| Chicago History Museum HIstory Files | Information
and archival photos on eight important items in the city's history:
Al Capone; the Chicago Fire; the World's Columbian Exposition;
the Pullman Era; the Stockyards; a Century of Progress; Parades,
Protests and Politics in Chicago; the Black Sox. |
| Haymarket Affair Digital Collection | A thorough examination of the Haymarket Riot, with a huge collection of primary documents. |
| Chicago Portage National Historic Site | Showing
the importance of the portage to Chicago's very existence, the Teacher
section of this site presents an interesting unit called "Swamp to City," with lots
of primary documents and explanatory texts. |
| Historic Pullman Foundation | Detailed information about the history and buildings of this planned model industrial town of the 1880's. |
| A. Philip Randolph Pullman Porter Museum | The history and legacy of the Pullman Porter Union shows another aspect of the Pullman story. |
| Urban Experience in Chicago: Hull-House... | Everything
you could want to know about Hull House and Jane Addams work in
"primary source documents, historic photographs and scholarly essays." |
| My Chicago | Activities
for children ages 6-12 from the Chicago Historical Society connect the
city's past to the present through use of photographs, documents and
images of artifacts. |
