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  • An historical sketch of the early movement in Illinois for the legalization of slavery, by William H. Brown [microform].

    • Text
    • Chicago, Steam Press of Church, Goodman and Donnelley, 1865.
    • 1865
  • Chicago : creating new traditions / by Perry Duis.

    • Text
    • Chicago : Chicago Historical Society, 1976.
    • 1976
    • 2 Items
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    Text JFF 78-176Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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    Text IVF (Chicago) 77-826Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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  • Eight Chicago women and their fashions, 1860-1929 / Elizabeth Jachimowicz ; color photography by Frederick D. Countiss.

    • Text
    • Chicago : Chicago Historical Society, 1978.
    • 1978
    • 1 Item
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    Text 3-MMP+ 80-751Schwarzman Building - Art and Architecture Room 300

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  • Annotated bibliography of Chicago history / Frank Jewell.

    • Text
    • [Chicago] : Chicago Historical Society, 1979.
    • 1979
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text IVF (Chicago) 80-2093Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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  • Chicago, a historical guide to the neighborhoods : the Loop and South Side / Glen E. Holt and Dominic A. Pacyga.

    • Text
    • [Chicago] : Chicago Historical Society, 1979.
    • 1979
    • 1 Item
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    Text IVF (Chicago) 80-2326Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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  • Chicago at the turn of the century in photographs : 122 historic views from the collections of the Chicago Historical Society / Larry A. Viskochil ; with the assistance of Grant Talbot Dean.

    • Text
    • New York : Dover Publications, 1984.
    • 1984
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text IVF+ (Chicago) 84-3829Offsite
  • Making music Chicago style / Robert L. Brubaker.

    • Text
    • Chicago, Ill. : Chicago Historical Society, 1985.
    • 1985
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text JNE 85-33Offsite
  • Some Indian land marks of the North Shore [microform] : an address read before the Chicago Historical Society at a special meeting held February 21, 1905 / by Frank R. Grover.

    • Text
    • [Chicago? : The Society?, 1905?]
    • 1905
    • 1 Item
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    Text *Z-4078 no. 1-9Offsite
  • Edward F. Worst : craftsman and educator / Olivia Mahoney.

    • Text
    • Chicago, Ill. : Chicago Historical Society, 1985.
    • 1985
    • 1 Item
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    Text 3-MNF 87-799Schwarzman Building - Art and Architecture Room 300

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  • Louis Sullivan : the function of ornament / edited by Wim de Wit ; text by David Van Zanten ... [et al.] ; with a contribution by Robert Twombly.

    • Text
    • [Chicago] : Chicago Historical Society ; [St. Louis] : The Saint Louis Art Museum ; London ; New York : W.W. Norton, c1986.
    • 1986
    • 1 Item
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    Text *R-ART NA737.S9 A4 1986Schwarzman Building - Art Reference Room 300

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  • Louis Sullivan : the function of ornament / edited by Wim de Wit ; text by David Van Zanten ... [et al.] ; with a contribution by Robert Twombly.

    • Text
    • New York : W.W. Norton, c1986.
    • 1986
    • 1 Item
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    Text 3-MQZ (Sullivan) 87-858SASB - Art & Architecture Rm 300

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  • Illinois and the thirteenth amendment to the constitution of the United States. A paper read before the Chicago historical society, Jan. 15, 1884, by William Bross.

    • Text
    • Chicago, Jansen, McClurg & co., 1884.
    • 1884
    • 1 Item
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    Text Sc Rare F 88-43Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives

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  • Teco : art pottery of the Prairie School / Sharon S. Darling with a contribution by Richard Zakin.

    • Text
    • Erie, Pa. : Erie Art Museum, c1989.
    • 1989
    • 1 Item
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    Text JQZ 13-639Schwarzman Building - Art and Architecture Room 300

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  • Holabird & Roche, Holabird & Root : an illustrated catalog of works / by Robert Bruegmann.

    • Text
    • New York : Garland, 1991.
    • 1991
    • 3 Items
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    Text (C.R.) MQWO+ 91-6811 v. 1Schwarzman Building - Art & Architecture Room 300

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    Text (C.R.) MQWO+ 91-6811 v. 2Schwarzman Building - Art & Architecture Room 300

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    Text (C.R.) MQWO+ 91-6811 v. 3Schwarzman Building - Art & Architecture Room 300

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  • The Claude A. Barnett papers [microform].

