Edited by James R. Grossman, Ann Durkin
Keating, and Janice L. Reiff
Major funding provided by
James R. Grossman is vice president for
research and education at the Newberry Library and senior lecturer in history
at the University of Chicago. He is the author of Land of Hope: Chicago,
Black Southerners, and the Great Migration and A Chance to Make Good:
African Americans 1900-1929. Ann Durkin Keating is professor of
history at North Central College in Naperville, Illinois. She is the author of
Building Chicago: Suburban Developers and the Creation of a Divided
Metropolis, Invisible Networks: Exploring the History of Local
Utilities, and Chicagoland. Janice L. Reiff is associate professor of history at
the University of California, Los Angeles. She is the author of Structuring
the Past: The Use of Computers in History and coeditor of The Settling
of North America: The Atlas of the Great Migrations into North America from the
Ice Age to the Present.
A-Z Entries in the print edition of the Encyclopedia of
Chicago
- Abolitionism
- Accounting
- Acting, Ensemble
- Addison, IL
- Adler Planetarium
- Advertising
- Advice Columns
- Afghans
- African Americans
- Agrarian Movements
- Agricultural Journals
- Agricultural Machinery Industry
- Agriculture
- AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome)
- Air Quality
- Airlines
- Airports, Commuter
- Albanians
- Albany Park
- Aldermanic Privilege
- Algerians
- Algonquin, IL
- All-American Girls Baseball League
- Alleys
- Almshouses
- Alpha Suffrage Club
- Alsip, IL
- Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America
- American Civil Liberties Union
- American Giants
- American Plan
- American Planning Association
- American West Indian Association
- Americanization
- Amos 'n' Andy
- Amusement Parks
- Anarchists
- Andersonville
- Angel Guardian Orphanage
- Angolans
- Annexation
- Antioch, IL
- Antiunionism
- Antiwar Movements
- Apartments
- Aragon Ballroom
- Archer Heights
- Architecture
- Overview
- The First Chicago School
- The City Beautiful Movement
- The Prairie School
- The Second Chicago School
- Argentinians
- Argo
- Argonne National Laboratory
- Arlington Heights, IL
- Armenians
- Armories
- Armory Show of 1913
- Armour Square
- Art Centers, Alternative
- Art Colonies
- Art Criticism and Scholarship
- Art Fairs
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Art, Public
- Art, Self-Taught
- Art
- Artists, Education and Culture of
- Arts Funding
- Arts and Crafts Movement
- Ashburn
- Associated Negro Press
- Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians
- Assyrians
- Auburn Gresham
- Auditorium Building
- Audy Home. Juvenile Temporary Detention Center)
- Aurora University
- Aurora, IL
- Austin High Gang
- Austin
- Australians
- Austrians
- Automobile Manufacturing
- Automobile Parts
- Avalon Park
- Avondale
- Back of the Yards Neighborhood Council
- Back of the Yards
- Baha'i
- Ballet
- Balloon Frame Construction
- Bands, Early and Golden Age
- Bangladeshis
- Banking, Commercial
- Bannockburn, IL
- Barat College
- Barbadians
- Barrington Hills, IL
- Barrington, IL
- Bartlett, IL
- Baseball, Indoor
- Baseball
- Basketball
- Batavia, IL
- Baths, Public
- Batswana
- Beach Park, IL
- Bears
- Beat Generation
- Bedford Park, IL
- Beecher, IL
- Belarusians
- Belgians
- Belizeans
- Bellwood, IL
- Belmont Cragin
- Benedictine University
- Beninese
- Bensenville, IL
- Berkeley, IL
