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: Charles Gates Dawes papersInclusive Dates: 1832–1976 Repository: Evanston History Center
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Collection Title: Mitchell Dawson papersInclusive Dates: 1810–1988 Repository: Newberry Library
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Collection Title: Chicago Wesley Memorial Hospital 1888–1972, general art files and Jan Henryk de Rosen papersInclusive Dates: circa 1915–1972, circa 1938–1955 Repository: Northwestern Memorial Hospital Archives
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Collection Title: Laban Deardorff collection of visual materialsInclusive Dates: circa 1890–1933 (bulk 1893–1903) Repository: Chicago History Museum
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Collection Title: William Deering family papersInclusive Dates: 1845–1983 Repository: Northwestern University
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Collection Title: Chicago Wesley Memorial Hospital records and Deering Family papersInclusive Dates: 1888–1972, 1905–1937 Repository: Northwestern Memorial Hospital Archives
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Collection Title: William Deering family papersInclusive Dates: 1845–1983 Repository: Northwestern University
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Collection Title: Robert Delson papersInclusive Dates: 1937–1992 Repository: University of Illinois at Chicago, Richard J. Daley Library Special Collections and University Archives
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Collection Title: Dot and Tot illustrationsInclusive Dates: 1901 Repository: Chicago History Museum
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Collection Title: Leon M. Despres papersInclusive Dates: 1929–1982 (bulk 1955–1975) Repository: Chicago History Museum
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Collection Title: Ernst Detterer papersInclusive Dates: 1907-1931 Repository: Newberry Library
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Collection Title: Detterer, Ernst F. - Administrative subject filesInclusive Dates: 1921–1947 (bulk 1931–1947) Repository: Newberry Library
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Collection Title: Stephen Deutch photograph collection part 1Inclusive Dates: 1930–1979 Repository: Chicago History Museum
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Collection Title: Stephen Deutch Photograph collection part 2Inclusive Dates: 1932–1970 Repository: Chicago History Museum
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Collection Title: Stephen Deutch and Alfred Deutch papersInclusive Dates: 1924–1997 Repository: Chicago History Museum
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Collection Title: Ariane Dewey Book Arts collectionInclusive Dates: 1994–1995 Repository: Newberry Library
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Collection Title: Dill Pickle Club recordsInclusive Dates: 1906–1941, bulk 1915–1935 Repository: Newberry Library
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Collection Title: Donald Young Gallery recordsRepository: Art Institute of Chicago, Ryerson and Burnham Libraries
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Collection Title: Sadie Ellis Garland Dreikurs collectionInclusive Dates: 1981–1987 Repository: University of Illinois at Chicago, Richard J. Daley Library Special Collections and University Archives
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Collection Title: John Drury-Marion Neville papersInclusive Dates: 1860–1970 Repository: Newberry Library
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Collection Title: Ruth Duckworth collectionInclusive Dates: 1977–1999 Repository: University of Chicago Library, Special Collections Research Center
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Collection Title: Leonidas Dudarew-Ossetynski collectionInclusive Dates: 1942–1989 Repository: Polish Museum of America
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Collection Title: Richard Durham papersInclusive Dates: 1939–1999 Repository: Chicago Public Library, Woodson Regional Library Center
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Collection Title: Agentzia Press archiveRepository: Northwestern University
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Collection Title: Joan Rosenfels Eggan papersInclusive Dates: 1958–1998 Repository: University of Chicago Library, Special Collections Research Center