Fall/Winter 2024 No. 23

FALL / WINTER 2024 NO. 23

Indigenous Chicago “ A generational connection to this place we call home.”

MAKING AN IMPRESSION Immigrant Printing in Chicago

Exhibition on view December 12, 2024 through March 29, 2025 Free and open to all

FEATURES

Community Mindset

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by Nico Marabella

Indigenous Chicago is the culmination of a four-year, community-based process and includes components such as oral histories, an exhibition, digital maps, and a new curriculum for high school students.

Lost and Found Books

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by Suzanne Karr Schmidt

A quiet evening stroll last March took a surprising turn when centuries-old European books were discovered on a Chicago sidewalk.

The Empirical Strikes Back

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by Lili Pangborn

A scholar-in-residence taps into the Newberry’s resources and authors a landmark report on teaching U.S. history in secondary schools.

Earning Some Dough

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by Peter Regas

A longtime reader discovers what might be the first pizzeria in the United States.

His research journey started at the Newberry.

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Behind the Cover President’s Column Take Note The Recent Past

ANNUAL REPORT 34 36 38 40 42 45 58 59

Letter from the Chair and the President Public Engagement Research and Education Collection Access and Service to Readers Finances and Fundraising Honor Roll of Donors Board of Trustees Staff

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BEHIND THE COVER

The Wesaw family, ca. 1971. Uncle Leroy far left, wearing his beaded vest. Photo: Orlando Cabanban.

The beaded vest as displayed in the exhibition Indigenous Chicago. Photos: anneryanphoto.com.

Our cover features Kenomagé Waboyanen, or teaching blankets, by Jason Wesaw (Pokagon Band of Potawatomi) that are displayed in the Indigenous Chicago exhibition that launched in September 2024. Jason is a former artist-in-residence at the Newberry and says the blankets “are about that beautiful water that flows out there in Lake Michigan, the Chicago River, the Little Calumet, and the Grand Calumet.” By incorporating archival materials, along with wood, glass, clay, and other found objects, the textiles are meant to encapsulate the viewer in a “blanket” of knowledge and understanding about our dependence upon and relationship to the water from a uniquely Potawatomi perspective.

When visiting the Newberry, Jason spent mornings at Oak Street Beach to reconnect with the waters of Lake Michigan. “It’s crazy to go and sit by the water first thing in the morning at the center of a metropolis like this,” he says. “But it always helped to ground me, too, because I understood that my ancestors would do this very same thing before the huge skyscrapers and everything was paved over.”

Jason has another connection to an exhibition item, a beaded vest owned and worn by his late uncle, Leroy Wesaw. “When my dad came home [from my uncle’s funeral], he gave me a cassette tape and it said ‘Potawatomi legends’ on it, and I was probably thirteen years old at the time. I stuck that tape in the tape recorder and it was my Uncle Leroy’s stories. That tape in many ways changed my life because it really got me interested in traditional stories and set me on this Jason Wesaw path in eventually becoming an artist.

“I think it’s really important when we get these [artistic] opportunities. Part of it is about us. But it never really is about us because of those deep, deep roots and that generational connection to this place we call home.”

MAGAZINE STAFF

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Editors Designer Photographer

Bob Dolgan and Vince Firpo Andrea Villasenor Catherine Gass

Unless otherwise credited, all images are from the Newberry collection or from events held at the Newberry.

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PRESIDENT’S COLUMN

From Astrida Orle Tantillo

For its entire 137-year history, the Newberry has been an institution with a clear public focus and mission.

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s I near the one-year mark of my presidency, it is gratifying to present to you the annual report found at the end of this issue. It conveys the wonderful breadth and depth of the activities of the Newberry, and I am glad for the opportunity to thank our many supporters for enabling our work over the past year.

For its entire 137-year history, the Newberry has been an institution with a clear public focus and mission. If you have spent some time on our first floor, you may have noticed a beautiful, glass directory on display from the early days of the Newberry. Since opening our building doors in 1893, we have moved away from the natural sciences, medicine, and the “useful arts” listed on that directory to focus more exclusively on the humanities, but the centrality of the Newberry’s openness and public access have been with us from the very beginning.

Then, as now, we are “Free to the Public,” and then, as now, our collections and research mission have co-existed with public programming and exhibitions to enrich the intellectual lives of our patrons. In addition to directing visitors to various reading rooms, this early wayfinder also refers to a ground floor museum. Indeed, our current exhibit spaces seem to b e where the original museum was when the library opened. On November 12, 1893, the Chicago Sunday Tribune’s review of our (then) b ra n d - n e w

building praised the already-impressive collection of our rare materials, but it also emphasized that “the library aims to be a live educational center.” (The seriousness of this purpose, the Tribune intimates, can be found in the size of the ground floor auditorium, which at the time could seat 475 persons.)

We are indeed a thriving educational center. Last year, we had significant increases in our reading room registrations (the highest number in fifteen years!) as well as in our public program attendance—and nearly half of our audience members were first-time visitors. Because we are steadily growing our digital collections and online resources, collections and programmatic offerings are globally accessible: virtual visitors from all fifty states and 156 countries accessed our digital materials last year, resulting in nearly 1.5 million views. Our fellowship program and academic centers are flourishing. We are a growing resource for teachers, whether through our digital resources for the classroom or the increasing numbers of educators who benefit from our professional development seminars.

However impressive and encouraging such statistics are, they do not capture the wonder and magic that many individuals experience every day at the Newberry as they uncover long-lost family histories, access a beautiful artefact that once belonged to royalty, or discover wonderful new interpretive avenues of historical events near or far. Such discoveries happen across the library—whether in the reading rooms, seminars, exhibitions, or public programs. The atmosphere of the Newberry is infectious.

Then, as now, our knowledgeable and dedicated staff ensure that today’s visitors—as well as tomorrow’s—will have access to our world-class collections. I hope you will have an opportunity to visit us in-person or virtually soon to experience this live educational center for the humanities. This past year was a great one for the Newberry, and the upcoming one promises to be a wonderful one as well!

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AWARD

Thomas Leslie Receives The Pattis Family Foundation Chicago Book Award The Newberry Library and The Pattis Family Foundation presented the third annual $25,000 Pattis Family Foundation Chicago Book Award to author Thomas Leslie on Saturday, September 14. Leslie’s book, Chicago Skyscrapers 1934-1986: How Technology, Politics, Finance, & Race Reshaped the City, explores race and politics while including detailed analyses of how foundation materials, framing structures, and electric lighting developed throughout the years. Leslie shows how the skeletal frames of The Rookery, Ludington, and Leiter Buildings led to the braced frames of the Masonic Temple and Schiller Building and eventually to the concealed frames of the City Opera, Merchandise Mart, and other Chicago landmarks. The Pattis Book Award celebrates works that transform public understanding of Chicago, its history, and its people. Mark and Lisa Pattis of The Pattis Family Foundation presented the award to Leslie at the Newberry’s annual Chicago Storytelling event. In addition to Leslie, John William Nelson was recognized as the shortlist award recipient for authoring Muddy Ground: Native Peoples, Chicago’s Portage, and the Transformation of the Continent.

Notable happenings around the Newberry. We are always growing and changing. Grounded in history, engaged with the present, looking to the future.

Visit bookshop.newberry.org to purchase Chicago Skyscrapers 1934-1986: How Technology, Politics, Finance, & Race Reshaped the City Left to right: Thomas Leslie, Lisa J. Pattis, Mark Pattis. Photo: anneryanphoto.com.

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IN CONVERSATION

Thomas Leslie and Architecture Critic Edward Keegan Thomas Leslie received the 2024 Pattis Family Foundation Chicago Book Award for his new book, Chicago Skyscrapers, 1934-1986: How Technology, Politics, Finance, and Race Reshaped the City. Thomas was joined in conversation by Edward Keegan, newly appointed architecture columnist for the Chicago Tribune, at a free program at the Newberry.

Edward Keegan: Is there an idea, theme, or thread in your book that you hope somebody else picks up and uses to spin a new yarn?

Thomas Leslie: There were something like eighty-five buildings downtown that qualified as skyscrapers. But there were 400 throughout the city, mostly residential, and I could only just start to touch on those.

There’s plenty of room left for someone to write about the approach to housing that led in some cases to skyscrapers, but in many other cases to much smaller approaches that really continued the tradition of this city as a city of neighborhoods.

The biggest change in Chicago in the last fifteen to twenty years has been just how many high rises are popping up in the neighborhoods—for the good. Go out to the Blue Line and you can see these transit-oriented developments, which is a great way to create more affordable housing where people don’t need to have a car.

EK: What do you think the role of the skyscraper is versus mid-rise or even low-rise [buildings]?

TL: I think there are two answers to that. One is in developments like Lincoln Yards or The 78, where you want to create density, where you’re planning transit and infrastructure that’s going to allow people to live in close proximity. We know that is better for economics. We know that’s better for the environment. When people who want to live close to the center are able to do so and are able to afford it, that’s great. And we’ve seen a lot of really interesting, really progressive efforts at high-rise housing happening within walking distance of downtown.

This semester my students are working with the developers of The 78 on a project, thinking about how you build for people who may be working downtown. The other role that I think the skyscraper has to play is adaptive reuse, and I think this is probably the biggest skyscraper story the city has right now. We have the opposite problem that we had in the 50s and 60s. We have plenty of stock downtown.

But we don’t necessarily have the the commercial tenants to fill it, right? We’ve seen downtown that the vacancy rates are up, people are working from home. I think one of the big questions is, how can we reuse those buildings? How can we repurpose those buildings? People love to live downtown even more than they love to work downtown, so can we find ways to turn the surplus of space we have into a solution to the affordability problem?

EK: I was not at your last talk at the Newberry, but I’ve been told that during the course of that event you posited the Fisher Building, which is this great Gothic terracotta and glass building at the corner of Van Buren and Dearborn, as the first skyscraper. Do you still hold to that?

And then beyond that, what’s your favorite skyscraper in Chicago?

TL: I have claimed and been on record as saying that the Fisher Building is the first modern skyscraper. I’m the only person on the planet who thinks this, but my reason is that when it was built in 1896, Inland Architect ran an article about it that said, ‘this is the first tall building in human history that’s been built without walls.’

What they meant was that it was the first skyscraper that had been built without brick walls. There’s no brick in the structure. It’s a steel frame that’s self-braced, and there’s no brick in the skin. It’s all terracotta and glass.

My favorite one. Well, this is like asking which one is your favorite kid. Every parent has a favorite kid but isn’t going to admit it in public. When I bring students or non architects to Chicago, I have a little walking tour that I like to give. That starts at the Michigan Avenue Bridge, goes down by Marina City, along the river down State to see Carson’s, Louis Sullivan’s masterpiece, the Reliance, and over to see Daley Center. Those are kind of the big ones. Sometimes we’ll go down and see the Monadnock and the Federal Center.

I always like to finish with the two that I think speak to the city’s tradition for beautiful detailing and really thinking through buildings to the nth degree. I like to finish first at Inland Steel, which I think is still the best post-war skyscraper, not just in Chicago, but on the planet. Then I walk a couple blocks over and look at The Rookery, which I think is as good a nineteenth-century building as there is anywhere.

ANNOUNCEMENT

Call for Pattis Book Award Nominations

Nominations are now open for The Pattis Family Foundation Chicago Book Award, given each year to a book that transforms public understanding of Chicago. Eligible works include any book, whether fiction or nonfiction, that is available for purchase by the public and bears a copyright of 2023 or 2024.

Visit newberry.org for more information.

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A CLOSER LOOK

Cherokee Researchers Explore Ballenger Papers The Newberry is home to the writings, genealogical notes, documents, photographs, and charts of Thomas Lee Ballenger, a historian, author, and teacher who studied Cherokee history in the nineteenth- and e a r l y- t we n t i e t h c e n t u r i e s. A g ro u p o f researchers traveled from Oklahoma to Chicago in August to comb through the Ballenger Papers. The focus of their project is the Cherokee Freedmen, African American men and women who were formerly slaves of the Cherokee before and after removal to Indian Territory. The researchers viewed Ballenger’s materials relating to the Cherokee Nation’s Colored High School, which once stood six miles northwest of Tahlequah, Oklahoma. The Newberry’s Edward E. Ayer collection, which includes the Ballenger Papers, is one of the largest collections of books and manuscripts on American Indian and Indigenous Studies in the world.

Cherokee Nation citizens visited the Newberry for a week in August to examine the contents of the Thomas Lee Ballenger Papers.

NEW ACQUISITION

A Historical Account of the Dentist Wives’ Club of Chicago The Newberry has acquired archival photos and documents related to the Dentist Wives’ Club of Chicago, a group founded in 1930 to provide a social outlet for women and awareness of dental health and the furthering of the dental profession in the Black community. The materials are comprised of twenty-six mostly black-and-white photographs and a historical account published for the organization’s fiftieth anniversary.

The Dentists’ Wives Club was a women’s adjunct to the Chicago chapter of the National Dentists’ Association (NDA) and part of the association’s auxiliary. The likely prior owner of the book and photographs was Mayme P. Williams; she oversaw the historical publication as she was the club’s History Committee Chairperson at the time. She is seen in nearly every original photograph; there also is a mimeographed circular letter from 1958 over her signature. Mayme’s husband, Charles E. Williams, was a dentist on the South and West Sides of A history of the Dentist Wives’ Club states that it was “was born during the Great Chicago from 1924 to 1978 and served as the NDA’s Chairman Depression. In spite of, or perhaps because of this arduous period.” of the board for ten years.

The new acquisition will enhance the Newberry’s holdings in its core subjects of Genealogy and Local History and Chicago and the Midwest. The Newberry seeks primary and secondary local history sources of Black communities as part of its emphasis on diversity and inclusivity across all of its collecting areas.

The collection history shares that members focused their efforts on encouraging African Americans to patronize Black dentists, an initiative supported by newspapers such as the Chicago Bee, the Chicago Defender, and the Chicago Whip. The text continues with a decadeby-decade chronology showing how the group grew from a small social club into a large philanthropic organization.

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NEW ACQUISITION

Chicago Dance History Project Includes Nearly 100 Oral Histories The Newberry Library and Chicago Dance History Project (CDHP) are currently working to transfer CDHP’s archival materials to the Newberry’s Midwest Dance collection. The materials, comprised of nearly one hundred oral history recordings, plus photographs, performance videos, and ephemera, span generations and seek to preserve the history of Chicago’s dance community.

This project marks the latest collaboration between the Newberry and CDHP. “Teaming up with Chicago Dance History Project ensures the lifespan of these interviews,” said Alison Hinderliter, Lloyd Lewis Curator of Modern Manuscripts and Archives. “We’re providing a safe storage place, plus digital backup, which is really what you need for primary source materials such as these.”

Footage of the oral histories alone accounts for nearly twelve terabytes of data, making this the start of a large digital migration.

“The transfer of materials is a labor-intensive task,” Michael McStraw, Executive Director of CDHP, said, “but we want to do it right, do it well, and ensure the best public access as possible.” CDHP is also working to transcribe each interview, which will improve overall access.

Hinderliter and the Modern Manuscripts team have transferred roughly half of CDHP’s interview footage to the Newberry by and will now focus on photographs, performance videos, and ephemera, as well as migration of the remaining oral history footage. The Newberry’s Digital Initiatives and Services team and the Modern Manuscripts and Archives team will then process and prepare the interviews to be made publicly available online through our Digital Collections. “Public accessibility is our main priority,” Hinderliter said, noting that the oral

Alison Hinderliter, Lloyd Lewis Curator of Modern Manuscripts and Archives, with Michael McStraw, Executive Director of CDHP

Topwhen to bottom: in histories will be considered unrestricted and, fullyJohn processed, front of the Newberry, available for viewing online at any time, from1968; anywhere.

Employee ID card; This new acquisition will enhance the Newberry’s dance Discussing a robust manuscript with Bob (left); John collection that chronicles the history of a storied andKarrow thriving dance and Karen at the Newberry community in Chicago. The oral historiesHoliday will complement the Party; “Stump John archival collections of prominent Chicago dance companies like Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Ruth Page’s Chicago Opera Ballet, Ensemble Español Spanish Dance Theater, and Joel Hall Dancers by highlighting first-person narratives from longtime members of the Chicago dance community. The addition of oral histories will be of interest to cultural historians, dance historians, dance fans, choreographers, artistic directors, and dance practitioners looking to understand their shared history.

