History Sites

History Fair & Local History Resources

• Chicago Historical Society
• Chicago Landmarks

  Find a Chicago building. Learn about its architect. Includes interactive maps.

• Chicago Metro History Education Center

  Tools to help students with history fair projects, curriculum on local history topics, and information on the Chicago History Fair's academic competition.

• Chicago Timeline from Chicago Public Library

  Chronological listing of events in Chicago history.

• Encyclopedia of Chicago

  Thousands of historical resources, such as articles, photos, maps, broadsides, and newspapers related to Chicago's colorful and complex history. See also, Lincolnwood's history.

• HistoryMakers.com

  A video and oral history archive of African American history published by a non-profit organization headquartered in Chicago. Topics include slavery, reconstruction, the labor movement, the civil rights movement, and black authors.

• Lincolnwood Library Local Historical Collection

  The library holds a small archival collection related to Lincolnwood's history. Please contact Adult Services to schedule an appointment for viewing the collection. Additionally, we are scanning portions of our archive as time permits.

• View Library's historical collection as a slide show.

   

History Elsewhere

• America's Story from America's Library

  Library of Congress' collections of letters, diaries, record, and tapes , films, sheet music, maps, prints, and photographs form the basic content of this interactive site.

• Core Documents of U.S. Democracy

  Bill of Rights, Declaration of Independence, Gettysburg Address, etc.

• National Archives and Records Administration.

  Find important American documents.

• Voyages: The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database
  

  Records of slave ship voyages between 1514 and 1866.

The Holocaust

• The Cybrary of the Holocaust

  "Remember.org shares art, discussion, photos, poems, and facts to preserve powerful memories, like A Survivor's Prayer."

• Facing History and Ourselves

  A nationwide organization with an office in Chicago that develops lesson plans aimed at showing today's students the relevance of the Holocaust. Publications can be ordered.

• Holocaust Survivors

  Read or listen to survivors' stories. Historical introduction to the the Holocaust, encyclopedia articles and link to discussion groups.

• YIWO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe

  Topics include arts, daily life, places, language & literature, history & politics, and religion. Detailed articles, music audio files, and video clips. Published by YIWO Institute for Jewish Research.