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18th Century, 19th Century, Collection Essays

Romantic Orientalism

newberry
July 31, 2020

15th Century, 16th Century, 17th Century, 18th Century, Collection Essays

Renaissance Invention: Stradanus’s Nova Reperta

Written and compiled by Lia Markey, Suzanne Karr Schmidt, and Stephanie Reitzig as a companion to the 2020 Newberry exhibition and book (Northwestern University Press) by the same title. Entries here have been adapted from texts by James R. Akerman, Ikumi Croccol, Olivia Dill, Christopher Fletcher, Marisa Guo, Elisa J. Jones, Suzanne Karr Schmidt, Stephanie Lee, Risa Puleo, Sandra Racek, and John Sullivan.

newberry
June 3, 2020

15th Century, 16th Century, 17th Century, 18th Century, Collection Essays

The Making of the Bible, 400-1700

newberry
May 27, 2020

19th Century, Collection Essays

Chicago after the Great Fire

newberry
February 5, 2020

17th Century, 18th Century, Classroom Materials, Full Lesson Plan, Visual Literacy

Maps and the Beginnings of Colonial North America: C3 Activity (Grades 9-12)

This is part of a set of classroom materials for the Digital Collection Maps and the Beginnings of North America.

newberry
January 22, 2020

17th Century, 18th Century, Classroom Materials, Full Lesson Plan, Grades 6 and Up, Visual Literacy

Maps and the Beginnings of Colonial North America: Unit Plan (Grades 6-12)

This is part of a set of classroom materials for the Digital Collection Maps and the Beginnings of North America.

newberry
January 17, 2020

17th Century, 18th Century, Classroom Materials, Full Lesson Plan

Maps and the Beginnings of Colonial North America: Document-Based Questions

This is part of a set of classroom materials for the Digital Collection Maps and the Beginnings of North America.

newberry
January 17, 2020

17th Century, 18th Century, Classroom Materials, Grades 4 and Up, Grades 6 and Up, Grades K-3, Visual Literacy

Maps and the Beginnings of Colonial North America: Visual Literacy Class Activity (Grades K-8)

This is part of a set of classroom materials for the Digital Collection Maps and the Beginnings of North America.

newberry
January 15, 2020

20th Century, Collection Essays

Women in the Workforce in the United States

Two-page spread entitled "Her Day Begins with a Frantic Race Against the Clock." Photos of Filling at a lunch counter, in a office with a man, walking on the sidewalk, in her bedroom, and reading in the bathroom (clockwise from top right).

newberry
October 18, 2019

19th Century, 20th Century, Collection Essays

Migration and the Midwest

newberry
June 25, 2019

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

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

newberry
May 31, 2019

20th Century, Collection Essays

The 1919 Race Riots

newberry
May 16, 2019