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The B. Heller & Co. Collection
Founded by Benjamin Heller, whose family practiced sausage-making for generations, Chicago-based B. Heller & Co. began in 1893. Eager to take advantage of new developments in food science and chemistry as well as his skills as a salesman, Benjamin Heller was the quintessential American entrepreneur. |
Locations
The Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center March 1 — June 30, 2009 View web exhibit >> |
Subjects
Advertising Chicago and Illinois |
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Banks and Bubbles: The Earl J. Hamilton Collection on the History of Economics
Exhibition of works on the history of economics, in particular, the development of commerce and trade in England, France, and Spain in the 17th and 18th centuries. |
Locations
The Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center June 1 — Oct. 31, 1995 |
Subjects
Economics History |
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Frank Knight 1885-1972
Best known as the founder of the "Chicago School" of free market economics, Frank Knight was an influential member of the University faculty for more than twenty years. |
Locations
The Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center Nov. 1 — Jan. 31, 1986 |
Subjects
Economics |
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Karl Marx in the Rosenberger Library of Judaica
Drawing on sources in the Ludwig Rosenberger Library of Judaica, this exhibit explores Karl Marx's complex relationship to Jews and Judaism and his writings on these subjects. |
Locations
The Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center Oct. 1 — June 30, 2007 |
Subjects
Jewish Studies Economics |
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Meatpacking in the Midwest: The Thomas E. Wilson Family Collection
From the Civil War through the 1930s, Chicago was the center of the meatpacking industry in the United States. The Thomas E. Wilson Family Collection provides a snapshot of one family-owned meatpacking business in Chicago during the first half of the twentieth century. The collection captures the meatpacking industry in the Midwest through the lens of one family's experience at the top. |
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Subjects
Special Collections Chicago and Illinois Business |
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Sweet Home Chicago: Chocolate and Confectionery Production and Technology in the Windy City
Drawing from items in the substantial cookery collection at the John Crerar Library, this exhibit explores the history of chocolate and confectioners in the city and the science and technology of the candy making process. |
Locations
Crerar Library, 1st Floor: Other Spaces Oct. 10 — June 11, 2011 View web exhibit >> |
Subjects
Advertising Chicago and Illinois Technology |