Harold Washington Library Center
Chicago Company Resources
The Business, Science and Technology Division collects materials related to Chicago companies. Use this list to connect to resources in the Library’s catalog.
- Abbott Laboratories
- Alberto-Culver Co.
- Allstate Insurance Company
- Ambassador East
- American Colloid Company
- American Hospital Supply Corporation
- American Steel Foundries
- Arthur Andersen
- Barber-Greene Company
- Bell & Howell Company
- Blommer Chocolate
- Boeing Company
- Booz Allen Hamilton
- Borg-Warner
- Brink’s Incorporated
- Brunswick Corporation
- Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company
- CFS Continental
- Caterpillar Tractor Company
- Chicago and Illinois Midland Railway
- Chicago and Northwestern Railroad
- Chicago Board of Trade
- Chicago Mercantile Exchange
- Chicago Metropolitan Assuance Company
- Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad
- Chicago Stock Exchange
- City National Bank & Trust Co. of Rockford
- CNA
- Commonwealth Edison Company
- Continental Casualty Company
- Continental Illinois Bank
- Cotter & Company
- Cracker Jack
- Crain Communications Inc.
- Crane Company
- Deere & Company
- Ensign-Brickford
- The Fair
- Fairbanks, Morse & Company
- The First National Bank of Chicago
- Foote, Cone & Belding
- Goldblatt’s Department Store, Inc.
- Groupon
- Harris Trust and Savings Bank
- Heller Seasonings & Ingredients
- IC Industries
- Illinois Bell Telephone Company
- Illinois Central Railroad Company
- Illinois Savings and Loan
- International Harvester Company
- International Minerals and Chemical Corporation
- J. Walter Thompson Co.
- Johnson Publishing Company
- Law Bulletin Publishing Company
- Leo Burnett Company
- Ludwig Drum Company
- Marshall Field & Company
- McDonald’s Corporation
- Mid-City National Bank of Chicago
- Montgomery Ward
- Motorola Inc.
- NutraSweet
- Oscar Mayer & Co.
- Palmer House
- People’s Gas Light and Coke Co.
- Pinkerton’s National Detective Agency
- Playboy Enterprises
- Polk Brothers
- Pullman’s Palace Car Company
- Quaker Oats Company
- Regensteiner Corporation
- R.R. Donnelley Corporation
- Scholl Manufacturing
- Schwinn Bicycles
- Sears, Roebuck & Company
- Spiegel Inc.
- Staley Company
- Standard Oil Company
- Standard Rate & Data Service
- Swift & Company
- Sycamore Traction Company
- United States Steel Corporation
- Victor Comptometer Corporation
- Vulcan Stamping and Manufacturing Company
- Walgreen Company
- Waste Management
- WCFL
- Wells Lamont
- Western Electric