Chicago Metro History Museum History Day Competition: Websites on Chicago

Published by the Chicago History Museum, this searchable website contains thousands of historical resources, including articles, maps, broadsides, and newspapers. Tthe print version of this resource is located on the Chicago History shelves in the IRC. Call #CHI 977.31 ENC.

From UIC Political Science Department. Resources include links to research papers, books, videos, Chicago City Council and Anti-Corruption Reports with current data on how council members have voted, and information from other city and independent sources on Chicago politics.

From Chicago Public Library. Includes a chronological listing of Chicago’s mayors with biographical information and inaugural speeches.

Includes Chicago Daily News photographs from 1902 - 1933, resources on Chicago architecture and building, History Fair resources, and online exhibitions.

Chicago History Museum

Resources from the Chicago Public Library.

A digital exhibition created by the Chicago History Museum (formerly known as the Chicago Historical Society) and Northwestern University.

A project of the Northwestern University School of Law.

Digital photographs from the library of University of Illinois at Chicago.

Building of Chicago

A list, created by the Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design, of what it considers to be "the most impressive masterpieces of Chicago Architecture from 1850 to the present."

A project of the Art Institute of Chicago.

Interactive information on Chicago landmarks by the City of Chicago Department of Planning and Development.

A project by the Chicago Historical Society and Northwestern University which examines and interprets materials from the Chicago Historical Society's Haymarket Affair Digital Collection.

Information on Chicago's rapid transit system