Dispatches from the Newberry stacks, where millions of historic items are ready to be discovered—and blogged about.
Blog—Source Material
Documents reflect race-making—and resistance.
Mensun Bound and what it took to locate “the world’s most unreachable shipwreck.”
The Chicago Railroad Fair drew thousands to the shores of Lake Michigan for a celebration of all things locomotive.
A postcard display rack, on display in the Wheels exhibition, pays homage to the World's Columbian Exposition and offers a lens into the Newberry's...
A depiction of a Mexican calendar wheel, now shown in the Wheels exhibition, is shrouded in historical controversy.
For years, poet David J. Thompson sent between 10 to 40 homemade postcards every day to correspondents around the world.
This remarkable 17th-century manuscript provides incredible insight into religion, life, and death in early modern rural Switzerland.
Can't make it to one of our guided exhibition tours? Not to worry. Here are five self-guided tours you can take during your visit.
Artist Hannah Batsel and paper engineer Shawn Sheehy joined forces to create a pop-up-book version of the Newberry Library.
Let's take a look at some historical pop-up books in action.
The Newberry recently acquired the archives of Dinkel's Bakery, a landmark of the Lakeview neighborhood that closed its doors in 2022.
Letters, diaries, and photographs record a multi-generational family story spanning the Great Depression, World War II, and the Civil Rights movement.