University of Chicago Library: Difference between revisions
m (Text replacement - "<ref name="DB41">" to "<ref>") |
(Text replacement - "<ref name="DB39">" to "<ref>") |
||
| Line 35: | Line 35: | ||
The '''Joseph Regenstein Library''' houses 4.5 million print volumes about the humanities, social sciences, business, divinity, and area studies. The Library has access to 100,000 online periodicals and newspapers. Special Collections manuscripts cover topics like Kentucky and the Ohio River valley history, Abraham Lincoln, Stephen A. Douglas, and the Civil War era. They also have good microfilm, and map collections.<ref name="Reg" /> <ref>[http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/scrc/collections/modernmss/ Modern Manuscripts] in ''University of Chicago Library'' (accessed 3 April 2015).</ref> | The '''Joseph Regenstein Library''' houses 4.5 million print volumes about the humanities, social sciences, business, divinity, and area studies. The Library has access to 100,000 online periodicals and newspapers. Special Collections manuscripts cover topics like Kentucky and the Ohio River valley history, Abraham Lincoln, Stephen A. Douglas, and the Civil War era. They also have good microfilm, and map collections.<ref name="Reg" /> <ref>[http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/scrc/collections/modernmss/ Modern Manuscripts] in ''University of Chicago Library'' (accessed 3 April 2015).</ref> | ||
This library has plentiful historical records. Noteworthy is the '''''Durrett Collection ''''' of historical Kentucky and Ohio River Valley manuscripts. The size and content of this collection is comparable to the ''[[Draper Manuscript Collection]]''. It includes the earliest people in the Ohio Valley.<ref | This library has plentiful historical records. Noteworthy is the '''''Durrett Collection ''''' of historical Kentucky and Ohio River Valley manuscripts. The size and content of this collection is comparable to the ''[[Draper Manuscript Collection]]''. It includes the earliest people in the Ohio Valley.<ref>William Dollarhide, and Ronald A. Bremer, ''America's Best Genealogy Resource Centers'' (Bountiful, UT: Heritage Quest, 1988), 39. {{WorldCat|39493985|item|disp=At various repositories (WorldCat)}}; {{FHL|728550|item|disp=FHL Book 973 J54d}}.</ref> | ||
=== Tips === | === Tips === | ||
| Line 64: | Line 64: | ||
*[http://www.cookcountyil.gov/medical-examiner/ Cook County Medical Examiner] suspicious or unusual deaths. | *[http://www.cookcountyil.gov/medical-examiner/ Cook County Medical Examiner] suspicious or unusual deaths. | ||
*[http://www.ilnd.uscourts.gov/home/ClerksOffice.aspx U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois] recent civil and criminal court records. | *[http://www.ilnd.uscourts.gov/home/ClerksOffice.aspx U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois] recent civil and criminal court records. | ||
*[[Arlington Heights Memorial Library|Arlington Heights Memorial Library]] a huge collection, with printed genealogies, manuscripts, periodicals, newspapers, special aids, surname folders—a great overall genealogy collection.<ref | *[[Arlington Heights Memorial Library|Arlington Heights Memorial Library]] a huge collection, with printed genealogies, manuscripts, periodicals, newspapers, special aids, surname folders—a great overall genealogy collection.<ref>Dollarhide and Bremer, 39.</ref> | ||
*[http://www.spertus.edu/asher_cja/index.php Asher Library], Chicago, Spertus Institute for Jewish Studies 500,000 books, and films. | *[http://www.spertus.edu/asher_cja/index.php Asher Library], Chicago, Spertus Institute for Jewish Studies 500,000 books, and films. | ||
*[[Chicago History Museum|Chicago History Museum]] 20 million manuscripts, letters, certificates, diaries, genealogy charts, log books, journals, memoirs, minutes, muster rolls, scrapbooks, sermons, speeches, and telegrams.<ref name="DB39" /> | *[[Chicago History Museum|Chicago History Museum]] 20 million manuscripts, letters, certificates, diaries, genealogy charts, log books, journals, memoirs, minutes, muster rolls, scrapbooks, sermons, speeches, and telegrams.<ref name="DB39" /> | ||
Revision as of 19:50, 28 February 2017
United States 
Illinois Cook Archives and Libraries University of Chicago Library
 Contact Information[edit | edit source]E-mail:[1] Ask a Librarian form. Address:[2]
Telephone:[3] General Reference 773-702-4685. Regenstein Library Hours:[4] click here.
Internet sites and databases:
Collection Description[edit | edit source]The Joseph Regenstein Library houses 4.5 million print volumes about the humanities, social sciences, business, divinity, and area studies. The Library has access to 100,000 online periodicals and newspapers. Special Collections manuscripts cover topics like Kentucky and the Ohio River valley history, Abraham Lincoln, Stephen A. Douglas, and the Civil War era. They also have good microfilm, and map collections.[2] [5] This library has plentiful historical records. Noteworthy is the Durrett Collection of historical Kentucky and Ohio River Valley manuscripts. The size and content of this collection is comparable to the Draper Manuscript Collection. It includes the earliest people in the Ohio Valley.[6] Tips[edit | edit source]Must have legitimate research need. Members of the public must establish their research need with the Library in order to be granted access. See Access for Members of the Public. Alternate Repositories[edit | edit source]If you cannot visit or find a source at the University of Chicago Library, a similar source may be available at one of the following. Overlapping Collections
Similar Collections
Neighboring Collections
Sources[edit | edit source]
|
