Online Search Tools
Online Search Tools
Online Catalog
ARCHIE is the Museum's online catalog. It should be consulted in conjunction with the card catalogs and finding aids for books, periodicals, manuscripts, photographs, and prints located in the Research Center. It can help you find:
- Manuscripts cataloged since the mid-1980s.
- Books and periodicals.
- Photographic materials.
- Digital images of selected collection materials, such as the Chicago Daily News glass negatives.
Chicago Daily News
Photographs in the Chicago Daily News Collection, 1902-1933 can be searched by keyword, including street and community names.
> Search the Chicago Daily News
Electronic Encyclopedia of Chicago
In addition to helpful background content, the electronic Encyclopedia of Chicago features numerous primary source materials drawn from the Museum's collection.
Haymarket
> Haymarket Affair Digital Collection
Architectural Online Search Tools
> 1909 Street Numbering Changes (24.8Mb)> 1911 Street Numbering Changes (194Mb)
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