Newberry Library
Chicago
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| 2025 | Henry Louis Gates Jr. is set to receive the Newberry Library Award. |
| 2024 | Thomas Leslie's book 'Chicago Skyscrapers, 1934-1986: How Technology, Politics, Finance, and Race Reshaped the City' received the Pattis Family Foundation Chicago Book Award. |
| 2024 | Drew Gilpin Faust received the Newberry Library Award. |
| 2024 | Mounted 'A Night at Mister Kelly's' exhibition, likely exploring Chicago's cultural history. |
| 2023 | Toya Wolfe's book 'Last Summer on State Street' was awarded the Pattis Family Foundation Chicago Book Award. |
| 2023 | Ken Burns received the Newberry Library Award. |
| 2023 | Presented 'Pop-Up Books through the Ages' exhibition, exploring the unique collection of pop-up books. |
| December 2023 | Astrida Orle Tantillo becomes the President and Librarian of the Newberry Library. |
| April 2023 | Gail Kern Paster is appointed as Interim President and Librarian, serving from April to October. |
| 2022 | Dawn Turner's book 'Three Girls from Bronzeville' won the inaugural Pattis Family Foundation Chicago Book Award, receiving the $25,000 prize. |
| 2022 | Ira Glass and This American Life received the Newberry Library Award. |
| 2022 | Hosted two exhibitions: 'A Show of Hands: Handwriting in the Age of Print' and 'Handmaidens for Travelers: The Pullman Company Maids'. |
| 2021 | The Pattis Family Foundation established the Chicago Book Award at the Newberry Library, created to recognize books that transform public understanding of Chicago, its history, or its people. |
| 2021 | Lonnie G. Bunch III received the Newberry Library Award. |
| 2021 | Launched '¡Viva la Libertad! Latin America and the Age of Revolutions' exhibition, displaying items related to Latin American history. |
| 2020 | Presented 'Renaissance Invention: Stradanus's "Nova Reperta"' exhibition, featuring artifacts from the library's collection. |
| 2019 | Marilynne Robinson received the Newberry Library Award. |
| 2019 | Daniel Greene assumes the role of President and Librarian of the Newberry Library. |
| 2019 | Laura Edwards and Deborah Cohen were Long-Term Newberry Fellows, producing scholarly works including 'Only the Clothes on Her Back' and 'Last Call at the Hotel Imperial' respectively. |
| 2019 | Hosted 'The Legacy of Chicago Dance' exhibition, highlighting items from the Newberry's collections. |
| 2018 | Carla Hayden received the Newberry Library Award. |
| 2018 | Mounted 'Pictures from an Exposition: Visualizing the 1893 World's Fair' exhibition, showcasing items from the library's collections. |
| 2017 | Martin E. Marty received the Newberry Library Award. |
| 2017 | Anna Katie Sagal was a Long-Term Newberry Fellow, researching and later publishing 'Botanical Entanglements: Women, Natural Science, and the Arts in Eighteenth-Century England'. |
| 2016 | The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation received the Newberry Library Award. |
| 2015 | Stacy Schiff received the Newberry Library Award. |
| 2014 | Roger Baskes received the Newberry Library Award. |
| 2013 | David McCullough received the Newberry Library Award. |
| 2012 | Francis Christopher Oakley received the Newberry Library Award. |
| 2011 | Robert Darnton received the Newberry Library Award. |
| 2010 | Jonathan Spence received the Newberry Library Award. |
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