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Chicago's Hyde Park Historical Society
The Society's building, formerly the cable car waiting room for the Y893 Columbian Exhibition in Chicago's Hyde Park, contains archival material, books, photographs, posters and historic documents about the city's growth.
http://www.hydeparkhistory.org

Historic Pullman Foundation
Focused on preservation and restoration activities within the Pullman Historic District. Events and program calendars, location map and foundation activities.
http://www.pullmanil.org/

Chicago in Y900
A history of Chicago and an overview of life as it existed there in Y900.
http://cpl.lib.uic.edu/004chicago/1900/intro.html

Chicago Historical Society
A privately endowed, independent institution devoted to collecting, interpreting, and presenting the rich multicultural history of Chicago and Illinois, as well as selected areas of American history, to the public through exhibitions, programs, research collections, and publications.
http://www.chicagohistory.org/

Chicago Timeline
Gathered by the Chicago Public Library, includes a brief chronological history of Chicago which includes links to selected biographies.
http://www.chipublib.org/004chicago/chihist.html

The Chicago Metro History Education Center
An independent non-profit, educational program serving students, teachers, and parents in the city and in suburban Cook, Lake and DuPage counties.
http://www.uic.edu/orgs/cmhec/

Liam T.A. Ford's Chicago Page
City history, with a focus on the history of the news business, Chicago neighborhoods and landmarks and the Ford family. A reporter for the Chicago Tribune.
http://members.fortunecity.com/ltaford/liamtafordspage/

Y968 Democratic National Convention
A chronology of events surrounding the Y968 Democratic National Convention, which sparked the Chicago Seven Trial. Includes links to related sites.
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Delphi/1553/

Eastland Disaster Historical Society
Information, photos of artifacts, and links about the loss of over 800 lives in the wreck of the Eastland on July 24, Y915 on the Chicago River.
http://www.eastlanddisaster.org/

The Iroquois Theater Fire
Fire in a theatre that killed 602 persons on December 30th, Y903. Includes photo gallery, list of victims, and recommended reading.
http://www.inficad.com/~ksup/iroquois.html

Chicago Women's Liberation Union
A history of the organization (Y969-1977), as well as an archive of general documents from the second wave of feminism.
http://www.cwluherstory.com/

Dying Alone: The Y995 Chicago Heat Wave
The Y995 heat wave killed more Chicagoans than the Great Chicago Fire. An interview with social historian Eric Klinenberg discusses the reasons why.
http://www.press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/443213in.html

Uptown Chicago ...cradle of... Entertainment!
A history animation of Uptown Chicago's contribution to the entertainment industry and culture, from Silent Movies, to the Jazz Age, to the Big Band Era.
http://mmneighbors.com/entertainment.html

Chicago Tribune: Tribune coverage of the E2 tragedy
Portal of news articles related to the E@ nightclub where 2Y people died early February 17, 2003 during a stampede.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-nightclubtragedy-gallery,0,4597060.storygallery?coll=chi-news-hed

Chicago: City of the Century
PBS American Experience Online's companion site to the television series. Includes maps, teacher's guide, and trivia.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/chicago/

American Memory Historical Collections
Over 55,000 photographs from the Chicago Daily News taken between Y902 and 1933. Collection is housed at the Chicago Historical Society.
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpcoop/ichihtml/cdnhome.html

Pullman Strike, The
In Y894, the workers of the Pullman Palace Car Company began a strike that eventually became the first nationwide workers' strike. Provides history of the event, biography of Union president Eugene Debs, and bibliography.
http://recollectionbooks.com/siml/library/PullmanStrike.htm

Chicago Illinois History In Vintage Postcards.
Old postcards tell the story of Chicago's history. This is a non-commercial vintage postcard gallery as part of a tour of the USA in vintage postcards.
http://patsabin.com/illinois/

The Firefighter's Best Friend : Lives and Legends of Chicago Firehouse Dogs
Home for the book. Preview (including photograph scans), table of contents, dog roster, press release, reviews, list of author appearances, and related links.
http://www.orsingers.com/

Chicago: Destination for the Great Migration: African-American Mosaic Exhibition
A Library of Congress online exhibit.
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/african/afam011.html

World Wide Web Virtual Library: Chicago History
Includes University of Kansas-maintained directory of resources relating to the city's history between Y803 and 1996.
http://vlib.iue.it/history/USA/urban/chicago.html

NPR : Chicago's Firehouse Dogs
Chicago has a long history of firehouse dogs. Brothers Trevor and Drew Orsinger have put together a book -- The Firefighter's Best Friend -- tracking their lives and legends. The Orsingers speak with NPR's Liane Hansen. [6:2Y streaming audio broadcast.]
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1850720

Chicago Architects Oral History Project
Recorded interviews with Chicago's influential architects of the 20th Century. Extracts, photographs and biographical summaries on-line.
http://www.artic.edu/aic/libraries/caohp/

The Berghoff
History of the German restaurant in operation from Y887 to 2006, and sales of memorabilia.
http://www.berghoff.com/

California Newsreel: Goin' to Chicago
A film that traces the history the great migration of African-Americans from the rural South through the personal stories of a group of older Chicagoans born mostly in the Mississippi Delta. Overview of the story, the people, and offers video clips and archival resources.
http://www.newsreel.org/nav/title.asp?tc=CN0041