Research

Manuel Rodriguez. Compendio Geografico, c. 1768. Case broadside BX3706.A2 C56 1768.

Featured Collection: Genealogy and Local History

Klaus Stopp, Printed birth and baptismal certificates.

Klaus Stopp, The printed birth and baptismal certificates of the German Americans. Klaus Stopp Collection # 185 (vol.2, p. 30)

Featured Collection: Religion

Visitation, from the Heures de Nostre Dame selonc lusaige de Rome.

Featured Collection: Manuscripts and Archives

Gramhart, Allemodisch Stambuch, Newberry Wing ZP 647. R755, f.15r.

Featured Collection: Medieval, Renaissance, and Early Modern Studies

The Newberry collections focus on the humanities. If you are unsure whether the library’s collections suit your research interests, please browse our Core Collections and check our Online Catalog. Our librarians have also compiled numerous Research Guides, organized alphabetically by subject.

Core Collections

American History and Culture

American Indian and Indigenous Studies

Chicago and the Midwest

Genealogy and Local History

History of the Book

Manuscripts and Archives

Maps, Travel, and Exploration

Medieval, Renaissance, and Early Modern Studies

Music

Religion

Featured Resources

Ayer Art digital collection
Over 500 images related to American Indian history and culture from the Edward E. Ayer Collection.

Pullman digital collection
1,299 Pullman Company car drawings, ca. 1870-1969.

Great Lakes digital collection
550 images of Illinois and the Great Lakes from the French period of exploration and settlement to the early twentieth century.

Indians of the Midwest, Past and Present
A multimedia educational website about major issues in American Indian history and culture.