Archives: Research & Learn
The Hyde Park Historical Society maintains archives to support its mission of research and education into the history and heritage of Hyde Park. HPHS collections are both physical and digital.
The Physical Archives are NOT located at the historical society headquarters, but at the University of Chicago’s Regenstein Library. You will need to directly contact the UChicago library to get access to the physical collection: University of Chicago Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center at Regenstein Library.
If you are NOT affiliated with UChicago, please with Book an Appointment with Special Collections to obtain see items in our archives at the Regenstein Library.
Below is a guide to accessing these collections:
Digital Archives
Digital Research Resources
History of Hyde Park, A. T. Andreas, 1884:
Hyde Park Heralds’s Lost History Series
Your House Has a History, City of Chicago, 2003
University of Chicago “Mapping the University of Chicago” Project, 2020
UCLA World’s Columbian Exposition Reconstruction
Physical Archives
Hyde Park High School Yearbook Collection: A list of the yearbooks in the collection can be found here.
HPHS collects materials relating to the history of Hyde Park Township. A description of materials within the scope of the collection as well as donations procedures can be found here .
HPHS Research Assistance
Need help with a research question? Ask the Archivist
Contact: archives@hydeparkhistory.org or leave a message at: 773-493-1893
Black History Research Resource Links
Art Institute of Chicago - "African Diaspora Collection" https://www.artic.edu/collection?theme_ids=PC-830
Black Metropolis Research Consortium https://bmrc.lib.uchicago.edu/
Bronzeville Children's Museum http://bronzevillechildrensmuseum.com/
Chicago History Museum - "Arts and Culture" https://artsandculture.google.com/partner/chicago-history-museum
Chicago History Museum - "Remembering Dr. King: 1929 - 1968" https://www.chicagohistory.org/exhibition/remembering-dr-king-1929-1968/
Chicago History Museum - "Encyclopedia of Chicago" http://encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/
Chicago History Museum - "Jesse Jackson's Operation Push" https://artsandculture.google.com/story/zQVRbo2RdayVbQ
Chicago Public Library - Illinois Writers Project: "Negro in Illinois" Digital Collection https://www.chipublib.org/illinois-writers-project-negro-in-illinois-digital-collection/
Chicago Public Library - Woodson Branch https://www.chipublib.org/vivian-g-harsh-research-collection
The DuSable | Black History Museum and Education Center https://www.dusablemuseum.org/
Field Museum of Natural History - "The Relevance of Native America to Black History" https://www.fieldmuseum.org/blog/relevance-native-america-black-history
Field Museum of Natural History - "Who was Jean Baptiste Pointe DuSable?" https://www.fieldmuseum.org/blog/who-was-jean-baptiste-pointe-dusable
Field Museum of Natural History - "The Black Taxidermy Hall of Famer You Need to Know" https://www.fieldmuseum.org/blog/black-taxidermy-hall-famer-you-need-know
Lake Forest College - "The Young Lords and the Black Panther Party" http://digitalchicagohistory.org/exhibits/show/young-lords/young-lords-and-black-panthers
Lake Forest College - "The Assassination of Fred Hampton" http://digitalchicagohistory.org/exhibits/show/fred-hampton-50th
Lake Forest College - "Mapping the Blues: A Cultural Geography of the Black Metropolis in the 1960s" http://digitalchicagohistory.org/exhibits/show/flerlage/cultural-geography
The Museum of Science and Industry - Chicago - "Black Creativity" https://www.msichicago.org/education/creativity-and-innovation/black-creativity/
South Side Art Center - Collections https://www.sscartcenter.org/collections/
South Side Art Center - Resources https://www.sscartcenter.org/about-us/resources/