NEW ACQUISITION

Scrapbook Documents Gay Couple During AIDS Epidemic The Newberry has acquired a scrapbook featuring an intimate chronicle of a married interracial gay couple during the height of the AIDS epidemic. The scrapbook of Chicago residents Kenneth

Kenneth Martin, left, and John Dooley were residents of Chicago and shared images of their international travel.

Martin and John Dooley includes 300 photos as well as dozens of pieces of ephemera related to theater and travels to Acapulco, Amsterdam, London, Paris, Madrid, and several places in the United States. There are also photos of the couple at the 1986 Chicago Pride Parade and passes to a Halloween Ball hosted by Dudcrest, a local LGBTQ+ group. Several photos and keepsakes in the album relate to AIDS activism. Scattered throughout the volume are loving messages between Ken and John on Valentine’s Days, birthday cards, anniversary cards, as well as romantic keepsakes like sentimental cartoons, candy, and gum wrappers and mementos of dates and parties. Ken and John had a wedding ceremony in 1987, twenty-six years before same-sex marriage was legalized in Illinois.

The scrapbook, purchased from a book dealer, fits into the Newberry’s collection strength around Chicago and local history while documenting theater history and the LGBTQ community.

The Newberry seeks primary and secondary local history sources of marginalized, BIPOC, and LGBTQ communities as part of its emphasis on diversity and inclusivity across all of its collecting areas.

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COVER STORY

By Nico Marabella

Community Mindset How the landmark, multi-faceted Indigenous Chicago project came together in collaboration with Native peoples.

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In January 2020, a group of Native community members and Newberry staff met for a meal at the library to discuss solutions to a decades-long problem: the erasure of Chicago’s Indigenous history and its place as a home to the diverse Native peoples and vibrant communities present today. Four years and one pandemic later, the Indigenous Chicago exhibition opened to the public in September 2024 as part of a multifaceted initiative to center Native experiences in Chicago—past, present, and future.

The Indigenous Chicago project was developed in partnership among the Newberry, advisors from the Chicago Native community, and representatives from tribal nations with historic connections to Chicago. This collaboration has resulted in an initiative that aims to reconsider Chicago’s history. And by reframing the past, Indigenous Chicago iterates through its many components that Chicago is, and always has been, a Native place.

Visitors to the exhibition examine “Les Checagou” (Chicago) on the map Le cours du Missisipi, ou de St. Louis, fameuse riviere de l’Amerique... created by Nicolas de Fer, 1718. Photos: anneryanphoto.com.

Above: Regalia designed and created by Camille “Katahtu’ntha” Billie (Oneida) for this exhibition. Right: A visitor learns about the birchbark booklet created by Simon Pokagon, Red Man’s Greeting, 1893.

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Project Background The project arose from community conversations about misrepresentations of Chicago’s Indigenous history and the invisibility that Native people in Chicago continue to feel. Home to the Potawatomi, Odawa, Ojibwe, Peoria, Kaskaskia, Myaamia, Wea, Sauk, Meskwaki, and Ho-Chunk peoples, the place we now call Chicago has long been a historic crossroads for many Indigenous people and remains home to an extensive urban Native community. Yet most Chicagoans are unaware of this history.

At that January 2020 meal, the Newberry partnered with the Chicago American Indian Community Collaborative (CAICC), a network of seventeen Native American organizations and programs that are dedicated to furthering diverse causes centered on the greater well-being of Indigenous communities in the Chicago area.

Discussion focused on the possibility of a centralized resource that would educate Native and non-Native communities alike about the Indigenous past, present, and future of Chicago. The potential of this initiative garnered enthusiasm from community members, prompting them to identify ambitious project goals and bold project components.

Project Goals 1. Make the invisible visible 2. Situate Chicago as a Native place since time immemorial 3. Serve a broad, multi-generational project 4. Grow a community archiving practice that crosses multiple organizations 5. Support the growth of CAICC 6. Above all, advance the priorities of the Chicago Native Community

Meredith McCoy (Turtle Mountain Ojibwe descent), presents the Indigenous Chicago project goals to community members to gather their input.

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The goals were to make the invisible visible; situate Chicago as a Native place since time immemorial; serve a broad, multi-generational project; grow a community archiving practice that crosses multiple organizations; support the growth of CAICC; and above all, advance the priorities of the Chicago Native Community. Five project components were discussed at the meal and ultimately included in the project: a temporary exhibition at the Newberry, a website with digital mapping and walking tours, an educational curriculum for high school social studies, new oral histories, and a series of programs held at the Newberry.

Once these goals and components were initialized, project co-directors Rose Miron, Director of the D’Arcy McNickle Center for American Indian and Indigenous Studies at the Newberry Library; Meredith McCoy (Turtle Mountain Ojibwe descent), Assistant Professor of History and American Studies at Carleton College; Analú María López (Huachichil/Xi’úi), Ayer Librarian and Assistant Curator of American Indian and Indigenous Studies at the Newberry Library; and Blaire Morseau (Pokagon Band of Potawatomi), Assistant Professor of Religious Dave Shawanokasic and Beverly Moser participate in an oral history interview with Rose Miron.

Studies at Michigan State University, solicited community input to assemble the project’s Advisory Group.

“Native peoples and communities are the best representatives Oral Histories of their own histories and cultures, and our partners have led the Indigenous peoples have robust storytelling practices that are way as we worked to identify new opportunities to deepen our often absent in archives such as the Newberry. Native perspectives relationships with Indigenous nations, supported Native-led are difficult to encounter in such spaces, making it so that many research, and removed structural barriers to collections held at Indigenous communities have little control over how their history the Newberry,” said Miron. is documented. That is why oral traditions are so valuable to To tackle the project’s broad scope and complexity, the Advisory many Native communities. They are vital in their ability to reflect Group was divided into five subcommittees, each of which focused Indigenous perspectives and to increase community access to tribal on the creation of one of the five project components. Community knowledge. members were involved every step of the way, collaborating and Conducting new oral histories was a priority for the Indigenous providing feedback on these project components through visits, Chicago team from the very beginning. Community members brainstorming sessions, listening sessions, and community meals. present at the initial planning meeting emphasized the necessity “We were happy that the community as a whole was really for collecting new narratives rooted in the Chicago American excited about the project and overall, just wanted to move forward,” Indian community. This new oral history project would echo a past said López. collaboration between community members and the Newberry The exhibition’s launch in September of this year coincided with Library. From 1982 to 1984, Native Community members and the the launch of the Indigenous Chicago website (indigenous-chicago.

Newberry conducted twenty-three oral interviews with longtime org), which features custom-designed motifs by Native artist American Indian residents of Chicago. However, no other oral Anjeni Del Real (Ojibwe, Santee Sioux, and Blackfeet) and provides history project has been completed since then. In identifying the access to digital maps, detailed curriculum, and a look at new project components for Indigenous Chicago, community members oral histories with Native community members. Many of these were committed to building a community archiving practice in components are ongoing and demonstrate that Indigenous Chicago which oral histories would serve as a cornerstone. is a living project that will continue to grow in collaboration with Chicago’s Native communities.

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“ These were personal stories. I was very honored that they trusted me to listen and trusted the project to have their stories be a part of it.”

Dorene Wiese (Ojibwe), Chief Executive Officer of the American Indian Association of Illinois and founding member of CAICC, worked on the 1980s oral history project and served on the Oral History subcommittee for the Indigenous Chicago project. “I want our children and the children of tomorrow to be able to learn about their own American Indian history,” said Wiese.

The Indigenous Chicago team identified a variety of methods to capture the histories. One of these methods involved a collaboration with the American Indian Health Services of Chicago (AIHSC), an organization dedicated to providing quality healthcare to Native communities in Chicago. AIHSC and the Newberry’s McNickle Center co-hosted Oral History Days, where community members were invited to attend and share their memories. Interviews were also conducted at powwow booths, in people’s homes, at their workplaces, and at the Newberry.

Haku Blaisdell (Kanaka Maoli), Associate Director for Outreach and Strategy at the McNickle Center, has conducted interviews with 12 individuals as of this writing. Reflecting on her experience, she discussed the importance of oral histories: “I was excited to start these interviews. And looking back on it, it was a real privilege. Some of the community members I talked to have been around since the start of Chicago’s urban Native population. It’s important to not forget those who came before us. These were personal stories. I was very honored that they trusted me to listen and trusted the project to have their stories be a part of it.”

Urban Archive Map

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Blaisdell would often bookend her interviews by asking the following question: “What does Indigenous Chicago mean to you?”

“I got a wide array of answers. To many, it means community, intertribally, forming a strong group in the face of removal and relocation. To some, they identified the broader mosaic of Chicago’s ethnic backgrounds. And others made clear that Indigenous Chicago is Chicago. Simple as that.”

As of this writing, two interview transcripts are available to view on the project website. These two transcripts are just the beginning of what Indigenous Chicago’s oral history component has to offer. Interviews have been conducted with over 50 individuals, and they are currently being transcribed. These transcripts hold new narratives, memories, and stories told by the present-day Native community in Chicago.

Digital Resources and Maps The digital maps and resources now available on the Indigenous Chicago website emphasize Native presence in Chicago since time immemorial by tapping into the Newberry’s world-class map collection and expertise in cartography. These maps were created

by Native community members in collaboration with the Indigenous Chicago project team.

One example is the Urban Archive map, which highlights over five centuries of Indigenous history in Chicago. It is a point-based map that allows users to explore various points in time in relation to location. By clicking on one of 150 points, users can learn more

Chicago Indian Village point, Urban Archive Map

Landscape Change Map

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Place Names Map

about a location and its connection to Indigenous history. For example, clicking on the point between North Seminary and West Waveland near Wrigley Field will teach users about the site of the first Chicago Indian Village protest in 1970.

Native people had reciprocal relationships with the land that enabled their ability to survive and in turn benefited the environment. Indigenous approaches to the land prioritized the health and well-being of humans, lands, waters, animals, and plants. Removal and relocation due to settler colonialism interrupted these relationships, causing changes to the environment. This is especially evident in Chicago, as depicted by the Indigenous Chicago’s Landscape Change Map. This map reconstructs the landscape and waterways of Chicagoland at the moment when Native people were removed from the city, and just before drastic changes were made to Chicago’s waterways and landscape. Chicago had an abundance of wetlands, prairies, forests, and waterways. Settler colonial ambitions transformed the land by draining the wetlands, damming the waterways, and cutting down the forests for resources. The prairies on the map no longer exist.

Each of these maps helps to reframe narratives around Indigenous history, and by doing so, provide opportunities to build future understandings that keep Native peoples and their experiences and histories visible. The digital resources will continue to expand as the Indigenous Chicago project team identifies more research and stories.

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Curriculum Building a shared future where Indigenous voices, histories, and perspectives are present in K-12 classrooms requires that Indigenous people themselves have authority over the narratives and practices that reflect their lives. Such narratives and practices have largely been absent or actively erased in school curricula for many years. Recent studies show that as of 2015, 87% of state history standards nationwide only addressed Indigenous peoples before the year 1900. As of 2021, 72.5% of state civic standards failed to address tribal sovereignty or treaties. More recently, there have been notable shifts in teaching thanks to the decades-long advocacy of Native families, tribal leaders, educators, and students. Twelve states now have state-issued curricular resources for teaching Native histories, and 14 states now have legislation encouraging or mandating that teachers share Native histories in their classrooms.

In 2023, Illinois joined this list through the passage of HB 1633, a law that requires a minimum of one unit of instruction about Midwest Native experiences and histories in all elementary and high school American history or government social studies courses.

Despite this mandate, many teachers are often underprepared to teach Native histories in their classrooms. The Indigenous Chicago curriculum aims to provide resources to teachers to ensure that future generations can access knowledge that was not made readily available to them. The approach is already showing results.

“ One of the things that I hope comes out of the Indigenous Chicago project is the fact that “we are still here” does not just mean “we are still alive.” It means we are still a community, we are still joyful people... and that when people see us through this project, they get a sense of the history and a sense of our creative resilience.”

Steven Schwartz teaches History and Civics at Oak Park and River Forest High School and participated in the Indigenous Chicago curriculum pilot earlier this year. “I’m incorporating [the curriculum] more into my classes. I have more access to information about the Potawatomi influence on Illinois and Chicago before European settlement. Those sources are really enhancing the curriculum in my Chicago class and my U.S. History classes.”

Indigenous Chicago’s curriculum focuses particularly on tenth-grade Social Studies classrooms and is divided into five modules that include lessons on Chicago as a Native place, land and environment, convergence, and activism and resistance. The modules can be examined over a week or over several weeks, depending on how teachers choose to implement the curriculum. The modules are organized thematically rather than chronologically, allowing teachers to decide when a module is most appropriately taught in the context of their own teaching structures.

The development of this curriculum has involved years of close consideration and collaboration with Native community m e m b e r s. Fo r m o r e t h a n t wo y e a r s, t h e C u r r i c u l u m Subcommittee evaluated state standards in Illinois, selected grade levels and subject areas, brainstormed core learning objectives, and drafted and revised the curricular resources. During this time, the committee held more than 30 meetings to develop the final version of the curriculum.

Once the curriculum was ready to be tested in the classroom, a pilot program took place for the 2023-2024 school year. Eight high school social studies teachers, including Steven Schwartz, were selected to run the curriculum in their classes. The teachers provided feedback monthly—and at the end of the school year— that greatly informed the final curriculum made public this year.

“There were a lot of primary sources in the pilot,” Schwartz said. “That was one of the invaluable parts of this program. It

Example of one of the modules that teachers can use and customize for their classes.

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provided you with primary sources. Sometimes you have a hard time sifting through primary sources and extracting what you would use in the classroom.”

The curriculum encourages Indigenous history to be taught as a year-round topic, rather than being limited to one unit around certain times of the year. Making Native people’s stories visible ensures that a habit of awareness develops over time. Meredith McCoy was instrumental in the curriculum’s development and hopes that it will lead to greater visibility for Native people in Chicago.

“It gives me hope to think about what people’s decisions and thoughts around Native people in Chicago become. I hope that it leads to appropriately ethical representations of Native people, but more importantly that their visibility becomes a reflection of how they see themselves,” said McCoy. “One of the things that I hope comes out of the Indigenous Chicago project is the fact that ‘we are still here’ does not just mean ‘we are still alive.’ It means we are still a community, we are still joyful people, and we have always used laughter to sustain ourselves and to make sense of and cope with colonial violence. I’m hoping

that thread of joy comes through in the work that we’re doing, and that when people see us through this project, they get a sense of the history and a sense of our creative resilience.”

Nico Marabella is Administrative Coordinator for the Newberry’s Public Engagement Division.

The Indigenous Chicago project is generously supported by the Terra Foundation for American Art, the Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation, the Richard H. Driehaus Foundation, The Elizabeth Morse Charitable Trust, The Field Foundation of Illinois, The Whiting Foundation, The Research for Indigenous Social Action and Equity Center at the University of Michigan, and Carleton College.

Planning for Indigenous Chicago was generously supported by the Mellon Foundation.

Public Programs, Adult Education Take Center Stage A robust array of free programs and Adult Education classes have complemented the exhibition and other components of Indigenous Chicago. Four programs featured Indigenous artists and scholars discussing their work and making connections to history and their cultural practices. On September 28, the Newberry hosted “Native American Dance and Regalia,” which featured the Black Hawk Performance Company, an introduction by Dorene Wiese (Ojibwe), and a presentation by photographer Sharon Hoogstraten (Potawatomi). Adult Education offerings have provided lifelong learners the chance to dive deeper into exhibition content while experiencing local history through neighborhood walking tours.

Recordings of the Public Programs are available on the Newberry’s YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/@thenewberrylibrary.

Indigenous artists Jason Wesaw, Jim Terry, and Camille Billie discuss their work with Analú López, co-curator of the Indigenous Chicago exhibition.

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Black Hawk Performance Company. Photos: anneryanphoto.com.

