Series 03: Building Photographs, 1871-ongoing
Scope and Contents
Includes prints, mounted prints, photonegatives, and slides detailing the construction of the Cobb Building (1891-1893), the Bookstack Building (1981-1982), and the 1983-1985 Cobb Building renovation. There are also exterior shots and aerial views documenting the Library's exterior over its one hundred year history and showing interior rooms in the 1890s, 1900s, 1920s, 1940s, 1960s, 1970s and 1980s.
For additional building photographs, see also Photographer's File, Record Group 15/01/07. For additional prints of the Cobb Building see also "Construction of the Newberry Library" (Case fZ635.621) and Oversize Photograph Albums, p. 21. Framed photographs from each series are stored together at the end of the record group.
Dates
- Creation: 1871-ongoing
Creator
- From the Collection: Newberry Library (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
The Newberry Library Archives are open for research in the Special Collections Reading Room; 1 box at a time (Priority III).
Unprocessed records are available by appointment only. Advance notice is necessary, particularly for administrative files, so that files may be screened for personnel records that are removed when records are processed.
Files containing personal or confidential information about individuals (including individual files on members of the Board of Trustees, individual donor files and records reporting the donations of an individual, personnel records, payroll records, and individual accepted fellows files) are closed for 30 years.
Extent
3 Linear Feet (7 boxes, 1 volume, and 12 framed photographs)
Arrangement
Arranged by type of photographic process, and then by building interior and exterior views, with buildings arranged alphabetically and chronologically thereunder.
Repository Details
Part of the The Newberry Library - Modern Manuscripts and Archives Repository
60 West Walton Street
Chicago Illinois 60610 United States
312-255-3512
reference@newberry.org