Programs

  • Program 1 [2021]

    PRIMARY ACTIVITIES CHICAGO COLLECTIONS IS A CONSORTIUM OF LIBRARIES, MUSEUMS, AND OTHER INSTITUTIONS WITH ARCHIVES THAT COLLABORATE TO PRESERVE AND SHARE THE HISTORY AND CULTURE OF THE CHICAGO REGION. CHICAGO COLLECTIONS REMAINS COMMITTED TO UNIFYING THE RESOURCES OF MEMBER INSTITUTIONS IN ORDER TO PROVIDE OPEN ACCESS, LEARNING EXPERIENCES, AND RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC, EDUCATORS, AND SCHOLARS. PROGRAMS AND OUTREACH THE PORTAL, KNOWN AS EXPLORE CHICAGO COLLECTIONS (HTTP://EXPLORE.CHICAGOCOLLECTIONS.ORG/), IS THE ORGANIZATION'S FIRST MAJOR INITIATIVE THAT WAS MADE PUBLIC IN OCTOBER 2015. THE PORTAL SERVES AS A FREE, CENTRALIZED, WEB-BASED SEARCH ENGINE AND RECORD-FINDING TOOL THAT ALLOWS RESEARCHERS, TEACHERS, STUDENTS, AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC TO LOCATE OR ACCESS OVER 100,000 MAPS, PHOTOS, LETTERS, AND OTHER ARCHIVAL MATERIALS HELD AT CCC'S MEMBER INSTITUTIONS. AT THIS TIME, CHICAGO COLLECTIONS HAS 51 UNIQUE MEMBERS WITH DIVERSE ARCHIVAL COLLECTIONS. TEN FREE PUBLIC PROGRAMS, A VIRTUAL CONVERSATION WITH GREGORY EOW, DANIEL GREEN, ELLEN KEITH, AND MARCIA WALKER-MCWILLIAMS; CONVERSATIONS WITH CHICAGO COLLECTIONS UNION LEAGUE CLUB OF CHICAGO; CHICAGO ZINE DISCUSSION AND WORKSHOP; NEIL HARRIS ON "CHICAGO APARTMENTS: A CENTURY AND BEYOND OF LAKEFRONT LUXURY-; CONVERSATIONS WITH CHICAGO COLLECTIONS CHICAGO ACADEMY OF SCIENCES/PEGGY NOTEBAERT NATURE MUSEUM; CONVERSATION WITH CHICAGO COLLECTIONS CHICAGO STATE UNIVERSITY; MODERN IN THE MIDDLE: CHICAGO HOUSES 1929-75; PATRICK T. REARDON, "THE LOOP THE "L" TRACKS THAT SHAPED AND SAVED CHICAGO-; AND TERI J. EDELSTEIN "ART DECO FROM PARIS TO CHICAGO: THE 1925 EXPOSITION AND THE WINDY CITY" WERE OFFERED VIRTUALLY AT MEMBER INSTITUTIONS FURTHERING THE PROMOTION OF CHICAGO'S RICH HISTORY ON DIVERSE HISTORICAL TOPICS. PARTNERSHIPS THE CHICAGO COLLECTIONS CONSORTIUM IS PROUD TO CONTINUE ITS PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CHICAGO CULTURAL ALLIANCE (CCA) ALLOWING TO AMPLIFY FIRST-VOICE IMMIGRATION AND MIGRATION EXPERIENCES IN CHICAGO WITH THE NEW DIGITAL ARCHIVE PROJECT "STORIES OF IMMIGRATION: CHICAGO". THE PROJECT CONTINUES TO HIGHLIGHT COLLECTIONS OF DIVERSE COMMUNITIES AROUND CHICAGO AND CONNECT THEM TO THE CURRENT DAY DISCUSSIONS OF IMMIGRATION AND MIGRATION IN THE US. NEWEST MEMBERS INCLUDE: BRONZEVILLE HISTORICAL SOCIETY, LATVIAN FOLK ART MUSEUM, NATIONAL CAMBODIAN HERITAGE MUSEUM AND KILLING FIELDS MEMORIAL, AND UKRAINIAN