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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 Law Bulletin - Wikipedia

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    In 1862, Bean sold the paper to R.R. Stevens, who changed the name of the publication to the Chicago Daily Law Record in 1867. [8] The paper stopped production for two weeks in October 1871 as a result of the Great Chicago Fire, which destroyed the newspaper's downtown Chicago office. The period was the only stretch of inactivity in the ...

  4. 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.

  5. Robert Sengstacke Abbott - Wikipedia

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    Robert Sengstacke Abbott. Robert Sengstacke Abbott (December 24, 1870 – February 29, 1940) [4] was an American lawyer, newspaper publisher and editor. Abbott founded The Chicago Defender in 1905, which grew to have the highest circulation of any black-owned newspaper in the country. Abbott founded the Bud Billiken Parade and Picnic in August ...

  6. List of genealogy databases - Wikipedia

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    Description. Ancestry.com. For-profit genealogy company. Databases include Find a Grave, RootsWeb, a free genealogy community, and Newspapers.com. Archives.gov. US National Archives and Records Administration. Free online repository with a section dedicated to genealogical research [1] BALSAC. Population database of Quebec, Canada.

  7. Timeline of Chicago history - Wikipedia

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    This former water tower was the site of the original public library, exterior view. 1873: Chicago Public Library established. [5] 1875: Holy Name Cathedral dedicated. [5] 1877: Railroad strike. [9] 1876 Chicago White Stockings Art Institute of Chicago As seen from Michigan Ave. 1878 Art Institute of Chicago established. Conservator newspaper ...

  8. National Digital Newspaper Program - Wikipedia

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    The National Digital Newspaper Program is a joint project between the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Library of Congress to create and maintain a publicly available, online digital archive of historically significant newspapers published in the United States between 1836 and 1922. Additionally, the program will make available ...

  9. Chicago Public Library - Wikipedia

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    chipublib.org. The Chicago Public Library (CPL) is the public library system that serves the City of Chicago in the U.S. state of Illinois. It consists of 81 locations, including a central library, three regional libraries, and branches distributed throughout the city's 77 Community Areas. [5] CPL was founded in 1872, in the wake of the Great ...

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