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History Fair
Ideas
Official Site of the Chicago Metro History Fair :
http://www.chicagohistoryfair.org
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Primary Source Databases
Chicago Public Library
CPL Chicago History Resources:
http://www.chipublib.org/cplbooksmovies/poptopics/chicagohistory.php
CPL Databases :
http://www.chipublib.org/cplbooksmovies/research/database_atoz.php
Click on the following databases.
- Chicago Tribune Historical Archive Almost every article--including every PAGE--published from 1854 to 1986
- Chicago Defender Historical Archive From 1905 to 1975, the Chicago Defender was the Newspaper of Record for the African American Experience
- Illinois Sanborn Map Collection Incredibly detailed historical map sets--very useful if trying to show where something happened in relation to other things
Listing of all CPL Archive Collections:
http://www.chipublib.org/cplbooksmovies/cplarchive/archivalcoll/index.php
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Library of Congress
American Memory:
http://memory.loc.gov/
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National Archives
Access to Archive Databases:
http://aad.archives.gov/aad/
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Chicago History Museum
The Encyclopedia of Chicago:
http://encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/
Online Projects:
http://chicagohistory.org/research/resources/online-resources/online
Scroll down to access these resources
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Northern Illinois University
Illinois Historical Digitization Projects:
http://chicagohistory.org/research/resources/online-resources/online
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University of Illinois at Chicago
Urban Experience in Chicago
http://www.uic.edu/jaddams/hull/urbanexp/
Great Migration Resource Page
http://www.uic.edu/educ/bctpi/pt3/greatmigration.html
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Northwestern University
Homicide in Chicago: 1870-1930
http://homicide.northwestern.edu/
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Forms
High School Summary Statement Form: