Crowd-sourced transcription projects to keep those interested in history busy.
Exploring Environmental Restoration on Chicago’s Southeast Side
This year's One Book, One Chicago selection, The Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth Kolbert, really blew me away. For the first time, I encountered the idea that millions of years in the future all that will remain of our human world is an archaeological stratum for some potential, post-human species to excavate. And that's regardless of whether…
Track Meets, Road Races, and Marathons, Oh My!
Johanna shares historical images of Chicagoans running to get you in the mood for this year's Chicago Marathon.
60th Anniversary of the Pan-American Games in Chicago
As the 2019 Pan-American Games wrap up in Lima, Peru, we remember that 60 years ago, from August 27 to September 7, 1959, Chicago hosted the 3rd Pan-American Games. According to the Official Souvenir Program, the athletic competition for the Western Hemisphere traces its roots to 1922, when in celebration of 100 years of Brazilian independence…
125th Anniversary of the Pullman Strike
2019 is the 125th anniversary of the Pullman Strike. Learn more about this important highlight in labor history.
Broken to Mended: Conserving a Park District Treasure
In honor of Preservation Week, Johanna shares details of a recent conservation project in Special Collections to preserve an early Jackson Park drawing.
Remembering the Future: Chicago’s Century of Progress World’s Fair
This One Book, One Chicago season we've been imagining the future, but we are not the first Chicagoans to do so. Eighty-five years ago, Chicago hosted its second major World's Fair, the Century of Progress. Opened in 1933, and held again in 1934, the fair commemorated a hundred years since the 1833 incorporation of Chicago…
Happy Halloween from Chicago’s Past!
The leaves are turning colors and falling, and the air is getting chilly. With autumn comes a favorite holiday for many kids: Halloween. Maybe your little one hasn't quite landed on the perfect costume to elicit the most candy yet. We're here to help. If your household's daily life is anything like mine, and grotesque heads sound…
Lincoln Park Zoo Turns 150
The Lincoln Park Zoo has been a staple of Chicago for longer than anyone alive today can remember—150 years to be exact. Beginning in 1868 with a donation of four swans from New York’s Central Park Zoo, the zoo has morphed and expanded countless times. These changes display both the zoo’s push toward modernization and zoology’s…
50th Anniversary of the 1968 Democratic National Convention
The 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago was surrounded by tension and controversy. As Chicago marks 50 years since this important episode in its history, you can learn more in Special Collections and at our 1968 Democratic Convention: 50th Anniversary panel discussion on August 23 at Harold Washington Library Center. Panelists will share their personal memories…
1 - 10 of 42
- Go to page 1
- Go to page 2
- …
- Go to page 5
- Next page
