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The ancient manuscript rested on the shelves of the Newberry Library for more than a century. Little was known about the bound book from colonial Mexico that had been donated to the library in 1911 by ...

Was Mike Royko the toughest man in Chicago? We shall see, I suppose, when a one-man play opens here in early September at the Chopin Theatre. Mitchell Bisschop is the author and star in what he has ...

Gift Article 10 Remaining As a subscriber, you have 10 articles to gift each month. Gifting allows recipients to access the article for free. The Newberry Library has named Astrida Orle Tantillo as ...

CHICAGO (CBS) — A team of researchers from Oklahoma has been in Chicago all week at the Newberry Library on the near North Side on a mission to rediscover old stories about the Cherokee Nation. A week ...

Seeing Race Before Race explores early expressions of race in medieval and early modern Europe. On view in Chicago, admission is free. Race is a powerful and challenging concept. When, where, and why ...

The National Endowment for the Humanities has awarded the University of Chicago Library, in partnership with the Newberry Library and the Chicago History Museum, a grant to digitize historical maps of ...

Chicago — The ancient manuscript rested on the shelves of the Newberry Library for more than a century. Little was known about the bound book from colonial Mexico that had been donated to the library ...

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The Newberry Library is an independent research library, specializing in the humanities and located in Chicago, Illinois, that has been free and open to the public since 1887. Its collections ...