Collections & Exhibits - The University of Chicago Library

Collections
Collection Thumbnail	Title	Formats	Subjects
	American Environmental Photographs, 1891-1936 Images from more than 4,500 glass lantern slides, glass negatives, and photographic prints, created by faculty members and students of the University of Chicago Department of Botany between 1891 and 1936, influential in the development of modern ecological studies. These photographs provide an overview of important representative natural landscapes across the nation	Formats Digital Images Photographs	Subjects University of Chicago History of Science Environmental Science
	Bond Photograph Library Photographs taken during World War II by an American serviceman, Frank Bond.	Formats Digital Photographs	Subjects Southern Asia History South Asia
	Hensley Photo Library Photographs taken during World War II by an American serviceman, Glenn S. Hensley.	Formats Digital Photographs	Subjects History Southern Asia South Asia
	Keagle Photograph Library Photographs taken during World War II by an American serviceman, Robert Keagle.	Formats Digital Photographs	Subjects History Southern Asia South Asia
	Prass, Marjorie Whitney. Papers, 1927-2008 This collection contains papers, photographs, costumes and ephemera belonging to Marjorie Whitney Prass, an alumna of the University of Chicago and an avid dancer. The bulk of the collection is comprised of over 200 pieces of costume clothing, accessories and props. The majority were made for Prass by her mother, Mathilde Muller Whitney, for performances at the University of Chicago.	Formats Digital Archives & Manuscripts Photographs	Subjects University of Chicago Theater
	Starr, Frederick. Papers, 1868-1935 Contains professional and personal correspondence; research material; field notebooks; diaries; class lecture notes; memorabilia; photographs; bibliographies; and scrapbooks. Correspondents include Frank Boas, W.E.B. Du Bois, Federico Gamboa, William Rainey Harper, John Haynes Holmes, Jenkin Lloyd Jones, Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Julius Rosenwald, and Albion Small.	Formats Digital Archives & Manuscripts Photographs	Subjects University of Chicago Anthropology African Studies Latin American Studies Japanese Studies
	The University of Chicago Photographic Archive Ongoing project to digitize the Archival Photographic Files which contain more than 60,000 images and are the principal archive of historic photographs of individuals, buildings, and events associated with the University of Chicago.	Formats Digital Images Photographs	Subjects University of Chicago Architecture
	World's Columbian Exposition. Records, 1891-1895 This collection includes documents and ephemera from the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. It includes photographs, newspaper clippings, reports, guides, and visitor memorabilia.	Formats Digital Archives & Manuscripts Books & Journals Photographs	Subjects Chicago and Illinois
	Yerkes Glass Plates Collection The Yerkes Glass Plate Collection consists of more than 175,000 photographic glass plates negatives and their associated logbooks located at the University of Chicago and Yerkes Observatory in Williams Bay, WI.	Formats Digital Archives & Manuscripts Images Photographs	Subjects Astronomy & Astrophysics University of Chicago