Chicago map lovers (you know who you are and there are too many of you to tag), look what's just been released! node.uchicago.edu/collection/m...

Please join us on 5/13 from 12-1 on Zoom to listen to newly digitized audio from City Council meetings and hear from staff at members UIC & @chipublib.bsky.social about their holdings from Richard J Daley, Richard M Daley, and Harold Washington. Register today! chicagocollections.org/news-events/...

Sending out the batsignal! You know who you are!

If you want caps lock randomly turned on, the coworker is your guy

@rmartincole.bsky.social Transportation!

It's never lost on me the miracle that is the library. dansinker.com/posts/2026-0...

It's #NationalLibraryWeek so what a time to cut school librarians, amirite? Kudos to Tom Hayden for speaking up foiagras.com/p/firing-lib...

It's National Library Workers Day!!!! 🎉 CCC is just 1.5 staff so you know we can't do ANY of what we do without the help of of library staff at our member institutions! THANK YOU!

The Newberry on this platform brings us joy!

This 🧵 ❤️ Mayor Harold Washington!

Glad to have the home office option when there are problems on the L

This is TONIGHT! @rmartincole.bsky.social is the QUEEN of transportation!

We're back on our soapbox to sing the praises of @chicagocovenants.bsky.social Check out the latest blog post from Hannah Simmons, PhD student at Northwestern University on Supreme Liberty Life Insurance Co., a lesser known player in Hansberry v Lee www.chicagocovenants.com/blog/financi...

What a week and we're still here! Reward yourself by registering for our virtual program The Architecture of Walter Netsch on 4/24, 12-1, co-sponsored with @chicagoarchivists.bsky.social The program will be recorded and added to our YouTube channel chicagocollections.org/news-events/...

One of our favorite people ever and she and her amazing collection are in the Trib!

Fantastic event with panelists responding to City Council audio archives clips featuring women of City Council! A highlight--hearing Dorothy Tillman refuse to remove her hat! Thank you speakers and the City Clerk's office! Excellent reminder that local government counts!

We support Transgender Day of Visibility. Mama Gloria Allen's papers are held by member @chicagomuseum.bsky.social

From member @chicagomuseum.bsky.social opening day in 1916 (seriously, 110 years ago?) when Wrigley was Weeghman Park. We say, bring back the marching band for opening day! #chicagocubs

Yeah, the parade was Saturday but today is St. Patrick's Day and we're sharing this today--one of our favorites from member UIC.

It’s another fake spring day (not complaining!) so the coworker looks upside down at digital images of flowers in the portal.

Happy to see a few copies of The Uptown still available! Publisher is out of stock so get to Women and Children First!

Another great video to share on Chicago's incorporation anniversary! Who is more Chicago than Dominic Pacyga? Worked at the stock yards and his latest just fills our Chicago politics loving soul. Dual slide view blamed on the guy below. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ko8g...

We’re living in a nightmare but it’s the anniversary of this amazing city’s incorporation so a palate cleanser youtu.be/Z7x4ZS7ZZWc?...

@blaservations.bsky.social Romeoville and Joliet! www.wbez.org/curious-city...

We had the BEST time listening to Dominic A. Pacyga discussing his book Clout City yesterday in which RJD figures heavily. When we share the recording, we’re blaming technical issues on the coworker.

Privileged to see David Omotoso Stovall discussing his book last night at the phenomenal National Public Housing Museum. See him if he speaks elsewhere and get this book!

Ghosted by the Blue Line at the Washington station while a man sings Unchained Melody on the platform. In other words, a typical Chicago evening 🤷‍♀️

This was a great panel yesterday and regarding Leon Despres's comments in 1973, Helen Shiller added the context that RJD would sometimes turn off the mics of alderman so we're grateful this exists!

1/2 Hey, Chicago political history geeks, we were in heaven today at this event to launch the City Council Audio Recordings, 1970-2012. Find them linked via this page: www.chicityclerk.com/city-council...

Dominic A. Pacyga is one of our favorite Chicago historians, so we're thrilled to be in discussion with him on 2/19 about his latest, Clout City: The Rise and Fall of the Chicago Political Machine. Sign up today! chicagocollections.org/news-events/...

We're huge fans of @chicagocovenants.bsky.social and following the research that Hannah Simmons, PhD student at Northwestern, is doing as a Black Metropolis Graduate Assistant. Her latest-- the 1951 race riots in Cicero. We can't help but note parallels today www.chicagocovenants.com/research/cov...

In non-apocalyptic news, it me: chicagocollections.org/news-events/...

It’s been a heavy start to the new year so the coworker asked to search for the Chicago Bears in the portal. Go Bears!

Attending #AHA26 in Chicago? Join Malachy McCarthy, Ellen Skerrett, Holly Fiedler, and CCC for our discussion, Broadening the Scholarly Paradigm: Documenting, Preserving, and Creating a Framework for Chicago History. aha.confex.com/aha/2026/web...

Let's end this most challenging year with our favorite Dill Pickles and their Bawl M'ass'k courtesy of member @newberrylibrary.bsky.social (citation below) 2026 has to be better, right? Right????

It was a very somber and scary weekend but finding some bright spots: 1. seeing @robertloerzel.bsky.social and Andy Pierce discuss their amazing book, The Uptown, encompassing not just the theater but the neighborhood and 2. hearing Chance the Rapper make @chicagocta.bsky.social announcements

1/2 We had our last board meeting of the calendar year and discussed what challenging times these are. But archives and the scholars who use them can still reveal history, good and bad.

Could not be more proud to work with such a great group of Chicago heritage workers through @chicollections.bsky.social to keep our EXPLORE portal running as a trusted diverse source: www.raceandequityproject.org/training-hig...

Dominic Pacyga, an urban historian and author, has researched immigration history for decades. As ICE raids hit local communities, he sees parallels to how different groups have mobilized around a common cause. https://www.citybureau.org/newswire/2025/12/2/dominic-pacyga-immigration-raids-chicago

One of the great things about working with colleagues who love Chicago history is appreciating how they title articles. We happily present "No Little Plans: Constructing a Local Controlled Vocabulary in EXPLORE Chicago Collections" by Kate Flynn and Erin Matson: journals.ala.org/index.php/lr...

1/4 We know we're one organization among many reaching out on #GivingTuesday and that it's a challenging year.

Enjoying some digital images of Christmas on this snowy day from CCC members in our portal. Don’t let the innocent act fool you. Those paws can turn caps lock in a heartbeat.

No matter what *someone* says, it's still World AIDS Day. Member University of Chicago has the ACT UP Chicago records because history cannot be covered up or whitewashed. explore.chicagocollections.org/ead/uchicago...

We're taking tomorrow off so we're giving early thanks to our members and all of you in our community and what better way than from a program from our favorite, the Dill Pickle Club!

It's a sad anniversary, the death of Mayor Harold Washington in 1987 OTD, but we love this image of him with union members. Credit to member UIC.

We were thrilled to be invited by the Department of Aviation to decorate a tree at out O'Hare! We hope you get to take a look in your holiday travels! Find us at Terminal 5 between gates M18 and M20. All images from our portal featuring members' collections!

Yup, this tracks! Check out bubbel.blue

Not scary news this Halloween, great news that transit is funded! In honor of that, we're sharing Estelle Wong's brilliant Ode to the L, a winner of our Making History Come Alive Through Words poetry competition in 2024. Thanks Estelle and @chicagocta.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLZe...

“Chicago is the future.“ @joseolivarez.bsky.social for @chicagomag.com