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The original library, inside the old water tower on the site that is now the Rookery Building. This former water tower was the site of the original public library, exterior view. 1873: Chicago Public Library established. [6] 1875: Holy Name Cathedral dedicated. [6] 1877 Bohemian National Cemetery was founded. Railroad strike. [12]
Chicago History Archived January 11, 2012, at the Wayback Machine and other overlooked elements at Forgotten Chicago; Chicago Foreign Language Press Survey English translations of 120,000 pages of news articles from the foreign language press from 1855 to 1938. Digital Research Library of Illinois History "Chicago History". Chicago Public Library.
Of the eight newspapers affiliated nationwide with the IWPA, five were published in Chicago alone. Joining The Alarm as Chicago-based IWPA publications were the German-language daily Arbeiter-Zeitung (Workers' Newspaper) and weeklies Der Vorbote (The Harbinger) and Der Fackel (The Torch), as well as the Czech-language weekly Budoucnost (The Future). [5]
The Newberry Library is an independent research library, specializing in the humanities.It is located in Chicago, Illinois, and has been free and open to the public since 1887.
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The Chicago Daily News purchased the name and circulation of the Journal in 1929, announced on August 2, [20] which printed its last issue on August 21, 1929. [21] [7] [22] [23] But Thomason retained the Journal building and resources, and quickly launched the tabloid Daily Illustrated Times (with Finnegan continuing as managing editor).
This is a bibliography of selected publications on the history of Chicago.For most topics, the easiest place to start is Janice L. Reiff, et al. eds. The Encyclopedia of Chicago (2004), which has thorough coverage by leading scholars in 1120pp of text and many illustrations.
The Encyclopedia of Chicago is a historical reference work covering Chicago and the entire Chicago metropolitan area published by the University of Chicago Press. Released in October 2004, the work is the result of a ten-year collaboration between the Newberry Library and the Chicago Historical Society .