Chicago Studies

A collaboration between the Chicago History Museum, the Newberry Library, and Northwestern University

Search Chicago-area collections relating to the city and surrounding suburbs. Includes records for archival collections, images, and more. From the Chicago Collections Consortium

Online portal of Chicago Collections, a consortium of Chicago-area libraries, museums, archives, and other institutions with original source materials on Chicago history. The portal is growing to provide access to more than 100,000 maps, photos, and letters at member institutions.

A list of archives and libraries in Chicago, including descriptions of major holdings.

The Black Metropolis Research Consortium (BMRC) is a Chicago-based membership association of libraries, universities, and other archival institutions. Its mission is to make broadly accessible its members’ holdings of materials that document African American and African diasporic culture, history, and politics, with a specific focus on materials relating to Chicago.