NATIONAL MUSEUM. CCC IS PROUD TO PARTICIPATE IN THE NATIONAL FINDING AID NETWORK PROJECT, WHOSE EFFORTS ARE FOCUSED TOWARD ESTABLISHING A FINDING AID NETWORK. UNIQUE PARTNERSHIPS WITH THESE ORGANIZATIONS HAVE DEMONSTRATED THAT, BY WORKING TOGETHER GREATER, IMPACT AND SUCCESSFUL RESULTS ARE POSSIBLE. MEMBERSHIP THE ADDITION OF 8 NEW MEMBERS (MUSEUM OF BROADCAST COMMUNICATIONS, CHICAGO FILM ARCHIVES, ARLINGTON HEIGHTS MEMORIAL LIBRARY, NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY, BRONZEVILLE HISTORICAL SOCIETY, LATVIAN FOLK ART MUSEUM, NATIONAL CAMBODIAN HERITAGE MUSEUM AND KILLING FIELDS MEMORIAL AND UKRAINIAN NATIONAL MUSEUM) TO THE CCC IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE VARIETY OF ORGANIZATIONS BOUND TOGETHER FOR THE PROMOTION OF AND SHARING OF CHICAGO'S HISTORY AND CULTURE. ORGANIZATIONAL AWARENESS CCC WAS REPRESENTED AT VIRTUAL PROMOTIONAL EVENTS AND CONFERENCES. CONFERENCES INCLUDED: ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES ANNUAL CONFERENCE; MIDWESTERN HISTORY CONFERENCE; AND THE AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION ANNUAL CONFERENCE. FUNDRAISING EFFORTS THE GENEROUS FUNDING FROM, ILLINOIS HUMANITIES, ILLINOIS ARTS COUNCIL AGENCY, GAYLORD AND DOROTHY DONNELLEY FOUNDATION, DRIEHAUS FOUNDATON, MACARTHUR FOUNDATION, CHICAGO DCASE, TERRA FOUNDATION FOR AMERICAN ART, AND INDIVIDUAL DONOR SUPPORT PROVIDED IMPORTANT RELIEF SUPPORT DURING THE ONSET OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC. THIS SUPPORT HAS ALLOWED CHICAGO COLLECTIONS TO CONTINUE ITS WORK OF PROVIDING FREE AND OPEN ACCESS TO MEMBER ARCHIVAL COLLECTIONS WHILE PROMOTING THESE MATERIALS THROUGH NEW FREE VIRTUAL PUBLIC PROGRAMS. OPERATIONAL SUPPORT FROM THE GAYLORD AND DOROTHY DONNELLEY FOUNDATION,THE MACARTHUR DRIEHAUS GRANT FUND AND CHICAGO DCASE CONTINUES TO HAVE A PIVOTAL IMPACT ON CHICAGO COLLECTIONS CONSORTIUM (CCC) PROGRAMMING EFFORTS. DIGITAL EXHIBITIONS DRAWING FROM MEMBER COLLECTIONS WERE CREATED AND INCLUDED THE RECENT EXHIBIT "THE 1963 CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS BOYCOTT" ALLOWING MEMBER COLLECTIONS TO BE SHARED ON THIS TOPIC. NEW AUDIENCES WERE REACHED LOCALLY, NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY WITH A CLICK TO THE DIGITAL EXHIBIT WEBSITE. INTERNS 2 UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS AND 1 GRADUATE STUDENT FROM MEMBER INSTITUTIONS (SAIC, DEPAUL UNIVERSITY) SUPPORTED THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR WITH OUTREACH AND PROGRAM PROMOTIONS.
