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Records reveal hidden history of female astronomers at Yerkes Observatory An astronomer looks through a telescope

Records reveal hidden history of female astronomers at Yerkes Observatory

UChicago Library expands access to banned books amid national debate over censorship Banned books event at Uchicago Library

UChicago Library expands access to banned books amid national debate over censorship

NEH grant to boost UChicago’s creation, delivery of digital collections, research data Ida B. Wells and her children

NEH grant to boost UChicago’s creation, delivery of digital collections, research data

What makes a book a book? A an open book shaped like a theater with the main story on the stage and the audience in the wings. In the center scene the fairy godmother is waving her wand at Cinderella.

What makes a book a book?

How the Black Metropolis Research Consortium is transforming the field of African American history Exhibition case displaying documents, photos, and items related to the Color Curtain Processing Project—a survey initiative of the BMRC.

How the Black Metropolis Research Consortium is transforming the field of African American history

UChicago’s new librarian wants to make data and research easier to share Torsten Reimer

UChicago’s new librarian wants to make data and research easier to share

UChicago Library awarded grant to digitize Chicagoland’s historical maps World's Columbian Exposition, Jackson Park, Chicago. 152 Monroe Street, Chicago

UChicago Library awarded grant to digitize Chicagoland’s historical maps

From leather to brass, UChicago Library exhibition judges books by their covers Book by Its Cover

From leather to brass, UChicago Library exhibition judges books by their covers

Find archives of Black life through new online resource at UChicago Library Ida B. Wells-Barnett in a posed portrait with her four children in 1909

Find archives of Black life through new online resource at UChicago Library

How the University’s first Ph.D. graduate strengthened ties between Chicago and Japan Eiji Asada in an archival photograph from the 1890s

How the University’s first Ph.D. graduate strengthened ties between Chicago and Japan