UIC Library News

Burt Natarus, Chicago alderman for 36 years, has announced that he is donating his papers and political collections to the University of Illinois at Chicago Library. The collection includes city council proceedings since 1970, financial controller reports, zoning ordinances, scrapbooks of photographs and news articles, and architectural books.
“This donation is a [...]

A special exhibit now on view in the first floor lobby of Daley Library is “Building the Future City: Past Visions.” The exhibit features maps, plans, books, and photographs documenting past visions and plans for the City of Chicago.

Highlights include Burnham’s Plan of Chicago (1902), construction of Wacker Drive, and [...]

More than 700 historic photographs from six Chicago settlement houses will be digitized and posted online under a $20,000 grant awarded to the UIC Library from the Illinois State Library.
An exhibit of 100 selected photographs, supporting documents, interpretive text, and guides to each collection will be made available on the home page of the library’s [...]

The papers of allergist Max Samter, MD (1908-1999) are now available for research in the University Archives. The collection documents Samter’s pioneering work in the field of immunology, as well as his experience practicing medicine in Nazi and wartime Germany.
Max Samter began his medical career in 1931 as an intern at the Charite [...]

A new exhibit at the Library of the Health Sciences features facsimiles of letters written by Florence Nightingale from the Midwest Nursing History Resource Center at the UIC College of Nursing’s collection. The Florence Nightingale Letters Collection highlights aspects of Nightingale’s work throughout her life. The correspondence exemplifies her engagement in policy matters as well [...]