2011 Snowstorm Photographs
Scope and Contents
The Snowstorm Photograph Collection contains photographs of Chicago neighborhoods on or just after the 2011 blizzard.
Dates
- Creation: 2011-02-01 - 2011-02-04
Creator
- Reed, Lorraine (library employee) (Person)
- Susina, Ashley (librarian) (Person)
- Berry, Marcus A. (librarian) (Person)
- Diller, Brian (library volunteer) (Person)
- Orellana, Debra (librarian) (Person)
- Williams, G'Jordan (Person)
- Hafermann, Kelly (Person)
- Edson, Kristen (Person)
- Thomas, Maurice (librarian) (Person)
- Smith, Brooke (library employee) (Person)
- Reiser, Thomas J. (Person)
- Reed, Lorraine (library employee) (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Materials are open without restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
Please consult staff to determine ability to reuse materials from collection.
Biographical / Historical
The 2011 snowstorm started Tuesday afternoon, February 1, 2011. Over 20 inches of snow would eventually descend upon the city with winds measuring up to 70 miles per hour. These wintry elements knocked out power for many and closed Lake Shore Drive as well as businesses, organizations, schools and city departments. Many speculated that this snowstorm, which was referred to as snowpocalypse, would go down in history as Chicago’s worst storm. However, it ranked third behind the 1967 and 1999 snowstorms.
Extent
2 Linear Feet (in 2 boxes, including 114 photographs)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The 2011 snowstorm started Tuesday afternoon, February 1, 2011. Over 20 inches of snow would eventually descend upon the city with winds measuring up to 70 miles per hour. The Snowstorm Photograph Collection contains photographs of Chicago neighborhoods during or just after the 2011 blizzard.
Arrangement
The photographs are arranged alphabetically by geographical region of Chicago: Loop, North Side, Northerly Island and South Side. Within these categories, they are filed sequentially by photograph number, which are assigned alphabetically by donor’s last name.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The photographs in the Snowstorm Photograph Collection were donated by Marcus Berry (8.1-8.7), Brian Diller (photos 2.1-2.14), Kristen Edson (photos 3.1-3.13), Kelly Hafermann (photos 4.1-4.21), Debra Orellana (photos 1.1-1.4), Lorraine Reed (9.1-9.7), Thomas Reiser (photos 10.1-10.5), Brooke Smith (photos 5.1-5.3), Ashley Susina (photos 6.1-6.19, 7.1-7.7), Maurice Thomas, Jr. (photos 11.1-11.2), and G’Jordan Williams (photos 12.1-12.19).
Source
- Reed, Lorraine (library employee) (Person)
- Susina, Ashley (librarian) (Person)
- Berry, Marcus A. (librarian) (Person)
- Diller, Brian (library volunteer) (Person)
- Orellana, Debra (librarian) (Person)
- Williams, G'Jordan (Person)
- Hafermann, Kelly (Person)
- Edson, Kristen (Person)
- Thomas, Maurice (librarian) (Person)
- Smith, Brooke (library employee) (Person)
- Reiser, Thomas J. (Person)
- Reed, Lorraine (library employee) (Person)
- Title
- Guide to the 2011 Snowstorm Photographs
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Processed in 2011. Updated and ingested into ArchivesSpace by Johanna Russ and Kay Slater, 2023.
- Date
- 2011
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Unit at Harold Washington Library Center Repository
Harold Washington Library Center, 9th Floor
Chicago Public Library
400 S. State Street
Chicago IL 60605 United States
(312) 747-4875
specoll@chipublib.org