Public libraries -- Cultural programs -- Illinois -- Chicago
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Chicago Public Library Archives. Author Event Videos
Collection
Identifier: spe-l00083
Abstract
These recordings show some of the public programs Chicago Public Library has offered between 1995 and 2011. There is a wide variety of authors in this collection, from bestselling authors to local, emerging talent. In addition to fiction writers, the collection features poets, journalists, actors, chefs, scientists and scholars, and programs include author talks, panel discussions, dramatic readings and poetry recitals.
Dates:
1995 - 2011
Leland B. Elder, Jr. Papers
Collection
Identifier: harsh-2016-02
Abstract
Leland B. Elder Jr. worked as part of the Chicago Public Library’s Public Information Office (PIO) for over thirty years (1984-2016). His responsibilities included editing and writing for the various incarnations of the library’s newsletters, marketing, press releases and promoting library programs and services. His papers detail the growth and development of the PIO and the Marketing Department of the Chicago Public Library showing the evolution of the ethnic heritage committees and the...
Dates:
1945 - 2016
One Book, Many Interpretations Collection
Collection
Identifier: spe-l00191
Abstract
This collection consists of 21 artist books and fine bindings that were displayed at two juried bookbinding exhibits—One Book, Many Interpretations in 2006 and One Book, Many Interpretations: Second Edition in 2011—coinciding with the fifth and tenth anniversaries of Chicago Public Library’s One Book, One Chicago program. The books, each drawing inspiration from a previous One Book, One...
Dates:
2006, 2011