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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.

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Surveyed Collection Descriptions

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  • Orr, Carey Cassius, 1890-1967

    Collection Title: Carey Orr cartoon collection part 1
    Inclusive Dates: 1930–1946
    Repository: Chicago History Museum

  • Orr, Carey Cassius, 1890-1967

    Collection Title: Carey Orr cartoon collection part 2
    Inclusive Dates: 1924–1956
    Repository: Chicago History Museum

  • Orr, Carey Cassius, 1890-1967

    Collection Title: Carey Orr cartoon collection part 3
    Inclusive Dates: 1930–1949
    Repository: Chicago History Museum

  • Orr, Carey Cassius, 1890-1967

    Collection Title: Carey Orr cartoon collection part 4
    Inclusive Dates: 1929–1959
    Repository: Chicago History Museum

  • Orr, Carey Cassius, 1890-1967

    Collection Title: Carey Orr cartoon collection part 5
    Inclusive Dates: 1930–1961
    Repository: Chicago History Museum

  • Orr, Carey Cassius, 1890-1967

    Collection Title: Carey Orr editorial cartoons for Chicago Tribune
    Inclusive Dates: 1926–1960
    Repository: Lake Forest College Library

  • Orr, Carey Cassius, 1890-1967

    Collection Title: Carey Orr cartoon collection part 6
    Inclusive Dates: 1926–1961
    Repository: Chicago History Museum

  • Orr, Carey Cassius, 1890-1967

    Collection Title: Carey Orr cartoon collection part 7
    Inclusive Dates: 1929–1946
    Repository: Chicago History Museum

  • Ott, John Nash, 1909-2000

    Collection Title: John Nash Ott Time-lapse photography collection
    Repository: Winnetka Historical Society

  • Our Lady of Sorrows Basilica (Chicago, Ill.)

    Collection Title: Our Lady of Sorrows Basilica Archives
    Repository: Our Lady of Sorrows Basilica

  • P.F. Volland Company

    Collection Title: P. F. Volland collection
    Inclusive Dates: 1917–1958
    Repository: Chicago Public Library, Harold Washington Library Center, Special Collections and Preservation Division

  • Paepcke, Elizabeth, 1902-1994

    Collection Title: Elizabeth Paepcke papers
    Inclusive Dates: 1889–1994 (bulk 1950–1993)
    Repository: University of Chicago Library, Special Collections Research Center

  • Paepcke, Walter Paul, 1896-1960

    Collection Title: Walter P. Paepcke papers
    Inclusive Dates: 1912–1961
    Repository: University of Chicago Library, Special Collections Research Center

  • Palette & Chisel Academy of Fine Arts (Chicago, Ill.)

    Collection Title: Palette and Chisel Club records
    Inclusive Dates: 1895–1976
    Repository: Newberry Library

  • Palette & Chisel Academy of Fine Arts (Chicago, Ill.)

    Collection Title: Palette and Chisel Academy of Fine Arts Archive
    Inclusive Dates: circa 1895–present
    Repository: Palette & Chisel Academy of Fine Arts

  • Palmer, Bertha Honore, 1849-1918

    Collection Title: Bertha Honoré Palmer correspondence collection
    Inclusive Dates: 1883–1899
    Repository: Art Institute of Chicago, Ryerson and Burnham Libraries

  • Palmer, Bertha Honore, 1849-1918

    Collection Title: Bertha Palmer and Palmer Family research collection
    Inclusive Dates: 1891–1974
    Repository: Chicago History Museum

  • Palmer, Potter, 1826-1902

    Collection Title: Potter Palmer and Palmer Estate papers
    Inclusive Dates: 1849–1920
    Repository: Chicago History Museum

  • Parada, Esther, 1938-2005

    Collection Title: University of Illinois at Chicago College of Architecture and Art Department of Art and Design -- faculty papers -- Esther Parada papers
    Inclusive Dates: 1955–2005
    Repository: University of Illinois at Chicago, Richard J. Daley Library Special Collections and University Archives

