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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

19th Century, Collection Essays

Victorians and the Hidden Self: Cultural Contexts for Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and The Picture of Dorian Gray

Two portraits of an elderly woman wearing a black dress and white cap.

Hana Layson and Jules Law
March 12, 2014

19th Century, 20th Century, Collection Essays

Commodities and the Transformation of the North American Landscape

Peter Nekola and Neal Dugre
March 6, 2014

20th Century, Collection Essays

Perspectives on the Mexican Revolution

The Chicago-based mapmaking and printing company Rand McNally published this representation of the Mexican Revolution in 1914.

Hana Layson with Christopher Boyer
February 21, 2014

20th Century, Collection Essays

The Struggle for Civil Rights in the Urban North

Poster of text

Rachel Bohlmann with Kevin Boyle
January 30, 2014

19th Century, Collection Essays

The American Renaissance in Context

An illustration of two women from Fanny Fern’s bestselling collection of stories and essays.

Hana Layson with Lawrence Howe
January 23, 2014

19th Century, Collection Essays

Home Front: The Visual Culture of the Civil War North

Hana Layson with Daniel Greene
November 15, 2013

16th Century, 17th Century, 18th Century, Collection Essays

The World of Don Quixote

Map of Spain with men and women of various states and stations bordering the main image.

Hana Layson and Glen Carman
October 23, 2013

16th Century, 17th Century, 18th Century, Collection Essays

Maps and the Beginnings of Colonial North America

Neal Dugre
September 1, 2013

20th Century, Classroom Materials, High School

Raising Support for World War I

Emily Weiss
June 28, 2013

20th Century, Collection Essays

World War I in U.S. Popular Culture

Hana Layson with Patricia Scanlan
June 27, 2013

20th Century, Classroom Materials, High School, Lesson Plans

Reading Visual Images: The First World War

Susan Binkis
June 13, 2013