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Medicine in Chicago, 1850-1950: A Chapter in the Social and Scientific Development of a City. (1957, 2nd ed. 1991). 335 pp. Brosnan, Kathleen A., William C. Barnett, and Ann Durkin Keating. City of Lake and Prairie: Chicago's Environmental History (U of Pittsburgh Press, 2020) Bukowski, Douglas. Big Bill Thompson, Chicago, and the Politics of ...
The history of public health in the United states studies the US history of public health roles of the medical and nursing professions; scientific research; municipal sanitation; the agencies of local, state and federal governments; and private philanthropy. It looks at pandemics and epidemics and relevant responses with special attention to ...
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]
The Encyclopedia of Chicago is a historical reference work covering Chicago and the entire Chicago metropolitan area published by the University of Chicago Press.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 .
The John Crerar Library /kɹəˈɹɑɹ/ is a research library, which after a long history of independent operations, is now operated by the University of Chicago. [3] Throughout its history, the library's technology resources have made it popular with Chicago-area business and industry. Though privately owned and operated, the library continues ...
The library also holds 65,330 linear feet of archives and manuscripts and 245 terabytes of born-digital archives, digitized collections, and research data. [ 2 ] The library has borrowing privileges with several other archives, museums, and libraries in the Chicago area, including the Art Institute of Chicago Library, the Chicago History Museum ...
B. Balaban and Katz; The Bateman School; Jean Baptiste Beaubien; The Berghoff (restaurant) Big Bertha (drum) Billy Goat Tavern; Black Metropolis; Black Motor Company
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.