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A brief tour of the Newberry

A brief tour of the Newberry. Located in Chicago between the Loop, the Gold Coast, and Lincoln Park, the Newberry’s current home was built by architect Henry Ives Cobb in 1892. The lobby, watched over by a bust of the founder, Walter Loomis Newberry (1804-1868).

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A brief tour of the Newberry

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  1. A brief tour of the Newberry

  2. Located in Chicago between the Loop, the Gold Coast, and Lincoln Park, the Newberry’s current home was built by architect Henry Ives Cobb in 1892.

  3. The lobby, watched over by a bust of the founder, Walter Loomis Newberry (1804-1868)

  4. The A. C. McLurg bookstore, also in the lobby, is always worth a visit.

  5. The General Reading Room, on the second floor.

  6. Special Collections, on the fourth floor.

  7. Meeting rooms and class spaces

  8. NEH Summer Scholars will have study carrels.

  9. A peek into the Newberry’s closed stacks.

  10. The Newberry’s conservation staff at work.

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