Rose Miron leads a group of Teacher Program participants through the Indigenous Chicago exhibition.

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By Suzanne Karr Schmidt

Lost and Found v Books

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An evening walk with the dog leads to the discovery of books dating back as far as 1525.

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t’s not every day that a trove of Renaissance German books mysteriously appears on a Chicago sidewalk. But that’s exactly what happened on March 1, 2024, as Chicago resident Robert Miller was taking his trusty dog Sparky (aka Spark-a-Doodle) for a necessary evening walk. A Kentucky rescue dog seemingly on the hunt, Sparky pulled Miller to an unfamiliar side of the street.

There the pair came across a group of very old books lying on the sidewalk. Nobody else was nearby, and Miller was concerned that the bindings would get damp if they stayed out overnight. Thus, he picked them up and took them home.

As a former history major, Miller knew the books were likely important and worth protecting. As it turned out, they are

indeed quite rare, ranging in date from 1525 to 1725, and written in German, Latin, and French. They even appear to retain their early or original bindings. Miller took one of the volumes to show officers at a neighboring police station soon thereafter, where the find was announced at roll call for several days. Yet no one came forth with any additional information. Miller then contacted the Newberry to see what he should do next.

When we first corresponded, I was a bit incredulous about such an unusual discovery and asked Miller to send more pictures, which could help identify the books. Curiously, while there are some signs of their sixteenth-century ownership, all the books lack recent institutional markings. Thus, it seemed more likely that they belonged to an unidentified bookseller or private collector than another library. After initial attempts to identify an owner petered out a few weeks later, Miller offered to give the books to the Newberry.

The Newberry has historically collected far fewer pre-1800 German books than ones from Italy and France. The chance to add this group of rare books in pristine condition to the collection was very appealing indeed. But as the books had materialized so surprisingly, with non-existent provenances, it would have been unethical for the library to simply accept them.

We had to do our due diligence

A view of the spines of the found books on a shelf at the Newberry.

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Overhead view of the found books showing their stamped leather bindings, one of which is dated 1561.

and make additional attempts to find their most recent owners. The first step was to check whether these books had been stolen from a local institution. We soon learned that none of them were books held by the Newberry, and while two other Midwestern collections each held a single title, they never had the complete set.

We then alerted the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers to be sure that these books were not individual items stolen from a book dealer. They quickly circulated the details of the find.

However, no one from these organizations cavme forward with proof of ownership. We had decided that if this should still happen in the future, we would carefully consider the claim and return the books if we found the proof convincing.

Indeed, we were convinced that we would now be able to accept the books as a donation. However, while in the final stages of editing this article for publication on November 1, I came across the binding dated 1561 on an old page from the Austrian book dealer, Antiquariat Inlibris’s website! They kindly confirmed that they had sold the book to Chicagoan Marvin Rawski back in 2021 and put me in touch with him. While the phone number didn’t work, the email did, and we were able to reunite this enthusiastic octogenarian book collector with his missing books just a few days later.

There is something truly surprising about a group of seemingly stolen rare books being abandoned in the wilds of Chicago. As it turned out, there was absolutely no foul play involved. Rawski

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was tidying up some old archival boxes and accidentally took one with the books out to the trash as well. It seems that the box fell on the ground, spilling its contents. By the time Rawski thought to go back for it, his relatively close neighbors Miller and Sparky had swooped in to protect the books.

While we knew nothing until this revelation about the recent provenance of these volumes, there are clues as to where they came from originally. Six of the seven volumes are in stamped pigskin leather, a common bookbinding style in Germany. On closer inspection, we realized that one of them is a Sammelband, or bound-with volume that contains three different texts bound together by an early owner in 1561 and both signed and dated with their initials. Books in this period were purchased “in sheets,” as stacks of pages, and could be bound later with others to the purchaser’s liking.

The Latin texts were printed by different printing houses in Cologne, Germany, around 1530. This suggests that the owner, perhaps a student at the University, was actively collecting these books at publication. Inked-in annotations imply that the first book passed through a variety of readers with strong opinions on the letters and sermons by a variety of older Church Fathers it contained. Someone else crossed out the title page and six pages in the second book in the volume, a polemical, anti-Lutheran letter by the still-active and sometimes controversial scholar and priest Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam (d. 1536).

The third text is a relatively unsullied set of the letters of the fourth-century Saint Gregory of Nazianus (the Archbishop of Constantinople), translated by learned Nuremberg lawyer Willibald Pirckheimer (d. 1530). A Nazanius letter also appears in the first volume. Interestingly, the binding is itself dated 1561 and signed with an owner’s initials MST on the front, so the grouping may have remained unbound or bound in paperback-like vellum until then.

The single work in French from this impressive hoard, which was printed in the Netherlands in 1713, represents another Erasmus text. Not only that, but it is also his most famous, a satirical work on the Praise of Folly. The frontispiece is engraved, unlike the woodcuts in the other volumes, showing the author on the left, and an allegorical group of women on the right with globes and a professional fool’s staff, suggesting how universal the condition of idiocy and foolish misunderstanding was at the time.

Another major theme of sixteenth-century German publishing was the response to the teachings of Protestant Reformer Martin Luther (d. 1545), which relied on both text and image for its impact. The earliest of Rawski’s lost and found books, from 1525, is a real-time negative response to Luther’s sermons, and its upper title page border shows Saint John the Evangelist writing in a clear reference to Luther’s

famous translation of the Bible into accessible German. Like the Erasmus Epistle, readers of this book positively devoured it, inscribing the title page, dog-earing multiple pages in a row, and writing copious marginal notes with rampant callouts beside important parts of the text.

The censored title page from the second of three texts in the Sammelband, this one Epistola D. Erasmi Rote...falso iactant Evangelicos (Epistle of Erasmus of Rotterdam against the False Evangelicals), 1530.

Opening with elaborate engraving and author portrait from Erasmus, L’Eloge de la Folie, (In Praise of Folly), 1713.

Title page of Assertionvm Martini Lvtheri confutatio (A Refutation of the Assertions of Martin Luther), from 1525 showing ownership annotations and a canceled stamp in the upper and lower margins.

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Left: Title page from Etlich Trostschrifften und Predigten des Ehrwirdig. Herrn Doct. Mart. Luth.(Some Consolatory Writings and Sermons by the Reverend Doctor Martin Luther), 1559. Right: Opening from Etlich Trostschrifften, showing a Martin Luther medallion portrait in the lower left woodcut border.

Another work is a Lutheran encomium, published posthumously in 1559 Leipzig, which is much more visually ornate. While all of Rawski’s lost and found sixteenth-century volumes boast elegant typography and woodcut initials, this publication bears magnificent woodcut borders that repeat throughout the volume. The bottom borders vary, but often bear tiny portraits, two of which could be interpreted as images of Luther in his early days as a Catholic priest, and also, in profile, as the leader of his own Protestant following. The title of the book gives Luther credit for his sermons, and notes that they have been collected by the editor after his death with much effort. It seems to have been worth it. Similarly, Rawski spoke with great warmth about these unique woodcuts, about the politics of his Erasmus items, and about his one close encounter with a handwritten Martin Luther letter.

Our deep thanks go out to Robert Miller and Sparky, who should be praised for their well-timed constitutional and quick thinking to protect these historical treasures. These wonderful books are only held in a few collections around the world. When Marvin Rawski visited the Newberry on November 5 to be reunited with his collection of books, he generously donated two of the Luther volumes to our collection: Assertionvm (1525) and Etlich Trostschrifften (1559). We thank Rawski for his generosity and look forward to accessioning these two books and sharing them with researchers in our reading rooms. It is deeply satisfying that the Newberry could at last reunite the other books with their true owner.

Suzanne Karr Schmidt is George Amos Poole III Curator of Rare Books and Manuscripts at the Newberry.

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Newberry Curator Suzanne Karr Schmidt reuniting Marvin Rawski with his books.

FEATURE

By Lili Pangborn

The Empirical Strikes Back Nick Kryczka’s research at the Newberry informs major new report on the teaching of American history in classrooms nationwide.

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ublic education in the United States has long been the domain of conflict, d e b a t e, a n d c o n t r ove r s y.

Q u e s t i o n s a b o u t p e d a g o g y, t e s t scores, standards, and curriculum surface and resurface in polarizing ways. Americans discuss schooling in perhaps more settings than any other subject: at home, in the news, in the classroom, among school boards and faith-based groups, and on the presidential debate stage. Despite often lacking empirical evidence—and for very different reasons—people from all sides of the political spectrum seemingly agree on one thing: the way our education system teaches United States history is wrong. During his time as a scholar-in-residence at the Far right: Nick at a Teacher Program in 2023. Photo: anneryanphoto.com.

Newberry, Dr. Nick Kryczka and his Kryczka’s path to authoring the report intersected with research team sought to understand this paradox and how the Chicago and the Newberry. A graduate of the Chicago Public American public school system can teach history better. The School (CPS) system and the University of Illinois Urbanaresult is a groundbreaking survey of teachers, American Lesson Champaign, He returned to CPS in 2003 as a high school history Plan: Teaching U.S. History in Secondary Schools, released in teacher.

He later pursued a PhD in history with teaching stints September 2024, that’s been featured by the New York Times at the University of Chicago and Lake Forest College. Kryczka and National Public Radio’s All Things Considered.

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“ People at every level of debate make often baseless claims in service of a partisan agenda. Our goal was to settle things with an empirical study looking at what educators are teaching, how they are teaching it, and what resources they utilize to do so.” began as a scholar-in-residence at the Newberry in 2022 after several years of involvement in the library’s Teacher Programs.

Around the same time, he took a new role as Research Coordinator at the American Historical Association (AHA), presiding over the Bloomberg Philanthropies-funded survey.

“People at every level of debate make often baseless claims in service of a partisan agenda. Our goal was to settle things with an empirical study looking at what educators are teaching, how they are teaching it, and what resources they utilize to do so,” Kryczka explained.

After nearly two years of project development, research, interviews, and analysis at the Newberry, the report uncovered somewhat surprising findings: • Decentralized school systems make it difficult to ensure certain educational standards on a national scale.

• The vast majority of history curriculum and the way it is taught remains politically neutral.

• Many teachers have a clear desire for content-specific professional development.

Given the decentralized landscape of education—nearly 100,000 individual schools, managed by over 13,000 school districts all with autonomous decision-making power—the AHA study encountered unique challenges in representing national trends. To get a baseline understanding, the research team analyzed the academic standards in all fifty states, including curriculum and assessment requirements, as well as the nearly 800 laws and regulations passed since the 1980s aimed to further influence U.S. history education.

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Civitas S. Dominici sita in Hispaniola [City of S. Domingo located in Hispaniola], used in Nick’s Digital Collection for the Classroom on 17th and 18th century American history.

Kryczka maintained, however, that state-level policy would be a poor proxy for understanding the lived experience in an ordinary classroom, opting to conduct a closer analysis of nine states: Alabama, Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Iowa, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia, and Washington. These states each represent one of the nine U.S. Census regional divisions and provide a mix of political and social contexts impacting education standards in their respective regions. In each of the nine states, the AHA fielded a survey of public middle and high school history educators, capturing over 3,000 respondents across urban, suburban, and rural areas. “We wanted to find out what educators value when teaching, what resources they use, what difficulties they encounter, how they collaborate with colleagues, and how much direction they get from supervisors,” Kryczka explained.

The team also conducted in-depth follow-up interviews with over 200 teachers. Kryczka found that, for many interviewees, “Knowing the curriculum content with authority allowed teachers to feel confident when encountering pressure from political partisan perspectives.”

Although much of Kryczka’s work on the study occurred during his residency at the Newberry, he had relationships with library staff and scholars long before the project began. He first joined the Newberry community in 2019 through a series of collaborations with the Teacher Programs Department. With help from Sophie Croll, Program Manager, Nick developed numerous Digital Collections for the Classroom (DCCs), including “Maps as Heritage: Commemoration and Travel in American Cartography”

and “Maps and the Beginnings of Colonial North America.” These high-quality resources for classroom instruction feature primary sources from the Newberry’s collection that support key history and literature learning goals in critical thinking, analysis, close reading, and visual literacy. The DCCs provide educators with the tools necessary to engage in a nuanced yet objective manner with documents critical to understanding our nation’s history.

Since then, Kryczka has led many of the Teacher Programs’ professional development seminars, which tap into the library’s collections and aim to help teachers build on their professional knowledge and update their pedagogical toolkits. Alongside Laura McEnaney, former Vice President for Research and Education at the Newberry, he helped educators refine their techniques and facilitate inquiry among students.

The prior work Kryczka had done at the Newberry, including relationships forged with other fellows and scholars-inresidence, Teacher Programs staff, and Chicagoland educators, proved integral to the success of the AHA study. Weekly colloquia at the Newberry provide space for staff, fellows, and scholars to discuss new humanities research as it develops. The community of inquiry-minded scholars at the Newberry proved to be invaluable to the early development of the project.

Moreover, as the third-largest city and school district in the country, Chicago provides a diverse and wide-reaching teaching network the AHA research team engaged to refine the nature and scope of its survey. With the help of Dr. Kara Johnson, Director of Teacher Programs at the Newberry, Kryczka tapped into a The Empirical Strikes Back

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“ Nick’s study cuts through the larger political debate and engages with teachers on the ground...It directly informs what Teacher Programs will offer in the future.”

A narrative of the troubles with the Indians in NewEngland, used in Nick’s Digital Collection for the Classroom on American imperialism: C3 framework.

portion of this network to develop a focus group of educators that would field-test the research survey instrument. Teachers took early iterations of the survey and later provided direct feedback to fine-tune the questionnaire based on their personal experience in the classroom.

In a full circle way, the data collected from the national implementation of the survey will now shape how the Newberry thinks about its offerings for teachers—in many cases, the very same teachers who helped design the survey. “Nick’s study cuts through the larger political debate and engages with teachers on the ground.

It provides details on what is being taught and how teachers feel about it,” Johnson explained. “This study allows us to better gauge what teachers are looking for and what kind of support they need.

It directly informs what Teacher Programs will offer in the future.”

A key outcome of the project came in late September 2024, when the AHA team made its way to Washington, D.C. for a congressional briefing to guide future policymaking in support of more professional development for educators—a profession that is already strapped for time and resources. “Not every community has Newberry Teacher Programs at their disposal,” Kryczka said, suggesting that state and federal governments could do a better

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job of funding ongoing professional development opportunities for educators, with an emphasis on refortifying their expertise in specific content areas.

“Teachers have a lot of great resources out there nowadays to help themselves and their students read like historians,” he elaborated. “But if you want your students to engage as historians, you need to involve teachers and students in true historic inquiry... Which is something the Newberry does really well.”

It remains to be seen how the AHA study’s findings will impact history curriculum and pedagogy in the long-term. But the Newberry is committed to being a place that takes seriously how the humanities are learned, taught, and practiced. “There’s a beautiful ongoing conversation between the Newberry and teacher education,” Laura McEnaney said. “But ultimately, it’s a question of how we can continue to better serve our teachers, locally and nationwide.”

Lili Pangborn is Communications Coordinator for the Newberry Library.

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By Peter Regas

Earning Some Dough How genealogical research aided in the search for the origins of pizzerias in the United States.

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n the movies, life-changing events happen on mountaintops, looking at sunsets or at cafes, looking deep into your soulmate’s eyes. Several years ago, my life changed when I looked deeply into a Newberry microfilm screen. On February 13, 2010, I looked at the top of page sixty of the 1910 Trow

Business Directory of Manhattan and the Bronx, and my life has not been the same since. What up to then was a casual hobby looking into the origins of Chicago pizzerias turned at that moment into a fourteen-year mission to discover the origins of pizzerias in the United States.

Peter Regas examines the 1910 Trow Business Directory of Manhattan and the Bronx.

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Gennaro Lombardi on the right at his 53 ½ Spring Street pizzeria in Manhattan, New York. It’s widely claimed Lombardi established the first registered U.S. pizzeria in 1905. Photo credit: Lombardi’s pizzeria.

According to almost all previously published histories, Gennaro Lombardi opened the first registered pizzeria in the United States at 53½ Spring Street in New York City in 1905.

