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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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  • University of Chicago

    Collection Title: University of Chicago, Smart Museum of Art's Campus Art Collection Files
    Inclusive Dates: 1912-present
    Repository: University of Chicago, Smart Museum of Art

  • University of Chicago

    Collection Title: Department of Art History records and addenda from the University of Chicago Library, Special Collections Research Center
    Inclusive Dates: 1919–1961
    Repository: University of Chicago Library, Special Collections Research Center

  • University of Chicago. Department of Buildings and Grounds

    Collection Title: University of Chicago. Department of Buildings and Grounds records
    Inclusive Dates: 1892–1965
    Repository: University of Chicago Library, Special Collections Research Center

  • University of Chicago. Office of the President

    Collection Title: University of Chicago Office of the President, Harper, Judson and Burton Administrations records
    Inclusive Dates: 1869–1925
    Repository: University of Chicago Library, Special Collections Research Center

  • University of Chicago. Office of the President

    Collection Title: University of Chicago Office of the President, Hutchins Administration records
    Inclusive Dates: 1892–1951
    Repository: University of Chicago Library, Special Collections Research Center

  • University of Chicago. Office of the President

    Collection Title: University of Chicago Office of the President, Levi Administration records
    Inclusive Dates: 1918–1975
    Repository: University of Chicago Library, Special Collections Research Center

  • University of Chicago. Office of the President

    Collection Title: University of Chicago Office of the President, Mason Administration, records
    Inclusive Dates: 1910–1929
    Repository: University of Chicago Library, Special Collections Research Center

  • University of Chicago. Office of the President

    Collection Title: University of Chicago Office of the President, Wilson Administration records
    Inclusive Dates: 1891–1978
    Repository: University of Chicago Library, Special Collections Research Center

  • University of Illinois at Chicago

    Collection Title: Ellen Gates Starr papers
    Inclusive Dates: 1885–1940
    Repository: University of Illinois at Chicago, Richard J. Daley Library Special Collections and University Archives

  • University of Illinois at Chicago

    Collection Title: Small Manuscripts collections
    Inclusive Dates: 1810–1986
    Repository: University of Illinois at Chicago, Richard J. Daley Library Special Collections and University Archives

  • University of Illinois at Chicago

    Collection Title: Small Manuscripts individual collection
    Inclusive Dates: 1829–1969
    Repository: University of Illinois at Chicago, Richard J. Daley Library Special Collections and University Archives

  • University of Illinois at Chicago

    Collection Title: Jane Addams Memorial Collection Small Manuscript file: Hull House Artists and Craftsmen
    Repository: University of Illinois at Chicago, Richard J. Daley Library Special Collections and University Archives

  • University of Illinois at Chicago. College of Architecture and the Arts

    Collection Title: Architecture and Arts Oral History Project
    Repository: University of Illinois at Chicago, Richard J. Daley Library Special Collections and University Archives

  • University of Illinois at Chicago. College of Architecture and the Arts

    Collection Title: Victor Margolin papers
    Inclusive Dates: 1982–2009
    Repository: University of Illinois at Chicago, Richard J. Daley Library Special Collections and University Archives

  • University of Illinois at Chicago. University Art Gallery

    Collection Title: University Art Gallery exhibition records
    Inclusive Dates: 1948–1965
    Repository: University of Illinois at Chicago, Richard J. Daley Library Special Collections and University Archives

  • Uretz, Vi Fogle, 1916-2007

    Collection Title: Vi Fogle Uretz papers
    Inclusive Dates: 1930–2003
    Repository: University of Chicago Library, Special Collections Research Center

  • van der Marck, Jan, 1929-2010

    Collection Title: Jan van der Marck papers
    Inclusive Dates: 1966–2009 (bulk 1967–1970, 2005)
    Repository: Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago

  • Van Pappelendam, Laura, 1883-1974

    Collection Title: Laura Van Pappelendam papers
    Inclusive Dates: 1922–1989
    Repository: University of Chicago Library, Special Collections Research Center

  • Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964

    Collection Title: Carl Van Vechten Photograph collection
    Inclusive Dates: 1932–1956
    Repository: University of Chicago Library, Special Collections Research Center

  • Vanderlyn, John, 1775-1852

    Collection Title: John Vanderlyn letter
    Inclusive Dates: 1848 Aug. 2
    Repository: Chicago History Museum

