Chicago Reader Artwork Collection

Original works by various artists commissioned for the Chicago Reader alternative weekly newspaper.

Dates: 1973-2005   |   Extent: 14.3 linear feet (10 oversize boxes)
Archives: Newberry Library

Chicago Reader Photographs: News Collection

Photographs used to accompany front page and other feature stories in the Chicago Reader alternative weekly newspaper, as well as the columns Calendar, Hot Type, Neighborhood News, Our Town, TheWorks, and Chicago Anti-Social.

Dates: 1973-2007   |   Extent: 60.5 linear feet (141 boxes and 1 oversize box)
Archives: Newberry Library

Chicago Reader Photographs: Performance Collection

Publicity and live photographs of Midwest area dance, drama, comedy, and music performers and performances from the files of the Chicago Reader weekly newspaper.

Dates: Bulk, 1980-2000   |   Extent: 61.0 linear feet (147 boxes, 1 oversize box)
Archives: Newberry Library

Chicago Reader Records

Original copy of articles, legal files, miscellaneous administrative files, and unsolicited manuscripts of the Chicago Reader alternative weekly newspaper.

Dates: 1971-2000   |   Extent: 33.0 linear feet (77 boxes, 1 oversize box)
Archives: Newberry Library

Ernest A. Griffin Family Papers

Papers of family historian Ernest A. Griffin, proprietor of the Griffin Funeral Home on Chicago's south side, including family documents, photographs, audio/visual material, genealogical notes, and materials relating to the history of Camp Douglas (on which the funeral home stood) and Charles H. Griffin who served in a colored regiment during the Civil War. Also includes documentation of the funerals

Dates: Bulk, 1910-1995   |   Extent: 25.9 linear feet (47 boxes and 1 oversize box)
Archives: Newberry Library