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    Dates
    Jul 1, 2020 – Jun 30, 2021
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $132.1K

  • Chicago Collections Initiative

    PRIMARY ACTIVITIES CHICAGO COLLECTIONS IS A COLLABORATION AMONG LIBRARIES, MUSEUMS, AND ALLIED ORGANIZATIONS WORKING TOGETHER TO COLLECT, PRESERVE, AND SHARE FREELY, OPENLY, AND EQUITABLY THE HISTORY AND CULTURE OF CHICAGO WITH THE WORLD. CHICAGO COLLECTIONS ENVISIONS A WORLD WHERE THE HISTORY OF CHICAGO IS MADE ACCESSIBLE TO DIVERSE COMMUNITIES TO FOSTER UNDERSTANDING, INSPIRATION, AND KNOWLEDGE CREATION THROUGH ENGAGEMENT WITH PRIMARY SOURCES. PROGRAMS AND OUTREACH THE PORTAL, KNOWN AS EXPLORE CHICAGO COLLECTIONS (HTTP://EXPLORE.CHICAGOCOLLECTIONS.ORG/), IS THE ORGANIZATION'S FIRST MAJOR INITIATIVE THAT WAS MADE PUBLIC IN OCTOBER 2015. THE PORTAL SERVES AS A FREE, CENTRALIZED, WEB-BASED SEARCH ENGINE AND RECORD-FINDING TOOL THAT ALLOWS RESEARCHERS, TEACHERS, STUDENTS, AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC TO LOCATE OR ACCESS OVER 100,000 MAPS, PHOTOS, LETTERS, AND OTHER ARCHIVAL MATERIALS HELD AT CCC'S MEMBER INSTITUTIONS. AT THIS TIME, CHICAGO COLLECTIONS HAS 60 UNIQUE MEMBERS WITH DIVERSE ARCHIVAL COLLECTIONS. 2022 SAW THE LAUNCH OF CCC'S 10-YEAR ANNIVERSARY AND THE BEGINNING OF A POETRY CONTEST FOR CHICAGOLAND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, HELD IN PARTNERSHIP WITH CCC MEMBERS' CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY AND THE POETRY FOUNDATION. THE COMPETITION WAS HELD FOR THE SECOND TIME IN THE SPRING OF 2023. STUDENTS WERE ASKED TO BE INSPIRED BY AN IMAGE ON CCC'S EXPLORE PORTAL AND WRITE A POEM. 55 SUBMISSIONS WERE RECEIVED FROM 10 CHICAGOLAND HIGH SCHOOLS, WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT HIGH SCHOOL, AIR FORCE ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL, THE CHICAGO HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS, EVERGREEN PARK COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL, WILLIAM FREMD HIGH SCHOOL, GRAYSLAKE NORTH HIGH SCHOOL, KENWOOD ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL, HOMEWOOD-FLOSSMOOR COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL, JONES COLLEGE PREP, AND PHILLIPS EXETER ACADEMY. 6 STUDENTS WERE RECOGNIZED WITH A CERTIFICATE AND MONETARY AWARD. TEN FREE PUBLIC PROGRAMS, AUTHOR'S TALK: TOYA WOLFE, CHICAGO MURALS: A DISCUSSION WITH ARTISTS MEG DUGUID AND BERNARD WILLIAMS, A PANEL WITH CHICAGO'S NEW LIBRARY DIRECTORS, A CONVERSATION WITH LIBRARY OF CONGRESS LIBRARIAN DR. CARLA HAYDEN, AUTHOR'S TALK: MELANIE D. NEWPORT, A DISCUSSION WITH GERBER/HART LIBRARIAN AND ARCHIVIST ERIN BELL, CALL AND RESPONSE: LAWRENCE STEGER'S ARCHIVES AND LASTING LEGACY, CONVERSATIONS WITH CHICAGO COLLECTIONS: FRANCES WILLARD HOUSE MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES, AND PUBLIC RECORDS IN CHICAGO: ACQUISITION AND ACCESSIBILITY WERE OFFERED VIRTUALLY AND IN PERSON AT A MEMBER INSTITUTION FURTHERING THE PROMOTION OF CHICAGO'S RICH HISTORY ON DIVERSE HISTORICAL