“The Old Church,” as pictured in the Church of the Mediator Fiftieth Anniversary booklet, circa 1939Source: Beverly-Morgan Park Collection, Box 6a, Folder 4, Special Collections
Church of the Mediator, Woman’s Guild cookbook, undatedSource: Beverly-Morgan Park Collection, Box 6a, Folder 5, Special Collections
Louise Barwick’s Dance Card for the Leap Year Dance, 1895Source: Beverly-Morgan Park Collection, Box 1, Folder 20, Special Collections
Cook County Normal School, circa 1880s-1900Source: Englewood Community Collection, Photograph 1.137, Special Collections
Memory sketch of the Observation Tower in Morgan Park by Louise Barwick, 1950Source: Bevery-Morgan Park Collection, Box Oversize 1, Folder 10, Special Collections
Memory sketch of the view from Clissold School by Louise Barwick, 1950Source: Beverly-Morgan Park Community Collection, Box Oversize 1, Folder 9, Special Collections
Relief Map of Illinois by Louise Barwick, 1893Source: The Illinois Building and Exhibits Therein, T500.F3 I444 1893
Lorraine Hansberry, Englewood High School Purple & White, 1948Source: Englewood High School Records, Box 5, Folder 7, Special Collections
A Raisin in the Sun presented by the Stateway Community Players, 1962Source: Chicago City-Wide Collection, Box 127, Photograph 7.45, Special Collections
Program, A Raisin in the Sun at Blackstone Theatre, 1959Source: Chicago Theater Collection-Historical Programs, Box 12, Special Collections
Tune in for a special series of videos featuring archival material related to Chicago’s neighborhoods. CPL archivists and librarians showcase secrets and treasures from the archives that highlight our city’s history
Who Were the People in Our Neighborhoods?
CPL’s archives hold pieces of Chicagoans' stories over time. Follow a path of memories from the City’s residents, some famous, some forgotten, as recorded in CPL’s Special Collections and Preservation Division.
You can find something from almost any neighborhood in one of our archives. CPL’s Special Collections, located at Harold Washington Library Center, covers neighborhoods primarily on Chicago’s West and South Sides. You can find history for Chicago’s North and Northwest side at CPL’s Sulzer Regional Library in the Northside Neighborhood History Collection. For neighborhood collections relating to the African American experience in Chicago, visit the Vivian G. Harsh Research Collection at CPL’s Woodson Regional Library.
Come be our neighbor and learn about the city’s history through its vibrant patchwork of communities!
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