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American Environmental Photographs, 1891-1936 Images from more than 4,500 glass lantern slides, glass negatives, and photographic prints, created by faculty members and students of the University of Chicago Department of Botany between 1891 and 1936, influential in the development of modern ecological studies. These photographs provide an overview of important representative natural landscapes across the nation |
Formats Digital Images Photographs |
Subjects University of Chicago History of Science Environmental Science |
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O'Hara, James E. Papers, 1866-1970 James E. O'Hara (1844-1905), Lawyer and Republican Congressman, 1883-1887. Contains letters from family and constituents, photographs, a biographical sketch (1970) written by O'Hara's granddaughter, Vera Jean O'Hara Rivers, and memorabilia. |
Formats Digital Archives & Manuscripts Images |
Subjects American History African-American Studies |
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Paper Dolls. Collection This collection consists of paper dolls and accompanying paper clothing and accessories. The dolls were found in an 1839 volume of the New York Mirror, a weekly gazette of literature and the fine arts. Made by hand from scraps of magazines and wallpaper, the dolls are each unique, well-preserved examples of a typically fragile and ephemeral folk art. |
Formats Digital Images |
Subjects University of Chicago Art |
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The Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae A digital version of the Library's extensive collection of Antonio Lafreri's Renaissance-era Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae prints and maps which depicted major monuments and antiquities in Rome. The site also contains a set of virtual itineraries through Rome, guided by scholars from around the country. |
Formats Digital Images Maps |
Subjects Classics European History Art Architecture |
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United States Supreme Court: Portraits and Autographs This collection is based on a bound album of manuscripts collected by Louis Silver (JD ’28), a noted rare book collector. It was donated to the Law School Library in the late 1950’s. The album contains letters and other signed documents from Supreme Court Justices, plus portraits and/or photographs of those Justices. |
Formats Digital Archives & Manuscripts Images |
Subjects U.S. Law Law American History |
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The University of Chicago Photographic Archive Ongoing project to digitize the Archival Photographic Files which contain more than 60,000 images and are the principal archive of historic photographs of individuals, buildings, and events associated with the University of Chicago. |
Formats Digital Images Photographs |
Subjects University of Chicago Architecture |
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Yerkes Glass Plates Collection The Yerkes Glass Plate Collection consists of more than 175,000 photographic glass plates negatives and their associated logbooks located at the University of Chicago and Yerkes Observatory in Williams Bay, WI. |
Formats Digital Archives & Manuscripts Images Photographs |
Subjects Astronomy & Astrophysics University of Chicago |