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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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  • Chicago Book Clinic

    Collection Title: Chicago Book Clinic records
    Inclusive Dates: 1982–1995
    Repository: University of Illinois at Chicago, Richard J. Daley Library Special Collections and University Archives

  • Chicago Calligraphy Collective

    Collection Title: Chicago Calligraphy Collective records
    Inclusive Dates: 1975–[ongoing]
    Repository: Newberry Library

  • Chicago Hand Bookbinders

    Collection Title: Chicago Hand Bookbinders records
    Inclusive Dates: 1979–2007
    Repository: Newberry Library

  • Chicago Historical Society

    Collection Title: Chicago Historical Society Decorative and Industrial Arts Department management records
    Inclusive Dates: 1870s–1997
    Repository: Chicago History Museum

  • Chicago Historical Society

    Collection Title: Autograph letterbooks compiled by Chicago Historical Society
    Inclusive Dates: circa 1871–1920
    Repository: Chicago History Museum

  • Chicago History Museum

    Collection Title: Album of photographs of the Woman's Building at the World's Columbian Exposition
    Inclusive Dates: 1893
    Repository: Chicago History Museum

  • Chicago History Museum

    Collection Title: Chicago History Museum's bookplate collection
    Inclusive Dates: circa 1700–1930, bulk 1800s
    Repository: Chicago History Museum

  • Chicago History Museum

    Collection Title: Records relating to John Frederick Finerty Memorial Statue
    Inclusive Dates: 1913–1941
    Repository: Chicago History Museum

  • Chicago History Museum

    Collection Title: Sketches by Chicago Artists of the 1890s
    Inclusive Dates: 1890–1896
    Repository: Chicago History Museum

  • Chicago History Museum

    Collection Title: State Street autumn festival photograph collection
    Inclusive Dates: circa 1900
    Repository: Chicago History Museum

  • Chicago History Museum

    Collection Title: John Alexander Logan
    Inclusive Dates: 1890s
    Repository: Chicago History Museum

  • Chicago History Museum

    Collection Title: Photographs of Chicago-area Potters
    Inclusive Dates: 1954–1957
    Repository: Chicago History Museum

  • Chicago History Museum

    Collection Title: Photographs of Lucy Flower Technical High School in Chicago
    Inclusive Dates: circa 1916–1985
    Repository: Chicago History Museum

  • Chicago History Museum. Dept. of Painting and Sculpture

    Collection Title: Painting and Sculpture Department files
    Inclusive Dates: 1970s–1990s
    Repository: Chicago History Museum

  • Chicago Journalists Association

    Collection Title: Chicago Journalists Association collection
    Inclusive Dates: circa 1910s–1960s
    Repository: Columbia College Chicago

  • Chicago Literary Club

    Collection Title: Chicago Literary Club records
    Inclusive Dates: 1874–1960
    Repository: Newberry Library

  • Chicago Loop Alliance

    Collection Title: Chicago Loop Alliance collection
    Inclusive Dates: 1895–2006 (bulk, 1970–2006)
    Repository: Chicago Public Library, Harold Washington Library Center, Special Collections and Preservation Division

  • Chicago Mural Group

    Collection Title: Chicago Mural Group records
    Inclusive Dates: 1970–1995
    Repository: Chicago History Museum

  • Chicago Park District (Chicago, Ill.)

    Collection Title: Chicago Park district drawings
    Inclusive Dates: 1870–2010
    Repository: Chicago Public Library, Harold Washington Library Center, Special Collections and Preservation Division

  • Chicago Park District (Chicago, Ill.)

    Collection Title: Art Conservation files
    Inclusive Dates: 1990s–1930 (bulk 1990s)
    Repository: Chicago Park District

  • Chicago Park District (Chicago, Ill.)

    Collection Title: Chicago Park District records
    Inclusive Dates: 1869–1980s
    Repository: Chicago Park District

  • Chicago Public Art Group

    Collection Title: Chicago Public Art Group archive
    Repository: Chicago Public Art Group

  • Chicago Public Library

    Collection Title: Beverly-Morgan Park collection
    Inclusive Dates: 1884–2002 (bulk 1896–1956)
    Repository: Chicago Public Library, Harold Washington Library Center, Special Collections and Preservation Division

  • Chicago Public Library

    Collection Title: Chicago Artists’ archive
    Inclusive Dates: circa 1890–present (bulk 1946–present )
    Repository: Chicago Public Library, Harold Washington Library Center, Special Collections and Preservation Division

  • Chicago Public Library

    Collection Title: Woodlawn Community collection
    Inclusive Dates: 1857–1970
    Repository: Chicago Public Library, Harold Washington Library Center, Special Collections and Preservation Division

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