- Berwyn, IL
- Beverly Shores, IN
- Beverly
- Bicycling
- Bilingual Education
- Billy Graham Center
- Birthing Practices
- Black Belt
- Black Hawk War
- Black Panther Party
- Black Sox Scandal
- Blackhawks
- Blind Trusts
- Block 37
- Blockbusting
- Bloomingdale, IL
- Blue Island, IL
- Blues
- Boardinghouses
- Bolingbrook, IL
- Bolivians
- Book Arts
- Bootlegging
- Bosnians
- Bowling
- Boxing
- Boys Town
- Bozo's Circus
- Braidwood, IL
- Brazilians
- Breakfast Club
- Breweries
- Bridgeport
- Bridges
- Bridgeview, IL
- Brighton Park
- Broadcasting
- Broadview, IL
- Brookfield Zoo
- Brookfield, IL
- Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters
- Bucktown
- Bud Billiken Day Parade
- Buddhists
- Buffalo Grove, IL
- Bughouse Square
- Building Codes and Standards
- Building Trades and Workers
- Built Environment of the Chicago Region
- Bulgarians
- Bull Valley, IL
- Bulls
- Bungalow Belt
- Bungalows
- Burbank, IL
- Burlington, IL
- Burmese
- Burnham Plan
- Burnham, IL
- Burns Harbor, IN
- Burnside
- Burr Ridge, IL
- Bus System
- Business of Chicago
- Cable Cars
- Cabrini-Green
- Calumet City, IL
- Calumet Heights
- Calumet Park, IL
- Calumet Region
- Calumet River System
- Cambodians
- Cameroonians
- Camp Douglas
- Canadians
- Canaryville
- Capital Punishment
- Cardinals
- Carol Stream, IL
- Carpentersville, IL
- Cary, IL
- Catholic Charities
- Catholic School System
- Catholic Worker Movement
- Catholic Youth Organization
- Cedar Lake, IN
- Cemeteries
- Center for Neighborhood Technology
- Central Manufacturing District
- Century of Progress Exposition
- Chambers of Commerce
- Channahon, IL
- Charity Organization Societies
- Charles H. Kerr & Co
- Charters, Municipal
- Chatham
- Chemicals
- Chess Records
- Chesterton, IN
- Chicago (Chicago Transit Authority)
- Chicago Academy of Sciences
- Chicago Area Project
- Chicago Black Renaissance
- Chicago Botanic Garden
- Chicago Chinese News
- Chicago City Ballet
- Chicago Commons
- Chicago Community Trust
- Chicago Conspiracy Trial
- Chicago Crime Commission
- Chicago Defender
- Chicago Federation of Labor
- Chicago Federation of Musicians
- Chicago Hebrew Institute
- Chicago Heights, IL
- Chicago Historical Society
- Chicago Housing Authority
- Chicago Jazz Ensemble
- Chicago Lawn
- Chicago Literary Renaissance
- Chicago Marathon
- Chicago Opera Ballet
- Chicago Political Equality League
- Chicago Public Library
- Chicago Relief and Aid Society
- Chicago Ridge, IL
- Chicago River
- Chicago School of Economics
- Chicago School of Sociology
- Chicago School of Television
- Chicago Sound
- Chicago Stadium
- Chicago State University
- Chicago Studied: Social Scientists and Their City
- Chicago Sun-Times
- Chicago Symphony Orchestra
- Chicago Teachers Federation
- Chicago Title and Trust
- Chicago Transit Authority
- Chicago Tribune
- Chicago Women's Liberation Union
- Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra
- Chicago in the Middle Ground
- Chicago to Mackinac Race
- Chicago
- Chicagoland
- Children and the Law
- Children, Dependent
- Children's Health
- Children's Museums
- Chileans
- Chinatown
- Chinese
- Choral Music
- Church Architecture
- Cicero, IL
- City Club of Chicago
- City Homes Association
- City News Bureau
- Civic Federation
- Civil Rights Movements
- Civil War
- Clarendon Hills, IL
- Classical Music
- Clearing
- Clerical Workers
- Climate
- Clinics and Dispensaries
