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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: Contemporary Art Workshop recordsInclusive Dates: 1949–2009 Repository: Chicago History Museum
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Collection Title: Charles J. Cook photograph collectionInclusive Dates: circa 1920–1939 Repository: Chicago History Museum
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Collection Title: Mrs. Harlan Ward Cooley collection of Women in a Century of ProgressInclusive Dates: circa 1932–1934 Repository: Chicago Public Library, Harold Washington Library Center, Special Collections and Preservation Division
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Collection Title: Barbara Cooper papersInclusive Dates: 1967–2012 Repository: Loyola University Chicago, Women and Leadership Archives
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Collection Title: Charles E. Cooper papersInclusive Dates: 1986–1993 Repository: Chicago History Museum
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Collection Title: Charles E. Cooper photograph collectionInclusive Dates: 1970–1993 Repository: Chicago History Museum
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Collection Title: Oswald Bruce Cooper papersInclusive Dates: 1913–1940 Repository: Newberry Library
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Collection Title: Carlos Cortéz archiveInclusive Dates: 1923–2005 Repository: National Museum of Mexican Art
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Collection Title: Gordon Coster photograph collectionInclusive Dates: 1920–1985 Repository: Chicago History Museum
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Collection Title: Malcolm Cowley papersInclusive Dates: circa 1850–2004 (bulk 1898–1985) Repository: Newberry Library
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Collection Title: Barbara Crane collectionInclusive Dates: 1972–1979 Repository: Art Institute of Chicago, Ryerson and Burnham Libraries
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Collection Title: Ralph Creasman papersInclusive Dates: 1939–1998 (bulk 1975–1990) Repository: University of Illinois at Chicago, Richard J. Daley Library Special Collections and University Archives
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Collection Title: Crown Center Gallery recordsInclusive Dates: 1978–2008 Repository: Loyola University Chicago, Department of Fine and Performing Arts
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Collection Title: Chicago State College Oral History Research Program papersInclusive Dates: 1937–1974 Repository: Chicago State University
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Collection Title: Cuneo Museum and Gardens administrative recordsInclusive Dates: 1946–2006 (bulk, 1990–2003) Repository: Loyola University Chicago, University Archives and Special Collections
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Collection Title: Charles C. Cunningham, Jr., recordsInclusive Dates: 1966–1972 Repository: Art Institute of Chicago, Institutional Archives
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Collection Title: Will Cuppy papersInclusive Dates: circa 1884–1949 Repository: University of Chicago Library, Special Collections Research Center
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Collection Title: Raymond Franklin DaBoll papersInclusive Dates: 1905–1982, bulk 1930–1982 Repository: Newberry Library
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Collection Title: Adam Dabrowski collectionInclusive Dates: 1915–1985 Repository: Polish Museum of America
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Collection Title: Margaret Dagenais papersRepository: Loyola University Chicago, Women and Leadership Archives
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Collection Title: Eugene Dana collection of visual materialsInclusive Dates: 1938–1963 (bulk 1948–1955) Repository: Chicago History Museum
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Collection Title: Richard Henry Dana collectionInclusive Dates: 1838–1876 Repository: Chicago History Museum
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Collection Title: Daprato Statuary Company collection of visual materialsInclusive Dates: 1919 Repository: Chicago History Museum
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Collection Title: Henry Darger Room collectionInclusive Dates: 1909–1973 Repository: Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art
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Collection Title: Stuart David calligraphic papersInclusive Dates: 1970–2006 Repository: Newberry Library