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Chicago
 Websites presented in alphabetical order The Burnham Plan Centennial 
 The Burnham Plan Centennial in 2009 "celebrates the Bold Plans and Big Dreams that shaped metropolitan Chicago for the past century and challenges [the] region's communities, leaders and institutions to build on the success of the Burnham Plan [as created by Daniel Burnham, Edward Bennett, and the Commercial Club of Chicago in 1909]." Site features background about the 1909 city plan, material about green legacy projects, calendar of events and projects, online exhibits, and more. http://burnhamplan100.uchicago.edu/ Topics: U.S. History By Place Last updated Feb 25, 2009 Chicago Anarchists on Trial: Evidence from the Haymarket Affair, 1886-1887
"This collection showcases more than 3,800 images of original manuscripts, broadsides, photographs, prints and artifacts relating to the Haymarket Affair. The violent confrontation between Chicago police and labor protesters in 1886 proved to be a pivotal setback in the struggle for American workers' rights." Search by keyword or browse by subject, names, or transcript and exhibits from the trial of Illinois vs. August Spies et al. From the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award98/ichihtml/ Topics: Activism, Labor, Nonfiction by Genre, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: History, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, U.S. History By Place, United States History Last updated Mar 3, 2004 Chicago History Files
"Get the inside story on some of Chicago's most memorable events." Events and people that are a part of the city's history, such as the fire, the Black Sox, Al Capone, and the 1933 World's Fair are covered with words and pictures in this site from The Chicago Historical Society. http://www.chicagohistory.org/history/ Topics: U.S. History By Place Last updated Oct 9, 2002 Chicago "L".org
This site features everything you want to know about Chicago's elevated commuter trains: an illustrated history and chronologies, historical figures, published articles, a timeline, and information about the various "L" stations. Also includes maps and schedules, platform signs, a glossary, annual budgets, related links, and more. Searchable. http://www.chicago-l.org/ Topics: Transportation, U.S. History By Place Last updated May 10, 2005 City Sites: Multimedia Essays on New York and Chicago, 1870s-1930s
This resource "explores the meanings and forms of American urbanism in New York and Chicago in the modern period." The essays explore the architecture, leisure, space, and race for various areas of both cities. Each essay contains numerous photos. Included is an extensive bibliography. Requires the Flash plug-in. From the Universities of Birmingham and Nottingham, UK. http://artsweb.bham.ac.uk/citysites/ Topics: Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, U.S. History By Place Last updated Jul 3, 2002 The Dramas of Haymarket
A history of the Haymarket Affair and the emerging power of labor, putting it in context beginning with the Great Chicago Fire and the national railroad strike of 1877. Presented as a tragedy in five acts with prologue and epilogue, this history includes visual materials, artifacts, video segments (requires QuickTime), and various documents. Archives contains "copies of most of the original manuscripts, artifacts, broadsides, photographs, prints, transcript of witness testimony and the accompanying evidence from the trial," and more.There are also suggested readings. From the Chicago Historical Society and Northwestern University. http://www.chicagohistory.org/dramas/ Topics: Activism, Labor, Nonfiction by Genre, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: History, Political Parties & Theories, U.S. History By Place, United States History Last updated Feb 25, 2004 Encyclopedia of Chicago
"Thousands of historical resources--including articles, photos, maps, broadsides and newspapers--related to Chicago's colorful and complex history are at your fingertips." Includes authored entries and special features on water in Chicago, labor unrest in 1886, video clips (of politicians, entertainers, and more), and a timeline. Searchable and browsable. From the Chicago Historical Society, the Newberry Library, and Northwestern University. http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org Topics: Nonfiction by Genre, U.S. History By Place Last updated Jun 29, 2005 Exploring Chicago: Chicago History & Facts
Facts and figures, historical highlights, and related material about Chicago. Covers landmarks, war memorials and military monuments, famous films made in Chicago, business and industry, the Chicago River, public art, and more. From the City of Chicago. http://egov.cityofchicago.org/city/webportal/portalProgramAction.do?programId=536879111&channelId=-536879033&topChannelName=Exploring Topics: U.S. History By Place Last updated Oct 9, 2006 Great Chicago Fire and the Web of Memory
Images, essays, and interactive panoramas of the city, before and after the fire. The "Web of Memory" pages present eyewitness accounts, media coverage, and the factual evidence behind the charge that Mrs. O'Leary's cow was to blame. From the Chicago Historical Society and Northwestern University, Illinois. http://www.chicagohistory.org/fire/ Topics: U.S. History By Place Last updated May 3, 2005 Great Chicago Stories
This project features "historical fiction stories that illuminate Chicago's past. Use the Interactive History Map to look closer at artifacts from the collection of the Chicago History Museum and to explore locations throughout the city from each story. Build further on your experience with classroom activities." Stories (also with audio) are grouped by those designed for elementary and high school levels. From the Chicago History Museum. http://www.chicagohistory.org/greatchicagostories/ Topics: U.S. History By Place Last updated Sep 17, 2008 Homicide in Chicago, 1870-1930
