Construction on the $12.7 million renovation of the Newberry Library, guided by Ann Beha Architects, out of Boston, began in January. ‘We never know if we’re going to come home.’ Chicago ...

Newberry, a Chicago businessman who had been an avid book collector. The collections span the history ... a library card. (There are fees for the public programs.) Getting a card requires a photo ...

The Newberry Library is collecting signs ... in other cities that have seen large protests, too. Chicago does have a particular history of protest and the need for protest related to racial ...

CHICAGO (CBS ... them," said Analú María López of the Newberry Library. The collection may be housed in Chicago, but researchers carry history home. "If you are a lover of history, I ...

The Eastland Disaster Historical Society ... to a key asset within several iconic Chicago area institutions including the Newberry Library, Chicago Genealogical Society, and the Chicago Maritime ...

Lovers of all things Chicago have an exciting opportunity to learn about the city through a series of historical seminars at the Newberry Library. Offered June through August, the courses cover a ...

Take a turn for the nerdy by volunteering to help Chicago's Newberry Library transcribe historical handwritten letters and diary entries in an effort to preserve voices from the past. The library ...

If you work in the humanities, you might want to check out the Newberry Library in Chicago. This research library has a number of core collections in American history and culture, American Indian and ...

in partnership with the Newberry Library and the Chicago History Museum, a grant to digitize historical maps of Chicago from the 19th century through 1940. The grant of $348,930 to fund their proposal ...

Thanks to staff at the Newberry ... of rare photos of Pullman, and put some of the history of this important place in context. George Pullman started the Pullman Palace Car Company in Chicago ...