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Chicago and the Midwest

17th Century, Classroom Materials, High School, Lesson Plans, Middle School

Early European Travel in Illinois: Land, Animals, and the Environment

Engraved illustration of a bison standing in a wooded landscape with a stork or pelican and an opossum nearby.

Dr. Danielle Alesi
May 28, 2024

19th Century, 20th Century, Activities, Elementary School

Population Growth in Chicago

Elevated view of a city neighborhood showing rows of tightly packed two-and-three story houses with a church and many industrial smoke stacks on the horizon.

Kathleen Thompson
May 2, 2023

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

Blockbusting

Single page of cursive text in pencil. The text describes the author's experiences and advocates for better housing access for African Americans in Chicago

Hilary Mac Austin and Kathleen Thompson
December 16, 2022

19th Century, Classroom Materials, Lesson Plans, Middle School

The Hull House Neighborhood

Detail of a map showing a set of Chicago blocks color coded by wage rate

Hilary Mac Austin and Kathleen Thompson
June 25, 2021

19th Century, 20th Century, Collection Essays

Riots and Protest: Chicago’s Legacy of Conflict

A born-digital image of people protesting with signs collected by the Newberry Library as part of its contemporary Chicago Protest Collection.

Dr. Rachel Boyle, Omnia History
December 2, 2020

19th Century, Collection Essays

Chicago after the Great Fire

Ginger Frere, MLIS, MBA
February 5, 2020

19th Century, 20th Century, Collection Essays

Migration and the Midwest

Rachel Boyle, PhD
June 25, 2019

18th Century, 19th Century, 20th Century, Collection Essays

Race, Respectability, and Resilience: African Americans in the Midwest

Cathleen Martin, 2018-19 Mellon Foundation-Newberry Teacher Fellow
May 31, 2019

20th Century, Collection Essays

The 1919 Race Riots

This map appeared in The Negro in Chicago and became the official map of the riots following the event. Note that the violence expanded over much of the city, although it was concentrated in the Black Belt.

Megan Geigner, Ph.D., Northwestern University
May 16, 2019

20th Century, Collection Essays

The Golden Age of Chicago Baseball in an Era of Social Turmoil: Sport and Society 1901-19

Action photos and story about the 1906 White Sox World Series victory over the Cubs.

Robert Bionaz, Chicago State University
April 4, 2018

20th Century, Collection Essays

Modernism and Chicago

Liesl Olson, The Newberry
May 16, 2017

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