  • Vanderpoel Art Association

    Collection Title: Vanderpoel Art Association archive
    Inclusive Dates: 1913–ongoing
    Repository: John H. Vanderpoel Art Association

  • Virkau, Vytautas, 1930-

    Collection Title: Vytautas Virkau papers
    Repository: Newberry Library

  • Vitale, Alice Thoms, 1909-2001

    Collection Title: Alice Thoms Vitale papers
    Inclusive Dates: 1974–1995
    Repository: Morton Arboretum, Sterling Morton Library

  • Vogele, Robert, 1928-

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

  • Volk, Leonard Wells, 1828-1895

    Collection Title: Leonard W. Volk miscellaneous collection
    Inclusive Dates: circa 1857–1892
    Repository: Chicago History Museum

  • W. K. Cowan & Company (Chicago, Ill.)

    Collection Title: W.K. Cowan & Company records
    Inclusive Dates: 1898–1936
    Repository: Chicago History Museum

  • Wade, Caroline D., 1857-1947

    Collection Title: Caroline D. Wade papers
    Inclusive Dates: 1893–1908
    Repository: Art Institute of Chicago, Institutional Archives

  • Walker, Nellie Verne, 1874-1973

    Collection Title: Nellie V. Walker collection
    Inclusive Dates: 1901–1973
    Repository: Art Institute of Chicago, Ryerson and Burnham Libraries

  • Walker, William, 1927-2011

    Collection Title: Photographic print collections and William Walker collection
    Inclusive Dates: circa 1941–1980, 1949–1960s
    Repository: Northwestern Memorial Hospital Archives

  • Walkowicz, Leon T., 1896-

    Collection Title: Leon T. Walkowicz editorial cartoon collection
    Inclusive Dates: circa 1935–1948
    Repository: Chicago History Museum

  • Walkowicz, Leon T., 1896-

    Collection Title: Leon T. Walkowicz collection of editorial cartoon drawings
    Inclusive Dates: 1939–1951
    Repository: Chicago History Museum

  • Wallace, Joan Edair Scott, 1930-

    Collection Title: Joan S. Wallace collection
    Inclusive Dates: 1901–2006 (bulk 1977–1994)
    Repository: Chicago Public Library, Woodson Regional Library Center

  • Walley, Jano

    Collection Title: Jano Walley collection of visual materials
    Inclusive Dates: 1950–1969
    Repository: Chicago History Museum

  • Walley, John E., 1910-1974

    Collection Title: John Walley collection
    Inclusive Dates: 1937–circa 1964,
    Repository: Chicago History Museum

  • Walley, John E., 1910-1974

    Collection Title: John Walley papers
    Inclusive Dates: 1940s–1960s
    Repository: Chicago History Museum

  • Walley, John E., 1910-1974

    Collection Title: John E. Walley papers
    Inclusive Dates: 1910-1974
    Repository: University of Illinois at Chicago, Richard J. Daley Library Special Collections and University Archives

  • Walley, John E., 1910-1974

    Collection Title: John Walley collection
    Inclusive Dates: circa 1937–1974
    Repository: Chicago History Museum

  • Ward, John Quincy Adams, 1830-1910

    Collection Title: John Quincy Adams Ward papers
    Inclusive Dates: circa 1880–1910
    Repository: Glessner House Museum

  • Warde, Frederic, 1894-1939

    Collection Title: Frederic Warde papers
    Inclusive Dates: 1921–1939
    Repository: Newberry Library

  • Warren, Maureen

    Collection Title: Maureen Warren papers
    Inclusive Dates: 1996–2010
    Repository: Loyola University Chicago, Women and Leadership Archives

  • Watriss, A. Whiting

    Collection Title: A. Whiting Watriss negative collection
    Inclusive Dates: 1890–1915
    Repository: Chicago History Museum

  • Watson-Schütze, Eva, 1867-1935

    Collection Title: Eva Watson-Schütze photographs
    Inclusive Dates: 1902–1929
    Repository: University of Chicago Library, Special Collections Research Center

  • Watts, May Theilgaard, 1893-1975

    Collection Title: May Theilgaard Watts collection
    Repository: Morton Arboretum, Sterling Morton Library

