Maps
Vol. 14, 1895
Vol. 16, 1895
Vol. 03, 1911
Vol. 04, 1912
Chicago, Confronting the 1919 Riots (link)
Maps of the Chicago Social Science Research Committee 1920-1930 (link)
E 63rd from Cottage Grove to Stony Island / 1930-1939
Shapefiles:
Buiding Footprints
Major Streets
Pedestrian Streets
Sound and Vision
Studs Terkel Radio
Big Bill Broonzy discusses the blues ; part 1 (1953)
Big Bill Broonzy discusses the blues ; part 2 (1953)
Big Bill Broonzy discusses the blues (1955)
Mahalia Jackson discusses her affinity for gospel music and singing (1956)
Lorraine Hansberry discusses her play "A Raisin in the Sun" (1959)
Gwendolyn Brooks discusses her poetry (1961)
Louis Armstrong discusses music (1962)
Mahalia Jackson discusses the civil rights movement and the upcoming freedom rally (1963)
Reading Richard Wright's "The man who lived underground" with Michel Fabre ; part 1 (1964)
Reading Richard Wright's "The man who lived underground" with Michel Fabre ; part 2 (1964)
Reading Richard Wright's "The man who lived underground" with Michel Fabre ; part 3 (1964)
Studs Terkel interviews Curtiss Brooks, Jane Weston and Philip Hauser on the status of Blacks and housing, jobs and education in Chicago, part 4 (1965)
Willie Dixon, Sunnyland Slim and Big Mama Thornton discuss their careers in the blues and describe some of their songs (1970)
Studs Terkel and William (Bill) Leonard discuss their favorite memories of Frank Holzfeind and the Blue Note Jazz Club in Chicago (1975)
John Weber, Mark Rogovin and Justine DeVan discuss their work on murals and the Wall of Respect in Chicago (1975)
Big Bill Broonzy discusses the blues ; part 2 (1953)
Big Bill Broonzy discusses the blues (1955)
Mahalia Jackson discusses her affinity for gospel music and singing (1956)
Lorraine Hansberry discusses her play "A Raisin in the Sun" (1959)
Gwendolyn Brooks discusses her poetry (1961)
Louis Armstrong discusses music (1962)
Mahalia Jackson discusses the civil rights movement and the upcoming freedom rally (1963)
Reading Richard Wright's "The man who lived underground" with Michel Fabre ; part 1 (1964)
Reading Richard Wright's "The man who lived underground" with Michel Fabre ; part 2 (1964)
Reading Richard Wright's "The man who lived underground" with Michel Fabre ; part 3 (1964)
Studs Terkel interviews Curtiss Brooks, Jane Weston and Philip Hauser on the status of Blacks and housing, jobs and education in Chicago, part 4 (1965)
Willie Dixon, Sunnyland Slim and Big Mama Thornton discuss their careers in the blues and describe some of their songs (1970)
Studs Terkel and William (Bill) Leonard discuss their favorite memories of Frank Holzfeind and the Blue Note Jazz Club in Chicago (1975)
John Weber, Mark Rogovin and Justine DeVan discuss their work on murals and the Wall of Respect in Chicago (1975)
Presenting music with Oscar Brown, Jr (1977)
Brother John Sellers discusses his career as a blues artist and how church music inspired his music (1982)
Willie Dixon and Koko Taylor discuss the blues and how you create blues music (1982)
Dempsey Travis discusses his book "An Autobiography of Black Jazz" (1983)
Dempsey Travis discusses jazz artists and recalls his early memories of Chicago jazz (1989)
Lawrence Cohn discusses his book Nothing But the Blues: The Music and Musicians (1993)
Other Recordings
