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  2. Newberry Library - Wikipedia

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    Library from Washington Square on a c. 1910 postcard. The Newberry was established in 1887 as the result of a bequest by Walter Loomis Newberry, an early Chicago resident and business leader involved in banking, shipping, real estate, and other commercial ventures. Newberry died at sea in 1868, while on a trip to France.

  3. Chicago Daily News - Wikipedia

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    The Daily News was founded by Melville E. Stone, Percy Meggy, and William Dougherty in 1875 and began publishing on December 23. Byron Andrews, fresh out of Hobart College, was one of the first reporters. The paper aimed for a mass readership in contrast to its primary competitor, the Chicago Tribune, which appealed to the city's elites.

  4. Harold Washington Library - Wikipedia

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    Hammond, Beeby and Babka. The Harold Washington Library Center is the central library for the Chicago Public Library System. It is located just south of the Loop 'L', at 400 S. State Street in Chicago, in the U.S. state of Illinois. It is a full-service library and is ADA compliant. As with all libraries in the Chicago Public Library system, it ...

  5. Newspapers of the Chicago metropolitan area - Wikipedia

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    Chicago Herald-Examiner, 1918–39 (became Herald-American) Chicago Journal, 1844–1929 (absorbed by Chicago Daily News) Chicago Mail, 1885–1894. Chicago Morning News, 1881 (became Chicago Record) Chicago Morning Herald, 1893–1901 (became Record-Herald) Chicago Post, 1890–1929 (absorbed by Daily News) Chicago Record, 1881–1901.

  6. University of Chicago Library - Wikipedia

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    University of Chicago Library is the library system of the University of Chicago, located on the university's campus in Chicago, Illinois, United States. It is the ninth largest academic library in North America, with over 11.9 million volumes as of 2019. [2] The library also holds 65,330 linear feet of archives and manuscripts and 245 ...

  7. The Chicago Defender - Wikipedia

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    Chicago, Illinois, United States. ISSN. 0745-7014. Website. www.chicagodefender.com. The Chicago Defender is a Chicago -based online African-American newspaper. It was founded in 1905 by Robert S. Abbott and was once considered the "most important" newspaper of its kind. [1] Abbott's newspaper reported and campaigned against Jim Crow -era ...

  8. Timeline of Chicago history - Wikipedia

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    1816: The Treaty of St. Louis is signed in St. Louis, Missouri. Ft. Dearborn is rebuilt. 1818: December 3, Illinois joins the Union and becomes a state. 1820 Chicago. 1821 Survey of Chicago. 1830. August 4, Chicago is surveyed and platted for the first time by James Thompson. Population: "Less than 100".

  9. Freedom Center (Chicago) - Wikipedia

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    Freedom Center in 2022. Freedom Center, also known as the Chicago Tribune Publishing Center, is the printing plant and headquarters for the Chicago Tribune, as well as the printing facility for other publications such as the Chicago Sun-Times. It closed May 2024 and is currently in the middle of demolition.

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