- Clothing and Garment Manufacturing
- Clout
- Clubs
- Overview
- Fraternal Clubs
- Literary Clubs
- Patriotic and Veterans' Clubs
- Women's Clubs
- Youth Clubs
- Coal City, IL
- Coal Mining
- Coffeehouses
- Cold War and Anti-Communism
- Collar Counties
- College All-Star Football Game
- Colleges, Junior and Community
- Colombians
- Columbia College
- Columbian Exposition
- Comiskey Park
- Commercial Buildings
- Commercial Club of Chicago
- Commodities Markets
- Communist Party
- Community Areas
- Community Organizing
- Community Service Organizations
- Commuting
- Company Housing
- Concerts, Outdoor
- Concordia University
- Condominiums and Cooperatives
- Congolese
- Congress of Industrial Organizations
- Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)
- Conservation Areas
- Conservatories
- Construction
- Consulting
- Consumer Credit
- Contested Spaces
- Convention Centers
- Convents
- Cook County Hospital
- Cook County Morgue
- Cook County
- Coordinating Council of Community Organizations
- Copperheads
- Cosmetics and Hair Care Products
- Costa Ricans
- Council on Fine Arts
- Country Club Hills, IL
- Countryside, IL
- County Fairs
- Court System
- Cradle Society, The
- Creation of Chicago Sports
- Crerar Library, John
- Crest Hill, IL
- Crestwood, IL
- Crete, IL
- Crime and Chicago's Image
- Croatians
- Crown Point, IN
- Crystal Lake, IL
- Cubans
- Cubs
- Cypriots
- Czechs and Bohemians
- Daily Herald
- Daily Southtown
- Dance Companies
- Dance Halls
- Dance Training
- Dance
- Danes
- Darien, IL
- DePaul University
- DeVry Institutes
- Dearborn Park
- Deep Tunnel
- Deer Park, IL
- Deerfield, IL
- Democratic Party
- Demography
- Dentistry
- Department Stores
- Des Plaines River
- Des Plaines, IL
- Dial Magazine
- Diamond, IL
- Dick Tracy
- Dime Novels
- Ding Dong School
- Disc Jockeys
- Dixmoor, IL
- Dolton, IL
- Domestic Work and Workers
- Dominican University
- Dominicans
- Douglas
- Downers Grove, IL
- Drug Retailing
- Drugs and Alcohol
- DuPage County
- DuPage River
- DuSable Museum
- Dune Acres, IN
- Dune System
- Dunning
- Dutch
- Dyer, IN
- Dziennik Zwiazkowy
- East Chicago, IN
- East Dundee, IL
- East Garfield Park
- East Hazel Crest, IL
- East Side
- Eastern Orthodox
- Eastland
- Economic Geography
- Ecosystem Evolution
- Ecuadorians
- Edgewater
- Edison Park
- Egyptians
- Eight-Hour Movement
- Elburn, IL
- Electronics
- Elgin, IL
- Elk Grove Village, IL
- Elmhurst College
- Elmhurst, IL
- Elmwood Park, IL
- Elwood, IL
- Eminent Domain
- Englewood
- English
- Entertaining Chicagoans
- Environmental Politics
- Environmental Regulation
- Environmentalism
- Epidemics
- Eritreans
- Erring Women's Refuge
- Essanay Studios
- Estonians
- Ethiopians
- Ethnic Music
- Evanston, IL
- Evergreen Park, IL
- Expressways
- Family Planning
- Federal Art Project
- Federal Writers' Project
- Feminist Movements
- Fenianism
- Fermilab
- Fibber McGee and Molly
- Fiction
- Field Museum
- Filipinos
- Film Censorship
- Film Criticism
- Film
- Fine Arts Building
- Finns
- Fire Limits
- Fire of 1871
- Firefighting
- Fitness and Athletic Clubs
- Flags and Symbols
- Flood Control and Drainage
- Flossmoor, IL
- Folk Music
- Folk and Traditional Dance
- Folklore
- Food Processing
- Local Market
- Regional and National Market
- Foodways
- Football
- Ford Heights, IL
- Forest Glen
- Forest Park, IL
- Forest Preserves
- Forest View, IL
- Fort Dearborn
- Fort Sheridan
