Newberry visitors’ thoughts. Christopher Borrelli’s article on the Newberry Library Board’s decision to shut down the library’s annual used book fair after nearly 40 years left me a little ...

The colors in the 15th Century illustrated religious manuscript light up the page with luminous beauty, but the images are brutal. Anne Rice, peering at a leaf of “Speculum Humanae Salvationis ...

The Newberry Library was showing its age. Now, after big renovation, it's showing off what's new, including visitor-aimed changes, World's Fair show.

The library, which opened in 1885, is named after wealthy 1800s Chicago civic leader, Walter L. Newberry, an avid reader and book collector, who bequeathed half of his estate to found this home ...

He will surely visit the Newberry Library’s newest exhibition, a small but engaging presentation, “Chicago Style: Mike Royko and Windy City Journalism,” which opens Thursday in the Hanson ...

Newberry Library online exhibition showcases images from the Great Migration The slides, thought to have been produced between 1922 and 1923 by the Methodist Episcopal Church.

By sharing the cost of expensive manuscripts with universities, Chicago's Newberry Library ensures the tomes are available to researchers. Newberry Library Is Sharing Rare Books - Los Angeles Times ...

CHICAGO — The Newberry Library Book Fair has over 100,00 different books divided into 70 different categories. The popular fair is in its 33rd year and is showing no signs of slowing down ...

A special exhibit displays some of the exquisite items in the Newberry's vast collection, on the occasion of the library's 125th anniversary ...

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The new collection will be housed in the Newberry’s Midwest Dance Collection. The move will make the archive, which highlights Chicago’s significant contributions to the art form, far more ...