Chicago Calligraphy Collective's Exploration 2013 exhibition logo
Exploration 2013: The 27th Annual Juried...
A 1630 edition of the King James Bible
Treasures of Faith
Seminar Instructor Diane Dillon Leads a Walking Tour
Sign Up for a Summer Class
Board Chair Victoria J. Herget Presents The Newberry Award to David McCullough
The Newberry Honors David McCullough, Exceeds $25...
Chicago Calligraphy Collective's Exploration 2013 exhibition logo
Chicago Calligraphy Collective's Exploration 2013 exhibition logo
Exploration 2013: The 27th Annual Juried Exhibition of the Chicago Calligraphy Collective
Monday 3/11 to Friday 6/7

The Chicago Calligraphy Collective was founded in 1976 to promote the study, practice, and appreciation of calligraphy in all its historical and present-day applications. This annual juried exhibit of members’ work includes handmade artists’ books and broadsides as well as three-dimensional works executed in various media and styles, from classical to contemporary.

A 1630 edition of the King James Bible
A 1630 edition of the King James Bible, Gift of the McCormick Theological Seminary, Cataloged and Conserved by a Grant from the B.H. Breslauer Foundation
Treasures of Faith

This Newberry Spotlight exhibition features more than 40 books on religion that date from the thirteenth to the nineteenth century. “Treasures of Faith: Twenty Years of Acquisitions” showcases extraordinary examples from the more than 8,000 religious volumes the Newberry has acquired over the past two decades. The exhibition runs through July 6.

Seminar Instructor Diane Dillon Leads a Walking Tour
Seminar Instructor Diane Dillon Leads a Walking Tour
Sign Up for a Summer Class

Registration for summer seminars is now open. Delve into Kierkegaard’s Fear and Trembling; reacquaint yourself with Chicago’s public art, from commemorative statues to sprawling murals; or join a writers’ group and pen that imaginative children’s book you’ve been thinking about.

Board Chair Victoria J. Herget Presents The Newberry Award to David McCullough
Board Chair Victoria J. Herget Presents The Newberry Award to David McCullough
The Newberry Honors David McCullough, Exceeds $25 Million Campaign Goal

What a night for Chicago’s Newberry.

Before a crowd of more than 400 people that included Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Chicago-area teachers and students, Newberry Board of Trustees Chair Victoria J. Herget presented The Newberry Library Award to renowned historian David McCullough. But before doing so she had another announcement: the Newberry has exceeded its $25 million fundraising campaign goal.

Core Collections

E.H. Burbank, Chief Pretty Eagle (Crow). St. Xavier, MT, 1897.

American Indian and Indigenous Studies

As a collection of Americana, the Edward E. Ayer Collection is one of the best in the country and one of the strongest collections on American Indians.

Septentrionalium Terrarum descriptio.

Maps, Travel, and Exploration

The Newberry houses an extraordinary collection of over 500,000 maps and sources relating to the history and culture of travel.

American History and Culture

The Newberry has deep collections reflecting the breadth of American history and culture through World War One.

Marbling on binding by Norma Rubovits.

History of the Book

The Newberry’s collection on the history of printing and the book arts is one of the world’s leading collections in its field.      

From the Stacks

John Adams Letter

John Adams

In the early spring of 1788, John Adams returned from Europe, where he’d spent a decade conducting diplomatic business. He arrived in Massachusetts at a seminal moment; he was stateside, acclimating to his Braintree home, when the U.S. Constitution was formally ratified.

May Day

Adolph Fischer

This bilingual broadside, written by labor activist Adolph Fischer, calls on “workingmen” to attend a rally in Chicago’s Haymarket Square. In the demonstration’s aftermath, eight anarchists (including Fischer) were unfairly accused of slaying police officers. An openly biased judge sentenced seven of these defendants—known as the Haymarket martyrs—to death; the eighth was sentenced to 15 years in prison. In 1887, four were executed, after one committed suicide.