  • Parada, Esther, 1938-2005

    Collection Title: Esther Parada papers
    Inclusive Dates: 1929–1993
    Repository: Chicago Public Library, Woodson Regional Library Center

  • Parrish, Joseph Lee, 1905-1989

    Collection Title: Joseph Parrish cartoon collection
    Inclusive Dates: 1942–1970
    Repository: Chicago History Museum

  • Paschke, Ed, 1939-2004

    Collection Title: Ed Paschke Studio Collection (EPAC)
    Repository: Ed Paschke Art Center

  • Patterson, Edith L., 1868-1967

    Collection Title: Passavant Memorial Hospital, general art files, and Edith L. Patterson papers
    Inclusive Dates: 1865–1972, circa 1906–1972, circa 1933–1967
    Repository: Northwestern Memorial Hospital Archives

  • Patterson, Joseph Medill, 1879-1946

    Collection Title: Joseph Medill Patterson papers and J. M. Patterson cartoonist correspondence
    Inclusive Dates: 1901–1950, 1912–1946
    Repository: Lake Forest College Library

  • Pattison, Abbott Lawrence, 1916-1999

    Collection Title: Abbott Pattison collection
    Repository: Winnetka Historical Society

  • Paul Theobald Company

    Collection Title: Paul Theobald and Company records
    Inclusive Dates: 1935–1988
    Repository: Art Institute of Chicago, Ryerson and Burnham Libraries

  • Peace Museum (Chicago, Ill.)

    Collection Title: Peace Museum exhibition records
    Inclusive Dates: circa 1984
    Repository: Chicago History Museum

  • Peace Museum (Chicago, Ill.)

    Collection Title: Photographs of Peace Museum activities and staff
    Inclusive Dates: circa 1981–1984
    Repository: Chicago History Museum

  • Peale, Rembrandt, 1778-1860

    Collection Title: Rembrandt Peale collection
    Inclusive Dates: 1826, 1846
    Repository: Chicago History Museum

  • Pearson, Elmer R. (Elmer Ray), 1986

    Collection Title: Ray Pearson's Institute of design collection of visual materials
    Inclusive Dates: 1930–circa 1979
    Repository: Chicago History Museum

  • Pearson, Ray, 1986

    Collection Title: Ray Pearson collection of visual materials,
    Inclusive Dates: 1954–1972
    Repository: Chicago History Museum

  • Pearson, Ray, 1986

    Collection Title: Ray Pearson papers
    Inclusive Dates: 1943–1982
    Repository: Chicago History Museum

  • Penn, Irving, 1917-2009

    Collection Title: Irving Penn archives
    Inclusive Dates: circa 1924–2005
    Repository: Art Institute of Chicago, Ryerson and Burnham Libraries

  • Pentimenti Productions

    Collection Title: Hairy Who and Chicago Imagists interviews
    Inclusive Dates: 2008–2014
    Repository: Pentimenti Productions

  • Perkins, Dwight Heald, 1867-1941

    Collection Title: Dwight Perkins exhibition photographs
    Inclusive Dates: 1989
    Repository: Chicago History Museum

  • Perkins, Dwight Heald, 1867-1941

    Collection Title: Architectural records and personal papers of Dwight Perkins
    Inclusive Dates: circa 1890–1975
    Repository: Chicago History Museum

  • Perkins, Enid Eder, 1896-1973

    Collection Title: Enid Eder Perkins papers
    Inclusive Dates: 1929–1973
    Repository: Newberry Library

  • Perkins, Lucy Fitch, 1865-1937

    Collection Title: Lucy Fitch Perkins papers
    Inclusive Dates: 1909–1937
    Repository: Evanston History Center

  • Perkins, Marion, 1908-1961

    Collection Title: Perkins, Marion/Perkins Family papers
    Inclusive Dates: 1938–2003
    Repository: Chicago Public Library, Woodson Regional Library Center