- Fourth Presbyterian Church
- Fox Lake, IL
- Fox River Grove, IL
- Fox River
- Frankfort, IL
- Franklin Park, IL
- Free Speech
- Free Thought
- French and French Canadians
- Fuerzas Armadas de Liberación Nacional (FALN)
- Fuller Park
- Funeral Service Industry
- Fur Trade
- Furniture
- Gage Park
- Galleries
- Gambians
- Gambling
- Gangs
- Gardening
- Garfield Goose and Friends
- Garfield Park
- Garfield Ridge
- Garveyism
- Gary, IN
- Gas Stations
- Gas and Electricity
- Gated Communities
- Gautreaux Assisted Housing Program
- Gay and Lesbian Rights Movements
- Gays and Lesbians
- Geneva, IL
- Gentrification
- Georgians
- Germans
- Ghanaians
- Ghettoization
- Gilberts, IL
- Glaciation
- Glen Ellyn, IL
- Glencoe, IL
- Glendale Heights, IL
- Glenview Naval Air Station
- Glenview, IL
- Glenwood, IL
- Global Chicago
- Godley, IL
- Gold Coast
- Golf, IL
- Golf
- Good Government Movements
- Goodman Theatre
- Goose Island
- Gospel
- Governing the Metropolis
- Government, City of Chicago
- Government, Suburban
- Governors State University
- Graceland Cemetery
- Graffiti
- Grand Army of the Republic
- Grand Boulevard
- Grant Park
- Graphic Design
- Gray Wolves
- Grayslake, IL
- Great Depression
- Great Lakes Naval Training Station
- Great Lakes System
- Great Migration
- Great Society
- Greater Grand Crossing
- Greeks
- Greektown
- Green Oaks, IL
- Greenwood, IL
- Griffith, IN
- Grocery Stores and Supermarkets
- Groundwater System
- Guatemalans
- Guineans
- Gun Control
- Gurnee, IL
- Guyanese
- Gypsies
- Hainesville, IL
- Hair Care Products
- Haitians
- Hammond, IN
- Hampshire, IL
- Hanover Park, IL
- Hardware Manufacturing
- Harvard, IL
- Harvey, IL
- Harwood Heights, IL
- Hawthorn Woods, IL
- Haymarket and May Day
- Hazel Crest, IL
- Health Care Workers
- Hebron, IL
- Hebron, IN
- Hegewisch
- Hermosa
- Hickory Hills, IL
- Highland Park, IL
- Highland, IN
- Highwood, IL
- Hillside, IL
- Hindus
- Hinsdale, IL
- Historic Preservation
- Hmong
- Hobart, IN
- Hobo College
- Hoboes
- Hodgkins, IL
- Hoffman Estates, IL
- Holiday Hills, IL
- Home Rule
- Homelessness and Shelters
- Homer Glen, IL
- Hometown, IL
- Homewood, IL
- Homicide
- Hondurans
- Horse Racing
- Hospitals
- Hotels
- House Moving
- House Numbering and Street Numbering
- House of the Good Shepherd/Chicago Industrial School for Girls
- Housekeeping
- Housing Reform
- Housing Types
- Housing for the Elderly
- Housing, Mail-Order
- Housing, Self-Built
- Hubbard Street Dance Chicago
- Hull House
- Humboldt Park
- Humboldt Park
- Hungarians
- Huntley, IL
- Hyde Park Art Center
- Hyde Park Township
- Hyde Park
- Ice Hockey
- Icelanders
- If Christ Came to Chicago
- Illinois & Michigan Canal
- Illinois Central Railroad
- Illinois Institute of Technology
- Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy
- Illinois National Guard
- Illinois
- Impresarios
- Improvisational Theater
- Indian Creek, IL
- Indian Head Park, IL
- Indiana Dunes
- Indiana University Northwest
- Indians
- Indonesians
- Industrial Art and Design
- Industrial Pollution
- Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)
- Infrastructure
- Innovation, Invention, and Chicago Business
- Institute of Design
- Insurance
- International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, Moving
Picture Technicians, Artists and Allied Crafts
- International Amphitheater
- Interurbans
- Inverness, IL
- Iranians
- Iraqis
- Irish
