Conversations with Chicago Collections - Chicago Cubs
CCC is proud to host the next installment of Conversations with Chicago Collections. Join Patrick Manaher, Chicago Cubs Manager of Authentics and Archives to learn more about the Chicago Cubs and Wrigley Field and how their archival collections share the unique role each have played in Chicago and A… Read More >
Lakefront: Public Trust and Private Rights in Chicago
How did Chicago, a city known for commerce, come to have such a splendid public waterfront–its most treasured asset? The product of two decades of research, Lakefront: Public Trust and Private Rights in Chicago sets forth the social, political, and legal conflict in which private and public rights c… Read More >
2021 CCC Annual Meeting
Join us as we recognize the accomplishments of the past year and learn more about Chicago Collections' newest members and upcoming initiatives. Chicago Collections Consortium is proud to present its 2021 annual meeting guest speaker visual artist and author Vashon Jordan Jr. Vashon’s book “Chicag… Read More >
Teri J. Edelstein “Art Deco from Paris to Chicago: The 1925 Exposition and the Windy City”
The 1925 International Exposition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts in Paris articulated a “moderne” style known today as Art Deco. Elements of this style were seen earlier in the city but the Exposition played a major role in bringing a new zest for design innovation to Chicago. Local brands… Read More >
Patrick T. Reardon, “The Loop The “L” Tracks that Shaped and Saved Chicago.”
CCC in partnership with the Chicago History Museum is excited to present a conversation with Patrick T. Reardon on his recently published book “The Loop The “L” Tracks that Shaped and Saved Chicago.” The Loop is a biography of the transportation icon that looms over Chicago’s downtown — the most im… Read More >
Modern in the Middle: Chicago Houses 1929-75
Join authors, Dr. Michelangelo Sabatino, IIT Professor and Susan S. Benjamin, architectural historian and principal, Benjamin Historic Certifications, Modern in the Middle: Chicago Houses 1925-75, in discussion with Dr. Neil Harris, Preston and Sterling Morton Professor of History and Art History Em… Read More >