Alan Lomax Archive
New Orleans Jazz Interviews 1949McKinley Morganfield (Muddy Waters)
Mississippi 1933–1940
Mississippi Delta
Survey 1941–1942
Blues In the Mississippi Night interviews 1947
"Making it in Hell,” Parchman Farm, 1933-1969
Parchman Farm 1947 and 1948
Vera Hall 1948
Big Bill Broonzy 1952
Southern U.S. 1959 and 1960
Bessie Jones 1961–1962
American Portraits
Jelly Roll Morton pt. 1Jelly Roll Morton pt. 2
Black Encyclopedia of the Air
02: A Black History of Pop
03: The Roots of the Blues
04: The Founder of Chicago
05: The Big Black Continent
06: The First Africans
This American Life
Mapping 101
Aristocrat
Muddy Waters
Checker Records Artists
Steve Alaimo
Fontella Bass
Martha Bass
Little Joe Blue
Buster Brown (musician)
Gene Chandler
Bo Diddley
Willie Dixon
Eddie & Ernie
Five Blind Boys of Mississippi
Aretha Franklin
Johnny Fuller (musician)
Lowell Fulson
Dale Hawkins
Elmore James
King Kolax
J. B. Lenoir
Little Walter
Joe Hill Louis
Jimmy McCracklin
Memphis Minnie
Little Milton
Bobby Moore & the Rhythm Aces
Morris Pejoe
Bobby Rush (musician)
Arbee Stidham
Koko Taylor
Tammi Terrell
Sonny Boy Williamson II
Jimmy Witherspoon
Chess Records
2120 S. Michigan Avenue
Alberta Adams
Gene Ammons
Lee Andrews & the Hearts
Archie Bell & the Drells
Chuck Berry
Big Maybelle
Dennis Binder
Eddie Bo
Eddie Boyd
Jan Bradley
Jackie Brenston
John Brim
Lonnie Brooks
Big Bill Broonzy
Solomon Burke
Barbara Carr
Alvin Cash
Bobby Charles
Tony Clarke (singer)
Wayne Cochran
Mitty Collier
Cookie and his Cupcakes
The Corsairs
Dave "Baby" Cortez
James "Sugar Boy" Crawford
The Crew-Cuts
Sugar Pie DeSanto
Bo Diddley
Jimmy Donley
Al Downing (musician)
Eddie & Ernie
Billy "The Kid" Emerson
The Falcons
King Floyd
Four Tops
C. L. Franklin
Harvey Fuqua
Lacy Gibson
Benny Goodman
Rosco Gordon
Stomp Gordon
Buddy Guy
Al Hibbler
Monk Higgins
Jessie Hill
The Hollywood Flames
John Lee Hooker
Big Walter Horton
Howlin' Wolf
Fred Hughes (singer)
Elmore James
Etta James
Jimmy & Johnny
Johnnie & Joe
Johnnie Johnson (musician)
Floyd Jones
Kings of Rhythm
Rahsaan Roland Kirk
Baker Knight
Denise LaSalle
Laura Lee (singer-songwriter)
Louisiana Red
Willie Mabon
Pigmeat Markham
Jerry Mason (singer)
Percy Mayfield
Jimmy McCracklin
Jack McVea
Memphis Slim
Little Milton
The Miracles
The Moonglows
Muddy Waters
Jimmy Nelson (singer)
Art Neville
Robert Nighthawk
Danny Overbea
Leo Parker
Doc Pomus
Red Prysock
The Radiants
The Rays
Jimmy Rogers
Doctor Ross
Jackie Ross
Otis Rush
Tab Smith
Valaida Snow
Eddie South
Joe Stampley
Billy Stewart
Hubert Sumlin
Koko Taylor
Sonny Terry
Irma Thomas
Rufus Thomas
Lucky Thompson
Tommy & the Tom Toms
Ike Turner
The Vibrations
Washboard Sam
Baby Washington
Billy Watkins (musician)
Larry Williams
Rusty York
Vee-JayFirst rehearsal space in a garage at 47th Street and King's Drive.
Jimmy Reed
Memphis Slim
John Lee Hooker the Spaniels
the Dells
El Dorados
Jerry Butler
Gene Chandler
Dee Clark
Betty Everet
The Impossible Map
Sun Ra
Space is the Place
Sun Ra Documentary.
Alan Lomax / Video Archives
Charles Kuralt interviews Alan Lomax, part 1 of 4 (1991)
Charles Kuralt interviews Alan Lomax, part 2 of 4 (1991)
Charles Kuralt interviews Alan Lomax, part 3 of 4 (1991)
Charles Kuralt interviews Alan Lomax, part 4 of 4 (1991)
Big Bill Broonzy: Black, Brown and White Blues (1947)