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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

17th Century, 18th Century, Classroom Materials, High School, Lesson Plans

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

Nicholas Kryczka, PhD
January 22, 2020

17th Century, 18th Century, Classroom Materials, High School, Lesson Plans, Middle School

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

Nicholas Kryczka, PhD
January 17, 2020

17th Century, 18th Century, Classroom Materials, College Prep, High School, Lesson Plans

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

Nicholas Kryczka, PhD
January 17, 2020

17th Century, 18th Century, Classroom Materials, Elementary School, Lesson Plans, Middle School

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

Nicholas Kryczka, PhD
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).

Lisa Schoblasky, Newberry Library
October 18, 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

19th Century, 20th Century, Collection Essays

Abraham Lincoln’s Legacy in Music

Thomas J. Kernan
June 14, 2018

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

The American Gothic

Dr. Kara Johnson, The Newberry
June 4, 2018

19th Century, 20th Century, Collection Essays

Exploring American Art at the Newberry

Mark B. Pohlad
May 11, 2018

20th Century, Collection Essays

Americans and the Holocaust

Daniel Greene, Newberry Library
May 10, 2018