Directory of History Resources

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Includes sites focused on the rich history of the City of Chicago. Sites may include but not limited to:

Local historical societies, groups and organizations

Famous persona or Chicago (i.e., former mayors, government officials and figures)

News and media coverage of distinct events that have occurred in the city's history.

Historical foundations

Former businesses, markets, and organizations that are covered by educational or media resources.

Subcategories

• American Airlines Flight 191 Crash
• Crime
• Great Fire of 1871
• Haymarket Riot
• Historic Buildings
• Joliet, Louis
• Marquette, Jacques
• Trains and Railroads
• World's Fairs and Expositions
• du Sable, Jean Baptiste Point

Resources in This Category

• 1968 Democratic National Convention

  http://chicago68.com/
  A chronology of events surrounding the 1968 Democratic National Convention, which sparked the Chicago Seven Trial. Includes links to related sites.

• American Memory Historical Collections

  http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpcoop/ichihtml/cdnhome.html
  Over 55,000 photographs from the Chicago Daily News taken between 1902 and 1933. Collection is housed at the Chicago Historical Society.

• California Newsreel: Goin' to Chicago

  http://www.newsreel.org/nav/title.asp?tc=CN0041
  A film that traces the history the great migration of African-Americans from the rural South through the personal stories of a group of older Chicagoans born mostly in the Mississippi Delta. Overview of the story, the people, and offers video clips and archival resources.

• Chicago Architects Oral History Project

  http://digital-libraries.saic.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/caohp
  Recorded interviews with Chicago's influential architects of the 20th Century. Extracts, photographs and biographical summaries on-line.

• Chicago Collections

  http://chicagocollections.org/
  Consortium of institutions that preserve and share Chicago's history and culture.

• Chicago Historical Society

  http://www.chicagohistory.org/
  A privately endowed, independent institution devoted to collecting, interpreting, and presenting the rich multicultural history of Chicago and Illinois, as well as selected areas of American history, to the public through exhibitions, programs, research collections, and publications.

• Chicago Postcard Museum

  http://www.chicagopostcardmuseum.org/
  Collection of antique Chicago postcards. Illinois, US.

• Chicago Timeline

  http://www.chipublib.org/chicago-history-timeline/
  Gathered by the Chicago Public Library, includes a chronological history of Chicago which includes links to selected biographies.

• Chicago Tribune: Tribune coverage of the E2 tragedy

  http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-nightclubtragedy-gallery-storygallery.html
  Portal of news articles related to the E@ nightclub where 21 people died early February 17, 2003 during a stampede.

• Chicago's Hyde Park Historical Society

  http://www.hydeparkhistory.org/
  The Society's building, formerly the cable car waiting room for the 1893 Columbian Exhibition in Chicago's Hyde Park, contains archival material, books, photographs, posters and historic documents about the city's growth.

• Chicago: City of the Century

  http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/chicago/
  PBS American Experience Online's companion site to the television series. Includes maps, teacher's guide, and trivia.

• Chicago: Destination for the Great Migration: African-American Mosaic Exhibition

  http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/african/afam011.html
  A Library of Congress online exhibit.

• Dying Alone: The 1995 Chicago Heat Wave

  http://www.press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/443213in.html
  The 1995 heat wave killed more Chicagoans than the Great Chicago Fire. An interview with social historian Eric Klinenberg discusses the reasons why.

• Eastland Disaster Historical Society

  http://www.eastlanddisaster.org/
  Information, photos of artifacts, and links about the loss of over 800 lives in the wreck of the Eastland on July 24, 1915 on the Chicago River.

• Historic Pullman Foundation

  http://www.pullmanil.org/
  Focused on preservation and restoration activities within the Pullman Historic District. Events and program calendars, location map and foundation activities.

• NPR : Chicago's Firehouse Dogs

  http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1850720
  Chicago has a long history of firehouse dogs. Brothers Trevor and Drew Orsinger have put together a book -- The Firefighter's Best Friend -- tracking their lives and legends. The Orsingers speak with NPR's Liane Hansen. [6:21 streaming audio broadcast.]

• The Berghoff

  http://www.berghoff.com/
  History of the German restaurant in operation from 1887 to 2006, and sales of memorabilia.

• The Chicago Metro History Education Center

  http://www.chicagohistoryfair.org/
  An independent non-profit, educational program serving students, teachers, and parents in the city and in suburban Cook, Lake and DuPage counties.

• World Wide Web Virtual Library: Chicago History

  http://vlib.iue.it/history/USA/urban/chicago.html
  Includes University of Kansas-maintained directory of resources relating to the city's history between 1803 and 1996.

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