University of Chicago - Founding and Early History

University of Chicago - Founding and Early History:
Selected Modern Manuscript and Archival Collections

Print versions of finding aids for the following collections are available in the Special Collections Research Center.
Finding aids that have been converted to digital form can be searched in the online finding aids database.

For more detailed information on holdings, please contact the Special Collections Research Center.

• American Baptist Education Society. Records.
  
• American Institute of Sacred Literature. Records. Finding Aid
• Archival Biographical Files. HTML Guide
• Archival Buildings File. HTML Guide
• Archival Photographic Files. HTML Guide
• Archival Serials. HTML Guide
• Baptist Theological Union. Records.
  
• Baptist Union Theological Seminary. Records.
  
• Ernest DeWitt Burton. Papers. Finding Aid
• Demia Butler. Papers. Finding Aid
• Thomas C. Chamberlin. Papers.
  
• Zella Allen Dixson. Papers.
  
• Frederick T. Gates. Papers.
  
• General Archival Files. HTML Guide
• Henry Max Goettsch. Papers. Finding Aid
• Edward Goodman. Papers. Finding Aid
• Edgar J. Goodspeed. Papers.
  
• Thomas W. Goodspeed. Papers.
  
• George Ellery Hale. Papers. Finding Aid
• William G. Hale. Papers.
  
• William Rainey Harper. Papers. Finding Aid
• Charles R. Henderson. Papers.
  
• Robert Herrick. Papers.
  
• Charles L. Hutchinson. Papers. Finding Aid
• Edwin O. Jordan. Papers.
  
• Charles Herman Koenitzer. History of the First University of Chicago, 1856-1886.
  
• J. Laurence Laughlin. Papers.
  
• Edwin H. Lewis. Papers.
  
• Frank R. Lillie. Papers.
  
• William D. MacClintock. Papers. Finding Aid
• Albert A. Michelson. Papers. Finding Aid
• John U. Nef, Sr. Papers.
  
• George W. Northrup. Papers.
  
• Old University of Chicago. Records.
  
• Ira M. Price. Papers.
  
• John D. Rockefeller and Associates. Correspondence.
  
• Rollin D. Salisbury. Papers.
  
• Ferdinand Schevill. Papers.
  
• Paul Shorey. Papers.
  
• Albion W. Small. Papers.
  
• Amos Alonzo Stagg. Papers. Finding Aid
• Frederick Starr. Papers.
  
• Marion Talbot. Papers.
  
• James H. Tufts. Papers.
  
• University of Chicago. Board of Trustees. Correspondence of the Secretary.
  
• University of Chicago. Board of Trustees. Minutes.
  
• University of Chicago. Buildings and Grounds Department. Records.
  
• University of Chicago. Divinity School. Documents Relating to the Founding.
  
• University of Chicago. Divinity School. Office of the Dean. Records.
  
• University of Chicago. Presidents' Papers. 1889-1925. Finding Aid
• University of Chicago. Subscriptions for Contributions to the University of Chicago.
  
• University of Chicago. Subscriptions for Contributions. Record of Pledges.
  
• University of Chicago. University Extension. Records.
  
• University of Chicago. University Scrapbook Collection.
  
• University of Chicago Press. Records.
  
• Hermann Eduard Von Holst. Papers.
  
• George C. Walker. Scrapbook.
  
• Elizabeth Wallace. Papers.
  
• Madeline Wallin. Papers.
  
• Charles O. Whitman. Papers.