  • Perlman, Alfred

    Collection Title: Alfred Perlman collection
    Inclusive Dates: 1881–1922
    Repository: Chicago History Museum

  • Perman, Norman

    Collection Title: Norman Perman design collection
    Inclusive Dates: 1983–2000
    Repository: University of Illinois at Chicago, Richard J. Daley Library Special Collections and University Archives

  • Petrides, Olivia

    Collection Title: Olivia Petrides papers
    Inclusive Dates: 1988–2011
    Repository: Loyola University Chicago, Women and Leadership Archives

  • Pinzke, Herbert, 1917-1992

    Collection Title: Herbert Pinzke papers
    Inclusive Dates: 1948–1987
    Repository: University of Illinois at Chicago, Richard J. Daley Library Special Collections and University Archives

  • Plotkin, Nancy, 1931-2013

    Collection Title: Nancy Plotkin papers
    Inclusive Dates: 1984–2005
    Repository: Loyola University Chicago, Women and Leadership Archives

  • Plucked Chicken Press

    Collection Title: Plucked Chicken Press collection
    Inclusive Dates: 1970s–1990s
    Repository: Koehnline Museum of Art at Oakton Community College

  • Poe, Joy

    Collection Title: Joy Poe papers
    Inclusive Dates: 2011
    Repository: Loyola University Chicago, Women and Leadership Archives

  • Polish Arts Club of Chicago

    Collection Title: Polish Arts Club of Chicago
    Inclusive Dates: 1925–1988
    Repository: Polish Museum of America

  • Pollack, Peter, 1909-1978

    Collection Title: Peter Pollack records
    Inclusive Dates: 1947–1957
    Repository: Art Institute of Chicago, Institutional Archives

  • Porter, Allen, 1902-1987

    Collection Title: Allen Porter collection
    Inclusive Dates: 1987
    Repository: Illinois Institute of Technology

  • Porter, Allen, 1926-

    Collection Title: Allen Porter papers
    Inclusive Dates: 1946–1995
    Repository: University of Illinois at Chicago, Richard J. Daley Library Special Collections and University Archives

  • Powell/Kleinschmidt (Firm)

    Collection Title: Powell/Kleinschmidt records
    Inclusive Dates: 1969–1993
    Repository: Art Institute of Chicago, Ryerson and Burnham Libraries

  • Preston, Jessie M., 1873-1962

    Collection Title: Jessie M. Preston scrapbook
    Inclusive Dates: circa 1911–1943
    Repository: Art Institute of Chicago, Ryerson and Burnham Libraries

  • Prior, Ariadne

    Collection Title: Ariadne Prior papers
    Inclusive Dates: 1936 and undated
    Repository: University of Illinois at Chicago, Richard J. Daley Library Special Collections and University Archives

  • Public Art Workshop

    Collection Title: Public Art Workshop records
    Inclusive Dates: 1968–1995 (bulk 1970–1982)
    Repository: Chicago History Museum

  • Puerto Rican Cultural Center

    Collection Title: Puerto Rican Cultural Center collection
    Inclusive Dates: 1973–2009
    Repository: University of Illinois at Chicago, Richard J. Daley Library Special Collections and University Archives

  • R.R. Donnelley and Sons Company

    Collection Title: R.R. Donnelley and Sons Company Archive
    Inclusive Dates: 1844–2005
    Repository: University of Chicago Library, Special Collections Research Center

  • Rabb, Madeline Murphy, 1945-

    Collection Title: Madeline Murphy Rabb papers
    Inclusive Dates: 1980–1991
    Repository: Chicago Public Library, Harold Washington Library Center, Special Collections and Preservation Division

  • Ralph Watkins Metalcrafts (Chicago, Ill.)

