- Society of American Archivists
Provides leadership to help ensure the identification, preservation, and use of the nation's historical record.
www.archivists.org
- Chicago Historical Society
Features information on Chicago and early Illinois history displayed in many exhibits and available to researchers.
www.chicagohs.org
- Encyclopedia of Chicago
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Entries, historical sources, maps, and much more. From the Chicago Historical Society, The Newberry Library, and Northwestern University.
www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org
- DuSable Museum of African-American History
Independent Chicago institution preserving and interpreting historical experiences and achievements.
www.dusablemuseum.org
- Frank Lloyd Wright Preservation Trust
Maintains two museum sites: Wright's home and studio in Oak Park, and the Robie House, on the University of Chicago campus.
www.wrightplus.org
- Polish Genealogical Society of America
Collects, disseminates, and preserves information on Polish and Polish-American family history, and helps members doing research on their own family.
www.pgsa.org
- History of Chicago's L
Extensive history of the local mass transit system, including historic maps, chronologies, rolling stock history, and an extensive section on "L" stations.
www.chicago-l.org
- Jane Addams Hull-House Museum
Historic site and memorial to Jane Addams, housed in two of the original Hull House buildings. Information about her life and work, and museum programs.
www.uic.edu/jaddams/hull/hull_house.html
- Graveyards of Chicago
Take a tour through the finest graveyards in the area.
www.graveyards.com
- Ernest Hemingway Foundation of Oak Park
Fosters understanding of the life and work of Ernest Hemingway with emphasis on his Oak Park origins and his impact on world literature.
www.hemingway.org
- A. Philip Randolph Pullman Porter Museum
African American labor history museum located in the Pullman District.
www.aphiliprandolphmuseum.com
- Trial of the Chicago Seven
Chronology, and trial documents.
www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/Chicago7/chicago7.html
- Pullman Strike@
Learn about Pullman Strike, the wildcat strike by the Pullman Palace Car Company in Illinois on May 11, 1894. Sites feature historical background, events, consequences, labor related transcripts, museum exhibits, excerpts from the U.S Strike Commission's report, and analysis of the labor strike and its impact on the U.S. history.
dir.yahoo.com/.../Labor/Pullman_Strike
- Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site@
dir.yahoo.com/.../Collinsville/Recreation_and_Sports
- Illinois State Archives
www.sos.state.il.us/departments/archives/archives.html
- Canal Corridor Association
Works for the economic revitalization of the Illinois and Michigan Canal Corridor through the preservation, conservation, and enhancement of cultural and natural resources.
www.canalcor.org
- Historic Pullman Foundation
Preservation and restoration activities within the Pullman Historic District of Chicago.
www.pullmanil.org
- 1968 Democratic Convention@
Learn more about the 1968 Democratic Convention featuring sites about the events of that day and the trial of the Chicago Seven.
dir.yahoo.com/.../History/1968_Democratic_Convention
- Illinois in the Civil War
Histories of Illinois regiments, famous Illinoisians with Civil War ties, and links to other resources.
www.illinoiscivilwar.org
- McLean County Museum of History
Includes information about events and exhibits at the museum, the Stevenson-Ives Library, and volunteer opportunities.
www.mchistory.org
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