  • Webster, J. Carson (James Carson), 1905-1989

    Collection Title: J. Carson Webster papers
    Inclusive Dates: 1931–1989
    Repository: Northwestern University

  • Weese, Benjamin Horace, 1929-

    Collection Title: Ben Weese papers
    Inclusive Dates: 1925–2001 (bulk 1971–1997)
    Repository: Art Institute of Chicago, Ryerson and Burnham Libraries

  • Weese, Harry, 1915-1998

    Collection Title: Baldwin Kingrey collection
    Inclusive Dates: 1939–2004 (bulk 1947–1957)
    Repository: Art Institute of Chicago, Ryerson and Burnham Libraries

  • Weil, F. Peter, 1913-1997

    Collection Title: F. Peter Weil photographs
    Inclusive Dates: circa 1952–1964
    Repository: Illinois Institute of Technology

  • Weil, Roman

    Collection Title: Roman Weil collection relating to Boris Artzybasheff
    Inclusive Dates: 1937–1943, 1932–1965
    Repository: University of Chicago Library, Special Collections Research Center

  • Weir, Robert Walter, 1803-1889

    Collection Title: Robert Walter Weir
    Inclusive Dates: 1853
    Repository: Chicago History Museum

  • Weisbord, Albert, 1900-1977

    Collection Title: Albert and Vera Buch Weisbord papers
    Inclusive Dates: 1895–1986 (bulk 1950s–1970s)
    Repository: Chicago History Museum

  • Weiss, Edward H. (Edward Huhner), 1901-1984

    Collection Title: Edward H. Weiss papers
    Inclusive Dates: 1949–1985
    Repository: Chicago History Museum

  • Weiss, Edward H. (Edward Huhner), 1901-1984

    Collection Title: Edward H. Weiss collection of visual materials
    Inclusive Dates: circa 1940–1980
    Repository: Chicago History Museum

  • Weissner, Carl

    Collection Title: Carl Weissner archive
    Inclusive Dates: 1965–1973
    Repository: Northwestern University

  • Wells, James M., 1917-2014

    Collection Title: James M. Wells papers
    Inclusive Dates: 1951–1984
    Repository: Newberry Library

  • West Side Historical Society (Chicago, Ill.)

    Collection Title: Austin Community collection
    Inclusive Dates: 1860–1981
    Repository: Chicago Public Library, Harold Washington Library Center, Special Collections and Preservation Division

  • West, Benjamin, 1738-1820

    Collection Title: Benjamin West papers
    Inclusive Dates: 1814–1816
    Repository: Chicago History Museum

  • Westermann, H. C. (Horace Clifford), 1922-1981

    Collection Title: H. C. Westermann Study Collection
    Inclusive Dates: 1922-1981
    Repository: University of Chicago, Smart Museum of Art

  • Wieghardt, Paul, 1897-1969

    Collection Title: Paul Wieghardt collection
    Inclusive Dates: 1940s–1970s
    Repository: Koehnline Museum of Art at Oakton Community College

  • Wight, P. B. (Peter Bonnett), 1838-1925

    Collection Title: Peter Bonnett Wight papers
    Inclusive Dates: 1863–1915
    Repository: Art Institute of Chicago, Ryerson and Burnham Libraries

  • Wilcock, John, 1927-

    Collection Title: John Wilcock interviews concerning Andy Warhol
    Repository: Northwestern University

  • Willets-Burnham, Anita, 1880-1958

    Collection Title: Anita Willets-Burnham and Burnham family collection
    Inclusive Dates: circa 1900-1990
    Repository: Winnetka Historical Society

  • Williams, Gaar, 1880-1935

    Collection Title: Gaar Williams cartoons collection and Gaar Williams drawings collection
    Inclusive Dates: 1928–1935, 1927–1932
    Repository: Chicago History Museum

  • Wilmette Historical Commission

    Collection Title: Wilmette Historical Commission records
    Inclusive Dates: 1948–1977
    Repository: Wilmette Historical Museum

  • Wilmette Historical Museum

    Collection Title: Wilmette Historical Museum reference files
    Inclusive Dates: circa 1870s–present
    Repository: Wilmette Historical Museum

  • Wilson, Alexander, 1766-1813

    Collection Title: Alexander Wilson papers
    Inclusive Dates: 1802 and undated
    Repository: Chicago History Museum

