Check out the following archives for primary sources on Chicago history.

• Black Metropolis Resource Consortium (BMRC)
• Explore Chicago Collections
• Chicago History Museum
• Newberry Library
• University of Illinois Chicago Archives & Special Collections
• National Archives - Great Lakes Region
• Art Institute Special Collections
• University of Chicago Special Collections Research Center
• Harold Washington Library - Special Collections
• Illinois State Archives
• Archdiocese of Chicago Joseph Cardinal Bernardin Archives & Records Center