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Claire Broadhead Named Vice President for Development

Broadhead will be responsible for stewarding donor relationships and raising funds to support the Newberry’s mission.

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Author Scott W. Berg Receives The Pattis Family Foundation Chicago Book Award

Berg recognized along with Larry A. McClellan and Sandra Steinbrecher in ceremony at the Newberry.

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Madison Bastress Named Director of the D’Arcy McNickle Center for American Indian and Indigenous Studies

Bastress is responsible for research center that brings together Native American and Indigenous Studies scholars, teachers, students, tribal historians, and Native community members.

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WGN Features The Pattis Family Foundation Chicago Book Award

Award to be presented at Chicago Storytelling on Saturday, September 20.

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Mary Ellen Borchers Named Vice President for Finance and Administration

Borchers is responsible for Business Services, Facilities, Human Resources, and Information Technology at the Newberry.

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Event Honors Roger S. Baskes

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In Memoriam: Remembering Mary P. Wyly

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The Pattis Family Foundation and the Newberry Library Announce 2025 Chicago Book Award Recipient

Author Scott W. Berg will receive The Pattis Family Foundation Chicago Book Award for his book “The Burning of the World.”

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Newberry President Astrida Orle Tantillo Featured in Newcity’s “Lit 50”

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“Indigenous Chicago” Project Awarded ISHS Best of Illinois History Award

The multifaceted public humanities project has been recognized by the Illinois State Historical Society.

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Newberry Award Celebration Honors Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

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Henry Louis Gates, Jr. to receive the Newberry Library Award

Professor Gates is a filmmaker and scholar who hosts the PBS program “Finding Your Roots.”

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