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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.

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Surveyed Collection Descriptions

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  • Dawes, Charles Gates, 1865-1951

    Collection Title: Charles Gates Dawes papers
    Inclusive Dates: 1832–1976
    Repository: Evanston History Center

  • Dawson, Mitchell, 1890-1956

    Collection Title: Mitchell Dawson papers
    Inclusive Dates: 1810–1988
    Repository: Newberry Library

  • de Rosen, Jan Henryk, 1891-1982

    Collection Title: Chicago Wesley Memorial Hospital 1888–1972, general art files and Jan Henryk de Rosen papers
    Inclusive Dates: circa 1915–1972, circa 1938–1955
    Repository: Northwestern Memorial Hospital Archives

  • Deardorff, Laban, 1862-1955

    Collection Title: Laban Deardorff collection of visual materials
    Inclusive Dates: circa 1890–1933 (bulk 1893–1903)
    Repository: Chicago History Museum

  • Deering, William, 1826-1913, Deering, Charles, 1852-1927, Gibson, Charles Dana, 1867-1944, Millet, Francis Davis, 1846-1912, Sargent, Emily, 1857-

    Collection Title: William Deering family papers
    Inclusive Dates: 1845–1983
    Repository: Northwestern University

  • Deering, William, 1826-1913, Deering, Charles, 1852-1927, Gibson, Charles Dana, 1867-1944, Millet, Francis Davis, 1846-1912, Sargent, Emily, 1857-

    Collection Title: William Deering family papers
    Inclusive Dates: 1845–1983
    Repository: Northwestern University

  • Deering, William, 1826-1913

    Collection Title: Chicago Wesley Memorial Hospital records and Deering Family papers
    Inclusive Dates: 1888–1972, 1905–1937
    Repository: Northwestern Memorial Hospital Archives

  • Delson, Robert, 1909-1955

    Collection Title: Robert Delson papers
    Inclusive Dates: 1937–1992
    Repository: University of Illinois at Chicago, Richard J. Daley Library Special Collections and University Archives

  • Denslow, W.W. (William Wallace), 1856-1915

    Collection Title: Dot and Tot illustrations
    Inclusive Dates: 1901
    Repository: Chicago History Museum

  • Despres, Leon Mathis, 1908-2009

    Collection Title: Leon M. Despres papers
    Inclusive Dates: 1929–1982 (bulk 1955–1975)
    Repository: Chicago History Museum

  • Detterer, Ernst Frederick, 1888-1947

    Collection Title: Ernst Detterer papers
    Inclusive Dates: 1907-1931
    Repository: Newberry Library

  • Detterer, Ernst Frederick, 1888-1947

    Collection Title: Detterer, Ernst F. - Administrative subject files
    Inclusive Dates: 1921–1947 (bulk 1931–1947)
    Repository: Newberry Library

  • Deutch, Stephen, 1908-1997

    Collection Title: Stephen Deutch photograph collection part 1
    Inclusive Dates: 1930–1979
    Repository: Chicago History Museum

  • Deutch, Stephen, 1908-1997

    Collection Title: Stephen Deutch Photograph collection part 2
    Inclusive Dates: 1932–1970
    Repository: Chicago History Museum

  • Deutch, Stephen, 1908-1997

    Collection Title: Stephen Deutch and Alfred Deutch papers
    Inclusive Dates: 1924–1997
    Repository: Chicago History Museum

  • Dewey, Ariane, 1937-

    Collection Title: Ariane Dewey Book Arts collection
    Inclusive Dates: 1994–1995
    Repository: Newberry Library

  • Dill Pickle Club (Chicago, Ill.)

    Collection Title: Dill Pickle Club records
    Inclusive Dates: 1906–1941, bulk 1915–1935
    Repository: Newberry Library

  • Donald Young Gallery

    Collection Title: Donald Young Gallery records
    Repository: Art Institute of Chicago, Ryerson and Burnham Libraries

  • Dreikurs, Sadie Ellis Garland, 1900-1996

    Collection Title: Sadie Ellis Garland Dreikurs collection
    Inclusive Dates: 1981–1987
    Repository: University of Illinois at Chicago, Richard J. Daley Library Special Collections and University Archives

  • Drury, John, 1898-1972

    Collection Title: John Drury-Marion Neville papers
    Inclusive Dates: 1860–1970
    Repository: Newberry Library

  • Duckworth, Ruth, 1919-2009

    Collection Title: Ruth Duckworth collection
    Inclusive Dates: 1977–1999
    Repository: University of Chicago Library, Special Collections Research Center

  • Dudarew-Ossetynski, Leonidas, 1910-1989

    Collection Title: Leonidas Dudarew-Ossetynski collection
    Inclusive Dates: 1942–1989
    Repository: Polish Museum of America

  • Durham, Richard, 1907-1984

    Collection Title: Richard Durham papers
    Inclusive Dates: 1939–1999
    Repository: Chicago Public Library, Woodson Regional Library Center