  • Winslow, Eugene, 1919-2001

    Collection Title: Eugene Winslow papers
    Inclusive Dates: 1885–1993
    Repository: University of Illinois at Chicago, Richard J. Daley Library Special Collections and University Archives

  • Winslow, Eugene, 1919-2001

    Collection Title: Eugene Winslow papers
    Inclusive Dates: 1851–1994
    Repository: Chicago Public Library, Woodson Regional Library Center

  • Woman’s Club of Evanston

    Collection Title: Records of the Woman's Club of Evanston
    Inclusive Dates: 1890–2010
    Repository: Northwestern University

  • Women in Design/Chicago (Firm)

    Collection Title: Women in Design of Chicago records
    Inclusive Dates: 1978–2005
    Repository: University of Illinois at Chicago, Richard J. Daley Library Special Collections and University Archives

  • Womer, Mary Louise, 1909-1997

    Collection Title: 57th Street Art Fair collection by Mary Louise Womer
    Inclusive Dates: 1948–1987
    Repository: Chicago History Museum

  • Woodson, Susan Cayton, 1918-2013

    Collection Title: Susan Cayton Woodson papers
    Inclusive Dates: 1910–2004
    Repository: Chicago Public Library, Woodson Regional Library Center

  • Works Progress Administration, Illinois Art Project

    Collection Title: Works Progress Administration collection
    Inclusive Dates: circa 1938–1943
    Repository: Chicago Public Library, Harold Washington Library Center, Special Collections and Preservation Division

  • World’s Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.)

    Collection Title: World's Columbian Exposition collection
    Inclusive Dates: 1891–1998
    Repository: University of Illinois at Chicago, Richard J. Daley Library Special Collections and University Archives

  • World’s Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.)

    Collection Title: World's Columbian Exposition card photographs
    Inclusive Dates: 1893
    Repository: Chicago History Museum

  • World’s Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.)

    Collection Title: World's Columbian Exposition and other lantern slides
    Inclusive Dates: 1893–1900
    Repository: Chicago History Museum

  • World’s Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.)

    Collection Title: World's Columbian Exposition records
    Inclusive Dates: 1890–1904 (bulk 1890–1894)
    Repository: Chicago History Museum

  • World’s Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.)

    Collection Title: Lantern slides from the World's Columbian Exposition
    Inclusive Dates: 1893–1894
    Repository: Chicago History Museum

  • Worst, Edward F. (Edward Francis), 1866-1949

    Collection Title: Edward F. Worst papers
    Inclusive Dates: circa 1893–1948
    Repository: Chicago History Museum

  • Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959

    Collection Title: Wrightiana collection
    Inclusive Dates: circa 1897–1997
    Repository: Art Institute of Chicago, Ryerson and Burnham Libraries

  • Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959

    Collection Title: Frank Lloyd Wright Trust archives, reference and rotating collection
    Inclusive Dates: 1889–1959
    Repository: Frank Lloyd Wright Trust

  • Writers’ Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of Illinois

    Collection Title: The Illinois Writers Project “Negro in Illinois” papers
    Inclusive Dates: 1936–1942
    Repository: Chicago Public Library, Woodson Regional Library Center

  • WTTW (Television station : Chicago, Ill.)

    Collection Title: Chicago Stories
    Inclusive Dates: circa 2002–2003
    Repository: Chicago History Museum

  • Zakoian, Paul, 1926-1999

    Collection Title: Paul Zakoian photograph collection
    Inclusive Dates: circa 1955–1972
    Repository: Chicago History Museum

  • Zallman, Toby

    Collection Title: Toby Zallman papers
    Inclusive Dates: 1984–2010
    Repository: Loyola University Chicago, Women and Leadership Archives

  • Zamora, Antoni, 1909-1987

    Collection Title: Antoni Zamora collection
    Inclusive Dates: 1929–1987
    Repository: Polish Museum of America

  • Zerang, Michael

    Collection Title: Links Hall Performance Series
    Inclusive Dates: 1987–1990
    Repository: Experimental Sound Studio

  • Zwicker, Tony, 1925-2000

    Collection Title: Tony Zwicker archives
    Repository: Art Institute of Chicago, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, John M. Flaxman Library

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