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 === Newberry Library  ===
-West Walton Street <br>Chicago, IL 60610-3394<br>(312) 943-9090<br>(312) 255-3513&nbsp; fax<br> <br>The [http://www.newberry.org/ Newberry Library] is an independent research library with an educational and cultural presence in Chicago.&nbsp; Their collections are free and open to the public.&nbsp; The library's genealogy collection includes more than 17,000 published family histories, and an extensive collection of local histories, military records, published indexes and abstracts, manuscripts and published sources.
+West Walton Street <br>Chicago, IL 60610-3394<br>(312) 943-9090<br>(312) 255-3513&nbsp; fax<br> <br>The [http://www.newberry.org/ Newberry Library] was established in 1887 with a bequest from the estate of Walter Loomis Newberry.&nbsp; A privately endowed independent research library, their collections are free and open to the public.&nbsp; The library's genealogy collection includes more than 17,000 published family histories, and an extensive collection of local histories, military records, published indexes and abstracts, manuscripts and published sources.
 === Other United States Libraries  ===