    Collection Title: Ralph Watkins metalcrafts collection of design drawings
    Inclusive Dates: before 1982
    Repository: Chicago History Museum

  • Rand McNally and Company

    Collection Title: Rand McNally and Company records
    Inclusive Dates: 1856–1996
    Repository: Newberry Library

  • Randahl, Julius O., 1880-1972

    Collection Title: Julius O. Randahl collection of visual materials
    Inclusive Dates: circa 1925–1969
    Repository: Chicago History Museum

  • Randolph Street Gallery

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

  • Ransom, Will, 1878-1955

    Collection Title: Will Ransom papers
    Inclusive Dates: 1883–1954
    Repository: Newberry Library

  • Reed, Philip (Philip G.), 1908-

    Collection Title: Philip Reed collection
    Repository: University of Illinois at Chicago, Richard J. Daley Library Special Collections and University Archives

  • Regehr, Carl, d. 1893

    Collection Title: Carl Regehr papers
    Inclusive Dates: 1959–1983
    Repository: University of Illinois at Chicago, Richard J. Daley Library Special Collections and University Archives

  • Regensteiner, Else Friedsam, 1906-2003

    Collection Title: Else Regensteine collection
    Inclusive Dates: 1914–2003
    Repository: Art Institute of Chicago, Ryerson and Burnham Libraries

  • Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago

    Collection Title: The Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago records
    Inclusive Dates: 1965–present
    Repository: Renaissance Society of the University of Chicago

  • Rich, Daniel Catton, 1904-1976

    Collection Title: Director Daniel Catton Rich records from the Art Institute of Chicago, Institutional Archives
    Inclusive Dates: 1934–1938
    Repository: Art Institute of Chicago, Institutional Archives

  • Riedy, James L., 1933-

    Collection Title: James L. Riedy research collection on Chicago sculpture
    Inclusive Dates: 1970–1977
    Repository: Chicago History Museum

  • Robert Henry Adams Fine Art (Chicago, Ill.)

    Collection Title: Robert Henry Adams Gallery records
    Repository: Art Institute of Chicago, Ryerson and Burnham Libraries

  • Robertson, Donald, 1860-1926

    Collection Title: Donald Robertson papers
    Inclusive Dates: 1825–1947
    Repository: Chicago History Museum

  • Robertz, Henry, 1927?-2004

    Collection Title: Henry Robertz design collection
    Inclusive Dates: 1970–1989
    Repository: University of Illinois at Chicago, Richard J. Daley Library Special Collections and University Archives

  • Rogers, Bruce, 1870-1957

    Collection Title: Bruce Rogers papers
    Inclusive Dates: 1902–1951
    Repository: Newberry Library

  • Rogers, Meyric R. (Meyric Reynold), 1893-1972

    Collection Title: Carl Milles photograph collection
    Inclusive Dates: circa 1938–1939
    Repository: Art Institute of Chicago, Ryerson and Burnham Libraries

  • Roosevelt University

    Collection Title: Roosevelt University's Biographical collection
    Inclusive Dates: date unknown and 1929–2007
    Repository: Roosevelt University

  • Roosevelt University

    Collection Title: Records relating to Ganz Hall
    Inclusive Dates: 1971–2002
    Repository: Roosevelt University

  • Roosevelt University

    Collection Title: Portrait collection from the Roosevelt University
    Repository: Roosevelt University

  • Roosevelt University

    Collection Title: Art Slide collection
    Repository: Roosevelt University

  • Root, David

    Collection Title: David Root photograph collection
    Inclusive Dates: circa 1965–1974
    Repository: Chicago History Museum

  • Rose, Ted, 1940-2002

    Collection Title: Ted Rose photography and art
    Inclusive Dates: 1950s–2000s (bulk 1960s–1990s)
    Repository: Lake Forest College Library

  • Rosenwald, Julius, 1862-1932

    Collection Title: Julius Rosenwald papers
    Inclusive Dates: 1905–1963
    Repository: University of Chicago Library, Special Collections Research Center