In 2010, I set out to verify that Lombardi was indeed the owner by looking at city directories around the time the pizzeria was allegedly established. The Newberry Library has both general and business directories of New York City. Thinking I would quickly find Lombardi and move on, I started with the general alphabetical directories in 1905—no Lombardi. Perhaps the canvasser missed him that year. I checked another year and again, no Lombardi. Finally, I looked at the 1910 Business Directory—still no Lombardi.

Confused and a bit frustrated, I looked through every name under the directory’s Bakery, Grocery, or Restaurant sections to instead find the address 53½ Spring Street. After reviewing a few pages of the Bakery section, I found the owner of the business at the address. But the name was not Gennaro Lombardi. It was a name new to me: Francesco D’Errico. Instantly, I knew this meant that the Lombardi story, as it was previously told, was almost certainly false. And if that is so, then the entire history of the origin of pizzerias in the United States is now suddenly up for grabs.

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The one primary source that seemingly supported Lombardi’s ownership in 1905 was an image of Lombardi at the pizzeria. To determine if the photo was indeed taken in 1905, we need to look for clues. If we look at the advertising poster in the window showing the number “14,” we see that the date below that number is “Wed 25 Nov.” November 25 only falls on a Wednesday in specific years, Close-up of poster from the image of course. Since Lombardi’s birth above. record shows he was born in Naples in 1887, the only possible years in which the photo could have been taken are 1903, 1908, and 1914. Because Lombardi’s ship manifest shows him arriving at the port of New York for the first time on November 23, 1904, we can exclude 1903.

But what about 1914? We need help from the New York City Municipal Archives to resolve that question. After repeatedly asking about the availability of the building alterations blueprints for 53 Spring Street, I finally tracked down the critical July 1912

After owning the 53½ Spring Street pizzeria, Francesco D’Errico eventually opened up another pizzeria at 7117 13th Avenue, Brooklyn, New York, in 1930. Photo credit: Armand D’Errico.

July 1912 building alteration blueprint for 53 Spring Street showing the alterations to the staircases to the front door and the cellar. The dotted lines were the old structure to be removed, clearly visible in the Lombardi photo. Photo credit: New York City Municipal Archives.

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These are the men who ran the store at 53 Spring or 53½ Spring (both addresses were used for the store). Filippo Milone almost certainly established the pizzeria in 1898. Although city directories show multiple men managing the store between 1904-1907, primary sources show the owner from 1901-1908 was Giovanni Santillo.

alterations that eliminated the sidewalk encumbrance by redesigning the stairs to the front door. Because the Lombardi photo shows the staircases before the alterations, the blueprint decisively proves the Lombardi photo was taken before July 1912. Thus, the only year consistent with all the evidence shows the Lombardi photo was almost certainly taken in 1908—a full three years after the pizzeria was established.

Since the popular Lombardi story was wrong on such a crucial detail, I re-examined the entire business history by looking at an enormous amount of primary source evidence including every Manhattan city directory from 1890 to 1933, telephone directories, Dun and Ad for the pizzeria in a 1904 Italian-American newspaper.

Bradstreet credit rating books, census records, vital records, baptismal records, naturalization records, early Italian-American newspaper ads The pizzeria was almost certainly established in 1898 by a and articles, ship manifests, court testimony, property records, much older Italian baker named Filippo Milone, who was known building alteration records, and newspaper articles from the in the United States as a pizza baker. For a history of pizzerias, 1930s and 1950s.

I’m primarily interested in bakers who identified as pizza bakers Perhaps most devastating for the original Lombardi story, with pizza as their main product, as opposed to bread bakers I discovered an ad for the pizzeria at 53½ Spring Street in an who sold pizza as a secondary product.

August 1904 Italian-American newspaper showing Giovanni Aside from a few notable early Italian-American business Santillo as the pizzeria’s proprietor. At that time, Gennaro directories, there were no Pizzeria sections in city directories.

Lombardi was still living in Italy. Primary sources do show Pizza bakers were typically combined with bread bakers in the Lombardi briefly owned the pizzeria in 1908, then sold it to a city directory’s Bakers section. While knowing the bakery’s relative by marriage, Francesco D’Errico, who sold the pizzeria business name would be extremely helpful, directories typically back to Lombardi by 1918. Lombardi then owned the pizzeria only gave the proprietor’s name and address. Therefore, I needed until he died in 1958. Lombardi may have worked at the pizzeria to look at each baker’s entire baking career to assess if they were in 1905 but didn’t own it before 1908. a pizza baker. Perhaps no pizza baker better illustrates this issue than Filippo Milone.

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Filippo Milone established at least seven pizzerias in New York City from 1897 to 1923.

Early in 2010, I discovered Filippo Milone owned the property at 53 Spring Street in 1900. However, his occupation in the 1905 New York census was recorded as “Pastry,” meaning he was likely not a pizza baker. Several months later, however, when I looked at Milone’s entire career, I realized I had almost overlooked the most important early pizza baker in the United States. The 1920 census showed Milone owning a bakery while residing at 175 Sullivan Street. Previous pizza histories point to an early pizzeria at 175 Sullivan Street in 1929. What are the odds that Milone owned two bakeries, one at 53 Spring and the other at 175 Sullivan, and he had no role in establishing the pizzerias later known to be at these addresses?

In early 2011, Filippo Milone became the central focus of my research. Milone would eventually die in Brooklyn in 1924 without children to tell his story, so I was especially dependent on archival sources to detail his career. Italian records show he was born in Piano di Sorrento in 1862. Married in 1882 in the nearby town of Meta, Milone eventually emigrated to the United States in 1892 according to the 1900 census.

The earliest known business record of Milone in the United States shows him using his horse and carriage as collateral to get a $90 loan right before he’s listed in the 1894 city directory as the owner of an “eating-house” at 421 East 112th Street in Manhattan. Building alteration records at the New York City Municipal Archives show that in the summer of 1898, a bake oven was installed at 53 Spring Street, right before Milone likely took over the space.

I hit the jackpot in the summer of 2011 at the New York Public Library when I discovered a 1903 Italian-American newspaper ad with his photo advertising another Milone pizzeria at 192 Grand Street. Much later, in 2019, while researching old property records in Queens, I found an 1897 lease for what the agreement called Milone’s “Italian Pie Bakery and Restaurant” in Coney Island. This last discovery was particularly significant because

it established Milone as a pizza baker before he owned the store at 53 Spring Street. It is also the earliest known record of a Brooklyn pizzeria.

Given that Milone owned pizzerias shortly before and after he owned 53 Spring Street, and that store was confirmed to be a pizzeria shortly after he left, there is little doubt that he established the famous pizzeria we now know as Lombardi’s. The research continues, and to date, I have discovered that Filippo Milone established an unprecedented seven pizzerias in New York City.

My research currently shows there were at least six pizzerias in the United States known to have operated in the 1890s: three in Manhattan, two in Brooklyn, and one in Boston. While Filippo Milone owned two of these pizzerias, there is not enough evidence to say he owned the first pizzeria in the United States.

In January 2012, I discovered the earliest known pizzeria was operating in the spring of 1894 at 59½ Mulberry Street in Manhattan. The pizzeria’s proprietor, Giovanni Albano, previously owned a pizzeria in Naples, Italy, before he emigrated in 1891 to the United States. Manhattan city directories in 1893 show Albano purchased the bakery that year. But when did 59½ Mulberry become a pizzeria? Do we say 1894 because I found an 1894 city directory calling it a pizzeria? Or do we say 1891 because Nicola Pascale first appears as the bakery’s owner and Pascale goes on to own a pizzeria at 85 Mulberry by at least 1897? Given the “almost certain” standard I established for Milone and 53 Spring Street, I assert that the first known U.S. pizzeria was established

by Giovanni Albano at 59½ Mulberry in 1893.

I initially visited the Newberry on a hunt for the origins of pizzerias in Chicago. So what of the Windy City? Digitization of Chicago’s newspapers in the last two decades has led to the rediscovery of Granato’s Pizzeria Napoletana. Before eminent domain forced it to close in 1963 and it became part of what is now the University of Illinois Chicago campus, Gaetano “Tom” Granato established the pizzeria at 907 West Taylor in 1924. At

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the time it was called Chicago’s earliest pizzeria. I used to call it that, too. But in 2021, I discovered a much earlier pizzeria established in 1906 by a pizza maker from Sarno, Italy, named Alfonso Iannone (sometimes spelled Jannone). Iannone arrived in the United States in 1900, initially lived in Brooklyn, and then moved to Yonkers, New York. By the summer of 1906, he owned the Pizzaria Napolitana near the southwest corner of West Polk and South Des Plaines. He looks to have moved his pizzeria several times before finally leaving Chicago around 1914 and returning to Italy.

My deep dive into the history of pizzerias in the United States shows just how genealogical records can be used for more than filling out a family tree. My sincere thanks to the Newberry’s own Matt Rutherford and Grace Dumelle. I could not have solved the pizzeria mystery without them.

Peter Regas is an independent researcher and longtime reader at the Newberry.

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The Recent Past NewberryFest Leaves Attendees Buzzing Nearly 1,200 people visited the Newberry for our inaugural NewberryFest on Saturday, July 20. Newberry staff and volunteers welcomed visitors into the building for this day-long event with the goal of introducing the Newberry to newcomers and showcasing the many opportunities for engagement at the library.

NewberryFest attracted many visitors who had never been to the Newberry and are now excited to return. Other, more familiar faces remarked how wonderful it was to see so many people engage meaningfully with the library. Guests had the opportunity to come face-to-face with items from our collection, speak to curators and librarians, and learn about our work through talks on topics such as Newberry 101, Indigenous Chicago, and Genealogy 101. Exhibitions A Night at Mister Kelly’s and Chicago Style: Mike Royko and Windy City Journalism saw a steady stream of visitors. In addition, visitors could take building tours, shop our used book sale, enjoy a discount at the Newberry Bookshop, and visit with staff from across the organization.

“The building was abuzz at NewberryFest with people who were excited to learn about the Newberry. Staff and volunteers were eager to engage the public and share their excitement about the library. The event was a great success, and we are already making plans to build on that momentum,” says Vince Firpo, Vice President for Public Engagement.

Photos: anneryanphoto.com.

NewberryFest was made possible with support from the Chicago Free For All Fund at The Chicago Community Trust.

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The Recent Past Rare Books Course Focuses on Typography and Indigenous Studies At the beginning of August, the Newberry had the exciting opportunity to host two Rare Book School (RBS) courses, a first for the library. Based at the University of Virginia since 1992, RBS is an independent institute that supports the study of the history of books and printing and related subjects. “Any given year, RBS offers around forty different intensive one-week courses related to the history of the book, with topics ranging from how books are made, who reads them, how they are printed and published, all of those kinds of issues that go into understanding the physical objects of the book as well as the cultural context in which they exist,” says Will Hansen, the Newberry’s Roger and Julie Baskes Vice President for Collections and Library Services and Curator of Americana, and one of the Newberry’s Rare Book School lecturers.

Originally, the primary audience of RBS was rare book librarians who were looking for training that they couldn’t get in library schools or in traditional graduate programs. Jill Gage, Custodian of the John M. Wing Foundation on the History of Printing and Bibliographer of British Literature and History and the Newberry’s second Rare Book School lecturer, adds, “It’s expanded quite a bit. They do a lot of work with graduate students and new faculty, and they offer a lot of scholarships and fellowship programs around graduate students now as well.”

Former Newberry Baskes Vice President for Collections and Library Services Alice Schreyer played a significant role in connecting Rare Book School with the library. Alice served on the RBS board for many years and is a longtime friend of RBS Executive Director Michael

Juvenal printed by Aldus in 1501 (top) and a 1504 counterfeit (bottom) printed by Balthazar de Gabiano in Lyon. The French printers did not have Greek type so they simply left it out.

Suarez. Alice had long been interested in the Newberry hosting or being involved with Rare Book School courses. Hansen says, “This was the year where it all coalesced. The two courses that we hosted focused on typography and Indigenous Studies and were the two that seemed most logical to start with for the Newberry.”

Storytelling Event Celebrates Wide Range of Windy City Experiences The Newberry kicked off its fall programming season on September 14 with Chicago Storytelling , an annual event featuring a diverse range of storytellers sharing their unique perspectives. The event was emceed by journalist Rick Kogan and featured stories from Aaron Golding (Seneca), Showtime Shanna, Jim Harvey, and Annie Howard. A performance

by The Joel Hall Dancers highlighted the Black experience through dance, and a collection presentation featured an array of Chicagofocused items from the Newberry’s holdings.

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Joel Hall Dancers. Photos: anneryanphoto.com.

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The Newberry Annual Report 2023–24

Letter from the Chair and the President

Dear Newberry Friends and Supporters,

The Newberry is open to all, free of charge, as we have been for 137 years. We are committed to growing and diversifying our audiences, connecting even more users with our collections, staff, programs, and exhibitions. During the 2024 fiscal year, we made great strides in raising awareness and growing audiences. Thousands of first-time program attendees attended a talk or performance at the Newberry or online, new reader registrations hit a high not seen since 2009, and more than 30,000 people visited the Newberry to enjoy our free exhibitions. We are proud to look back on another successful year at the Newberry, one marked by excitement and engagement.

Let us tell you about one week in March that beautifully illustrates the power and the draw of the Newberry Library across its different audiences. The Renaissance Society of America (RSA) held its annual academic conference in Chicago (21-23 March), and the Newberry was a destination for scholars from across the globe. In one week alone, we registered 142

Robert A. Holland, Chair, Board of Trustees, and Astrida Orle Tantillo, President. Photo by Peter Pawinski.

new readers from twelve different countries. That week, staff brought nearly 1,100 items to readers. RSA participants held meetings at the Newberry and participated in collection presentations. During a particularly lively afternoon, Renaissance dancers demonstrated their craft in full costume.

During this flurry of activity in the reading rooms, the Newberry also opened a blockbuster exhibition—A Night at Mister Kelly’s. In its first week, the show drew more than 1,500 visitors to the library. It also drew significant attention from local media, with prominent features in the Chicago Sun-Times, Block Club Chicago, and the Chicago Tribune. Radio and television outlets also ran with the story; Newberry staff were featured on WGN, ABC, NBC, WTTW, WBBM, and WBEZ. On March 21—the day A Night at Mister Kelly’s opened to the public—we hosted poet, essayist, and cultural critic Hanif Abdurraqib as part of the popular Writers on Writing series. Chicago poet Eve L. Ewing joined Abdurraqib in conversation, and the program drew more than 220 people to the Newberry—a number that could easily have been much higher but for our space limitations. Several hundred people simultaneously viewed the program via livestream. The excitement in the building was palpable. Guests stayed well after the program to speak with Abdurraqib and get advance copies of his book signed.

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That all this activity occurred over the course of just a few days demonstrates the vibrancy of the Newberry across its various departments. Members of the public are finding a home at the library in a variety of different ways—whether in our reading rooms, our event spaces, online, or in our exhibition galleries. And as they join the Newberry’s welcoming community, new friends also begin to understand the importance of the humanities and the positive impact they have on our daily lives.

The humanities offer an avenue not only to understand the present and the past but also to influence the future.

How did we get here? How have human beings across time made sense of the changes facing society? How do we move forward from here? The Newberry’s collections are uniquely positioned to help answer these questions and many more. For example, visitors to our Seeing Race Before Race exhibition were invited to understand how our current concept of race has roots in the early modern period. Our professional development programs for teachers equip them to address complicated issues like segregation, Indigenous history, or media literacy in their classrooms. Undergraduate students in our programs learn how to seek their own answers straight from the primary sources in our collections.

Another important feature of the humanities is the joy that they bring. The humanities are central resources when we need to catch our breath, recharge our batteries, and remind ourselves of imaginative and creative experiences outside the stresses of our daily lives. In this sense, the humanities are tremendously valuable.

Reading a book by your favorite author, exploring your family tree, learning something new about the history of your neighborhood, engaging in discussion with friends and family around contemporary issues—all of these are examples of how we engage with the humanities in our daily lives. The Newberry, today as 137 years ago, remains a central resource for such activities. This last year, we invited guests to remember musical and comedy legends through the A Night at Mister Kelly’s exhibition and its related programming. Visitors also enjoyed free public programs about polar exploration, a short film about Alessandro de’ Medici, and a celebration of Mexican heritage, food, and art.

