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: 57th Street Art Fair collection of visual materials and 57th Street Art Fair files of Adrian AlexanderInclusive Dates: 1947–2001, 1964–1982 Repository: Chicago History Museum
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Collection Title: 57th Street Art Fair records and addendaInclusive Dates: 1964–2006, 2005 Repository: University of Chicago Library, Special Collections Research Center
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Collection Title: Walter Burt Adams papersInclusive Dates: 1926–1988 Repository: Evanston History Center
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Collection Title: George Ade papersInclusive Dates: 1865–1971 Repository: Newberry Library
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Collection Title: Adler Planetarium and Astronomy Museum institutional recordsInclusive Dates: 1912–2008 Repository: Adler Planetarium and Astronomy Museum
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Collection Title: Mortimer Adler papersInclusive Dates: 1914–1995 Repository: University of Chicago Library, Special Collections Research Center
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Collection Title: Fritz W. Albert photograph collectionInclusive Dates: circa 1895–1935 Repository: Chicago History Museum
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Collection Title: Photographs of the Century of ProgressInclusive Dates: 1933–1934 Repository: Chicago History Museum
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Collection Title: Ivan Albright medical drawings made in Nantes, FranceInclusive Dates: 1918–1919 Repository: University of Chicago Library, Special Collections Research Center
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Collection Title: Ivan Albright collectionInclusive Dates: 1888–1995 (bulk 1900–1980) Repository: Art Institute of Chicago, Ryerson and Burnham Libraries
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Collection Title: Harold Allen Egyptomania collectionInclusive Dates: 1780–1998 Repository: Art Institute of Chicago, Ryerson and Burnham Libraries
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Collection Title: Washington Allston papersInclusive Dates: 1816 Repository: Chicago History Museum
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Collection Title: Franz Altschuler collectionInclusive Dates: 1910–2007 Repository: Pritzker Military Museum & Library
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Collection Title: American Center for Design recordsInclusive Dates: 1927–1994 Repository: Chicago History Museum
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Collection Title: American Terra Cotta Company photograph collectionInclusive Dates: circa 1890–1915 Repository: Chicago History Museum
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Collection Title: Polly Scribner Ames papersInclusive Dates: 1938–1993 Repository: University of Chicago Library, Special Collections Research Center
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Collection Title: Michael Anania papersInclusive Dates: circa 1950s–2006 Repository: University of Chicago Library, Special Collections Research Center
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Collection Title: Anchor Graphics archiveInclusive Dates: 1990–2016 Repository: Columbia College Chicago
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Collection Title: Donald M. Anderson papersInclusive Dates: 1942–1995 Repository: Newberry Library
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Collection Title: Sherwood Anderson papersInclusive Dates: 1872–1992 Repository: Newberry Library
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Collection Title: William B. Andruss diary and commissionsInclusive Dates: 1855–1876 Repository: Newberry Library
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Collection Title: ARC Gallery recordsRepository: Art Institute of Chicago, Ryerson and Burnham Libraries
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Collection Title: Arché Club recordsInclusive Dates: 1890–1990 Repository: Chicago History Museum
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Collection Title: Emil Armin papersInclusive Dates: 1929–1971 Repository: Art Institute of Chicago, Ryerson and Burnham Libraries
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Collection Title: May Armstrong autograph book [manuscript]Inclusive Dates: 1875–1881 Repository: Chicago History Museum
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Collection Title: Views of the World's Columbian ExpositionInclusive Dates: 1893 Repository: Chicago History Museum
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Collection Title: C.D. Arnold photograph albums of World's Columbian Exposition constructionInclusive Dates: 1891–1892 Repository: Chicago History Museum
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Collection Title: World's Columbian Exposition photographs by C.D. ArnoldInclusive Dates: 1891–1894 Repository: Art Institute of Chicago, Ryerson and Burnham Libraries
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Collection Title: C. D. Arnold photographic collectionInclusive Dates: 1891–1893 Repository: Chicago Public Library, Harold Washington Library Center, Special Collections and Preservation Division
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Collection Title: Isaac N. Arnold papersInclusive Dates: 1860–1885 Repository: Chicago History Museum
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Collection Title: Rus Arnold papersInclusive Dates: circa 1920, circa 1938–1987 Repository: Chicago History Museum
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Collection Title: Florence Arquin collectionInclusive Dates: 1956–1974 Repository: University of Illinois at Chicago, Richard J. Daley Library Special Collections and University Archives
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Collection Title: Art Alliance of America scrapbookInclusive Dates: 1918–1919 Repository: Art Institute of Chicago, Ryerson and Burnham Libraries
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Collection Title: Junior Museum and Gallery of Art Interpretation recordsInclusive Dates: 1924–1956 Repository: Art Institute of Chicago, Institutional Archives
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Collection Title: Museum Services recordsInclusive Dates: 1919–1983 Repository: Art Institute of Chicago, Institutional Archives
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Collection Title: Art Institute of Chicago photographsInclusive Dates: circa 1885–2010 Repository: Art Institute of Chicago, Institutional Archives
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Collection Title: Public Affairs Department recordsInclusive Dates: 1939–1998 Repository: Art Institute of Chicago, Institutional Archives
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Collection Title: Registrar's records from the Art Institute of Chicago, Institutional ArchivesInclusive Dates: 1894–1983 Repository: Art Institute of Chicago, Institutional Archives
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Collection Title: Anonymous scrapbook from the Art Institute of Chicago's Institutional ArchivesInclusive Dates: circa 1895 Repository: Art Institute of Chicago, Institutional Archives
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Collection Title: Department of 20th-Century Painting and Sculpture records from the Art Institute of Chicago, Institutional ArchivesInclusive Dates: 1939–1976 Repository: Art Institute of Chicago, Institutional Archives
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Collection Title: Secretary's records from the Art Institute of Chicago, Institutional ArchivesInclusive Dates: 1894–1943 Repository: Art Institute of Chicago, Institutional Archives
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Collection Title: Secretary's scrapbooks from the Art Institute of Chicago, Institutional ArchivesInclusive Dates: 1890–1937 Repository: Art Institute of Chicago, Institutional Archives
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Collection Title: Women's Board, art rental and sales gallery recordsInclusive Dates: 1954–1986 Repository: Art Institute of Chicago, Institutional Archives
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Collection Title: Antiquarian Society recordsInclusive Dates: 1896–1984 Repository: Art Institute of Chicago, Institutional Archives
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Collection Title: Architects' and Designers' papersInclusive Dates: 1767–2003 (bulk 1889–1920) Repository: Art Institute of Chicago, Ryerson and Burnham Libraries
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Collection Title: Historic Architecture and Landscape Image collectionInclusive Dates: circa 1865–1973 Repository: Art Institute of Chicago, Ryerson and Burnham Libraries
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Collection Title: Illinois Artists, Art Institute questionnaires and Illinois Academy of Fine Arts biographical dataInclusive Dates: 1918, 1929 Repository: Art Institute of Chicago, Ryerson and Burnham Libraries
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Collection Title: Artists' papers from the Art Institute of Chicago, Ryerson and Burnham LibrariesInclusive Dates: 1636–1970 (bulk 1800s) Repository: Art Institute of Chicago, Ryerson and Burnham Libraries
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Collection Title: World's Columbian Exposition collectionInclusive Dates: 1890–1896 Repository: Art Institute of Chicago, Ryerson and Burnham Libraries
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Collection Title: Work[s] Progress Administration Federal Art Project photograph collectionInclusive Dates: 1930s Repository: Art Institute of Chicago, Ryerson and Burnham Libraries