    • Text
    • Frederick, MD : University Publications of America, [1984?]-[1986?]
    • 1984-1986
    • 198 Items
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    Text Sc Micro R-4653 pt. 1, ser. C, r. 81Schomburg Center - Research & Reference

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    Text Sc Micro R-4653 pt. 1, ser. C, r. 82Schomburg Center - Research & Reference

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    Text Sc Micro R-4653 pt. 1, ser. C, r. 83Schomburg Center - Research & Reference

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  • Thaddeus Stevens portrait collection [graphic].

    • Still image
    • <1950?-1979?>
    • 1950-1979
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Still image Sc Photo Stevens, ThaddeusSchomburg Center - Photographs & Prints

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  • The art of Archibald J. Motley, Jr. / by Jontyle Theresa Robinson and Wendy Greenhouse ; with an introduction by Floyd Coleman.

    • Text
    • [Chicago] : Chicago Historical Society, 1991.
    • 1991
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text Sc F 92-88Schomburg Center - Research & Reference

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  • Sketch of Edward Coles, second governor of Illinois, and of the slavery struggle of 1823-4. Prepared for the Chicago Historical Society, by E. B. Washburne.

    • Text
    • Chicago, Jansen, McClurg & Company, 1882.
    • 1882
    • 3 Items

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    Text Sc B-Coles (Washburne, E. Sketch of Edward Coles)Schomburg Center - Research & Reference

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    Text Sc B-Coles (Washburne, E. Sketch of Edward Coles)Schomburg Center - Research & Reference

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    Text AN (Coles) (Washburne, E. B. Sketch of Edward Coles)Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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  • Fitting in : four generations of college life / Barbara Schreier.

    • Text
    • [Chicago] : Chicago Historical Society, 1991.
    • 1991
    • 1 Item
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    Text ILH 93-9839Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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  • Grand illusions : Chicago's world's fair of 1893 / Neil Harris ... [et al.].

    • Text
    • [Chicago] : Chicago Historical Society, 1993.
    • 1993
    • 1 Item
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    Text 3-MAW (Chicago) 93-13239Schwarzman Building - Art and Architecture Room 300

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  • Becoming American women : clothing and the Jewish immigrant experience / Barbara A. Schreier.

    • Text
    • Chicago : Chicago Historical Society, 1994.
    • 1994
    • 1 Item
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    Text *PYI 94-2173Schwarzman Building - Dorot Jewish Division Room 111

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  • A rediscovered regionalist : Herman Menzel / Wendy Greenhouse, Susan S. Weininger.

    • Text
    • [Chicago] : Chicago Historical Society, 1994?
    • 1994
    • 1 Item
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    Text 3-MCX M551 95-5973Schwarzman Building - Art and Architecture Room 300

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  • The theatre : its early days in Chicago : a paper read before the Chicago Historical Society, February 19, 1884 / by J.H. McVicker.

    • Text
    • Chicago : Knight & Leonard, printers, 1884.
    • 1884
    • 1 Item
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    Text MWED (Chicago) [RBS] 95-204Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre

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  • In memoriam, Isaac Newton Arnold, Nov. 30, 1813-Apr. 24, 1884, Arthur Mason Arnold, May 13, 1858-Apr. 26, 1873.

    • Text
    • Chicago : Fergus Printing Co., 1885.
    • 1885
    • 1 Item

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    Text AN (Arnold) (In memoriam)Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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  • Reynolds' History of Illinois. My own times: embracing also the history of my life. By John Reynolds.

    • Text
    • Chicago, Chicago Historical Society, 1879.
    • 1879
    • 1 Item
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    Text AN (Reynolds) (Reynolds, J. History of Illinois)Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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  • Samuel de Champlain : a brief sketch of the eminent navigator and discoverer, read before the Chicago Historical Society, Tuesday evening, October 20, 1885 / by Henry H. Hurlbut.

    • Text
    • [Chicago? : s.n.], 1885
    • 1885
    • 1 Item
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    Text HWK (Hurlbut, H. H. Samuel de Champlain)Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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  • The Lincoln and Douglas debates; an address before the Chicago Historical Society, February 17, 1914, by Horace White.