In the following pages you will read more about the impressive work by Newberry staff. Their accomplishments are many and speak to their dedication to our mission and our users. This work is made possible through the generosity and support of our growing community of donors. Thank you for being partners in our work and helping us connect ever more people with the Newberry.

Sincerely,

Robert A. Holland, Chair, Board of Trustees

Astrida Orle Tantillo, President and Librarian

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Public Engagement

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he Newberry continues to engage the public through thought-provoking free exhibitions; compelling programs that feature popular writers, historians, performers, and artists; and classes that allow participants to take a deep dive into topics as varied as music of the Ottoman court, John F. Kennedy’s visit to Berlin, the various forms of poetry, and movie monsters.

Visitors enjoyed four exhibitions in 2023-24 that were free to anyone who walked through our doors and brilliantly showcased the breadth and relevance of Newberry collections. Seeing Race Before Race drew on the pathbreaking work of partners in the research collective RaceB4Race to examine when, where, and why conceptions of race came into being. A Night at Mister Kelly’s invited visitors to relive a night out on the town in the mid-twentieth century at one of Chicago’s most famed and beloved nightclubs.

Indigenous Portraits Unbound took a close look at History of the Indian Tribes of North America, one of the most imposing, influential, and expensive books published in the United States before the Civil War. And visitors were treated to the surprising variety of collection items that can be discovered at the Newberry through a simple search in our catalog with Wheels.

The Newberry’s long tradition of offering relevant, engaging, and entertaining programs and classes continued in 2023-24. Adult Education staff recruited more than a dozen new instructors to help diversify our class offerings. Exciting new classes included “Gothic Chicago: Chicago’s Gothic Architecture and Haunted Histories,” “Literary Diversity of Southern India: Novels in Translation,” and “Pequeñas obras maestras de la literatura en español” (Little Masterpieces of Spanish Literature), which was taught in Spanish.

Our free programs attracted more than 8,000 attendees, nearly half of whom self-identified as first-time participants. Notable programs included an extraordinary Meet the Author event with maritime archaeologist Mensun Bound, who in 2022 led an expedition that discovered Ernest Shackleton’s ship Endurance; a DIY Valentines event led by an array of artists from the Chicago

Seeing Race Before Race exhibition tour, guided by Chris Fletcher, Assistant Director of the Center for Renaissance Studies.

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Eve L. Ewing, left, and Hanif Abdurraqib share anecdotes and insights on the writing process. Photos: anneryanphoto.com.

Calligraphy Collective; and a night of jazz and storytelling at Winter’s Jazz Club. The first full year of our new Writers on Writing series, curated in collaboration with author Rebecca Makkai of StoryStudio Chicago, featured award-winning writers Lauren Groff, Hanif Abdurraqib, Eve L. Ewing, Jericho Brown, and Robyn Schiff.

All this activity attracted significant media attention. From the Chicago Tribune and Block Club Chicago to WBEZ and WGN-TV, local media shared stories about Newberry exhibitions, programs, collections, and announcements, such as the appointment of Astrida Orle Tantillo as President and Librarian. We were proud to host Roz Varon of ABC 7 for her final “Weekender” report before her retirement after thirty-five years on the air. And we were delighted to showcase A Night at Mister Kelly’s on WGN’s “Around Town” segment with Ana Belaval.

There is something for everyone at the Newberry, and that was clearer than ever in 2023-24. Our building was buzzing with excitement and energy. We look forward to more of the same in the months ahead!

Alison Hinderliter, curator of the exhibition A Night at Mister Kelly’s, makes introductory remarks at the Winter’s Jazz Club event.

86,900 people followed the

Newberry across all social media channels.

1,331 learners participated in 92 Adult Education classes.

Visitors enjoyed exploring Mexican culture through food and art in the event Sabor y Arte.

8,931 people attended 37 free

programs (18 in-person, and 19 hybrid).

47% of program registrants

self-identified as first-time attendees.

30,860 visitors explored our free exhibitions.

Chicago Opera Theater performs excerpts from Shoshtakovich’s hilarious opera The Nose.

A Night at Mister Kelly’s exhibition.

The Newberry told the story of an icon in journalism through the exhibition, Chicago Style: Mike Royko and Windy City Journalism.

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Research and Education

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he Newberry is a destination for, and indeed an intellectual home to, undergraduate students, high school teachers, research fellows, academic consortium members, and scholars-in-residence. Our division of Research and Education, which houses our three research centers, serves a diverse population of academics and scholars by offering both the dependable and the experimental.

In 2023-24, our cohort of ten long-term fellows and 35 short-term fellows arrived at the Newberry from a healthy range of humanities disciplines, including history, art history, classics, musicology, and political science. They committed themselves to both their independent research in our collections and to building an intellectual community. We invited Tim Mennel, Executive Editor at the University of Chicago Press, to talk with our fellows about academic publishing in the current marketplace.

And given the import of having humanities scholars share their research and engage with multiple publics, we invited staff from our Public Engagement division to offer their expertise on how to give engaging public talks.

We strive to engage scholars of all ages. The 2023-24 Newberry Library Undergraduate Seminar, “Medicines, Poisons, and Landscapes of Care in the Early Americas,” was taught by Kat Lecky and Josefrayn Sanchez Perry of Loyola University Chicago. Students from DePaul University, Loyola, University of Illinois Chicago, and Roosevelt University spent a semester in our collections, guided by the two Loyola professors and our Collections and Library Services staff.

The Newberry is proud to offer professional development programs for teachers. In 2023-24, we held 26 Newberry Teachers

Consortium seminars, which engaged more than 400 teachers. Our partnership with Loyola Academy provided the rare opportunity to participate in multiple visits to the same class, Honors Native American Literature, where we advised on best practices for researching Native American and Indigenous topics and provided research support for individual capstone projects.

Our three research centers engaged scholars around three of the Newberry’s collection strengths—American Indian and Indigenous Studies; Maps, Travel, and Exploration; and Medieval, Renaissance, and Early Modern Studies. The D’Arcy McNickle Center for American Indian and Indigenous Studies continued work on the “Increasing Access to Indigenous Collections” initiative, which was funded by a three-year planning grant from the Mellon Foundation in 2020. The Center for Renaissance Studies curated the popular Seeing Race Before Race exhibition while continuing to offer workshops, symposia, and conferences for scholars. The Hermon Dunlap Smith Center for the History of Cartography launched the First Book Seminar, inviting three international scholars writing their first books and three senior scholars as respondents to immerse themselves in the Newberry collections.

Our collections come to life through the curiosity and work of our scholars, students, and teachers. We are excited to see undergraduates uncover the wonder of the archive and join in the thrill of fellows finding new connections through the exploration of the collections and their conversations with one another. There’s always something new to discover at the Newberry!

Scholar participants in the week-long summer institute offering an introduction to Nahuatl/Nawat language study.

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Newberry Fellow, Leslie Harris

45 fellows (10 long-term and 35 short-term) advanced their research through our collections.

590 teachers participated Edina Adam, Jamie Gabbarelli, and Emanuele Lugli lead a collection presentation at the European Art Seminar.

in a professional development programs at the Newberry.

79,000 unique users visited our Digital Collections for the Classroom website 118,000 times.

64 graduate students Claudia Brittenbaum (University of Chicago) leads a collection presentation at the Premodern Seminar.

attended programs through the Newberry Consortium in American Indian and Indigenous Studies.

483 people attended

symposia and conferences held by the Center for Renaissance Studies.

Walter Melion, Maria Vittoria Spissu, and Barbara Rosenwein in discussion during the opening roundtable of the “Social and Moral Communities in Early Modern Text and Image” symposium.

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Collection Access and Service to Readers

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t the Newberry, everything starts with the collection. Housed in our climate-controlled Stacks Building, the collection is a direct link to the people and events that have shaped today’s world. It is accessible with a free reader’s card and is cared for, cultivated, and shared by a dedicated team of librarians, curators, catalogers, and conservators.

During 2023-24, curators and selectors continued to add materials that diversify the research possibilities in our collections and amplify voices that have often been silenced or diminished in the historical record. Many of our most exciting acquisitions this year were the result of curatorial collaboration, a hallmark of the Newberry approach to collection development. Exciting new acquisitions include the papers of Regina Harris Baiocchi, a Black Chicago composer and poet; papers related to the Klamath, Assiniboine, Ponca, White Earth Chippewa, and Bad River Chippewa tribal Librarians Analú María López and Keva Kreeger assist new readers in getting their cards and nations; and a book of love poetry from 1638 understanding how to use the collection. Photos: anneryanphoto.com

by Margherita Costa, a superbly prolific writer, playwright, and singer, who entertained at Digitizing collection Italian, French, and German courts. materials.

Care for the collection is paramount. Our conservators treated more than 1,500 items to ensure they can be safely used in our reading rooms or displayed for exhibition. They also addressed storage and housing needs for collection items. Conservation staff and volunteers designed improved storage for over 300 rolled maps and 115 parchment manuscript fragments.

Our reading rooms continue to attract researchers, both professional and amateur. More than 5,000 people registered as readers in 2023-24. This marked an increase of 20% over the year before and was our largest total since 2009. Nearly 13,000 items were paged to the reading rooms throughout the course of the year. In addition, Reader Services staff worked to engage visitors through more than 200 collection presentations and other outreach activities.

Of course, not everyone who uses the collection visits the Newberry. Digitization of the collection is an increasingly important aspect of our work and allows us to reach audiences Allison DeArcangelis and Angela Sullivan introduce far beyond Chicago. Visitors from all fifty states and 156 countries visitors to materials they accessed our digital publications and resources, viewing or can access online in our downloading nearly 1.5 million items.

Digital Collections.

Our collection is your collection. Even as it grows, it remains a steady source of inspiration and wonder. Our work to care for it and make it accessible lies at the heart of our mission and we are heartened to see new readers discover it every day.

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5,048 individuals registered as Newberry readers.

3,300 unique readers made 12,304 visits to the reading rooms.

A reader examining a compilation of plays by Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher from 1647.

677 titles were added to the collection.

124 Modern Manuscript

collections (573.3 linear feet) were accessioned.

4,217 titles (6,166 volumes) were cataloged, making them accessible to researchers.

1,544 items were treated by conservators.

118,695 digital files were created

from Newberry collection items.

3,423 participants attended 235

Instruction and Outreach activities, of which 171 were collection presentations for 2,429 attendees.

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Finances and Fundraising

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ll of the work described in these pages is made possible through the generosity of the Newberry’s community of donors. As an institution that is free and open to the public, we rely on our dedicated supporters to keep our doors open and our services available to all.

In 2023-24, more than 1,800 donors made contributions large and small to the Newberry. The Annual Fund raised more than $2 million, providing the crucial general operating support that underpins all we do. Bequests added another $1.3 million, continuing the strong legacy begun by Walter Newberry’s own bequest, which founded the library in 1887. We secured nearly $500,000 in support of our exhibitions program, allowing the Newberry to mount free exhibitions that attract tens-ofthousands of visitors to the library each year. And we continue to raise funds to digitize and make freely available online even more of our collections; this year, a six-figure grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities will enable us to begin digitizing an extraordinary collection of materials written in more than 300 Indigenous languages of the Americas.

More than 900 supporters attended special events at the library last year. The 2024 Newberry Library Award Celebration, which honored historian Drew Gilpin Faust, raised significant funds for the library. Forbidden Newberry, a Halloween-themed look at the spookier side of our collection, welcomed nearly 100 younger donors last fall, and our Next Chapter group for young professionals continued to grow its ranks.

Our dedicated corps of volunteers continued to inspire as well, with nearly 200 volunteers contributing their time to the library.

Volunteers help us welcome and orient our visitors, greet guests, give tours of the building and exhibitions, help in the Bookshop, and assist at public programs and special events. Without their efforts, we would not be able to create such a welcoming and engaging environment at the library.

We are grateful to all who support the Newberry with their time and with their f i n a n c i a l c o n t r i b u t i o n s.

Thank you for ensuring that the Newberry’s collection, programs, and services will remain free to all who need them for years to come.

Ananda Adibhatla volunteers at the greeter’s desk.

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433 first-time donors supported

the Annual Fund. Giving to the Annual Fund increased 9.7%.

2,886 visitors attended a tour led by a volunteer docent.

194 people volunteered their time

as greeters, book sorters, tour docents, and more.

921 donors and guests attended

special events at the Newberry.

2024 Newberry Library Award winner, Drew Gilpin Faust, discusses the importance of research with Newberry President, Astrida Orle Tantillo.

Photo: anneryanphoto.com.

Summary of Financial Position For the year ended June 30, 2024, and for the year ended June 30, 2023 (000s omitted).

2024

2023

Cash and receivables $ 6,307 Investments 87,802 Land, buildings, equipment 15,252 Other assets 1.014

$ 7,096 85,032 15,202 982

Assets

Total assets

$110,374

$108,312

Accounts payable and accrued expenses $ 1,078 Gift annuity liability 74 Contract liabilities 321 Lease liabilities 260 Bonds payable 978 Line of credit 2,850

$ 710 88 387 279 1,372 3,400

Total liabilities 5,561

6,236

Net assets

104,814

102,076

$110,374

$108,312

Liabilities and net assets

Total liabilities and net assets

Finances and Fundraising

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Finances and Fundraising Summary of Activities For the year ended June 30, 2024, and for the year ended June 30, 2023 (000s omitted).

2024

2023

Gifts and grants for operations $ 4,989 Gifts to endowment 48 Investment gain (loss) 10,294 Other revenues 1,438

$ 7,988 3,008 8,541 1,871

Revenues

Total revenues and other gains

$ 16,768

$ 21,408

Collections and Library Services 5,137 Research and Education 2,495 Public Engagement 1,728 Management and general 3,577 Development 1,093

5,028 2,603 1,027 4,134 1,081

Expenditures

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Total expenditures

14,031

13,872

Change in net assets

$ 2,737

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7,535

Honor Roll of Donors THE ANNUAL FUND The following donors generously made gifts to the Annual Fund and are recognized as members of the President’s Fellows or Newberry Associates.

Celine Fitzgerald

Professors Stephen and Verna Foster

Julius N. Frankel Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. Christopher B. Galvin

Carla Funk

Ted Haffner

Louise R. Glasser

Mark and Meg Hausberg

Dr. Hanna H. Gray

Mr. and Mrs. Michael Keiser Donor Advised Fund

PRESIDENT’S CABINET ($25,000 AND ABOVE)

The Gray Family Fund at The Chicago Community Foundation

Laura Baskes Litwin and Stuart Litwin

Roger and Julie Baskes

John R. Halligan Charitable Fund

Ms. Laurin Mack and Mr. William Snyder

Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events

Illinois Department of Commerce & Economic Opportunity

David E. McNeel

Jan and Frank* Cicero

ITW

The Crown Family

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Alice and Richard Godfrey Victoria J. Herget and Robert K. Parsons

Professor Lawrence Lipking and Barbara Myers

Celia and David Hilliard

Barry MacLean

Mr. Brian Silbernagel and Ms. Teresa Snider

Robert A. Holland

Andrew and Jeanine McNally

Carl W. Stern and Holly Hayes

Dr. Elizabeth Amy Liebman

Ms. Susan Nagarkatti

Astrida and Steve Tantillo

The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation

Ken* and Jossy Nebenzahl

Marilyn Winter

Janis W. and John K. Notz, Jr.

Anonymous (1)

Cindy and Stephen Mitchell Dr. Gail Kern Paster

Abby McCormick O’Neil and Daniel Carroll Joynes

The Pattis Family Foundation

Jean E. Perkins and Leland E. Hutchinson

PRESIDENT’S SUSTAINING FELLOWS ($2,500 - $4,999)

Christine and Michael Pope

Mr. Jeffrey Rappin

Dr. Ellen T. Baird

Roy and Irene Rettinger Foundation

Mr. John P. Rompon and Ms. Marian E. Casey

Robert Beasecker and Erika King

Sheli Z. Rosenberg and Burton X. Rosenberg

Mrs. David Savner

Catharine Bell and Robert Weiglein

Mr. Rudy L. Ruggles, Jr.