- Iron and Steel
- Iron- and Steelworkers
- Irving Park
- Island Lake, IL
- Israelis
- Italians
- Itasca, IL
- Ivorians
- Jackson Park
- Jails and Prisons
- Jamaicans
- Jane
- Japanese
- Jazz Dance
- Jazz
- Jefferson Park
- Jefferson Township
- Jewelers' Row
- Jewish Community Centers
- Jews
- Joffrey Ballet of Chicago
- Johnsburg, IL
- Joliet, IL
- Jordanians
- Journalism
- Judaism
- Jungle, The
- Junior Leagues
- Justice, IL
- Juvenile Courts
- Juvenile Justice Reform
- Juvenile Protective Association
- Kane County
- Kelly-Nash Machine
- Kendall College
- Kenilworth, IL
- Kensington
- Kenwood
- Kenyans
- Kildeer, IL
- Kindergarten Movement
- Kitchenettes
- Knights of Labor
- Koreans
- Kouts, IN
- Ku Klux Klan
- Kukla, Fran and Ollie
- L
- La Grange Park, IL
- La Grange, IL
- La Leche League
- Labor Law
- Labor Songs
- Lacustrine System
- Lager Beer Riot
- Lake Barrington, IL
- Lake Bluff, IL
- Lake County Discovery Museum
- Lake County, IL
- Lake County, IN
- Lake Forest College
- Lake Forest, IL
- Lake Michigan
- Lake Station, IN
- Lake Township
- Lake View Township
- Lake View
- Lake Villa, IL
- Lake Zurich, IL
- Lake in the Hills, IL
- Lakemoor, IL
- Lakewood, IL
- Land Use
- Landscape Design
- Landscape
- Lansing, IL
- Laotians
- Latvians
- Laundries and Laundering
- Law
- League of Women Voters
- Leather and Tanning
- Lebanese
- Lectures and Public Speaking
- Legal Aid
- Leisure
- Lemont, IL
- Leopold and Loeb
- Lewis University
- Lexington Hotel
- Liberians
- Libertyville, IL
- Libraries
- Cook County Libraries
- Suburban Libraries
- Lily Lake, IL
- Lincoln Park Zoological Gardens
- Lincoln Park
- Lincoln Park
- Lincoln Square
- Lincolnshire, IL
- Lincolnwood, IL
- Lindenhurst, IL
- Liquor Distribution
- Lisle, IL
- Literary Careers
- Literary Cultures
- Literary Images of Chicago
- Lithuanians
- Little Italy
- Little Village
- Local Option
- Lockport, IL
- Logan Square
- Lombard, IL
- Long Grove, IL
- Loop, The
- Lowell, IN
- Lower West Side
- Loyola University
- Lumber
- Luxembourgers
- Lynwood, IL
- Lyons, IL
- Lyric Opera
- MacArthur Foundation
- Macedonians
- Machine Politics
- Madonna Center
- Mafia
- Magazines
- Magnificent Mile
- Mail Delivery
- Mail Order
- Malaysians
- Malians
- Management Consulting
- Manhattan Project
- Manhattan, IL
- Maple Park, IL
- Mapmaking and Map Publishing
- Mapping Chicago
- Marengo, IL
- Markham, IL
- Marquette Park
- Mary Thompson Hospital
- Mary and Leigh Block Museum
- Matteson, IL
- Maxwell Street
- Mayors
- Mayor's Commission on Human Relations
- Maywood, IL
- McCook, IL
- McCullom Lake, IL
- McHenry County
- McHenry, IL
- McKinley Park
- Meatpacking
- Medical Education
- Medical Manufacturing and Pharmaceuticals
- Medical Societies and Journals
- Melrose Park, IL
- Memorial Day Massacre
- Mental Health
- Merchandise Mart
- Mercy Hospital
- Merriam Center
- Merrillville, IN
- Merrionette Park, IL
- Mesquakie (Fox)
- Métis
- Metra
- Metropolitan Community Church
- Metropolitan Growth
- Metropolitan Statistical Area
- Mettawa, IL
- Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum
- Mexicans
- Miamis
- Michael Reese Hospital
- Michigan City, IN
- Midlothian, IL
- Midway Airport
- Millennium Park
- Minooka, IL
- Mission of the Guardian Angel
- Missionary Training Schools
- MoMing Dance and Arts Center
- Mobile Homes
- Model Cities
- Modern and Postmodern Dance
- Mokena, IL
- Monee, IL
- Mongolians
