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A collection of colorful and detailed maps of the Middle East from the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at The University of Chicago starting in the 6th Century AD and going to the present day

A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations Turabian Quick Guide Kate L. Turabian's Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations presents two basic documentation systems: notes-bibliography style (or simply bibliography style) and author-date style (sometimes called reference list style). These styles are essentially the same as those presented in The Chicago Manual of Style, sixteenth edition, with slight modifications for the needs of student writers. Bibliography style is used widely in literature, history, and the arts. This style presents bibliographic information in footnotes or endnotes and, usually, a bibliography.

'During World War II, the Soviet Union's news agency, TASS, enlisted artists and writers to bolster support for the nation's war effort. Working from Moscow, this studio produced hundreds of storefront window posters, one for nearly every day of the war.'  - Art Institute of Chicago

"The Center for Research Libraries, the University of Chicago Library, and the ARTFL Project, (American and French Research on the Treasury of the French Language) have cooperated on a project to digitize pamphlets and periodicals from the French Revolution of 1848 held by CRL as a test of electronic distribution of archive material via internet.

Digitised pamphlets from the period of the French Revolution. From what I can tell they're all in French. C'est la vie (I probably misspelt that).

Contains photos from the Middle East provided by the Oriental Institute at Chicago Uni.

Certain reformers amongst the Progressives were very descriptive in their language and disdainful of the very people they were purporting to help - this is a great example of that