This site features "the Chicago Police Department Homicide Record Index — chronicling 11,000 homicides in the city" from 1870 through 1930. Use the pull-down menus in the interactive database to search the records by factors such as date of offense, type of accident, number of victims, method of killing, victim/defendant relationship, and outcome of defendant's trial. Includes related essays on Chicago history, interviews, a bibliography, and more. From the Northwestern University School of Law. http://homicide.northwestern.edu/ Topics: U.S. History By Place Last updated Jul 13, 2004 Illinois During the Gilded Age: 1866-1896
This exhibit "presents primary source materials which shed light on major themes in this period's [the Gilded Age in Illinois, 1866-1896] society, politics, and culture." Search primary texts, and browse pages on historical themes (such as economic development and labor), narratives on events such as the 1871 Chicago Fire and the Panic of 1873, lesson plans, images, sound clips, songs, videos, and interactive maps. From Northern Illinois University Libraries. http://dig.lib.niu.edu/gildedage/ Topics: U.S. History By Place Last updated Sep 12, 2007 Jazz Age Chicago: Urban Leisure from 1893 to 1945
This site concerns the everyday social and cultural experiences of Chicagoans during the early 20th century. It presents illustrated essays on topics such as Chicago hotels, department stores, theaters, public transportation, and dance halls, as well as information about some specific events. Also includes a research guide and links to related sites. The author has a doctorate in history from Loyola University Chicago. http://www.jazzagechicago.com/ Topics: Musical Genres, U.S. History By Place Last updated May 22, 2008 Navy Pier Chicago
"Navy Pier [opened in 1916] was originally designed as a shipping and recreational facility and has evolved into a premiere family entertainment center." The site features a timeline of pier history, and information about attractions and events such as the Ferris wheel ("modeled after the very first Ferris wheel, which was built for Chicago's 1893 World Colombian Exposition"), the Smith Museum of Stained Glass Windows, the Chicago Children's Museum, and the summer fireworks shows. http://www.navypier.com Topics: U.S. History By Place Last updated Jul 11, 2005 Photographs from the Chicago Daily News: 1902-1933
"This collection comprises over 55,000 images of urban life captured on glass plate negatives between 1902 and 1933 by photographers employed by the Chicago Daily News , then one of Chicago's leading newspapers." The photos are from the collection of the Chicago Historical Society; over one-third are related to sports. Search by keyword, or browse by names or subjects. Another excellent site from the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpcoop/ichihtml/cdnhome.html Topics: Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, U.S. History By Place Last updated Jan 15, 2003 Preservation Chicago: The Chicago Seven
An annual list (back to 2005) of endangered Chicago buildings and urban spaces."The purpose of the Chicago 7 is to raise public awareness of the threats facing some of our city's most at-risk architectural treasures." Listings include photos and background about structures and areas. From Preservation Chicago, and organization "advocating for the preservation of Chicago's historic architecture." http://www.preservationchicago.org/ Topics: Architecture, U.S. History By Place Last updated Jun 11, 2008 Sears Tower
Detailed information about this Chicago landmark that was the tallest building in the world from 1973 to 1996 and continues to be the tallest building in North America. http://www.searstower.com/ Topics: Architecture, Architecture by Place, U.S. History By Place Last updated Jun 25, 2009 Southside Chicago
This research archive "is part of the Urban Research Workshop (URW), which is analyzing Chicago's Southside black communities, with particular focus on changes in these communities since the early 1990s. This archive currently contains digitized issues of the South Street Journal, a local community newspaper that has been a powerful voice of the Southside Community." Searchable; or browse issues chronologically from 1993 to 2008. From Columbia Center for New Media Teaching and Learning, Columbia University. http://southside.ccnmtl.columbia.edu/ Topics: Black Resources, U.S. History By Place Last updated Jan 13, 2009 Urban Experience in Chicago: Hull-House and Its Neighborhoods, 1889-1963
This Web site explores the history of Jane Addams and Hull-House, the social settlement she founded in Chicago in 1889. It features "interpretive narrative, selected essays and images, and a great variety of historical texts including relevant letters, memoirs, newspaper and magazine articles, popular literature, political tracts and cartoons." Includes curriculum materials. Searchable. From the University of Illinois at Chicago. http://www.uic.edu/jaddams/hull/urbanexp/ Topics: History, Nonfiction by Genre, Notable People: Women, U.S. History By Place Last updated Apr 13, 2005 The World at the Fair: Experiences of the 1893 Columbian Exposition
"This site provides lesson plans and primary resources for secondary students of US and World History to explore experiences and identities through historical analysis of the [Chicago] 1893 World's Columbian Exposition," which commemorated Christopher Columbus. Features an illustrated overview of the exposition; lesson plans focusing on anthropology, electricity, and immigration; and an archive of "primary resources including photographs, newspaper articles, and books." A joint project of UCLA History and Information Studies Graduate Students. http://uclawce.ats.ucla.edu/ Topics: Recreation, U.S. History By Place Last updated Jun 18, 2009 |
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