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Chicago Jazz Archive | Student Projects on Chicago Jazz

Introduction


Chicago jazz history and how jazz came to Chicago as part of the Great Migration are popular topics for school projects and history competitions. Every year the Chicago Jazz Archive gets calls and emails from students and parents all over the U.S., asking for materials and interviews for these projects. Because of the nature of its research mission and collections, the Chicago Jazz Archive cannot honor these requests on an individual basis. The Archive's Curator has prepared these web resources to help student researchers get started on their projects, but the actual research should take place at local libraries.


For Chicago area students, the Chicago Public Library's Harold Washington Library is the place to start any project on Chicago jazz or Chicago history -- especially the Chicago Metro History Fair -- because it has extensive collections on Chicago history and a good jazz history collection. The Harold Washington Library has reference librarians trained to help students with their projects, and CPL has a special suite of webpages for the History Fair, including a very helpful History Fair Gallery, and an introduction to using databases. After visiting the Library, the Chicago History Museum may be another good place to do research.

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