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History Fair

Ideas

Official Site of the Chicago Metro History Fair :
http://www.chicagohistoryfair.org

Primary Source Databases

Chicago Tribune Historical Archive:
http://infoweb.newsbank.com/
Username: 1610
Password: 1610
Click on Chicago Tribune Historical Archive

Chicago Public Library:
http://www.chipublib.org/003cpl/hf/hf06/hf06.html

Chicago Public Library Databases :
http://piscator2.chipublib.org/ChicagoAuth.asp

Click on the Advanced Search tab
Scroll down to access the following databases.

• Chicago Tribune Historical Archive Many, MANY more articles than the one listed above, 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

Be sure to click the Go Directly to (INSERT DATABASE NAME) link.

Library of Congress American Memory:
http://memory.loc.gov/

Chicago History Museum:
http://www.chicagohs.org/

Forms

High School Summary Statement Form:
https://www.edline.net/files/5c00f5665add3d3d3745a49013852ec4/
2008_CMHF_Summary_Statement_Form.doc
To reach this form, you will have to first log into Edline