  • Editions Agentzia

    Collection Title: Agentzia Press archive
    Repository: Northwestern University

  • Eggan, Joan Rosenfels, 1906-1999

    Collection Title: Joan Rosenfels Eggan papers
    Inclusive Dates: 1958–1998
    Repository: University of Chicago Library, Special Collections Research Center

  • Eggers, George William, 1883-1958

    Collection Title: Director George William Eggers records from the Art Institute of Chicago, Institutional Archives
    Inclusive Dates: 1918–1921
    Repository: Art Institute of Chicago, Institutional Archives

  • Ekman, Harry, 1923-1999

    Collection Title: Passavant Memorial Hospital records, general art files, Harry Ekman papers
    Inclusive Dates: 1865-1972
    Repository: Northwestern Memorial Hospital Archives

  • Elam, JoAnne, 1949-2009

    Collection Title: JoAnn Elam collection
    Inclusive Dates: 1967–1990 (bulk 1970–1990)
    Repository: Chicago Film Archives

  • Elks (Fraternal order). National Memorial Headquarters Commission

    Collection Title: Elks National Memorial and Headquarters archives
    Inclusive Dates: circa 1900–present
    Repository: Elks National Veterans Memorial

  • Elmhurst Art Museum

    Collection Title: Elmhurst Art Museum's Exhibition files
    Inclusive Dates: 1981–present
    Repository: Elmhurst Art Museum

  • Elmhurst College Art Collection

    Collection Title: Elmhurst College Art Collection administrative files
    Inclusive Dates: circa 1970s–present
    Repository: Elmhurst College

  • Elmhurst Historical Museum (Elmhurst, Ill.)

    Collection Title: Elmhurst Historical Museum's biography collections
    Repository: Elmhurst Historical Museum

  • Elmhurst Historical Museum (Elmhurst, Ill.)

    Collection Title: General Reference collection
    Repository: Elmhurst Historical Museum

  • Erichsen, Hugo, 1906-1999

    Collection Title: Hugo Erichsen papers
    Inclusive Dates: 1916–1939
    Repository: University of Chicago Library, Special Collections Research Center

  • Evanston History Center (Evanston, Ill.)

    Collection Title: Evanston History Center's biographical files
    Repository: Evanston History Center

  • Evanston History Center (Evanston, Ill.)

    Collection Title: Evanston History Center's Subject files
    Repository: Evanston History Center

  • Even, Robert L.

    Collection Title: Robert L. Even Chicago design history collection
    Inclusive Dates: 1991–1992
    Repository: University of Illinois at Chicago, Richard J. Daley Library Special Collections and University Archives

  • Experimental Sound Studio (Chicago, Ill.)

    Collection Title: The Experimental Sound Studio collection
    Inclusive Dates: 1986–2007
    Repository: Experimental Sound Studio

  • Faggi, Alfeo, 1885-1966

    Collection Title: Alfeo Faggi collection
    Inclusive Dates: 1914–1950
    Repository: Art Institute of Chicago, Ryerson and Burnham Libraries

  • Farnsworth, Edith, 1904-1977

    Collection Title: Edith Farnsworth, MD, papers
    Inclusive Dates: 1938–1977
    Repository: Northwestern Memorial Hospital Archives

  • Ferentz, Nicole

    Collection Title: Nicole Ferentz papers
    Inclusive Dates: 2003
    Repository: Loyola University Chicago, Women and Leadership Archives

  • Field Museum of Natural History

    Collection Title: Photographs of Artists at Work
    Inclusive Dates: circa 1896–1940s
    Repository: Field Museum of Natural History

  • Field, Eugene, 1850-1895

    Collection Title: Eugene Field papers
    Inclusive Dates: 1884–1892, 1920–1923
    Repository: Chicago History Museum

  • Filipowski, Richard E., 1923-2008

    Collection Title: Richard Filipowski and Patricia Parker photographs
    Inclusive Dates: 1942–1944
    Repository: Chicago History Museum

  • Findeli, Alain

    Collection Title: Alain Findeli papers
    Inclusive Dates: circa 1937–1992
    Repository: Illinois Institute of Technology

  • Fischetti, John R., 1916-1980

    Collection Title: John Fischetti papers
    Inclusive Dates: 1942–1995
    Repository: Newberry Library

  • Fischetti, John R., 1916-1980

    Collection Title: John R. Fischetti collection
    Inclusive Dates: 1945–1980
    Repository: Columbia College Chicago

  • Fiske, Horace Spencer, 1859-1940

    Collection Title: Horace Spencer Fiske papers
    Inclusive Dates: 1882–1938
    Repository: University of Chicago Library, Special Collections Research Center

  • Fordyce, Alice

    Collection Title: Alice Fordyce photograph collection
    Inclusive Dates: 1933–1934
    Repository: Chicago History Museum

  • Forgue, Norman W., 1904-1985

    Collection Title: Norman W. Forgue / Black Cat Press archives
    Inclusive Dates: 1930s–1970s
    Repository: University of Illinois at Chicago, Richard J. Daley Library Special Collections and University Archives