- Montclare
- Montgomery, IL
- Moody Bible Institute
- Morgan Park
- Mormons
- Moroccans
- Morris, IL
- Morton Arboretum
- Morton Grove, IL
- Mothers' Pensions
- Motor Sports
- Motoring
- Mount Greenwood
- Mount Prospect, IL
- Movie Palaces
- Movies, Going to the
- Moving Days
- Mr. Wizard
- Multicentered Chicago
- Mundelein, IL
- Munster, IN
- Museum of Broadcast Communications
- Museum of Contemporary Art
- Museum of Science and Industry
- Museums in the Park
- Music Clubs
- Music Publishing
- Musical Instrument Manufacturing
- Muslims
- Mutual Benefit Societies
- NAES College
- Naper Settlement
- Naperville, IL
- Nation of Islam, The
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
(NAACP)
- National Association of Negro Musicians
- National Negro Congress
- National-Louis University
- Native American Religions
- Native Americans
- Navy Pier
- Near North Side
- Near South Side
- Near West Side
- Neighborhood Succession
- Nepalese
- New Chicago, IN
- New City
- New Deal
- New Lenox, IL
- New Thought
- New Zealanders
- Newberry Library
- Newspapers
- Nicaraguans
- Nigerians
- Nightclubs
- Niles, IL
- Nommo
- Norridge, IL
- North Aurora, IL
- North Barrington, IL
- North Center
- North Central College
- North Chicago, IL
- North Lawndale
- North Park University
- North Park
- North Riverside, IL
- Northbrook, IL
- Northeastern Illinois University
- Northfield, IL
- Northlake, IL
- Northwest Community Organization
- Northwest Ordinance
- Northwestern University
- Norwegians
- Norwood Park
- Nursery Schools
- Nursing and Nursing Education
- Oak Brook, IL
- Oak Forest, IL
- Oak Lawn, IL
- Oak Park, IL
- Oakbrook Terrace, IL
- Oakland
- Oakwood Hills, IL
- Occupational Safety and Health
- Ogden Dunes, IN
- Ojibwa
- Old Mill Creek, IL
- Old Town School of Folk Music
- Old Town
- Olivet Baptist Church
- Olympia Fields, IL
- Open Housing
- Openlands Project
- Opera
- Operation PUSH
- Orland Hills, IL
- Orland Park, IL
- Orphanages
- Oswego, IL
- Ottawas
- Our Lady of the Angels Fire
- Outdoor Concerts
- O'Hare International Airport
- O'Hare
- Pace
- Pacific Garden Mission
- Pacific Islanders
- Packinghouse Unions
- Pakistanis
- Palatine, IL
- Palestinians
- Palmer House
- Palos Heights, IL
- Palos Hills, IL
- Palos Park, IL
- Panamanians
- Paraguayans
- Parish Life
- Park City, IL
- Park Districts
- Park Forest, IL
- Park Ridge, IL
- Parking
- Patronage
- Peotone, IL
- Peruvians
- Pharmaceuticals
- Philanthropy
- Phoenix, IL
- Photography
- Pilsen
- Pingree Grove, IL
- Pinkertons
- Pizza
- Places of Assembly
- Plainfield, IL
- Planning Chicago
- Planning, City and Regional
- Plant Communities
- Playboy
- Playground Movement
- Playgrounds and Small Parks
- Playwriting
- Poetry
- Poles
- Police
- Polish National Alliance
- Polish Roman Catholic Union of America
- Political Conventions
- Political Culture
- Politics and the Press
- Politics
- Polka
- Polonia
- Port Barrington, IL
- Portage Park
- Portage, IN
- Portage
- Porter, IN
- Portuguese
- Posen, IL
- Postcards
- Potawatomis
- Powwows
- Prairie Avenue
- Prairie Farmer
- Prairie Grove, IL
- Press
- Neighborhood Press
- Suburban Press
- Presses, University
- Printer's Row
- Printing
- Privatization
- Progressive Education
- Prohibition and Temperance
- Property Assessment
- Prospect Heights, IL
- Prostitution
- Protestants
- Provident Hospital
- Public Broadcasting
- Public Buildings in the Loop
- Public Health