Adele Simmons

Karla Scherer

Mr. and Mrs. Richard D. Siragusa

Dr. William H. Cannon, Jr. and Mr. David Narwich

Mr. David B. Smith, Jr. and Ms. Ilene T. Weinreich

Mrs. Anne D. Slade and Mr. Douglas Slade

Bill and Holly Charles

Liz Stiffel

John and Michele Donley

Nancy and Richard Spain

Laura and Jeff Torosian

Janet and Arthur Holzheimer

Ms. Carol Warshawsky

Yellow-crowned Foundation

Robert D. Karpinski, PhD and Gregory S. Weiland

Anonymous (2) PRESIDENT’S CIRCLE ($10,000 - $24,999)

Professor Jean M. O’Brien Mrs. Mary Louise O’Flaherty Adrian and Essi Randolph Martha T. Roth and Bryon Rosner

Lou K. Levine Ms. Helen Marlborough and Mr. Harry J. Roper

Edith Rasmussen Ahern and Patrick Ahern

PRESIDENT’S SENIOR FELLOWS ($5,000 - $9,999)

Mr. Gregory L. Barton

Thomas Berg

Maridee Quanbeck

Ann Bates Kittle

Dr. Diana Robin

Joan and William Brodsky

Charles H. and Bertha L. Boothroyd Foundation

Buchanan Family Foundation

Mr. T. Kimball Brooker

Lewis Collens and Nancy Sindelar

Nancy Raymond Corral

Robert and Joan Feitler

Dr. and Mrs. Tapas K. Das Gupta Dr. William E. Engel

*Deceased

Mr. Michael Payette

Susan Schwartz Dr. Christine M. Sperling Ms. Elizabeth Teich Randa Touquan Honor Roll of Donors

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Honor Roll of Donors Dr. Thomas E. Veeser

Lynne Ostfeld

Alan and Carol Greene

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wedgeworth, Jr.

The Charles W. Palmer Family Foundation

Christine Grosch

Thomas K. Yoder

Joe and Jo Ann Paszczyk

Phillip and Debby Halpern

Anonymous (2)

Ben and Nancy Randall

Marjorie and John Harper

Mr. Charles R. Rizzo

Clark and Carolyn Hulse

PRESIDENT’S SUPPORTING FELLOWS ($1,500 - $2,499)

Ms. Penelope Rosemont and Mr. Paul R. Sievert

Mr. D. Bradford Hunt

Mr. and Mrs. Warren L. Batts

Sahara Enterprises, Inc. Fund at The Chicago Community Foundation

Charles Cullen and Melanie Leonard

Ms. Alice Schreyer

Mrs. Ariane Dannasch

Stephen A. and Marilyn Scott

Ms. Andrea Dudek

Professor Eric Slauter

Eldred-Harland Charitable Fund at The Chicago Community Foundation

Ms. Barbara Smith

Dr. Marilyn Ezri Ms. Lynne Fisher Dr. Michael P. Fitzsimmons The Franklin Philanthropic Foundation

Mr. Gerald R. Southern Ms. Sharon Walton Nora L. Zorich and Thomas W. Filardo Anonymous (3)

Mr. Paul C. Gearen Mr. Martin A. M. Gneuhs Daniel Greene and Lisa Meyerowitz Dr. Christopher J. Hagenah Hjordis Halvorson and John Halvorson William Hansen and Jaime Danehey Neil Harris and Teri J. Edelstein Elaine and Roger Haydock The Heestand Foundation Ms. Kay D. Hinn Edward C. Hirschland Jay Jaffe Mrs. Patricia Jahn Ivan and Kathy Kane Professor and Mrs. Stanley N. Katz Lisa Kohn Kovler Family Foundation Professor and Mrs. Donald W. Krummel David and Suzette Macey Janet McEnaney Mr. Craig Niemann Dr. Dorothy Noyes and Mr. Michael Krippendorf

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Jane and Don Hunt Mr. and Mrs. John P. Keller Jonathan and Nancy Lee Kemper Dr. Robert S. Kiely The Lawlor Foundation Mr. Arthur M. Martin Mrs. Sherry McAllister Ms. Laura McEnaney Christopher McKee Dr. Julie Morita Professor Jessie Ann Owens Sara Paretsky

SCHOLARS ($1,000 - $1,499) Mr. Jim R. Akerman and Ms. Luann Hamilton Ben Axelrad and Christy Bloom Joan and John Blew Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Block The Robert Thomas Bobins Foundation Sheila Bosron and William Bosron Mr. and Mrs. Dean L. Buntrock Marcy and Greg Carlin Rob Carlson and Paul Gehl The Chicago Literary Club Kimberly A. Douglass Nancie and Bruce Dunn Mr. Henry Eggers

Mr. Alan Petrov Mr. Don Phillips and Ms. Anne Phillips Janet Reece Allan and Lynne Reich Julie Alexander Ripley Dr. James Engel Rocks Michael and Jill Rosenbaum Mr. and Mrs. Eric Schaal Ilene and Michael Shaw Charitable Trust Mr. and Mrs. Thomas C. Sheffield, Jr. Larry Silver and Elizabeth Silver-Schack Lynne Simon Ms. Karen Sonderby Carolyn and David Spadafora

Mr. Michael L. Ellingsworth

Mr. Lawrence E. Strickling and Dr. Sydney L. Hans

Ginny and Peter Foreman

Dr. Michele M. Thompson

Ms. Eloise C. Foster

Mr. Peter Vale

Arthur Frank

Michael and Marilyn Vender

Fuller and Moskovits Family

Robert Williams

Ms. Leigh Gates

Ms. Augustine S. Wu

Professor Timothy J. Gilfoyle and Ms. Mary Rose Alexander

Mr. Robert J. Zarse Anonymous (4)

HUMANISTS ($500 - $999) Tony and Nancy Amodeo Dr. Donna M. Avery and Dr. James Andrews

Professor Lisa A. Freeman and Ms. Heather Schmucker Ray Frick Dr. Muriel S. Friedman*

Mr. Christopher Barer

Miss Nancy J. Geitgey

Bob and Trish Barr

Virginia and Gary Gerst

Ms. Julie A. Bauer

Mrs. Ruthie N. Gessinger and Mr. Paul Richard Gessinger

Mrs. Deborah H. Baughman

Patricia McMillen and Jack Nagy Janis Mendelsohn Professor Edward W. Muir, Jr. Mr. John Newberry Marjorie and Christopher Newman Allen and Georga Parchem Dr. Joseph A. Parisi

Donald and Jane Gralen

Mr. David Perry

Richard Grant

Meredith Petrov

Ms. Margarete K. Gross

David Prindable

Ms. Lee R. Hamilton

Mr. Charles F. Regan, Jr.

Mr. Arthur R. Hansen

Alicia Reyes

Kathleen and Charles Harper

James Reynolds

Mr. and Mrs. Howard Hayes

Mrs. Diane Rosenberg

Linda Heban

Ed and Diana Ruthman

Professor Richard H. Helmholz and Mrs. Marilyn P. Helmholz

Barry Sears and Kathy Rice

LaVerne and Waitung Chan Mr. Donald R. Chauncey

Mr. Jason M. Heltzer

Debra Siegel

Dr. D. Stephen Cloyd

Mr. Allan G. Hins

Alyce K. Sigler

Leigh and Doug Conant

Cheryl Iverson

Carl and Jane Smith

Ronald Corthell and Laura Bartolo

Mr. and Mrs. Norman O. Jung

Louise Costello

Dr. Suzanne Karr Schmidt and Mr. Keith Schmidt

Mr. Steven F. Soltes M.D. and Mrs. Anna Soltes

Paul Berkowitz Dr. Heather E. Blair Ms. Catherine S. Bosher Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Bowe Dr. Jay Brigham David and Janna Caldarelli Mrs. Jean Carey Dennis Carlin

Mr. Roger M. Dahl

Mrs. Carolyn M. Short

Ms. Margaret Stanley

Mr. Wayne T. Kennedy and Ms. Lorelei F. Rockwell

Ms. Arlene Stransky and Mr. George Stransky, Jr.

Robert Ketterer

Maureen Talbot

Mr. Roger Keys

Mr. Tod N. Tappert and Mr. John Gallagher

Mr. Bruce Kirkpatrick

Mrs. Jan Tranen

Paul and Raye Koch

Village Arts Associates

Craig Koslofsky and Dana Rabin

Jacqueline Vossler

John and Barbara Kowalczyk

Sharon Wang

Dr. Nancy Krippel

Anne Warnke

Kathleen LaPorte

Lisa Warshauer

Ms. Michelle Mace

Ms. Ann Wilson Green

Dr. Ruth F. MacKay

Mrs. Iris S. Witkowsky

Laura Matthew

Mary Witt

Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. McCamant

Sherwin and Sheri Zuckerman

Ms. Sharon Feigon and Mr. Steven Bialer

Dr. Ailsie B. McEnteggart

Ms. Karen Zupko

Ms. Virginia Fitzgerald

Ms. Elizabeth W. McKenna

Anonymous (2)

Mrs. William Flory

Barbara and Don McLucas

Magdalene and Gerald Danzer Ms. Angela J. D’Aversa Ms. Nancy Dehmlow Mr. Gordon R. DenBoer Mr. Cem Diniz Mr. Andrew K. Dolan Ms. Catherine J. Dolton Tessa Dratt Eliza and Timothy Earle David and Susan Eblen Anne Egger George and Sherry Eichelberger Dr. Richard H. Ekman and Mrs. Caroline Ekman

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Honor Roll of Donors LITERATI ($250 - $499)

John Cullinan and Ewa Radwanska

Toni and Ken Harkness

Mr. and Mrs. Paul H. Adler

Dr. Arthur I. Cyr

William Hauslein

Mr. and Mrs. Paul F. Anderson

John Danaher

Arlene E. Hausman

Appelquist Family Fund

Mr. John Darey

Carla Hay

Ms. Rosanne C. Arnold

Mr. Martin Davis

Ms. Carolyn Arnolds

Laura de Frise and Steven Rugo

Mr. Michael L. Hermsen and Ms. Elizabeth A. Patterson

Mr. Frederic J. Artwick

Sally Dilgart

William O. Autry and Sarah E. Leach

Patricia Dore Ph.D.

Mrs. Jennifer U. Baker

Mr. Philip Dougherty

Kathlene Baldanza

Professor Michelle M. Dowd

Ms. Priscilla Barlow

Dr. and Mrs. James L. Downey

Ms. Suzanne L. Hoffman and Ms. Rachael K. Smith

Susan Bazargan

Mary Pat Doyle

Ruth Holst

Susan and Gary Beckner

Mr. Robert P. Doyle

Mr. and Mrs. Paul J. Houdek

Mr. and Mrs. Francis Beidler

The Driscoll Family

Dennis Hughes

Pete Blatchford

Ms. Carolyn Driver-McGee

Patricia Hulseman-Abrams

Robert Blythe

Jon and Susanne Dutcher

Mr. Craig T. Ingram

Professor Daniel E. Bornstein

Mr. George E. Engdahl

Denise Jacob

Dr. Kathleen A. Brosnan

Mr. James R. Fancher

Ms. Emily Troxell Jaycox

Mr. Todd Brueshoff

Kamila Farshchi

Ms. Julia Johnas

Mrs. Elizabeth J. Buckley-Geer and Mr. Stephen Geer

Phyllis and William Faulman

Mr. Mark L. Johnson

Dr. Sandra Fernbach

Cynthia Joho

Aubrey Fisch

Sona Kalousdian and Ira Lawrence

Professor Sarah L. Burns

Mr. Douglas W. Fitzgerald and Ms. Karen Clausius

Ms. Joanna Karatzas and Mr. Philip J. Enquist

Professor Richard Candida Smith

Marcia Flick

Mary Anne Cappelleri

The Fortnightly of Chicago

Douglas and Susan Carlson

Mr. Brendan Fox

Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Carr

Mr. and Mrs. Paul Freehling

Mr. and Mrs. Walter S. Carr

Kathryn Gibbons Johnson and Bruce Johnson

Ms. Carla Carstens

Ms. Marsha W. Ginsberg and Mr. Gordon M. Sayre

Pat and David Buisseret Ms. Susan Burkhardt

Mr. Glenn Carter and Mrs. Barbara Carter Caxton Club Salvatore and Marifred Cilella Ms. Michele Cloonan and Mr. Sidney Berger Robert Cohn Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Colburn Charles and Dianna Coleman Professor Edward M. Cook, Jr. and Mrs. Elizabeth P. Cook Susan E. Cremin

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Mr. and Mrs. Frederic W. Hickman Mr. Brian E. Hill Mr. Roger C. Hinman Edward Hoffman

Mr. Jeremy Kazan and Ms. Kendra Thulin Anna Kealy Anne M. Kern Anne Kimball Melvin Koenigs and Shirley Koenigs Mary Sue Kranstover and Mark Davis Linda Kristensen

Mr. James P. Goodridge and Ms. Joan R. Riley

Mr. Paul Kuhn

Mr. and Mrs. Delmon B. Grapes

Diane and Charles Laff

Marc and Sulie Grayson

Ms. Barbara Lanctot

Mr. Mark Greeley

Andrew and Susan Langan

Judith Greene

John Lawrence

Thomas and Constance Guardi

George Leonard and Susan Hanes-Leonard

Jane and Ray Hagstrom

Averill and Bernard Leviton

E. A. Hamill Fund

Michael Litt

Mr. Glenn Hamilton

Craig Long

Mr. Albert O. Louer Mrs. Dianne C. Luhmann Douglas MacDonald and Jessie MacDonald Mr. and Mrs. Thomas C. Madden Sandra Mallory Ms. Cynthia S. Mark-Hummel and Dr. John Hummel

Mr. Michael S. Pettersen and Ms. Jan Marie Aramini Matt Pierce and Jennifer Pierce Jennifer and Davie Pina Patricia Pippert Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Poehls Naomi Pollock

Elizabeth Murphy and Robert L. Martier

Laura Prail and John Cella

Timothy Mennel

Ms. Sarah M. Pritchard

Daniel Meyer

Nancy and Imad Qasim

Drs. Michael L. Mihalov and Jacqueline M. Serios

Ms. Janet L. Reali and Mr. Mitchell Cobey

Ms. Kathleen Miles Mr. James A. Miller Ms. Virginia E. Miller Mr. David Moes and Ms. Jani Lesko Mrs. Beverly J. Moody Mr. Paul Morita

Merrilee Clark Redmond Dennis and Judy Reinhartz Mr. and Mrs. Harold D. Rider Tony and Amy Rieck Mr. and Mrs. George Ritzlin Ms. Susan E. Robertson Ms. Teri-Ellen Rogers

Micki Somerman Mr. and Mrs. O. J. Sopranos Nicholas Sotos Dick and Judith Spurgin Stanley and Kristin Stevens Marvin Strasburg Mary and Harvey Struthers Mr. G. Thomas Tanselle Gregory Tornatore Elizabeth Turley Ruth Turpin Mr. Francois R. Velde Professor Mara R. Wade Mr. Edward R. Ward Robert and Susan Warde Professor Elissa B. Weaver Ms. Suzann M. Weekly

Trish Ronan

Ms. Hedy Weinberg and Mr. Daniel Cornfield

Mr. Bruce D. Rosenberg

Wayne Wendling

D.D. Roskin

Mr. Howard S. White

Marion and James Myers

Ms. Virginia M. Russell

Ms. Mary Williams

Shanti Nagarkatti

Mr. and Mrs. James W. Ryan

Kelly Wisecup

Dr. Sarah Nelson

Dr. James J. Sack

Virginia Witucke

James Noonan

Judith and David Saunders

Christina Woelke and John Coats

Ms. Julie Northcutt

Michael J. Saxton

Jessica Yagan

James Novotny

David Schiffman

Mary Young

Mr. and Mrs. James N. Nowacki

Ellen and Cory Schnepper

Roberta Zabel

Mr. James E. Nugent

Mr. John Schulian

Susan O’Brien

Julie Segura

Mrs. Deborah Zanger and Mr. Ray Zanger

Mr. and Ms. Ben E. Oosterbaan

Brad and Melissa Seiler

Mr. and Ms. Lawrence A. Osterberg

Mr. and Ms. John C. Seville

Ms. Maxine E. Otto

Ms. Kathleen Shapiro

Mark Overstreet

Ms. Jill Shimabukuro and Mr. Adam Brent

Corinne Morrissey Mrs. Susan T. Murphy Mr. Brandon Musler and Ms. Surita Sandosham

Mr. and Mrs. David Oxtoby Joan Pantsios Mr. Frederic C. Pearson Kathleen Perkins Scott Peters Professor Mark Peterson

*Deceased

Professor Gabriella Bruna B. Zarri Anonymous (4)

Stetson and Katherine Siler Mr. John M. Sirek and Ms. Colleen P. Loughlin Ms. Rebecca Sive and Mr. C. Steven Tomashefsky Beth Smetana Honor Roll of Donors

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Honor Roll of Donors RESTRICTED GIFTS The following donors made restricted gifts to the Newberry’s endowment, book funds, exhibitions, fellowship program, and other projects.

