chicago
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Collection Title: Crane family and Lillie family papersInclusive Dates: 1833–1978 (bulk 1890s–1960s) Repository: Chicago History Museum
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Collection Title: Abraham Lincoln collectionInclusive Dates: 1804–1948 Repository: Chicago History Museum
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Collection Title: Robert Todd Lincoln manuscript collectionInclusive Dates: 1864–1926 Repository: Chicago History Museum
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Collection Title: Franz Lipp collection of visual materialsInclusive Dates: circa 1950–1951 Repository: Chicago History Museum
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Collection Title: Franz Lipp papersInclusive Dates: 1930–1997 Repository: Art Institute of Chicago, Ryerson and Burnham Libraries
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Collection Title: Little Room recordsInclusive Dates: 1898–1931 Repository: Newberry Library
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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: Arthur Logan papersInclusive Dates: 1924–1997 Repository: Chicago Public Library, Woodson Regional Library Center
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Collection Title: Stephen Longstreet collectionRepository: University of Chicago Library, Special Collections Research Center
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Collection Title: Loujon Press and The Outsider collectionsRepository: Northwestern University
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Collection Title: Helen Macbeth papersRepository: Glessner House Museum
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Collection Title: Charles MacMurray design collectionInclusive Dates: 1960–1981 Repository: University of Illinois at Chicago, Richard J. Daley Library Special Collections and University Archives
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Collection Title: George Maher Family collectionInclusive Dates: circa 1891–circa 2000 Repository: Kenilworth Historical Society
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Collection Title: Kazimierz Majewski cartoon collectionInclusive Dates: circa 1953–1964 Repository: Chicago History Museum
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Collection Title: Silvia Malagrino papersInclusive Dates: 1985–2011 Repository: Loyola University Chicago, Women and Leadership Archives
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Collection Title: Sol Malkoff papersInclusive Dates: 1944–1992 Repository: Newberry Library
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Collection Title: Marianne Deson Gallery recordsRepository: Art Institute of Chicago, Ryerson and Burnham Libraries
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Collection Title: Federated Department Stores' records of Marshall Field & CompanyInclusive Dates: circa 1875–2003 Repository: Chicago History Museum
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Collection Title: Gordon Martin design collectionInclusive Dates: 1954–1957 Repository: University of Illinois at Chicago, Richard J. Daley Library Special Collections and University Archives
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Collection Title: Martyl papersRepository: Art Institute of Chicago, Ryerson and Burnham Libraries
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Collection Title: Records of the Block GalleryInclusive Dates: 1932–1997 Repository: Northwestern University
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Collection Title: Grace Mason papers/Atkinson photograph collectionInclusive Dates: 1880–1920 Repository: Chicago Public Library, Woodson Regional Library Center
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Collection Title: Passavant Memorial Hospital, general art files, and Michael Mason, MD, papersInclusive Dates: 1865-1972 Repository: Northwestern Memorial Hospital Archives
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Collection Title: Stieglitz-Mathieu correspondenceInclusive Dates: 1943–1945 Repository: University of Chicago Library, Special Collections Research Center
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Collection Title: Bill Mauldin collectionInclusive Dates: 1941–2003 Repository: Newberry Library
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Collection Title: John Moore Maxon papersInclusive Dates: 1959–1977 Repository: Art Institute of Chicago, Institutional Archives
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Collection Title: Don May papersInclusive Dates: 1927–2009, bulk 1935–1982 Repository: Newberry Library
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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, MinnInclusive Dates: 1851–1886 Repository: Newberry Library
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Collection Title: Frank Blackwell Mayer diariesInclusive Dates: 1851 May 7–July 18 Repository: Newberry Library
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Collection Title: Lyle Mayer photograph collectionInclusive Dates: 1947–1967 Repository: Chicago History Museum
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Collection Title: Mayor Dever's Committee of 75 to Purchase Gilbert Stuart's Portrait of George Washington recordsInclusive Dates: 1924 Repository: Art Institute of Chicago, Institutional Archives
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Collection Title: William McBride, Jr. papersInclusive Dates: 1907–1995 Repository: Chicago Public Library, Woodson Regional Library Center
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Collection Title: U.S. Work Projects Administration, Illinois, poster collectionInclusive Dates: circa 1930s–1940s Repository: Chicago History Museum