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Chicago's Art-Related Archival Materials

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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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  • Beard, Frank, 1842-1905

    Collection Title: Frank Beard collection of visual materials
    Inclusive Dates: circa 1880–1890
    Repository: Chicago History Museum

  • Beck, Bruce, 1916-2009

    Collection Title: Bruce Beck design collection
    Inclusive Dates: 1953–1984
    Repository: University of Illinois at Chicago, Richard J. Daley Library Special Collections and University Archives

  • Beck, Edward Scott, 1878-1972

    Collection Title: Edward S. and Clare F. Beck autograph collection
    Inclusive Dates: 1878–1882
    Repository: Chicago History Museum

  • Beman, Solon Spencer, 1853-1914

    Collection Title: Solon Spencer Beman papers
    Inclusive Dates: 1904–1959
    Repository: Chicago History Museum

  • Benedict, Enella, 1858-1942

    Collection Title: Enella Benedict papers
    Inclusive Dates: 1920–1942
    Repository: University of Illinois at Chicago, Richard J. Daley Library Special Collections and University Archives

  • Benjamin Galleries (Chicago, Ill.)

    Collection Title: Benjamin Galleries
    Inclusive Dates: 1939–1979?
    Repository: Art Institute of Chicago, Ryerson and Burnham Libraries

  • Benjamin Galleries (Chicago, Ill.)

    Collection Title: Benjamin Galleries records
    Inclusive Dates: 1941–1979
    Repository: Chicago History Museum

  • Bennett, Edward H. (Edward Herbert), 1874-1954

    Collection Title: Edward H. Bennett collection
    Inclusive Dates: 1901–1954
    Repository: Art Institute of Chicago, Ryerson and Burnham Libraries

  • Benton, William, 1900-1973

    Collection Title: William Benton papers
    Inclusive Dates: 1839–1973
    Repository: University of Chicago Library, Special Collections Research Center

  • Berdich, Vera, 1915-2003

    Collection Title: Vera Berdich personal papers
    Inclusive Dates: 1935–2000
    Repository: Art Institute of Chicago, Institutional Archives

  • Berg, Peter L., 1885-

    Collection Title: Peter L. Berg Silver Designs collection
    Inclusive Dates: circa 1909–circa 1915
    Repository: Art Institute of Chicago, Ryerson and Burnham Libraries

  • Bernstein, Barbara

    Collection Title: New Deal Federal Art Project research collection
    Inclusive Dates: 1934–1982
    Repository: Art Institute of Chicago, Ryerson and Burnham Libraries

  • Bertsch & Cooper (Firm)

    Collection Title: Bertsch & Cooper image collection
    Inclusive Dates: 1904–1910
    Repository: Chicago History Museum

  • Betts, Louis, 1873-1961

    Collection Title: Louis Betts collection
    Inclusive Dates: 1918–1994
    Repository: Art Institute of Chicago, Ryerson and Burnham Libraries

  • Beverly Art Center (Chicago, Ill.)

    Collection Title: Beverly Arts Center exhibition records
    Inclusive Dates: circa 2005–present
    Repository: Beverly Arts Center

  • Bevis, Mildred Belle

    Collection Title: Mildred B. Bevis notebook of designs for the Kalo Shop
    Inclusive Dates: circa 1910–1913
    Repository: Art Institute of Chicago, Ryerson and Burnham Libraries

  • Blades, Barbara

    Collection Title: Barbara Blades papers
    Inclusive Dates: 1976–2004
    Repository: Loyola University Chicago, Women and Leadership Archives

  • Blair, William McCormick, 1884-1982

    Collection Title: William McCormick Blair records
    Inclusive Dates: 1958–1966
    Repository: Art Institute of Chicago, Institutional Archives

  • Blake, Hayward R.

    Collection Title: Hayward Blake design collection
    Inclusive Dates: 1960s–2000s and undated
    Repository: University of Illinois at Chicago, Richard J. Daley Library Special Collections and University Archives

  • Blake, Margaret

    Collection Title: Margaret Day Blake scrapbook
    Inclusive Dates: 1952–1964
    Repository: Art Institute of Chicago, Institutional Archives

  • Blanchard, Rufus, 1821-1904

    Collection Title: Rufus Blanchard collection
    Inclusive Dates: 1880–1940
    Repository: Chicago History Museum

  • Blum, Betty

    Collection Title: Betty J. Blum Blatchford Family research papers
    Inclusive Dates: 1862–1983
    Repository: Newberry Library

  • Botsford, Bennet B., Mrs., 1851-

    Collection Title: Bennet Harvey collection's scrapbook on Chicago artist Grace Gassette's work in World War I Paris
    Inclusive Dates: 1914–1919
    Repository: Lake Forest College Library

  • Brackett, Edward Augustus, 1818-1908

    Collection Title: Edward Augustus Brackett collection
    Inclusive Dates: 1839
    Repository: Chicago History Museum

  • Breckenridge, James D., 1926-1982

    Collection Title: James D. Breckenridge papers
    Inclusive Dates: 1924-1983
    Repository: Northwestern University

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