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17th Century, Collection Essays

Foods of the Columbian Exchange

Sarah Peters Kernan
March 14, 2017

19th Century, Collection Essays

Abolition and European Imperialism in East Africa, 1845-1893

Nathaniel Mathews, Binghamton University
January 26, 2017

18th Century, Lesson Plans

Native Nations in an Age of Empire and Revolution, 1750-1783

Anthony Di Lorenzo
January 24, 2017

16th Century, Collection Essays

Tudor Visual Culture

Baptista Boazio, an Italian mapmaker living in London, created this map to illustrate an account of Sir Francis Drake’s voyage to the Americas in 1585-1586. Engaged mainly in piracy, Drake captured several Spanish ports in the West Indies.

Libby Karlinger Escobedo, Ph.D.
January 12, 2017

16th Century, 17th Century, Collection Essays

Religious Change and Print Culture in the Reformation

Dr. Chris Fletcher
December 6, 2016

20th Century, Collection Essays

Picturing the Century of Progress: The 1933-34 Chicago World’s Fair

Photo of a group of people admiring a large globe.

Dr. Cate LiaBraaten
July 12, 2016

20th Century, Collection Essays

Art In Chicago 1900-1935

Newberry Staff
June 15, 2016

13th Century, 14th Century, 15th Century, Collection Essays

The Legacy of the Middle Ages in the Renaissance and Beyond

Left-hand page from a bound manuscript book with two columns of Latin text and visible guidelines. At the top of the left-hand column is a decorative capital. Parts of the text are decorated with a blue-and-red border.

Dr. Karen Christianson, Newberry Library
May 13, 2016

19th Century, Collection Essays

The Anti-Slavery Movement in Chicago and Illinois

Speech given by John Hossack at his sentencing for violating the Fugitive Slave Law.

18th Century, 19th Century, Collection Essays

Living in British Colonial India, 1750–1850

Ruby Daily
October 29, 2015

15th Century, 16th Century, 17th Century, Collection Essays

Daily Life in Early Modern France

Blake Smith with Caroline Prud'Homme
August 28, 2015

20th Century, Collection Essays

The New Deal in Chicago and the Midwest

Black and white photo of six long, one-story, pre-fab buildings standing in a row in a clearing. A seventh building stands behind the row of buildings, its long end facing their short ends. Dirt roads surround the buildings on two sides, and there are trees behind them.

Ashley Johnson Bavery, Eastern Michigan University
September 14, 2014