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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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  • Contemporary Arts Workshop (Chicago, Ill.)

    Collection Title: Contemporary Art Workshop records
    Inclusive Dates: 1949–2009
    Repository: Chicago History Museum

  • Cook, Charles J.

    Collection Title: Charles J. Cook photograph collection
    Inclusive Dates: circa 1920–1939
    Repository: Chicago History Museum

  • Cooley, Helen Wooster

    Collection Title: Mrs. Harlan Ward Cooley collection of Women in a Century of Progress
    Inclusive Dates: circa 1932–1934
    Repository: Chicago Public Library, Harold Washington Library Center, Special Collections and Preservation Division

  • Cooper, Barbara, 1949-

    Collection Title: Barbara Cooper papers
    Inclusive Dates: 1967–2012
    Repository: Loyola University Chicago, Women and Leadership Archives

  • Cooper, Charles E. (Charles Edward), 1922-1983

    Collection Title: Charles E. Cooper papers
    Inclusive Dates: 1986–1993
    Repository: Chicago History Museum

  • Cooper, Charles E. (Charles Edward), 1922-1983

    Collection Title: Charles E. Cooper photograph collection
    Inclusive Dates: 1970–1993
    Repository: Chicago History Museum

  • Cooper, Oswald Bruce, 1879-1940

    Collection Title: Oswald Bruce Cooper papers
    Inclusive Dates: 1913–1940
    Repository: Newberry Library

  • Cortez, Carlos, 1923-2005

    Collection Title: Carlos Cortéz archive
    Inclusive Dates: 1923–2005
    Repository: National Museum of Mexican Art

  • Coster, Gordon H., 1906-1988

    Collection Title: Gordon Coster photograph collection
    Inclusive Dates: 1920–1985
    Repository: Chicago History Museum

  • Cowley, Malcolm, 1898-

    Collection Title: Malcolm Cowley papers
    Inclusive Dates: circa 1850–2004 (bulk 1898–1985)
    Repository: Newberry Library

  • Crane, Barbara, 1928-

    Collection Title: Barbara Crane collection
    Inclusive Dates: 1972–1979
    Repository: Art Institute of Chicago, Ryerson and Burnham Libraries

  • Creasman, Ralph, 1920-1999

    Collection Title: Ralph Creasman papers
    Inclusive Dates: 1939–1998 (bulk 1975–1990)
    Repository: University of Illinois at Chicago, Richard J. Daley Library Special Collections and University Archives

  • Crown Center Gallery (Chicago, Ill.)

    Collection Title: Crown Center Gallery records
    Inclusive Dates: 1978–2008
    Repository: Loyola University Chicago, Department of Fine and Performing Arts

  • CSC Oral History Project

    Collection Title: Chicago State College Oral History Research Program papers
    Inclusive Dates: 1937–1974
    Repository: Chicago State University

  • Cuneo Museum and Gardens

    Collection Title: Cuneo Museum and Gardens administrative records
    Inclusive Dates: 1946–2006 (bulk, 1990–2003)
    Repository: Loyola University Chicago, University Archives and Special Collections

  • Cunningham, Charles Crehore, 1910-1979

    Collection Title: Charles C. Cunningham, Jr., records
    Inclusive Dates: 1966–1972
    Repository: Art Institute of Chicago, Institutional Archives

  • Cuppy, Will, 1884-1949

    Collection Title: Will Cuppy papers
    Inclusive Dates: circa 1884–1949
    Repository: University of Chicago Library, Special Collections Research Center

  • DaBoll, Raymond F., 1892-1982

    Collection Title: Raymond Franklin DaBoll papers
    Inclusive Dates: 1905–1982, bulk 1930–1982
    Repository: Newberry Library

  • Dabrowski, Adam, 1880-1972C

    Collection Title: Adam Dabrowski collection
    Inclusive Dates: 1915–1985
    Repository: Polish Museum of America

  • Dagenais, Margaret

    Collection Title: Margaret Dagenais papers
    Repository: Loyola University Chicago, Women and Leadership Archives

  • Dana, Eugene F. (Eugene Frank), 1912-1996

    Collection Title: Eugene Dana collection of visual materials
    Inclusive Dates: 1938–1963 (bulk 1948–1955)
    Repository: Chicago History Museum

  • Dana, Richard Henry, 1815-1882

    Collection Title: Richard Henry Dana collection
    Inclusive Dates: 1838–1876
    Repository: Chicago History Museum

  • Daprato Statuary Company

    Collection Title: Daprato Statuary Company collection of visual materials
    Inclusive Dates: 1919
    Repository: Chicago History Museum

  • Darger, Henry, 1892-1972

    Collection Title: Henry Darger Room collection
    Inclusive Dates: 1909–1973
    Repository: Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art

  • David, Stuart, 1941-

    Collection Title: Stuart David calligraphic papers
    Inclusive Dates: 1970–2006
    Repository: Newberry Library

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