If you live outside Chicago and would like to borrow materials or request photocopies of articles, obituaries or death notices from newspapers at CPL, please submit an interlibrary loan request through your local library.
For obituary requests giving the date of death, we will search up to two newspapers for three days following that date. Other requests must include specific information:
- the full name(s)
- exact date (day, month and year)
- exact location (city and county) of the occurrence
If we locate an obituary or article, the minimum photocopy fee is $5.25 (25 cents a page plus $5 handling) per request. Please do not send money; a bill will accompany the photocopy sent to your local library.
