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Chicago History in the Archives

Dive into the archives with this reading list and be sure to visit the exhibit  "Wish You Were Here! Summertime Joy in Chicago" on the 2nd floor at Sulzer Regional Library, through summer 2021.

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  • An Immigrant Class

    Oral Histories From Chicago's Newest Immigrants

    Libman, Jeff
    Book, 2004Chicago, Ill. : Flying Kite, c2004. — F548.9.A1L5 2004
  • Paperback, 2003Chicago, IL : Arcadia, c2003. — F548.9.E2A85 2003
  • The Boys of Fairy Town

    Sodomites, Female Impersonators, Third-sexers, Pansies, Queers, and Sex Morons in Chicago's First Century

    Elledge, Jim, 1950-
    Book, 2018Chicago, Ill. : Chicago Review Press, [2018] — HQ76.3.U52I4445 2018
  • Brown in the Windy City

    Mexicans and Puerto Ricans in Postwar Chicago

    Fernandez, Lilia
    Book, 2012Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2012, ©2012. — F548.9.M5F47 2012
  • Paperback, 2018Charleston, South Carolina : Arcadia Publishing, 2018. — HE4491.C452S23 2018
  • Chicago

    City on the Move : Featuring Photographs Selected From the Archives of the Chicago Transit Authority

    Williams, Michael (Michael F.)
    Book, 2007Chicago : Cityfiles Press, 2007. — HE4491.C4W725 2007
  • Book, 2018Chicago, Illinois : Broutman Photography, LLC, [2018] — F548.37.B683 2018
  • Chicago's Far North Side

    An Illustrated History of Rogers Park and West Ridge

    Paperback, 2000[Chicago, Ill.] : Rogers Park/West Ridge Historical Society, c2000. — F548.68.R64C53 2000
  • Paperback, 2019Cleveland, OH : Belt Publishing, 2019. — PS572.C5C45 2019
  • Paperback, 2020Chicago, Illinois : Vashon Jordan Jr., 2020. — HN59.2.J68 2020
  • The Chicago River

    a Natural and Unnatural History

    Hill, Libby,
    Paperback, 2019Carbondale, IL : Southern Illinois University Press, [2019] — F547.C45H5 2019
  • City Indian

    Native American Activism in Chicago, 1893-1934

    LaPier, Rosalyn R.,
    Paperback, 2015Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2015] — E78.I3L36 2015
  • City of Lake and Prairie

    Chicago's Environmental History

    Book, 2020Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2020] — GE155.I3C58 2020
  • Paperback, 2017Charleston, South Carolina : Arcadia Publishing, [2017] — F548.68.L35N53 2017
  • Ensemble

    An Oral History of Chicago Theater

    Paperback, 2019Chicago : Midway, an Agate Imprint, [2019] — PN2277.C4E57 2019