Chicago History

A New Chicago History Web Exhibit

A Corridor in Time: Collecting, Preserving, and Interpreting Illinois and Michigan Canal Regional History

Thursday, September 6, 6:00 pm
Speakers: Dennis H. Cremin and John M. Lamb, Lewis University

The Illinois and Michigan Canal - the last of America's great canals - was quickly overtaken by the railroads, but without it, Chicago would not have become a continental metropolis. John Lamb, and Dennis Cremin will emphasize the development of Chicago in relation to the I&M Canal as they discuss and demonstrate the features of a new web exhibit that is based on Lamb's influential publication A Corridor in Time: 1836 to 1936. Drawing on material in Lewis University's I&M Canal Regional History Special Collection, the web exhibit features essays by experts in the field, photographs, maps, and more. Come out to learn more about this new online resource.

Lewis University has received funding for the web exhibit from the Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation and for public programs by the Illinois Humanities Council. Admission is free. No reservation is required.

The Newberry Library gratefully acknowledges the National Endowment for the Humanities and Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. Haffner for their generous support of public programming. Major funding is also provided by Richard and Barbara Franke, the MacLean-Fogg Family, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew W. McGhee, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew McNally, and the McCormick Tribune Foundation.

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