    • Text
    • Chicago, Ill., University of Chicago Press [c1914]
    • 1914
    • 2 Items
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    Text NYGB E 457.4 W47Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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    Text IIR (White, H. Lincoln and Douglas debates)Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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  • Recollections of early Illinois and her noted men. Read before the Chicago Historical Society, March 16th, 1880. By Joseph Gillespie.

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    • Chicago, Fergus Print. Co., 1880.
    • 1880
    • 1 Item
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    Text IVE (Gillespie, J. Recollections of early Illinois and her noted men)Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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  • Early society in Southern Illinois : a lecture, read before the Chicago Historical Society, October 19, 1880 / Robert W. Patterson.

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    • Chicago, Ill. : Fergus Printing Co., 1881.
    • 1881
    • 1 Item
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    Text IVE (Patterson, R. W. Early society in southern Illinois)Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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  • William B. Ogden; and early days in Chicago: a paper read before the Chicago Historical Society, Tuesday, December 20, 1881. (On the presentation by Mrs. Ogden of a portrait of her late husband, painted by Geo. P.A. Healy.) By Hon. Isaac N. Arnold.

    • Text
    • Chicago, Fergus Printing Co., 1881.
    • 1881
    • 2 Items
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    Text IVF (Chicago) (Arnold, I. N. William B. Ogden; and early days)Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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    Text AGZ p.v. 48, no. 2 no. 1-24Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315

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  • Father Pierre François Pinet, S.J. and his Mission of the Guardian Angel of Chicago (l'Ange Gardien) A.D. 1696-1699 : a paper read before a joint meeting of the Chicago Historical Society and the Evanston Historical Society in the Chicago Historical Society Building, November 27, 1906 / by Frank R. Grover.

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    • Chicago : [Chicago Historical Society], 1907.
    • 1907
    • 2 Items

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    Text IVF (Chicago) (Grover, F. R. Father Pierre François Pinet, S. J.)Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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    Text HBC p.v. 203 7 titlesSchwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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  • Chicago these first hundred years, by Ruth McKenna, with a foreword by W. H. Johnson and illustrations by the author from the records of Chicago Historical Society.

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    • Chicago, Old Fort Dearborn [c1933]
    • 1933
    • 1 Item
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    Text IVF (Chicago) (Mayer, R. M. Chicago these first hundred years)Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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  • Early Chicago. Fort Dearborn : an address delivered at the unveiling of the memorial tablet to mark the site of the block-house ... May 21st, 1881, under the auspices of the Chicago Historical Society, to which have been added notes and an appendix / by John Wentworth.

    • Text
    • Chicago : Fergus Printing Co., 1881.
    • 1881
    • 1 Item
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    Text IVF (Chicago) (Wentworth, J. Early Chicago. Fort Dearborn)Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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  • The book of Lake Geneva, by Paul B. Jenkins.

    • Text
    • Chicago, Ill., Pub. for the Chicago Historical Society by the University of Chicago Press [c1922]
    • 1922
    • 1 Item
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    Text IVK (Geneva) (Jenkins, P. B. Book of Lake Geneva)Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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  • Lincoln and public morality; an address delivered at the Chicago Historical Society on February 12, 1959.

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    • [Chicago] Chicago Historical Society, 1959.
    • 1959
    • 1 Item
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    Text D-12 1213 no. 1-16Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315

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  • The nomination of Abraham Lincoln : new forces and new men : an address delivered at the Chicago Historical Society on May 18, 1960 / by Allan Nevins.

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    • [Chicago?] : The Society, 1960.
    • 1960
    • 1 Item
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    Text D-13 1906 no. 1-7Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315

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  • The architects and the city : Holabird & Roche of Chicago, 1880-1918 / Robert Bruegmann.

    • Text
    • Chicago, Ill. : University of Chicago Press, 1997.
    • 1997
    • 1 Item
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    Text 3-MQZ (Holabird & Roche) 97-11765SASB - Art & Architecture Rm 300

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  • The Dearborns; a discourse commemorative of the eightieth anniversary of the occupation of Fort Dearborn, and the first settlement at Chicago; read before the Chicago historcal society, Tuesday, Dec. 18, 1883, by Daniel Goodwin, jr. With remarks of Hons. John Wentworth, J. Young Scammon, E. B. Washbrne, and I. N. Arnold.