- Public Housing
- Public Transportation
- Public Works, Federal Funding for
- Publishing and Media, Religious
- Publishing, Book
- Puerto Ricans
- Pullman Strike
- Pullman
- Purdue University Calumet
- Quarrying, Stonecutting, and Brickmaking
- Race Riots
- Racism, Ethnicity, and White Identity
- Radio Orchestras
- Railroad Stations
- Railroad Strike of 1877
- Railroad Supply Industry
- Railroad Workers
- Railroads
- Rainbow Beach
- Rap
- Rapid Transit System
- Ravenswood
- Ravinia
- Real Estate Research Corporation
- Real Estate
- Rear Houses
- Record Publishing
- Red Squad
- Redlining
- Refining
- Refugees
- Regal Theater
- Regional Transportation Authority
- Relief and Subsistence Aid
- Religion, Chicago's Influence on
- Religious Geography
- Religious Institutions
- Renaissance Society
- Rent Control
- Republican Party
- Rescue Missions
- Residential Hotels
- Restaurants
- Restrictive Covenants
- Retail Geography
- Retail Workers
- Rhythm and Blues
- Richmond, IL
- Richton Park, IL
- Ringwood, IL
- River Forest, IL
- River Grove, IL
- Riverdale, IL
- Riverdale
- Riverine Systems
- Riverside, IL
- Riverwoods, IL
- Roadhouses
- Robbins, IL
- Robert Morris College
- Robert Taylor Homes
- Rock Music
- Rockdale, IL
- Rogers Park
- Rolling Meadows, IL
- Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago
- Roman Catholics
- Romanians
- Romeoville, IL
- Roosevelt University
- Roseland
- Roselle, IL
- Rosemont, IL
- Rotary International
- Round Lake Beach, IL
- Round Lake Heights, IL
- Round Lake Park, IL
- Round Lake, IL
- Russians
- Sac
- Sacred Music
- Sailing and Boating
- Saint Xavier University
- Saloons
- Salt Creek
- Salvadorans
- Salvation Army
- Sandburg Village
- Sanitary Commission
- Sanitary and Ship Canal
- Sauk Village, IL
- Savings and Loans
- Schaumburg, IL
- Schererville, IN
- Schiller Park, IL
- Schneider, IN
- School Architecture
- School Desegregation
- School Districts
- Schooling for Work
- Schools and Education
- Scots
- Scouting
- Second City Theatre
- Seiches
- Seminaries
- Senegalese
- Serbs
- Service Employees International Union (SEIU)
- Set Design
- Settlement Houses
- Settlements, Religious
- Shakman Decrees
- Shedd Aquarium
- Shimer College
- Shipbuilding
- Shopping Districts and Malls
- Shoreline Erosion
- Shorewood, IL
- Sierra Leoneans
- Sikhs
- Singaporeans
- Single-room Occupancy Hotels
- Sister Carrie
- Six Corners
- Skating, Ice
- Skokie, IL
- Skyscrapers
- Skyway
- Sleepy Hollow, IL
- Slovaks
- Slovenes
- Smart Museum
- Smoke-Filled Room
- Snow Removal
- Soap Operas
- Soccer
- Social Gospel in Chicago
- Social Service Education
- Social Services
- Socialist Parties
- Softball, 16-Inch
- Softball
- Soils
- Soldier Field
- Somalis
- South Africans
- South Barrington, IL
- South Chicago Heights, IL
- South Chicago
- South Deering
- South Elgin, IL
- South Holland, IL
- South Lawndale
- South Loop
- South Shore
- South Side
- Southerners
- Spaghetti Bowl
- Spaniards
- Special Districts
- Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies
- Sporting Goods Manufacturing
- Sports, High-School
- Sports, Industrial League
- Spring Grove, IL
- Sri Lankans
- St. Charles, IL
- St. John, IN
- St. Lawrence Seaway
- St. Valentine's Day Massacre
- St. Vincent DePaul Society
- State Politics
- Stateway Gardens
- Steering
- Steger, IL
- Steppenwolf Theatre
- Stickney, IL
- Sting
- Stone Park, IL
- Streamwood, IL
