{ "title": { "media": { "url": "/digital-collections/objects/digital-collections.jpg", "alt": "Exterior view of Cudahy Library on Loyola's Lake Shore Campus.", "caption": null, "credit": "Loyola University Chicago Digital Collections" }, "text": { "headline": "Loyola University Chicago Digital Collections Timeline", "text": "Digital Collections at Loyola University Chicago provide primary sources to the history of Loyola, the Chicago area, and other issues of importance to the university." } }, "events": [ { "media": { "url": "/digital-collections/objects/small/ecommons_sm.jpg", "alt": "Screenshot of eCommons homepage with readership map.", "caption": "eCommons", "link": "/digital-collections/items/coll001.html" }, "start_date": { "year": "1929" }, "text": { "headline": "eCommons", "text": "Open-access, sustainable, and secure resource created to preserve and provide access to research, scholarship, and creative works created by the university community for the benefit of Loyola students, faculty, staff, and the general public. Includes faculty scholarship, peer reviewed journals, digitized theses and dissertations, and yearbooks." } },{ "media": { "url": "/digital-collections/objects/small/digital-collections_sm.jpg", "alt": "Exterior view of Cudahy Library on Loyola's Lake Shore Campus.", "caption": "Loyola University Chicago Digital Collections", "link": "/digital-collections/items/coll002.html" }, "start_date": { "year": "1599" }, "text": { "headline": "Loyola University Chicago Digital Collections", "text": "Collections of digitized and born-digital materials held by the Loyola University Chicago Libraries." } },{ "media": { "url": "/digital-collections/objects/small/digital-special-collections_sm.jpg", "alt": "Archival photograph of 1950s Loyola students keeping score during a card party.", "caption": "Loyola University Chicago Digital Special Collections", "link": "/digital-collections/items/coll003.html" }, "start_date": { "year": "1565" }, "text": { "headline": "Loyola University Chicago Digital Special Collections", "text": "A variety of collections and exhibits running on the Omeka platform." } },{ "media": { "url": "/digital-collections/objects/small/loyola-university-chicago-presidents_sm.jpg", "alt": "A silver medallion with the Loyola University Chicago seal on the end of a silver link chain.", "caption": "Loyola University Chicago Presidents", "link": "/digital-collections/items/coll004.html" }, "start_date": { "year": "1870" }, "text": { "headline": "Loyola University Chicago Presidents", "text": "An exhibit detailing the history of the twenty-four Presidents (23 Jesuits and 1 layperson) who have guided Loyola University Chicago since its founding in 1870 as St. Ignatius College." } },{ "media": { "url": "/digital-collections/objects/small/loyola-timeline-1870-2015_sm.jpg", "alt": "Archival photograph of St. Ignatius College.", "caption": "Loyola Timeline 1870-2015", "link": "/digital-collections/items/coll005.html" }, "start_date": { "year": "1870" }, "text": { "headline": "Loyola Timeline 1870-2015", "text": "A historical timeline of Loyola University of Chicago 1870-2015. This timeline is based upon “Loyola University of Chicago: The First 110 Years” by Robert C. Hartnett, S.J., and Richard M. Menges; “One Hundred Years of Knowledge in the Service of Man”; “Highlights of the Development of Loyola University of Chicago, 1870-1977” by Robert C. Hartnett, S.J.; “Chronology of Loyola University of Chicago”; and “Loyola at 70” and an unpublished manuscript history of Loyola University by Joseph Roubik, S.J." } },{ "media": { "url": "/digital-collections/objects/small/then-and-now-150-years-loyola-university-chicago_sm.jpg", "alt": "Loyola students cheering at basketball game.", "caption": "Then and Now: 150 Years at Loyola University Chicago ", "link": "/digital-collections/items/coll006.html" }, "start_date": { "year": "1870" }, "text": { "headline": "Then and Now: 150 Years at Loyola University Chicago ", "text": "For the past 150 years, Loyola University Chicago has been a vital part of Chicago’s educational world. Combined with the story of its now-affiliated neighbor from 1930-1991, Mundelein College, Loyola’s history speaks to the broader history of Catholic higher education, the college experience, and Chicago. Displays some of that history through the themes of social justice and faith, student life, and Loyola’s multiple campuses." } },{ "media": { "url": "/digital-collections/objects/small/hidden-loyola_sm.jpg", "alt": "Archival