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• Architecture -- Illinois -- Chicago
• Architecture -- Illinois -- History
• Chicago -- History

• Great American architects series. nos. 1-6. (Architectural Record Company, 1895) (page images at HathiTrust)
• The University of Chicago. (University of Chicago Press, 1908), by University of Chicago (page images at HathiTrust)

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• Art and Architecture (2 volumes; Philadelphia: G. Barrie, 1893), by William Walton (HTML and page images at iit.edu)
• The Chicago school of architecture: a plan for preserving a significant remnant of America's architectural heritage. (U.S. Dept. of the Interior, National Park Service [For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off.], 1973), by Hugh C. Miller and United States National Park Service (page images at HathiTrust)
• Guide to significant Chicago architecture of 1872 to 1922. ([Glencoe, Ill., 1958), by John D. Randall (page images at HathiTrust)
• A guide to Chicago architecture (Skidmore, Owings & Merril, 1962), by Arthur Muschenheim (page images at HathiTrust)
• Mid-North district : a discussion of the history and architectural features of this distinctive area of Chicago ... (The Commission, 1975), by Commission on Chicago Historical and Architectural Landmarks (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• "Segments of the past" : [a permanent record of the architecturally and historically interesting buildings being demolished in the Hyde Park-Kenwood urban renewal program]. (Hyde Park-Kenwood Community Conference in cooperation with Department of Urban Renewal, Chicago ;, 1962), by Chicago Hyde Park-Kenwood Community Conference and Chicago. Dept. of Urban Renewal (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Chicago, the world's youngest great city. (Chicago & North Western Railway, 1929), by Chicago and North Western Railway Company (page images at HathiTrust)
• Art and architecture (G. Barrie, 1893), by William Walton and Ill.) World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago (page images at HathiTrust)
• Rand, McNally & Co.'s pictorial guide to Chicago : what to see and how to see it. (The Company, 1888), by Rand McNally and Company (page images at HathiTrust)

• Art Institute of Chicago handbook of paintings (The Institute], 1923), by Art Institute of Chicago (page images at HathiTrust)

• The Chicago School of Architecture; a plan for preserving a significant remnant of America's architectural heritage (U.S. National Park Service, 1972), by Hugh C. Miller and United States. Office of Archeology and Historic Preservation (page images at HathiTrust)

• Chicago Architect (partial serial archives)

• Building code with index issue (Index Pub. Corp., 1951), by Chicago (Ill.) (page images at HathiTrust)

• The Year book for ... (the School, between 1000 and 1999), by Chicago School of Architecture (page images at HathiTrust)

• Pictorial Chicago (Rand, McNally, 1898), by Rand McNally and Company (page images at HathiTrust)

• American homes beautiful. (C.L. Bowes, 1921) (page images at HathiTrust)

• Chicago Renters' Resource Guide (electronic edition, in English, Spanish and Chinese), by Lawyers' Committee for Better Housing (Chicago, Ill.) (PDF with commentary at lcbh.org)
• Lake Meadows, designed for modern living on Chicago's new southside lake front. ([Chicago?, 1952), by New York Life Insurance Company (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Death at a masquerade (M.S. Mill Co., Inc., 1938), by M. E. Corne (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Maurice : and other stories (Ivy Press, 1902), by Marion Frances Watt (page images at HathiTrust)

• Five-year report of the Michigan Boulevard Garden Apartments Building Corporation. ([The Corporation], 1935), by Michigan Boulevard Garden Apartments Building Corporation (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Chicago Renters' Resource Guide (electronic edition, in English, Spanish and Chinese), by Lawyers' Committee for Better Housing (Chicago, Ill.) (PDF with commentary at lcbh.org)

• Tenants handbook (Chicago Housing Authority, 1949), by Chicago Housing Authority (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Tenement conditions in Chicago (City Homes Association, 1901), by Robert Hunter and Ill.) City Homes Association (Chicago (page images at HathiTrust)
• Tenement housing conditions in the twentieth ward, Chicago. Report of Civics Committee of Chicago Women's Club. ([Chicago], 1912), by Ill.). Civics Committee Chicago Woman's Club (Chicago (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Housing problem in Chicago (University of Chicago Press, 1910), by Sophonisba Preston Breckinridge, Edith Abbott, and Chicago School of Civics and Philanthropy. Dept. of Social Investigation (page images at HathiTrust)

• First special report of the Factory Inspectors of Illinois on small-pox in the tenement house sweat-shops of Chicago. (H.W. Rokker, State Printer and Binder, 1894), by Illinois. Office of Factory Inspector (page images at HathiTrust)