$5,000 - $9,999 Dr. Richard H. Brown* Laura F. Edwards and John P. McAllister Dr. Marilyn Ezri

THE 2024 NEWBERRY LIBRARY AWARD CELEBRATION The following donors supported the 2024 Newberry Library Award Celebration, which was held on April 19, 2024 in honor of Drew Gilpin Faust.

Janet and Arthur Holzheimer $25,000 AND ABOVE

Professor Carole B. Levin

Ms. Carol A. Barnett

Roger and Julie Baskes

Christine and Michael Pope

Mr. Gregory L. Barton

Chicago Free For All Fund at The Chicago Community Trust

Diane and Richard Weinberg

Roger and Julie Baskes Susan and Don Belgrad

D&R Legacy Fund Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation

$1,500 - $4,999

The Robert Thomas Bobins Foundation

The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation

Caxton Club

Kathleen Boege

The Field Foundation of Illinois

Foundation for Advancement in Conservation

Bulley & Andrews LLC

General Society of Colonial Wars

Nancy Raymond Corral

Hoellen Family Foundation

Fitzgerald Family Foundation

Samuel H. Kress Foundation

Carol and Larry Gelber

Michael L. Lawson

Howard Gottlieb and Barbara Greis

Dr. Karole Mourek

Sue and Melvin Gray

National Society Daughters of the American Revolution

Donald Haider and Patricia Peterson

Getty Foundation Dr. Hanna H. Gray Sue and Melvin Gray Mark and Meg Hausberg Lilly Endowment Inc. The Henry Luce Foundation Rowena McClinton Monticello College Foundation National Endowment for the Humanities Ken* and Jossy Nebenzahl Jerome and Elaine Nerenberg Foundation The Pattis Family Foundation Mr. David B. Smith, Jr. and Ms. Ilene T. Weinreich Robert and Penelope Steiner Family Foundation Terra Foundation for American Art Anonymous (1)

The National Society of Sons of the American Colonists

Lewis Collens and Nancy Sindelar

Celia and David Hilliard Robert A. Holland

Jack Ringer Family Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. R. Thomas Howell, Jr.

Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Illinois

ITW

Sulzer Family Foundation Jacqueline Vossler Robert E. Williams

$250 - $1,499 Chicago Calligraphy Collective

Professor Lawrence Lipking and Barbara Myers Professor James H. Marrow and Dr. Emily Rose Rowena McClinton Cindy and Stephen Mitchell Dr. Karole Mourek

The Contemporary Club of Chicago

Mr. Robert Nauert and Ms. Heidi Heller Kiesler

The Friday Club

Northern Trust

Paul M. Angell Family Foundation

Daniel Greene and Lisa Meyerowitz

Northwestern University

Professor Karen Barzman

Larry Silver and Elizabeth Silver-Schack

Janis W. and John K. Notz, Jr.

Dr. Malcolm H. Hast

Carl and Jane Smith

The Elizabeth Morse Charitable Trust

Society of Mayf lower Descendants in the State of Illinois

Abby McCormick O’Neil and Daniel Carroll Joynes

$10,000 - $24,999

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Dr. Gail Kern Paster

Pam and Doug Walter

The Pattis Family Foundation

Mr. Michael Winkelman

Jean E. Perkins and Leland E. Hutchinson Plante Moran

Christine and Michael Pope Mr. Jeffrey Rappin Mr. John P. Rompon and Ms. Marian E. Casey Sheli Z. Rosenberg and Burton X. Rosenberg Martha T. Roth and Bryon Rosner Adele Simmons Nancy and Richard Spain Liz Stiffel Astrida and Steve Tantillo

SOCIETY OF COLLECTORS The following donors contributed $5,000 or more for the acquisition of materials for the Newberry’s collection.

University of Chicago UIC College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Jacqueline Vossler Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wedgeworth, Jr. Diane and Richard Weinberg Mr. Howard S. White Thomas Zuro

Akerman LLP Bulley & Andrews LLC DLA Piper ITW Jewell Events Catering Kirkland & Ellis LLP Northern Trust Sahara Enterprises, Inc. Fund at The Chicago Community Foundation ThriftBooks Anonymous (1)

*Deceased

Susan and Vincent Furman Kathryn Gibbons Johnson Louise R. Glasser

Celia and David Hilliard

Mr. Donald J. Gralen

Robert A. Holland

Dr. Hanna H. Gray

Janet and Arthur Holzheimer

Margarete Gross

Professor James H. Marrow and Dr. Emily Rose

Dr. Gary G. Gunderson

BLATCHFORD SOCIETY The following individuals have included the Newberry in their estate plans or life-income arrangements. The Newberry recognizes them for their continued legacy to the humanities.

Ms. Elizabeth Agard Mrs. L. W. Alberts Rick and Marcia Ashton Ben Axelrad and Christy Bloom

PARGELLIS SOCIETY The following corporations are recognized as members of the Pargellis Society for their contributions to the Newberry.

Ms. Carla J. Funk

Roger and Julie Baskes

TAWANI Foundation Laura and Jeff Torosian

Ms. Eloise C. Foster

Dr. David M. and Mrs. Susan Lindenmeyer Barron

Hjordis Halvorson and John Halvorson Professor Neil Harris and Ms. Teri J. Edelstein Trudy and Paul Hawley Celia and David Hilliard Mr. John M. Holden Robert A. Holland Mrs. Judith H. Hollander Janet and Arthur Holzheimer Louise D. Howe Dr. Victoria Kirkham Dr. Martha C. Knack Karen Krishack

Professor Karen Barzman

George Leonard and Susan Hanes-Leonard

Roger Baskes

Larry Lesperance

Ann Bates Kittle

Professor Carole B. Levin

Pete Blatchford

Joseph A. Like

John C. Blew

Professor Lawrence Lipking

Michelle Miller Burns and Gary W. Burns

Nancy J. Lynn

Dr. William H. Cannon

Mr. Stephen A. MacLean

Rob Carlson

Carmelita Melissa Madison

Reverend Dr. Robert B. Clarke

Ms. Suzette Mahneke

Mrs. David L. Conlan

Dr. Debra N. Mancoff

Mr. Charles T. Cullen

Dr. Guy A. Marco

Magdalene and Gerald Danzer

Heidi Massa

Mr. Gordon R. DenBoer

Ms. Valerie S. Mathes

Mr. Andrew K. Dolan

Virginia E. Miller

Susan and Otto D’Olivo

Mary Morony

Laura F. Edwards

Mrs. Susan T. Murphy

Mr. George E. Engdahl

Mrs. Milo M. Naeve

Dr. Marilyn Ezri

Ms. Shanti Nagarkatti Honor Roll of Donors

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Honor Roll of Donors Ms. Audrey A. Niffenegger and Mr. Eddie Campbell Janis W. Notz Joan L. Pantsios

IN MEMORIAM With gratitude, the Newberry remembers the following deceased members of the Blatchford Society for their visionary support of the humanities.

Joe and Jo Ann Paszczyk

Ms. Lorraine Madsen Mrs. Agnes M. McElroy Andrew W. McGhee Mr. and Mrs. William W. McKittrick The Marion S. Miller Trust

Francisco Javier Perez

Mr. Adrian Alexander

Jean E. Perkins

Constance and Liduina Barbantini

Christine and Michael Pope

Mr. W. Lloyd Barber

Dominick S. Renga M.D.

Ann Barzel

Mr. Perry Sartori

Mr. George W. Blossom III

Ms. Alice Schreyer

Dr. Edith Borroff

Helen M. Schultz

Mr. Richard H. Brown

Stephen A. and Marilyn Scott

Professor Howard Mayer Brown

Cynthia Shewan

Joan Campbell

Alyce K. Sigler

Robert P. Coale

Dr. Ira Singer

Natalie H. Dabovich

Mr. and Mrs. Richard D. Siragusa

David W. Dangler

Susan Sleeper-Smith

John Brooks Davis

Ms. Louise K. Smith

Mrs. Edison Dick

Rebecca Gray Smith

Donna Margaret Eaton

Zella Kay Soich

Professor Carolyn A. Edie

Carolyn and David Spadafora

Ms. Rita T. Fitzgerald

Mr. Angelo L. and Mrs. Virginia A. Spoto

Dr. and Mrs. Waldo C. Friedland

Joyce L. Steffel

Dr. Muriel S. Friedman

Tom and Nancy Swanstrom

Esther LaBerge Ganz

Don Marzec and Marianne Tadish

Lyle Gillman

Mrs. Sara D. Taylor

Mr. Wallace H. Griffith

Tracey Tomashpol and Farron Brougher

Mrs. Anne C. Haffner

Jim Tomes

Rita K. and Ralph H. Halvorsen

Diane Weinberg

Mr. Chalkley J. Hambleton, Sr.

Willard E. White

Adele Hast

Diana L. Deboy

Robert Williams

Mrs. Harold James

Raymond D. Fogelson

Drs. Richard and Mary Woods

Corinne E. Johnson

Peter Machonis

Mary Wyly

Mr. Stuart Kane

Mr. Melvin L. Marks

Anonymous (12)

Lucia Woods Lindley

Joanne Silver

Mr. William Locke

Robert L. Tree

Arthur B. Logan

Anonymous (1)

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Ken Nebenzahl Piri Korngold Nesselrod Bruce P. Olson Charles W. Olson Professor David S. Peterson Mr. T. Marshall Rousseau Rosemary J. Schnell Marian W. Shaw G. Shiman Professor Robert W. Shoemaker Mr. Morrell M. Shoemaker Lillian R. and Dwight D. Slater Harold B. Smith Peggy Sullivan Cecelia Handleman Wade Professor Sue Sheridan Walker Lila Weinberg James M. Wells Mrs. Erika Wright Anonymous (8) ESTATE GIFTS The Newberry acknowledges gifts received from the estates of the following individuals between July 1, 2023 and June 30, 2024.

TRIBUTE GIFTS The Newberry acknowledges the following gifts made in tribute.

HONOR GIFTS In honor of Jim Akerman Dr. Kathleen A. Brosnan In honor of Nathalie Fowler Alberts Nicholas Adams and Laurie Nussdorfer In honor of Sarah Alvarez Village Arts Associates In honor of Jenny Bissell Claire Howard In honor of Martha Briggs Ms. Emily Troxell Jaycox In honor of Irving Arthur Cyr Dr. Arthur I. Cyr In honor of Zacharia Davidov Charles Kurland In honor of Natalie Edwards Mrs. William Flory Ada Skyles In honor of Drew Gilpin Faust Mr. Cem Diniz In honor of Vince Firpo

In honor of Esther Hershenhorn Mr. Mark E. Maroney In honor of Alison Hinderliter The Chicago Literary Club Ms. Alice Schreyer In honor of Ed Hirschland Richard and Shirley Holbrook In honor of Robert Holland Ms. Virginia Fitzgerald Mr. Tod N. Tappert and Mr. John Gallagher In honor of Arthur Holzheimer Mr. John Docktor In honor of Cheryl Iverson Geoffrey Flick In honor of Charles E. Jones Diane Lisle In honor of D. C. Joynes Ms. Nancy C. Lighthill In honor of John Loesch, MD Mr. Brian Higgins In honor of Thomas Madden Mr. David E. Staplin In honor of Rowena McClinton Dr. Laura Fowler

Ms. Alice Schreyer

In honor of Laura McEnaney

In honor of Marcia Flick

Chicago History Museum

Phyllis Handell In honor of Paul Gehl Nicholas Adams and Laurie Nussdorfer Ellen Bentsen Carol Warshawsky In honor of Christine Agnes Gullo

In honor of Henry P. Miller Sr. Denise Jacob In honor of Cynthia Mitchell Diane Ciral In honor of Harland S. Nelson Dr. Sarah Nelson

In honor of Kim Nichols Mr. Michael S. Pettersen and Ms. Jan Marie Aramini In honor of Gail Paster Julie and Arthur Friedman In honor of Lisa and Mark Pattis Mr. and Mrs. Howard Hayes In honor of Christine and Michael Pope Michael and Marilyn Vender In honor of Michael Pope Susan and Don Belgrad Dr. and Mrs. Theodore W. Eller Ms. Kathleen Shapiro Penny Weis Mrs. Pamela R. Weston In honor of Jan Reiff Professor Jennifer Koslow In honor of Karen Risinger Robert Christiansen In honor of Burt Rosenberg Marcy and Greg Carlin In honor of Burt and Sheli Rosenberg Ben and Nancy Randall In honor of Matt Rutherford Ms. Suzanne L. Hoffman and Ms. Rachael K. Smith In honor of Pat Ryan Robert J. Ryan In honor of Alice Schreyer Daniel Greene and Lisa Meyerowitz In honor of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Shull Anonymous In honor of Nancy Spain

Dr. Daniel K. Gullo

In honor of the Newberry Board of Trustees

Ms. Priscilla Barlow

In honor of Toni Harkness

Kathryn Gibbons Johnson and Bruce Johnson

Ms. Karen Zupko

Mrs. Jean Carey In honor of Victoria Herget Mrs. Susan Bowman

In honor of the Newberry Book Fair Richard Jones In honor of the Newberry’s Center for Renaissance Studies Professor Mara R. Wade

*Deceased

In honor of Liz Stiffel Mr. and Mrs. R. Thomas Howell, Jr. In honor of Cindy Syneki Ms. Laurie Boettcher

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Honor Roll of Donors In honor of Astrida Orle Tantillo Daniel Greene and Lisa Meyerowitz Mr. David B. Smith, Jr. and Ms. Ilene T. Weinreich Dr. Michele M. Thompson Randa Touquan In honor of Dale K. Van Kley Abby McCormick O’Neil and Daniel Carroll Joynes In honor of Diane and Richard Weinberg Allan and Lynne Reich In honor of Martha Witt Mary Witt In honor of Professoressa Gabriella Zarri Rob Carlson and Paul Gehl

In memory of Philip Burno Caxton Club In memory of Walter Camryn and Bentley Stone Patricia Pippert In memory of Lester J. Cappon and Barbara Bartz Petchenik Brenda Berkman In memory of Lester J. Cappon and the ACM Seminar in the Humanities Mr. Brian E. Hill In memory of Frank Cicero, Jr. David and Janna Caldarelli

In memory of Richard L. Forstall Mr. William Dana Dr. Catherine Satterlund Anonymous In memory of Jack Fuller Fuller and Moskovits Family In memory of Jack and Virginia Gearen Paul Gearen In memory of William Gibbs Mrs. Lorraine M. Gibbs In memory of Gunter and Irmgard Goldschmidt