photograph of Dumbach Hall on Loyola's Lake Shore Campus.", "caption": "Hidden Loyola", "link": "/digital-collections/items/coll007.html" }, "start_date": { "year": "1982" }, "text": { "headline": "Hidden Loyola", "text": "Exhibit based on the famous yearly tour of hidden architectural treasures at the Lake Shore Campus given by Michael Grace, S.J., the images in this exhibit highlight the great architecture of Loyola and how the campus has been transformed over the years." } },{ "media": { "url": "/digital-collections/objects/small/loyola-university-chicago-photographs_sm.jpg", "alt": "Aerial view of Loyola's Lake Shore Campus.", "caption": "Loyola University Chicago Photographs", "link": "/digital-collections/items/coll008.html" }, "start_date": { "year": "1895" }, "text": { "headline": "Loyola University Chicago Photographs", "text": "Images documenting the people, places, and events at Loyola Chicago." } },{ "media": { "url": "/digital-collections/objects/small/loyola-university-yearbooks_sm.jpg", "alt": "Image of Loyola yearbook covers arranged in a grid.", "caption": "Loyola University Yearbooks", "link": "/digital-collections/items/coll009.html" }, "start_date": { "year": "1924" }, "text": { "headline": "Loyola University Yearbooks", "text": "The Loyolan, Loyola’s yearbook, was first published in 1924 and remained in publication until 1986. Primarily includes information about all the colleges and schools of Loyola, however, for some years the College of Commerce (now the Quinlan School of Business), the School of Medicine, and the Chicago College of Dental Surgery have separate yearbooks." } },{ "media": { "url": "/digital-collections/objects/small/loyola-news-and-loyola-phoenix_sm.jpg", "alt": "Front page of Loyola News from November 1918.", "caption": "Loyola News and Loyola Phoenix", "link": "/digital-collections/items/coll010.html" }, "start_date": { "year": "1918" }, "text": { "headline": "Loyola News and Loyola Phoenix", "text": "Loyola’s student newspaper was established in 1924. It ran under the name the Loyola News until 1969. The name was changed to the Loyola Phoenix in 1970." } },{ "media": { "url": "/digital-collections/objects/small/loyola-theses-and-dissserations_sm.jpg", "alt": "Screenshot of list of dissertation titles. ", "caption": "Loyola Theses and Dissertations ", "link": "/digital-collections/items/coll011.html" }, "start_date": { "year": "1929" }, "text": { "headline": "Loyola Theses and Dissertations ", "text": "Digitized theses and dissertations from masters and doctoral students at Loyola starting in 1929 and continuing through the mid-90s, plus current documents dating to 2019." } },{ "media": { "url": "/digital-collections/objects/small/loyola-course-catalogs_sm.jpg", "alt": "Cover of a March 1926 course catalog for the College of Arts and Sciences", "caption": "Loyola Course Catalogs", "link": "/digital-collections/items/coll012.html" }, "start_date": { "year": "1870" }, "text": { "headline": "Loyola Course Catalogs", "text": "Course catalogs and bulletins of St. Ignatius College and Loyola University Chicago from 1870 to 2002. This collection includes catalogs for the College of Arts & Sciences, School of Social Work, Stritch School of Medicine, Niehoff School of Nursing, Chicago College of Dental Surgery, School of Business Administration, School of Education, Institute of Pastoral Studies, the Graduate School, etc." } },{ "media": { "url": "/digital-collections/objects/small/mundelein-foundations-1929-1931_sm.jpg", "alt": "Mundelein College skyscraper under construction.", "caption": "Mundelein Foundations, 1929-1931 ", "link": "/digital-collections/items/coll013.html" }, "start_date": { "year": "1929" }, "text": { "headline": "Mundelein Foundations, 1929-1931 ", "text": "The Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary (BVMs) founded Mundelein College in answer to George Cardinal Mundelein’s call for a Catholic college for women in Chicago. The college opened its doors to its first students in 1930 as the world’s first self-contained skyscraper college for women." } },{ "media": { "url": "/digital-collections/objects/small/mundelein-yearbooks_sm.jpg", "alt": "Front cover of 1972 Mundelein Yearbook", "caption": "Mundelein Yearbooks", "link": "/digital-collections/items/coll014.html" }, "start_date": { "year": "1931" }, "text": { "headline": "Mundelein Yearbooks", "text": "The Mundelein College Yearbook Collection contains all eight of the yearbooks produced over the life span of the