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Chicago University
Chicago: its history and its builders, a century of marvelous growth

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Title
Chicago University
Description
Caption: "Chicago University". From text: "To Stephen A. Douglas is due the credit of founding the first University of Chicago, now known as the Old University of Chicago. In 1856 a number of citizens visited Judge Douglas with plans for a university, and asked him for help. He gave them ten acres of ground lying along Cottage Grove avenue, at Thirty-fourth street, not far from the place where the Douglas monument now stands. On these grounds was erected a white limestone building in 1857, and here for seven years the work of the new institution was done. In 1865 another large building was put up, and was called Douglas hall, the older hall being named Jones Hall, after William Jones, the father of the present Fernando Jones, who had made generous gifts to the institution."
Date
1850-1859  
Type
Photograph  
File Name
chicagoitshistor02curr_0035c.jp2
Source Page
http://www.archive.org/stream/chicagoitshistor02curr#page/16/mode/2up
Link to the Full-Text
http://hdl.handle.net/10111/UIUCOCA:Serial/chicagoitshistor
Subject
Universities & colleges  
Coverage-Spatial
Douglas (Chicago, Ill.)  
Coverage-Temporal
1850-1859  
Publisher
  • University of Illinois at Chicago  
  • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign  
Rights
No Copyright - United States
Rights Description
Images in this collection were digitized through the University of Illinois Library's participation in the Open Content Alliance and may be used freely. Attribution to the University of Illinois is appreciated. High-resolution images can be downloaded from the Internet Archive at www.archive.org. For further information, contact dcc@library.uiuc.edu.
Book Title
Chicago: its history and its builders, a century of marvelous growth  
Author of the Book
Currey, J. Seymour (Josiah Seymour), b. 1844  
Collection Title
Picture Chicago
Collection
Picture Chicago
TitleChicago University
DescriptionCaption: "Chicago University". From text: "To Stephen A. Douglas is due the credit of founding the first University of Chicago, now known as the Old University of Chicago. In 1856 a number of citizens visited Judge Douglas with plans for a university, and asked him for help. He gave them ten acres of ground lying along Cottage Grove avenue, at Thirty-fourth street, not far from the place where the Douglas monument now stands. On these grounds was erected a white limestone building in 1857, and here for seven years the work of the new institution was done. In 1865 another large building was put up, and was called Douglas hall, the older hall being named Jones Hall, after William Jones, the father of the present Fernando Jones, who had made generous gifts to the institution."
Date1850-1859  
TypePhotograph  
File Namechicagoitshistor02curr_0035c.jp2
Source Pagehttp://www.archive.org/stream/chicagoitshistor02curr#page/16/mode/2up
Link to the Full-Texthttp://hdl.handle.net/10111/UIUCOCA:Serial/chicagoitshistor
SubjectUniversities & colleges  
Coverage-SpatialDouglas (Chicago, Ill.)  
Coverage-Temporal1850-1859  
Publisher
  • University of Illinois at Chicago  
  • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign  
RightsNo Copyright - United States
Rights DescriptionImages in this collection were digitized through the University of Illinois Library's participation in the Open Content Alliance and may be used freely. Attribution to the University of Illinois is appreciated. High-resolution images can be downloaded from the Internet Archive at www.archive.org. For further information, contact dcc@library.uiuc.edu.
Book TitleChicago: its history and its builders, a century of marvelous growth  
Author of the BookCurrey, J. Seymour (Josiah Seymour), b. 1844  
Collection TitlePicture Chicago
CollectionPicture Chicago

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