Vivian G. Harsh Research Collection

CTL-E-4220 · Archive · collection · 1932-present

VERIFIED evidence grade of this record

The largest cache of African American history and literature in the Midwestern United States, at the Chicago Public Library; a $2 million Mellon grant (2024) funds digitization of 300,000 pieces.

Relationships

Washington Heights — located in
The Carter G. Woodson Regional Library, home of the Vivian G. Harsh Research Collection, is at 9525 S. Halsted St. in Chicago's Washington Heights neighborhood.

Referenced by

Chicago Public Library — archived at → this record

Sources

JBHE - Chicago Library Receives $2 Million to Digitize Harsh Collection (2024-02)
JBHE - Chicago Library Receives $2 Million to Digitize Harsh Collection (2024-02)
CultureTechLens batch RELP96 research

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Children asleep in a kitchenette apartment, Chicago, 1941Photo: Russell Lee, FSA-OWI, Public Domain, via Library of Congress

Children at a meal, Chicago, 1941Photo: Russell Lee, FSA-OWI, Public Domain, via Library of Congress

Children playing in vacant lot in Negro section of Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941Photo: Lee, Russell, 1903-1986, FSA-OWI, Public Domain, via Library of Congress

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