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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Newberry Library's “Indigenous Chicago” exhibition presents five centuries of ongoing Native presence in Chicago.

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 ...

Noel Brennan reports a team of researchers from Oklahoma has been in Chicago all week at the Newberry Library on a mission to rediscover old stories about the Cherokee Nation.

Mike Royko exhibit aimed at people who admired the columnist and people who never heard of him Newberry Library show includes Royko’s Rolodex and an unfinished pack of his cigarettes. He smoked ...

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 ...

Chicago's contributions to American dance have not been fully understood, until now A massive dance archive housed at the Newberry Library will help preserve a rich and eclectic history that spans ...

Union wave is picking up at Chicago, suburban libraries, cultural institutions The Chicago Public Library and other systems have long had unions, but now the organizing is happening against a ...

During the mid-20th century, Chicago’s Rush Street was the place to be, according to Alison Hinderliter, Newberry Library’s Lloyd Lewis curator of modern manuscripts and archives.

The Newberry union’s Instagram account notes that the library’s employment requirements and compensation have become increasingly disparate; the training demanded of archival, library, and ...