  • Forgue, Norman W., 1904-1985

    Collection Title: Norman Press collection
    Inclusive Dates: 1878–1965
    Repository: Chicago Public Library, Harold Washington Library Center, Special Collections and Preservation Division

  • Forsberg, Elmer A., 1883-1950

    Collection Title: Elmer A. Forsberg collection
    Inclusive Dates: circa 1920–1950
    Repository: Art Institute of Chicago, Ryerson and Burnham Libraries

  • Fortnightly of Chicago (Organization)

    Collection Title: Fortnightly of Chicago records
    Inclusive Dates: 1869–2006
    Repository: Newberry Library

  • Fr. Michael Komechak O.S.B. Art Gallery

    Collection Title: Gallery files from the Benedictine University, Fr. Michael E. Komechak, O.S.B. Art Gallery
    Inclusive Dates: circa 1975–present
    Repository: Benedictine University, Fr. Michael E. Komechak, O.S.B. Art Gallery

  • Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial Commission

    Collection Title: Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial Competition collection
    Inclusive Dates: 1959–1960
    Repository: Art Institute of Chicago, Ryerson and Burnham Libraries

  • Frazee, Helen Fenton

    Collection Title: Mrs. A. A. Frazee collection of visual materials
    Inclusive Dates: circa 1880–1930
    Repository: Chicago History Museum

  • Frazee, Helen Fenton

    Collection Title: Helen F. Frazee visual materials collection of decorative designs
    Inclusive Dates: 1893–circa 1922
    Repository: Chicago History Museum

  • Frederick, William N., 1921-2012

    Collection Title: William Frederick Collection of Drawings
    Inclusive Dates: 1977–1978
    Repository: Chicago History Museum

  • Frederick, William N., 1921-2012

    Collection Title: William Frederick collection of visual material
    Inclusive Dates: 1959–1995
    Repository: Chicago History Museum

  • Frederick, William N., 1921-2012

    Collection Title: William N. Frederick papers
    Inclusive Dates: 1923–2008 (bulk 1958–2008)
    Repository: Chicago History Museum

  • Frederick, William N., 1921-2012

    Collection Title: Photograph collection related to William Frederick
    Inclusive Dates: 1987
    Repository: Chicago History Museum

  • Freeman, Emma B., 1880-1928

    Collection Title: Emma B. Freeman photographs of Yurok and Hupa Indians [graphic],
    Inclusive Dates: 1914–1918
    Repository: Newberry Library

  • French, William M. R. (William Merchant Richardson),, 1843-1914

    Collection Title: Director William M. R. French records from the Art Institute of Chicago, Institutional Archives
    Inclusive Dates: 1882–1914
    Repository: Art Institute of Chicago, Institutional Archives

  • Friends of American Art (Chicago, Ill.)

    Collection Title: Friends of American Art records
    Inclusive Dates: 1910–1945
    Repository: Art Institute of Chicago, Institutional Archives

  • Friends of the Parks (Chicago, Ill.)

    Collection Title: Friends of the Parks collection
    Inclusive Dates: 1970–1980 (bulk 1974–1979)
    Repository: University of Illinois at Chicago, Richard J. Daley Library Special Collections and University Archives

  • Fuertes, Louis Agassiz, 1874-1927

    Collection Title: Louis Agassiz Fuertes papers
    Repository: Field Museum of Natural History

  • Fuhrer, Ruth Frieder, 1903-1970

    Collection Title: Ruth Frieder Fuhrer collection
    Repository: Art Institute of Chicago, Ryerson and Burnham Libraries

  • Fuller, Henry Blake, 1857-1929

    Collection Title: Henry Blake Fuller papers
    Inclusive Dates: 1868–2000, bulk 1874–1929
    Repository: Newberry Library

  • Fulton, Robert, 1765-1815

    Collection Title: Robert Fulton papers
    Inclusive Dates: 1786–1805
    Repository: Chicago History Museum

  • Gallagher, Blanche Marie, 1922-2010

    Collection Title: Blanche Marie Gallagher, BVM, papers
    Inclusive Dates: 1958–2009
    Repository: Loyola University Chicago, Women and Leadership Archives

  • Gallery 312

    Collection Title: Gallery 312 Records
    Inclusive Dates: 1994–2005
    Repository: Columbia College Chicago

  • Gallery 400

    Collection Title: College of Architecture, Art, and Urban Planning, Department of Art and Design, Gallery 400 exhibition catalogs
    Inclusive Dates: 1985–2006
    Repository: University of Illinois at Chicago, Richard J. Daley Library Special Collections and University Archives

  • Gamboney, Michael, 1911-

    Collection Title: Michael Gamboney collection
    Inclusive Dates: 1931–1965
    Repository: University of Illinois at Chicago, Richard J. Daley Library Special Collections and University Archives

  • Gardner, Helen, 1878-1946

    Collection Title: Helen Gardner papers
    Inclusive Dates: circa 1934
    Repository: Art Institute of Chicago, Institutional Archives

  • Gates, William Day, 1852-1935

    Collection Title: William Day Gates photograph collection
    Inclusive Dates: circa 1890–1910
    Repository: Chicago History Museum

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