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NHD 2017: CMHEC Topic Ideas – Urban Planning, Housing, Architecture, Environment

September 26, 2016 by PSN Leave a Comment

These curated resource lists coincide with the order of the topic ideas listed in the Chicago Metro History Fair (formerly CMHEC) NHD 2017 theme-related topic ideas. The links lead to resources from the Primary Source Nexus and the Library of Congress (LOC.gov) unless otherwise noted. Note: U.S. historic newspaper coverage is from 1789-1922 unless otherwise noted. Burnham and the City Beautiful Today in History: Daniel Burnham background & primary sources Featured Source: 1893 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Primary Source Picks Tagged With: 1893, architecture, articles, automobile laws, automobiles, chicago, chicago edison, chicago gas light, chicago highways, Chicago Metro History Education Center, chicago parks, chicago playgrounds, Chicago Settlement Houses, CMHEC, CMHEC 2017, commonwealth edison, daniel burnham, economics, economy, electricity, environment, frank lloyd wright, frederick law olmstead, gas, highways, Housing, illinois, Illinois Public Utilities Commission, images, legislation, louis h. sullivan, mary mcdowell, mckinley park, newspaper articles, nhd, nhd 2017, parks, photographs, photos, playground movement, Power, public utilities, Public Utilities Act, Richard Nickel, samuel insull, september, south park commission, streets, Urban League, Urban planning, Woman's Christian Temperance Union, Women’s Trade Union League, world's columbian exposition, world's fair

Primary Source Spotlight: Slavery (U.S.)

October 16, 2014 by PSN Leave a Comment

Library slavery collections Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1938 more than 2,300 first-person accounts of slavery and 500 black-and-white photographs of former slaves An Introduction to the WPA Slave Narratives Caroline Hammond (a fugitive) "I was born in Anne Arundel County near Davidsonville about 3 miles from South River in the year 1844...." The story of Charles Crawley, ex-slave "God knows, how old I am. All I know is, I wuz born … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Primary Source Picks Tagged With: 13th amendment, abraham lincoln, afam, african american, anti-slavery, bill, broadside, broadsides, courts, dred scott, Ebenezer Davies, frances ann kemble, Frances Butler Leigh, frederick douglass, frederick law olmstead, george washington, images, interviews, james madison, law, legislation, Louis Hughes, maps, narratives, newspapers, october, oral histories, pamphlets, personal narratives, peter randolph, plantation, political cartoons, proslavery, pss, Rev. Charles Thompson, sheet music, slave, slave narratives, slavery, sojourner truth, solomon northrup, song recordings, songs, speech, thirteenth amendment, thomas jefferson, Washington Bottom, William Green

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