Last Updated on August 8, 2021
Below you will find Library of Congress resources curated by TPS-Barat that relate to National History Day 2016 topic ideas from the Chicago Metro History Education Center. This set specifically focuses on the arts and culture but all topic ideas are related to the 2016 NHD theme: Exploration, Encounter, Exchange in History. NOTE: historic newspaper coverage is from 1836-1922.
Exchanging Worlds, Exploring and Encountering Empire: World’s Fair Columbian Exposition
- The 1893 World Columbian Exposition in Chicago article
- Featured Source: Rand, McNally “Bird’s eye view of the World’s Columbian Exposition, Chicago.” 1893
- Bird’s eye view of Chicago, 1893 map
- Souvenir map of the World’s Columbian Exposition at Jackson Park and Midway Plaisance, 1893 map
- World Columbian Exposition images
- Chicago World’s Fair (The Columbia Exposition), 1893 Topics in Chronicling America
- World’s Columbian Exposition 1892 historic newspaper coverage
- World’s Columbian Exposition 1893 historic newspaper coverage
- World’s Columbian Exposition 1894 historic newspaper coverage
- Chicago and the World’s Columbian exposition, pamphlet 1892
- Rand, McNally & co.’s handy guide to Chicago, and World’s Columbian exposition … What to see and how to see it 1892
- Rand, McNally & co.’s advance guide to the World’s Columbian exposition 1893
- Rand, McNally & co.’s A week at the fair, illustrating the exhibits and wonders of the World’s Columbian exposition, with special descriptive articles by Mrs. Potter Palmer, the Countess of Aberdeen, Mrs. Schuyler Van Rensselaer 1893
- First draft of a system of classification for the World’s Columbian Exposition 1893
- Right Here I See My Own Books: The Woman’s Building Library at the World’s Columbian Exposition streaming webcast 2012/03/02
Exploring New Media: The Popularization of Radio
- Learning from the Source: Technology Time Travel (evolution of radio)
- Radio, life history interview
- Letters of a radio-engineer to his son c 1922
- Radio images 1929 and earlier
Great Migration: Encounters between the Old Settlers and New Migrants
- The Great Migration in Library of Congress Primary Sources Teaching with the Library of Congress blog February 12, 2013
- Chicago: Destination for the Great Migration online exhibition
- In motion: the African American migration experience from Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
- The Great Migrations articles & primary sources from PBS
- Goin’ to Chicago poetry & art from PBS
- Historic newspaper articles: Negro migration Chicago
Musical Exchange and Exploration: Delta Migration and the Chicago Blues
- Songs of Immigration and Migration: Migration of African Americans After Reconstruction (scroll down the page to access)
- I Feel So Good: The Life & Times of Big Bill Broonzy Chicago Buesman streaming webcast 2012/11/16
- Today in History: W.C. Handy & the Blues
“Old Settlers” of Black Chicago: Exploring a New Community
- Chicago: Destination for the Great Migration online exhibition
- Black Belt Chicago images
- Black Belt Chicago historic newspaper coverage
- The Black South in Chicago, life history interview
WPA: Exploring Government Support for the Arts
- Today in History: Works Progress Administration background + primary source collections
- WPA Chicago primary source set
- WPA Illinois primary source set
More CMHEC Topic Ideas
- NHD 2016: CMHEC Topic Ideas – Civil Rights
- NHD 2016: CMHEC Topic Ideas – Economy, Science & Technology
- NHD 2016: CMHEC Topic Ideas – Environment & Geography
- NHD 2016: CMHEC Topic Ideas – Power, Authority, and Governance
- NHD 2016: CMHEC Topic Ideas – Women & Family
More NHD-related resources from TPS-Barat
- NHD 2016: Selecting a Topic for a History Project
- NHD 2016: Exploration, Encounter, Exchange Topic Ideas Part I
- NHD 2016: Exploration, Encounter, Exchange Topic Ideas Part II
- NHD 2016: Exploration, Encounter, Exchange Topic Ideas Part III
- Selecting Sources: Tertiary, Secondary, Primary
- Selecting Primary Sources for Research Projects
- Using Sources: Creating a Digital Annotated Bibliography
- Tech Tools: Citation Tools
National History Day project resources
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