  • Roslyn Group for Arts and Letters

    Collection Title: Roslyn Group for Arts and Letters records relating to the exhibition of The Dinner Party
    Inclusive Dates: 1978–1984
    Repository: University of Illinois at Chicago, Richard J. Daley Library Special Collections and University Archives

  • Rosofsky, Seymour, 1924-1981

    Collection Title: Seymour Rosofsky collection
    Inclusive Dates: 1953–1954, 1977
    Repository: Chicago Public Library, Harold Washington Library Center, Special Collections and Preservation Division

  • Rothermel, Peter Frederick, 1812-1895

    Collection Title: Peter Frederick Rothermel
    Inclusive Dates: 1880
    Repository: Chicago History Museum

  • Rozanski, Edward, 1915-1996

    Collection Title: Edward Rozanski collection
    Inclusive Dates: 1946–1988
    Repository: Polish Museum of America

  • Rubenstein, Leonard S., 1918-2006

    Collection Title: Leonard S. Rubenstein design collection
    Repository: University of Illinois at Chicago, Richard J. Daley Library Special Collections and University Archives

  • Rubovits, Norma

    Collection Title: Norma Rubovits papers
    Inclusive Dates: 1966–1998
    Repository: Newberry Library

  • Rumsey, George F., 1820-1881

    Collection Title: George F. Rumsey papers
    Inclusive Dates: 1862–1870
    Repository: Chicago History Museum

  • Ryan, Eileen, 1951-

    Collection Title: Eileen Ryan papers
    Inclusive Dates: 1991–1997
    Repository: Loyola University Chicago, Women and Leadership Archives

  • Ryerson, Martin A., 1856-1932

    Collection Title: Martin A. Ryerson personal papers
    Inclusive Dates: 1890–1932
    Repository: Art Institute of Chicago, Institutional Archives

  • Sackett, DeForest, d. 1993

    Collection Title: DeForest Sackett papers
    Inclusive Dates: 1876-1994
    Repository: University of Illinois at Chicago, Richard J. Daley Library Special Collections and University Archives

  • Salter, George, 1897-1967

    Collection Title: George Salter papers
    Inclusive Dates: 1919–1967
    Repository: Newberry Library

  • Deering, William, 1826-1913, Deering, Charles, 1852-1927, Gibson, Charles Dana, 1867-1944, Millet, Francis Davis, 1846-1912, Sargent, Emily, 1857-

    Collection Title: William Deering family papers
    Inclusive Dates: 1845–1983
    Repository: Northwestern University

  • Schniewind, Carl Oscar, 1900-1957

    Collection Title: Carl Schniewind papers
    Inclusive Dates: 1918–1965
    Repository: Art Institute of Chicago, Institutional Archives

  • Schulze, Franz, 1927-2019

    Collection Title: Franz Schulze art and architecture collections
    Inclusive Dates: 1940s–2000s
    Repository: Lake Forest College Library

  • Schur, Rachelle

    Collection Title: Rachelle Schur negative collection
    Inclusive Dates: circa 1960–1969
    Repository: Chicago History Museum

  • Schutze, Martin, 1867-1950

    Collection Title: Martin Schütze papers
    Inclusive Dates: 1900–1950
    Repository: University of Chicago Library, Special Collections Research Center

  • Scott, Isaac, 1845-1920

    Collection Title: Isaac Scott papers
    Inclusive Dates: circa 1875–circa 1920
    Repository: Glessner House Museum

  • Scott, Walter B., 1907-1980

    Collection Title: Walter B. Scott papers
    Inclusive Dates: 1907–2002
    Repository: Northwestern University

  • Scott, William Edouard, 1884-1964

    Collection Title: William Edouard Scott papers
    Inclusive Dates: 1846–2007
    Repository: Chicago Public Library, Woodson Regional Library Center

  • Sellstedt, Lars Gustaf, 1819-1911

    Collection Title: Lars Gustaf Sellstedt collection
    Inclusive Dates: 1863–1898
    Repository: Chicago History Museum

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