Newberry Library
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The Newberry Library is an important research library for the humanities and social sciences in Chicago, Illinois, established in 1887 by Walter L. Newberry. The building was designed by Henry Ives Cobb (1859-1931). It is located at 60 West Walton Street.
Although it is a private, non-circulating library, it is free and open to the public. The Library houses over 1.5 million books, 5 million manuscript pages, and 300,000 historic maps. Collection strengths include materials on the Renaissance, genealogy, American Indians, early music, cartography, the history of printing, Chicago history, railroad archives, Luso-Brazilian history, and Midwestern authors' manuscripts. Their manuscript holdings include work by Mike Royko and Ben Hecht.
The Library also offers adult education classes, programming and exhibits.
The Library was the primary institution responsible for the production of the 2003 Encyclopedia of Chicago, a landmark single-volume work that covered Chicago's history from 1630 to 2000.
Note: The Newberry Library Award should not be confused with the Newbery Medal.