Vince Firpo

Professor Jona Goldschmidt

Aubrey Fisch

In memory of Dr. Jean S. Gottlieb

Mr. and Mrs. John P. Keller

Rob Carlson and Paul Gehl

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Caxton Club

Andrew and Susan Langan

Robert Cohn

The Mountain Oyster Club

Dr. Myriam Renaud

Rob Carlson and Paul Gehl

Meredith Petrov

Ms. Debra Rosenberg

Caxton Club

Kathie and Corey Postiglione

Mr. Robert Shirrell

Mrs. Dianne C. Luhmann

Liz Stiffel

Ms. Audrey Straight

Jacqueline Vossler

Mr. Lawrence E. Strickling and Dr. Sydney L. Hans

Jacqueline Vossler

MEMORIAL GIFTS In memory of Adrian Alexander

In memory of John Aubrey Tony and Nancy Amodeo Beth Auer Professors Stephen and Verna Foster

Ms. Terry Zimmerman

Mrs. Iris S. Witkowsky Ms. Mira Zevin

In memory of Frank M. Clover

In memory of Edward G. Gray

Professor Ralph W. Mathisen

Professor Mark Peterson

Kenneth and Peggy Sinko

In Memory of Eric Cochrane

In memory of Ann Barzel

Professor Constantin Fasolt

Christine Grosch

Carol Warshawsky

Susan Myers Grosch

Mr. Henry Eggers In memory of Madge Bennett Amy Kosnar-Parker James Vance and Ryan Vance In memory of Jerry L. Bowen Native Study LLC/Jeff Bowen In memory of John Bross Dr. Christopher M. Straus In memory of Dr. Richard H. Brown Professor Hans Bak

In memory of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Colborn Ms. Nancy K. Stewart In memory of Joseph Crawford Edward J. Halper In memory of Rita Daitchman Mr. Bob Fields In memory of Steven Diedrich Catharine Bell and Robert Weiglein In memory of John H. Driscoll The Driscoll Family

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In memory of Anthony Richard Grosch

Andi Miller Ms. Jennifer Riley In memory of Arthur Halperin Susan and Stephen Schell In memory of Helen Hanson Anonymous In memory of Ellen “Tina” Vaughan Howe Mrs. Carolyn M. Short In memory of Doris and Warren Hutchings Mr. Charles Parker

In memory of Herman Kogan Dr. Jerry J. Field and Mrs. Joan Field In memory of Dr. Rita Kucera Dr. Ann E. Kuzdale In memory of Msgr. Dr. Giulio Malaguti Rob Carlson and Paul Gehl Professor Gabriella Bruna B. Zarri In memory of Rita Tanke McElroy Ms. Christine L. Sundt In memory of Judy Michaels Andi Miller In memory of Michael Murrin Dr. Maria Christina von Nolcken In memory of Milo M. Naeve Mrs. Milo M. Naeve In memory of Ken Nebenzahl Mary S. Pedley In memory of Jan Novak Dr. Julie Morita Mr. Paul Morita In memory of Larrance “Larry” O’Flaherty Mrs. Linda Smith In memory of Dr. Stanley M. Pargellis Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Bowe In memory of Richard and Kathy Pattee Brett and Heather Bane In memory of W. F. Poole Marjorie and John Harper In memory of George Amos Poole and Ellen Stuart Poole Anonymous In memory of Father Peter J. Powell Tony and Nancy Amodeo In memory of Edward P. Pyterek Dr. Margaret Pyterek In memory of Jay Rothenburg

In memory of Allison Sherman

Jennifer Asmus

Professor Karen Barzman

Steven Backman

In memory of Michael Silverstein Ms. Mara Tapp and family In memory of Henry Stern Judith Kolata In Memory of Leon Stern Dr. Myron B. Stern In memory of John Tedeschi Professor and Mrs. Christopher Kleinhenz

Mr. Michael Bartels

Susan Barnes Roger Baskes Bauhaus Chicago Foundation Jeremy Beck Valentin Beinroth Benjamin Benus Esther Berry

Ms. Elizabeth Teich

John Beusterien

In Memory of Dorothy Tollifson Linda Grossman In memory of Lawrence Towner Sara Paretsky In memory of Bruce Tranen Mrs. Jan Tranen In memory of Muriel Underwood

Landis Blair Joan and John Blew Leroy Blommaert Alex Bloss Arlyn Booth Leslie Borns Virginia Braxton

Caxton Club

Craig Buettinger

Jacqueline Vossler

Buffalo & Erie County Public Library

In memory of Deborah Morrow Vaughan Mr. James M. Vaughan In memory of Arthur and Lila Weinberg Ms. Hedy Weinberg and Mr. Daniel Cornfield In memory of Joseph Paul William Ms. Virginia M. Russell In memory of Peter S. Willmott Carolyn and David Spadafora In memory of James Wyly Mary Wyly

Pat and David Buisseret Julie Busse Lynne Carpenter François Casati Genevie de Castro Chicago Headline Club Chicago Literary Club Chicago Moving Company Chicago Multicultural Dance Center Chicago Public Library Rosa Helena Chinchilla

GIFTS OF LIBRARY MATERIALS The Newberry acknowledges the generosity of the following donors who contributed books, manuscripts, and other materials to enhance the library’s collection.

Dominic Agsaway Robert Alter and T. Paul Young American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, Northern Illinois Chapter

*Deceased

Richard F. Bales

In memory of Ralph Teich

Maija Rothenberg In memory of Paul Ruxin

Regina Harris Baiocchi

Frances M. Clarke and Rebecca Jo Plant Classiques Garnier Maureen Coan Sekou Conde Consulate General of Switzerland in Chicago Contemporary Club of Chicago Glen H. Cook Judith Lowell Cook Honor Roll of Donors

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Honor Roll of Donors Marcia Danits

Karen Rae Horwitz

Magdalene and Gerald Danzer

David R. Husemoller

National Society Daughters of the American Revolution - Martha Devotion Huntington Chapter

Rey E. de la Cruz

Craig Hutson

David New

Adele De Mooy

David W. Jackson

Chloris Noelke-Olson

Paola de Santo and Caterina Mongiat Farina

Joel Hall Dancers

Margaret Norton

Lisa C. Dewey

Nina A. Johnson

Ambeth Ocampo

Jo Ellen Dickie

D. Carroll Joynes

Jay Orbik

Bob Dolgan

Kansas City Public Library

Sara Paretsky

Grace Dumelle

David Kargl

Josephine Pasquarello

Steve Ege

Robert L. Kendrick

Jacqueline P. Passey

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ellson

Karl-Heinz Kuhn

Dr. Gail Kern Paster

Eve L. Ewing

Barbara Kusek

P. Amaniyea Payne

Wallace Ewing

Kitty Lansing

David Pearson

Amy and Joe Federman

Michael L. Lawson

Pamela Peckman

Professors Stephen and Verna Foster

League of Revolutionaries for a New America

Nicholas Peneff

Ken Frank

John A. Leppman

Dorothy Pirovano

Fryderyk Chopin Institute

Les Enluminures

Joan Pomaranc

Barbara Furstenberg

Jon Leverenz

Mary Prendergast

Alvin B. Gaerlan

Lou K. Levine

Jill Gage

George D. Levy

Colonel (IL) Jennifer N. Pritzker IL ARNG (Ret)

Paul Gehl

Libertyville Historical Society

Rare Book School

Hillary Geller

Harold Linder

Anthony Rayson

Reginald Gibbons

Lithuanian Research Center

Michael Reid

Gail R. Gilbert

Richard McLaren

David J. Riley

Jennifer Girard

McCormick Theological Seminary

Kevin Riordan

Mary Sue Glosser

Athena Magcase-Lopez

Aldair Rodrigues

Graphics Press LLC

Dan Magner

Jim Rogers

Sharony Green

Tom Mahl

Elizabeth Rosen

Greer Family

D. Michele Maki

Jane Roth

John M. Gretchko

Joy Monice Malnar and Frank Vodvarka

Wayne Schulz

John E. Hallwas

R. Eden Martin

Jacob Sherman

Carolyn Halsted

Todd Martin

Adele Simmons

Lee Hamilton

Davide Martini

Anita Smisek

Robert Harles

Nancy Mattei

Smithsonian Institution

Catherine L. Healy

Jin Moran

Snohomish Historical Society

Paul Hickman

Kathleen Morner

Brian G. Speck

Rebecca Hoffman

Anthony Mourek*

Susan Stevens

Richard C. Hoffmann

Richard Mueller

Liz Stoughton

Sue Holbert

Dave Mullen

David H. Stringer

Janet and Arthur Holzheimer

Karel Munao

David Tonkin

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James P. Troxel Doreen True Jacqueline Vossler William Wahlgren Nike B. Whitcomb Valerie Wiley T. Bradford Willis Mary Wyly Bronwen Wilson Karl-Heinz Wionzek Amanda Wunder

The Newberry makes every effort to ensure the accuracy of our honor roll of donors and we apologize if we have made any errors. Please notify the Development Office at (312) 255-3581 or contributions@newberry.org regarding any changes, corrections, or omissions. Thank you.

*Deceased

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Board of Trustees TRUSTEES OF THE NEWBERRY LIBRARY, 2023-24 Robert A. Holland Chair Lisa J. Pattis Vice Chair Nancy Spain Secretary

Laurin Mack Sonya Malunda James H. Marrow Andrew McNally IV Mary Minow Jean M. O’Brien Jean E. Perkins

David B. Smith, Jr. Treasurer

Michael A. Pope

Edith Rasmussen Ahern

Jeffrey Rappin

Gregory L. Barton

Kevin Rochford

Joan Brodsky

John P. Rompon

Frank Cicero, Jr.*

Burton X. Rosenberg

Lewis Collens

Martha T. Roth

Celine Fitzgerald

Rudy L. Ruggles, Jr.

Richard C. Godfrey

Adele Simmons

David C. Hilliard

Karla Scherer

Carroll Joynes

Jeffrey S. Torosian

Robert D. Karpinski, PhD

Kenneth Warren

Adrian Randolph

LIFE TRUSTEES OF THE NEWBERRY LIBRARY Roger Baskes T. Kimball Brooker Anthony Dean Louise R. Glasser Hanna Gray Neil Harris Victoria J. Herget Stanley N. Katz Barry L. MacLean David E. McNeel Cynthia E. Mitchell Janis W. Notz Alyce Sigler Richard D. Siragusa Carol Warshawsky Robert Wedgeworth, Jr.

Emilio Kouri Lawrence Lipking David Macey

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Staff OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT AND LIBRARIAN • Astrida Orle Tantillo, President and Librarian • Kristin Emery, Director of Governance and Strategic Initiatives COLLECTIONS AND LIBRARY SERVICES • Will Hansen, Roger and Julie Baskes Vice President for Collections and Library Services Acquisitions • Emma Morris, Acquisitions Manager Cataloging • Jessica Grzegorski, Head of Cataloging • Mya Lyman, Collection Services Assistant • Patrick A. Morris, Map Cataloging and Reference Librarian • Cheryl Wegner, Cataloging Librarian Cataloging Projects • Megan Kelly, Head of Cataloging Projects

Collection Services

General Collections Services

• Alan Leopold, Director

• Ben Greer, Library Assistant

Conservation Services

• Keva Kreeger, Reading Room Librarian for Public Service

• Kimberly Nichols, Director • Gabriel Hamer, Conservation Technician • Barb Korbel, Exhibition Prep Specialist • Alex Lorenz, Conservation Services Assistant Digital Initiatives and Services • Jennifer Thom Dalzin, Director • Allison DeArcangelis, Digital Asset Management Librarian • Catherine Gass, Photographer and Digitization Specialist • Leo Godoy, Digitization Technician • Ashlyn Lazor, Metadata Assistant • Quinn Sluzenski, Digital Initiatives Assistant • Angela Sullivan, Digital Asset Management Assistant

Collection Development • Jo Ellen McKillop Dickie, Selector for Reference

• Patrick A. Morris, Map Cataloging and Reference Librarian Modern Manuscripts and Archives

• Jo Ellen McKillop Dickie, Reference Services Librarian • Grace Dumelle, Genealogy and Local History Library Assistant • Graham Greer, Reference Librarian • Analú María López, Ayer Librarian • Matthew Rutherford, Curator of Genealogy and Local History

• Emma Lipkin, Reading Room Librarian for Collection Management • Kinsey Major, Reference Librarian • Megan Ryan, Library Assistant • Isabella Strazzabosco, Library Assistant DEVELOPMENT • Meredith Petrov, Vice President

• Alison Hinderliter, Lloyd Lewis Curator of Modern Manuscripts and Archives

• Caroline Carter, Grant Writer

• Catherine Grandgeorge, Manuscripts and Archives Librarian

• Natalie Edwards, Director of Major and Planned Giving

• Emily Richardson Keeler, Digital Archivist • Ben Weinstein, Project Archivist Reader Services

• Suzanne Karr Schmidt, George Amos Poole III Curator of Rare Books and Manuscripts

• Lisa Schoblasky, Director

• Alan Leopold, Selector for Library Science

• Nora Epstein, Instruction and Outreach Librarian

• Matthew Rutherford, Curator of Genealogy and Local History

Reference and Genealogy Services

• Alexis Flaherty, Library Assistant

• David Weimer, Robert A. Holland Curator of Maps

• Analú María López, Ayer Librarian and Assistant Curator

• Charlie Sellars, Library Assistant

• Jennifer Wolfe, Digital Scholarship and Outreach Librarian Maps

• Alison Hinderliter, Lloyd Lewis Curator of Modern Manuscripts and Selector for Modern Music

• Elynnor Sandefer, Administrative Coordinator

Roger and Julie Baskes Department of Special Collections Services

• Ash Wolfe, Cataloging Project Assistant

• Will Hansen, Curator of Americana

• Mia Pardel, Library Assistant

• Nicolas White, Digital Initiatives Web Developer and Librarian

• Tina Saenz, Cataloging Project Librarian

• Jill Gage, Custodian of the John M. Wing Foundation on the History of Printing and Bibliographer for British Literature and History

• Kristin Morrison, Reading Room Coordinator

• Adele Dillon, Operations Manager

• Rebecca Haynes, Manager of Volunteers • Rob Onorato, Director of Individual Giving • Jennifer Shulman, Events Manager • Ayanna Smith, Development and Governance Coordinator

• David Weimer, Robert A. Holland Curator of Maps

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Staff FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION • Sharon Walton, Vice President Bookshop • Jennifer Fastwolf, Manager Business Office • Toni Matthews, Controller • Dena Shadlow, Staff Accountant Facilities Management • Michael Mitchell, Facilities Manager and Chief Security Officer • Chris Cermak, Senior Building Maintenance Worker • Pete Diernberger, Building Maintenance Worker • Jason Ulane, Internal Services Coordinator Human Resources

Communications and Marketing • Bob Dolgan, Director • Mary Kennedy, Graphic Designer • Lili Pangborn, Communications Coordinator • Andrea Villasenor, Senior Graphic Designer Exhibitions • Sarah Alvarez, Director • Patrick Kepley, Assistant Registrar and Exhibitions Specialist RESEARCH AND EDUCATION • Laura McEnaney, Vice President • Sheridan Shenkin, Program Assistant Fellowships and Academic Programs • Keelin Burke, Director • Kerry Ellen Chun, Program Assistant

• Brandon Brooks, Director

Center for Renaissance Studies

• Diane Burkholder, Payroll and Finance Coordinator

• Dylan Bingham, Program Manager

Information Technology

• Lia Markey, Director • Christopher Fletcher, Assistant Director • Yasmine Hachimi, Public Humanities Fellow

• Kamila Farshchi, Director • Hafiz Banire, IT Support Technician • Erik Esquivel, Systems Administrator Office of Events • Chayla Bevers Ellison, Director • Mike Abbinanti, Events Assistant PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT • Vince Firpo, Vice President • Nico Marabella, Administrative Coordinator Adult Education and Public Programs • Karen Christianson, Director • Liv Koreman, Public Programs Manager • Marissa Mira, Public Humanities Intern • Kara Philoon, Public Programs Coordinator • Abbie Tarpinian Porto, Adult Education Manager • Isabel Sperry, Adult Education Coordinator

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D’Arcy McNickle Center for American Indian and Indigenous Studies • Rose Miron, Director • Haku Blaisdell, Associate Director for Outreach and Strategy • Sarah Jimenez, Program Coordinator Hermon Dunlap Smith Center for the History of Cartography • David Weimer, Director Teacher Programs • Kara Johnson, Director • Sam Maza, Program Coordinator • Sophia Croll, Program Manager

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