ARTH 24170: Research the Chicago Cityscape

The Black Metropolis Research Consortium (BMRC) is a Chicago-based membership association of libraries, universities, and other archival institutions.

A single-search interface to hundreds of archival collections held in Chicago libraries, archive and museums.

A major repository of books and archives for local history research.

The largest African American history and literature collection in the Midwest is housed in the Woodson Regional branch of the Chicago Public Library.

Archival collections relating to Chicago neighborhoods at the Special Collections department of the Harold Washington Library.

A guidebook for African American travelers published from 1936 through 1967, from the New York Public Library.

An interactive database from Northwestern University.
***Note the nice links to sites that track changes in street numbering.