{"id":15,"date":"2015-05-26T15:23:43","date_gmt":"2015-05-26T15:23:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.library.depaul.press\/faculty\/?p=15"},"modified":"2015-10-01T16:57:37","modified_gmt":"2015-10-01T16:57:37","slug":"uncovering-chicagos-historical-collections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.library.depaul.press\/faculty\/2015\/05\/26\/uncovering-chicagos-historical-collections\/","title":{"rendered":"Uncovering Chicago\u2019s Historical Collections"},"content":{"rendered":"

This fall, faculty involved in the\u00a0Chicago Quarter\u200b<\/a>\u00a0program, and those with an interest in the greater Chicago area, will have new resources available in the forms of a physical exhibit at the Chicago Public Library\u2019s\u00a0Harold Washington\u00a0Library Center\u200b<\/a>\u00a0and an online resource that will streamline Chicago-related research queries.\u00a0\u00a0These developments are thanks to the\u00a0Chicago Collections Consortium<\/a>\u00a0(CCC),\u00a0a partnership of libraries, museums, and other institutions with archives that collaborate to preserve and share the history and culture of the Chicago region. \u00a0DePaul is a founding and governing member.<\/p>\n

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DePaul has long embraced its connection to the city of Chicago, with \u201cChicago is our classroom, the world is our focus\u201d emblazoned on the main university Web site, and the sentiment is both aspirationally and concretely expressed in Goal #2 of the\u00a0Vision 2018 Strategic Plan<\/a>, \u201cDeepen the University\u2019s Distinctive Connection to the Global City of Chicago.\u201d The DePaul University Library and Special Collections and Archives actively support this goal, with collections, programming and partnerships.\u00a0 The Chicago Collections Consortium is the latest and most significant of these ventures, which draws from the staff expertise, services and archival collections of its member institutions.<\/p>\n

DePaul Special C<\/a>\"\"<\/a>ollections and Archives\u200b<\/a>\u200b, in cooperation with\u00a0over\u00a020 CCC archival and cultural heritage\u00a0institution members\u200b<\/a>\u00a0in the greater Chicago area, has contributed to an exciting new exhibit to be hosted at the Harold Washington\u00a0Library Center\u200b, beginning August 7, 2015.\u00a0 The exhibit highlights the variety and depth of research materials about Chicago, and demonstrates how topics and collections can intersect and that holdings are compleme\u200bntary across the various institutions.\u00a0 Each member institution of the Chicago Collections Consortium suggested materials from its archival collection, and a team of exhibit curation and design professionals was tasked with selecting a sample of materials that would engage viewers and expose them to the stories and histories of Chicago.<\/p>\n

DePaul Special Collections and Archives\u2019s final selections include postcards from our\u00a0Lincoln Park Ephemera\u200b<\/a>\u00a0collection that depict leisure time activities at Lincoln Park and Lincoln Park zoo at the turn of the 20th century; text and graphic materials from the\u00a0Teresa Fraga papers\u200b<\/a>\u00a0that demonstrate community activism and the City of Chicago\u2019s plan for the Pilsen Neighborhood; photographs from the Old Town Arts Fair in the 1950s; and a newsletter announcing Miss USA\u2019s 1963 visit to Ford City, from the Harry Chaddick papers.<\/p>\n

The exhibit will run from August 7, 2015, to November 15, 2015, and will be open to the public during the Harold Washington Library\u2019s\u00a0open hours<\/a>.\u00a0 The exhibit is just one example of the CCC\u2019s work; there will be speakers and programming centered on the exhibit, as well as the roll out of an\u00a0online portal<\/a>\u00a0providing a single access point to search members\u2019 collections.\u00a0 A combined reference service is already available, which ensures that people who don\u2019t know where to start their Chicago research receive suggestions and connections to the member institution(s) most likely to be relevant to their search.<\/p>\n

Stay tuned for announcements in the fall about the exhibit, speakers, programs and the research portal.\u00a0 In the meantime, feel free to consult DePaul\u2019s Chicago-centric collections*, and contact\u00a0Special Collections and Archives<\/a>\u00a0at\u00a0archives@depaul.edu<\/a>\u00a0or stop by our department in the John T. Richardson Library, Room 314.<\/p>\n

*Chicago Collections\u00a0<\/a>
\nLincoln Park Collections\u00a0<\/a>
\nLatino Collections<\/a>
\nTheater and Music Collections<\/a>
\nDePaul University Collections<\/a>
\nChicago Book Collections<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This fall, faculty involved in the\u00a0Chicago Quarter\u200b\u00a0program, and those with an interest in the greater Chicago area, will have new resources available in the forms of a physical exhibit at the Chicago Public Library\u2019s\u00a0Harold Washington\u00a0Library Center\u200b\u00a0and an online resource that will streamline Chicago-related research queries.\u00a0\u00a0These developments are thanks to the\u00a0Chicago Collections Consortium\u00a0(CCC),\u00a0a partnership of libraries, <\/p>\n

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