• Studies on building height limitations in large cities, with special reference to conditions in Chicago; proceedings of an investigation of building height limitations (Chicago Real Estate Board Library, 1923), by Chicago Real Estate Board. Zoning Committee and Charles M. Nichols (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Revised building ordinances of the city of Chicago, passed December 5, 1910, with amendments and additions up to August 1, 1913. With an index thereto. Printed by order of the City council ... (J.F. Higgins, printer], 1913), by Chicago (Ill.) (page images at HathiTrust)
• A half century of Chicago building : a practical reference guide : all building laws and ordinances brought to date : historical, technical and statistical review of the construction and material development of America's inland metropolis ([s.n.], 1910), by Fred A. Britten and John H. Jones (page images at HathiTrust)
• An ordinance relating to the Department of Buildings and governing the erection of buildings, etc., in the City of Chicago. Passed March 13, 1905. (Moorman & Geller, 1905), by etc Chicago (Ill.). Ordinances and Chicago (Ill.). Department of Buildings (page images at HathiTrust)
• Index summary of the new Chicago building code, with complete cross references. ([Menasha, Wis., 1939), by Edward Ernest Reddersen and Chicago (Ill.) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Municipal code of Chicago : chapters 40 and 47 to 78 inclusive and amendments to chapters 39,43,44,46 and 80 relating to buildings, with amendments to December 30, 1949. (Champlin-Shealy Co., 1951), by Chicago (Ill.) and Illinois (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• 1916 official directory, constitution, by-laws, working rules, etc. ([Carpenter Contractors' Association of Chicago], 1916), by Carpenter Contractors' Association of Chicago (page images at HathiTrust)
• Building regulation in Chicago, an analysis and recommendations (The Chicago association of commerce, 1945), by Chicago Association of Commerce and Industry and John B. Pierce Foundation (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Residential construction and related data, 1957; Chicago Metropolitan Area, City of Chicago. (City of Chicago, 1957), by Chicago (Ill.). Dept. of City Planning (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Chicago's Navy Pier, Illinois : study of alternatives (The Service, 1986), by United States National Park Service (page images at HathiTrust)

• Preserving historic corridor doors and glazing in high-rise buildings (U.S. Dept. of the Interior, National Park Service, Cultural Resources, Heritage Preservation Services, 2001), by Chad Randl and United States. National Park Service. Heritage Preservation Division (page images at HathiTrust)
• Installing insulating glass in existing wooden sash incorporating the historic glass (National Park Service, U.S. Dept. of the Interior, 1985), by Charles E. Fisher and United States National Park Service (page images at HathiTrust)

• Architectural competition for designs of a court house and city hall to be erected in Chicago, Illinois. (Jameson & Morse, printers, 1872), by Lawrence J. Gutter Collection of Chicagoana (University of Illinois at Chicago) (page images at HathiTrust)

• The Chicago school of architecture: a plan for preserving a significant remnant of America's architectural heritage. (U.S. Dept. of the Interior, National Park Service [For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off.], 1973), by Hugh C. Miller and United States National Park Service (page images at HathiTrust)

• Monograph of the work of Hall, Lawrence & Ratcliffe, inc. (Architectural Monograph Co., 1927), by Lawrence & Ratcliffe Hall (page images at HathiTrust)

• Yearbook. ([s.n.], between 1000 and 1999), by Chicago School of Architecture (page images at HathiTrust)

• The great Chicago theater disaster the complete story told by the survivors : presenting a vivid picture, both by pen and camera, of one of the greatest fire horrors of modern times (Publishers Union of America, 1904), by Marshall Everett (page images at HathiTrust)

• Charters, articles of incorporation, deeds, consolidations, mortgages, leases, decrees, etc. (The Company, 1929), by Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company Chicago and W. W. Baldwin (page images at HathiTrust)

• John Crerar Library : a list of books on industrial arts. Oct. 1903. (Board of Directors, 1904) (page images at HathiTrust)

• The history of the Olivet Baptist Church of Chicago (Dept. of Photoduplication, the University of Chicago Library, 1922), by Miles Mark Fisher (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• 75th anniversary of the Pullman bank, 1883-1958. ([Chicago, 1958), by Pullman Trust and Savings Bank (page images at HathiTrust)

• The history of the Olivet Baptist Church of Chicago (Dept. of Photoduplication, the University of Chicago Library, 1922), by Miles Mark Fisher (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

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