TOPICS. THREE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOPS WERE PROVIDED DURING THE YEAR TO CCC MEMBERS WHICH INCLUDED A CCC METADATA HOPPER WORKSHOP (STEPS TO UPLOAD INFORMATION TO EXPLORE CHICAGO COLLECTIONS), DESIGNING, DEVELOPING, AND DELIVERING A DIGITAL EXHIBIT WHICH WAS HOSTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH CHICAGO AREA ARCHIVES, AND CONTROLLED VOCABULARY TASK FORCE DISCUSSION - PERSPECTIVES ON CRITICAL CATALOGING. THESE PROGRAMS WERE WELL-RECEIVED AND SUPPORTED CCC'S EFFORTS OF PROMOTING ACCESSIBILITY TO ARCHIVAL COLLECTIONS. PARTNERSHIPS CCC ALSO PARTNERED WITH ART DESIGN CHICAGO NOW, CHICAGO AREA ARCHIVISTS, CAXTON CLUB, MY BLOCK MY HOOD MY CITY, BLACK METROPOLIS RESEARCH CONSORTIUM, AND BUILDING A NATIONAL ARCHIVAL FINDING AID NETWORK ON FREE PUBLIC PROGRAMS. CCC IS PROUD TO PARTICIPATE IN THE NATIONAL FINDING AID NETWORK PROJECT, WHOSE EFFORTS ARE FOCUSED TOWARD ESTABLISHING A FINDING AID NETWORK. UNIQUE PARTNERSHIPS WITH THESE ORGANIZATIONS HAVE DEMONSTRATED THAT BY WORKING TOGETHER,GREATER IMPACT AND SUCCESSFUL RESULTS ARE POSSIBLE. MEMBERSHIP THE ADDITION OF 4 NEW MEMBERS (OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK CITY OF CHICAGO, GERBER HART LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES, THE PAUL AND JEAN HARRIS HOME FOUNDATION, AND JAPANESE AMERICAN SERVICE COMMITTEE)TO THE CCC IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE VARIETY OF ORGANIZATIONS BOUND TOGETHER FOR THE PROMOTION OF AND SHARING OF CHICAGO'S HISTORY AND CULTURE. ORGANIZATIONAL AWARENESS CCC WAS REPRESENTED AT VARIOUS PROMOTIONAL INITIATIVES. THESE EVENTS INCLUDED A PRESENTATION AT THE GENEALOGY CLUB MEETING OF THE FOUNTAINDALE PUBLIC LIBRARY ON HOW TO FIND CONTENT IN EXPLORE, AND A BLOG POST LISTED FOR THE SOCIETY OF THE AMERICAN ARCHIVIST ON CREATING A COMMUNITY-CENTRIC CONTROLLED VOCABULARY WRITTEN BY GRETCHEN NEIDHARDT AND KATE FLYNN. CCC'S EFFORTS IN GROWING AUDIENCES THROUGH ITS SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS CONTINUED. FUNDRAISING EFFORTS THE GENEROUS FUNDING FROM ILLINOIS HUMANITIES, ILLINOIS ARTS COUNCIL AGENCY, GAYLORD AND DOROTHY DONNELLEY FOUNDATION, DRIEHAUS FOUNDATION, MACARTHUR FOUNDATION, TERRA FOUNDATION FOR AMERICAN ART PROVIDED IMPORTANT ASSISTANCE. THIS SUPPORT HAS ALLOWED CHICAGO COLLECTIONS TO CONTINUE ITS WORK OF PROVIDING FREE AND OPEN ACCESS TO MEMBER ARCHIVAL COLLECTIONS WHILE PROMOTING THESE MATERIALS THROUGH NEW FREE VIRTUAL PUBLIC PROGRAMS. OPERATIONAL SUPPORT FROM THE GAYLORD AND DOROTHY DONNELLEY FOUNDATION, THE MACARTHUR-DRIEHAUS GRANT FUND, AND CHICAGO DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS CONTINUES TO HAVE A PIVOTAL IMPACT ON CHICAGO COLLECTIONS CONSORTIUM (CCC) PROGRAMMING EFFORTS. INTERNS 1 PAID UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT FROM DEPAUL UNIVERSITY SUPPORTED THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR WITH OUTREACH AND PROGRAM PROMOTIONS.
    Geographies
    Not indicated
    Dates
    Jul 1, 2022 – Jun 30, 2023
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $145.9K