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    • Chicago, Fergus printing company, 1884.
    • 1884
    • 2 Items
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    Text NYGB G D 3473Offsite
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    Text APV (Dearborn) (Goodwin, D. Dearborns)Offsite
  • In memoriam, John S. Wright : an address delivered before the Chicago Historical Society, Friday evening, July 21, 1885 / by Augustine W. Wright.

    • Text
    • Chicago : Fergus Printing Company, 1885.
    • 1885
    • 1 Item
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    Text AGZ p.v. 60 no. 1- 29Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315
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  • Elmer E. Ellsworth and the zouaves of '61, by Charles A. Ingraham ...

    • Text
    • Chicago, Pub. for Chicago Historical Society by the University of Chicago Press [c1925]
    • 1925
    • 1 Item
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    Text A p.v. 206 no. 1-10Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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  • The influence of Chicago upon Abraham Lincoln; an address delivered before the Chicago Historical Society on February 10, 1922, by William E. Barton.

    • Text
    • Chicago, Ill., The University of Chicago Press [c1923]
    • 1923
    • 1 Item
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    Text AN (Lincoln) p.v. 18 no. 1-14Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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  • The diary of Orville H. Browning, a new source for Lincoln's presidency : a lecture delivered before the Chicago Historical Society, March 29, 1923 / by Thedore Calvin Pease.

    • Text
    • Chicago, Ill. : The University of Chicago Press, [1924]
    • 1924-1924
    • 1 Item
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    Text AN (Lincoln) p.v. 20 no. 1-14Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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  • Lincoln's "House divided" speech, did it reflect a doctrine of class struggle? : an address delivered before the Chicago Historical Society on March 15, 1923 / by Arthur Charles Cole.

    • Text
    • Chicago, Ill. : University of Chicago Press, 1923
    • 1923
    • 1 Item
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    Text AN (Lincoln) p.v. 20 no. 1-14Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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  • The meaning of the Civil War : an address delivered at the Chicago Historical Society, April 12, 1961 / by Bruce Catton.

    • Text
    • [Chicago] : The Historical Society, 1961.
    • 1961
    • 1 Item
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    Text HAE p.v. 762 titles 1-8, 10Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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  • Congressional reminiscences. Adams, Benton, Calhoun, Clay, and Webster. An address: delivered at Central Music Hall, March 16, 1882, before the Chicago Historical Society; with notes and an appendix.

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    • Chicago, Fergus Printing Co., 1882.
    • 1882
    • 1 Item
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    Text IDF p.v. 3 no. 1-21Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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  • What George wore and Sally didn't : surprising stories from America's past / Rosemary K. Adams.

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    • Chicago : Chicago Historical Society, 1998.
    • 1998
    • 1 Item
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    Text IAG 99-8798Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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  • The Jefferson-Lemen compact [microform] the relations of Thomas Jefferson and James Lemen in the exclusion of slavery from Illinois and the Northwest Territory, with related documents, 1781-1818; a paper read before the Chicago Historical Society, February 16, 1915, by Willard C. MacNaul.

    • Text
    • [Chicago] The University of Chicago Press, 1915.
    • 1915
    • 1 Item
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    Text *ZH IAG p.v. 94-100Offsite
  • The preamble and boundary clauses of the Illinois constituion; a paper read before the Chicago historical society, January 18, 1910, [Microform] by Herman G. James ...

    • Text
    • [Chicago] The Society, 1910.
    • 1910
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text *ZH IAG p.v. 297-302Offsite
  • The Cairo expedition; [microform] Illinois first response in the late civil war -- the expedition from Chicago to Cairo.

    • Text
    • Chicago, 1892.
    • 1892
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text *ZH-121 22 american history titlesOffsite
  • Eleazer Williams not the Dauphin of France. A lecture read before the Chicago Historical Society, December 4, 1902 [microform]

    • Text
    • Chicago, Chicago Historical Society, 1903.
    • 1903
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text *ZH-90 no. 1-12Offsite

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