- Street Grades, Raising
- Street Life
- Street Musicians
- Street Naming
- Street Peddling
- Street Railways
- Streeterville
- Streets and Highways
- Streets, One-Way
- Strikes
- Stroll, The
- Subdivisions
- Subsidized Housing
- Suburbs and Cities as Dual Metropolis
- Sudanese
- Suffrage
- Sugar Grove, IL
- Summer Theater
- Summit, IL
- Sunday Closings
- Swedes
- Swimming
- Swiss
- Symerton, IL
- Syrians
- Taiwanese
- Tanzanians
- Tap Dance
- Tax Strikes
- Taxation and Finance
- Taxis, Liveries, and Limousines
- Taylorism
- Teamsters
- Telegraph
- Telephony
- Television, Talk
- Tenements
- Tennis
- Terra Museum of American Art
- Thais
- Theater Buildings
- Theater Companies
- Theater Training
- Theater, Ethnic
- Theater
- Third Lake, IL
- Thornton, IL
- Tibetans
- Tinker to Evers to Chance
- Tinley Park, IL
- Togolese
- Toll Roads
- Tollway Authority
- Tongs
- Topography
- Tornadoes
- Torrens Title
- Tourism and Conventions
- Tower Lakes, IL
- Towertown
- Town of Pines, IN
- Townships
- Toy Manufacturing
- Traction Ordinances
- Trade Publications
- Transportation
- Treaties
- Trees
- Trinity Christian College
- Trinity International University
- Trout Valley, IL
- Tuberculosis
- Tunnels
- Turf
- Turks
- Turnvereins
- Ugandans
- Ukrainian Village
- Ukrainians
- Underground Economy
- Underground Railroad
- Unemployment
- Union Stock Yard
- Union, IL
- Unionization
- United Center
- United Charities
- United Neighborhood Organization
- Universities and Their Cities
- University Park, IL
- University of Chicago
- University of Illinois at Chicago
- Untouchables
- Uptown
- Urban League
- Urban Renewal
- Uruguayans
- Vacation Spots
- Valparaiso University
- Valparaiso, IN
- Vaudeville
- Venezuelans
- Vernon Hills, IL
- Veterans' Hospitals
- Vice Commissions
- Vice Districts
- Vietnamese
- Villa District
- Villa Park, IL
- Virgil, IL
- Visitation and Aid Society
- Volo, IL
- WBBM
- WCFL
- WGN
- WLS Barn Dance
- WLS
- WMAQ
- Wadsworth, IL
- War Monuments
- Ward System
- Warrenville, IL
- Washington Heights
- Washington Park Subdivision
- Washington Park
- Washington Park
- Waste Disposal
- Waste, Hazardous
- Water Polo
- Water Supply
- Water
- Waterfront
- Wauconda, IL
- Waukegan, IL
- Wayne, IL
- Welfare Capitalism
- Welsh
- West Chicago, IL
- West Dundee, IL
- West Elsdon
- West Englewood
- West Garfield Park
- West Lawn
- West Pullman
- West Ridge
- West Town
- Westchester, IL
- Western Springs, IL
- Westinghouse Broadcasting
- Westmont, IL
- Wheaton College
- Wheaton, IL
- Wheeling, IL
- Whigs
- White Sox
- Whiting, IN
- Wholesaling
- Wicker Park
- Wigwam
- Will County
- Willis Wagons
- Willow Creek Community Church
- Willow Springs, IL
- Willowbrook, IL
- Wilmette, IL
- Wilmington, IL
- Windy City
- Winfield, IL
- Winfield, IN
- Winnetka, IL
- Winthrop Harbor
- Woman's Christian Temperance Union
- Woman's City Club
- Woman's Hospital Medical College
- Women's Trade Union League
- Women's World's Fair, 1925
- Wonder Lake, IL
- Wood Dale, IL
- Woodlawn Organization, The
- Woodlawn
- Woodridge, IL
- Woodstock, IL
- Work Culture
- Work
- World War I
- World War II
- World's Columbian Exposition
- World's Parliament of Religions
- Worth, IL
- Wrestling
- Wrigley Field
- Yankees
- Yemenis
- Yorkville, IL
- Young Men's Christian Association
- Young Women's Christian Association
- Yugoslavians
- Zambians
- Zimbabweans
- Zion, IL
- Zionism
- Zoning
- Zoroastrians
