Special Collections Research Center

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?

Shining a light on Paul B. Moses, trailblazing art historian Paul B. Moses squatting next to his large painting Ice House which depicts an outdoor landscape scene with window-less building and clouds.

Shining a light on Paul B. Moses, trailblazing art historian

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

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

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

UChicago Library to preserve ‘unique portrait’ of Jewish history in Passover Haggadot collection Stephen Durchslag holding the Moss Haggadah

UChicago Library to preserve ‘unique portrait’ of Jewish history in Passover Haggadot collection

Library exhibit marks 15th anniversary of Black Metropolis Research Consortium Horace Cayton Jr.

Library exhibit marks 15th anniversary of Black Metropolis Research Consortium

‘Creating history’: Students interview essential workers during the COVID-19 pandemic CTA transit workers

‘Creating history’: Students interview essential workers during the COVID-19 pandemic

University to rename Special Collections Research Center in honor of Hanna Holborn Gray Hanna Holborn Gray

University to rename Special Collections Research Center in honor of Hanna Holborn Gray

From outdoor art to virtual worlds, a look at UChicago’s Autumn Quarter Outdoor art class

From outdoor art to virtual worlds, a look at UChicago’s Autumn Quarter