college. The years covered include 1931, 1932, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1972, and 1985." } },{ "media": { "url": "/digital-collections/objects/small/activist-mundelein-civic-engagement-20th-century-womens-college_sm.jpg", "alt": "Student stands and speaks in front of a group of students (1968).", "caption": "Activist Mundelein: Civic Engagement at a 20th Century Women’s College", "link": "/digital-collections/items/coll015.html" }, "start_date": { "year": "1941" }, "text": { "headline": "Activist Mundelein: Civic Engagement at a 20th Century Women’s College", "text": "This exhibit traces the history of student activism at Mundelein College from the 1940s through the early 1970s. In particular, the exhibit shows the ways in which students took part in the Antiwar and Civil Rights Movements, which eventually came to a head in May 1970." } },{ "media": { "url": "/digital-collections/objects/small/voices-mundelein-media-portal_sm.jpg", "alt": "Former Mundelein administrator and teacher stands in front of bookshelf, holding an open book. ", "caption": "Voices from Mundelein: Media Portal ", "link": "/digital-collections/items/coll016.html" }, "start_date": { "year": "1996" }, "text": { "headline": "Voices from Mundelein: Media Portal ", "text": "The Loyola University Chicago (LUC) Women and Leadership Archives (WLA) Voices from Mundelein: Media Portal documents the experiences of members of the Mundelein College community during the institution’s operation between 1930 and 1991." } },{ "media": { "url": "/digital-collections/objects/small/women-and-social-justice_sm.jpg", "alt": "A group of people holding a banner and marching in support of farm workers. ", "caption": "Women and Social Justice ", "link": "/digital-collections/items/coll017.html" }, "start_date": { "year": "1960" }, "text": { "headline": "Women and Social Justice ", "text": "This collection focuses on the contributions of women through a variety of social justice activities in the 20th and 21st Centuries in the United States including women’s rights, civil rights, peace movements, workers’ rights, homelessness, poverty, business ethics, and healthcare reform." } },{ "media": { "url": "/digital-collections/objects/small/feminism-chicago-connie-kiosse-papers_sm.jpg", "alt": "A yellow flier advertising a celebration for International Women's Day 1975.", "caption": "Feminism in Chicago: The Connie Kiosse Papers", "link": "/digital-collections/items/coll018.html" }, "start_date": { "year": "1971" }, "text": { "headline": "Feminism in Chicago: The Connie Kiosse Papers", "text": "This collection focuses on the Women’s Liberation Movement of the 1970s through highlighting documents from the Connie Kiosse Papers. Kiosse was an active member within Chicago’s Women’s Liberation movement throughout the 1970s and was among the founding members of The Feminist Voice, one of Chicago’s first feminist newspapers." } },{ "media": { "url": "/digital-collections/objects/small/mercedes-mccambridge-actress-activist_sm.jpg", "alt": "Film still of Mercedes McCambridge in a scene from All the King's Men.", "caption": "Mercedes McCambridge: Actress & Activist ", "link": "/digital-collections/items/coll019.html" }, "start_date": { "year": "1935" }, "text": { "headline": "Mercedes McCambridge: Actress & Activist ", "text": "Mercedes McCambridge pursued careers in radio, theater, and film and in 1945 won an Academy Award and two Golden Globe Awards for her portrayal of Sadie Burke in the feature film All the Kings Men." } },{ "media": { "url": "/digital-collections/objects/small/chicago-photographs_sm.jpg", "alt": "Photograph of the Wrigley Building and Tribune Tower.", "caption": "Chicago Photographs", "link": "/digital-collections/items/coll020.html" }, "start_date": { "year": "1908" }, "text": { "headline": "Chicago Photographs", "text": "Images of Chicago in the mid to late 20th century from collections at the Loyola University Chicago Archives & Special Collections." } },{ "media": { "url": "/digital-collections/objects/small/century-progress_sm.jpg", "alt": "Horse-drawn cart in the Italian Village at the Century of Progress World's Fair.", "caption": "Century of Progress ", "link": "/digital-collections/items/coll021.html" }, "start_date": { "year": "1933" }, "text": { "headline": "Century of Progress ", "text": "The Century of Progress World’s Fair ran from 1933 through 1934 in Chicago. The images in this collection were taken by Samuel Insull Jr." } },{ "media": { "url": "/digital-collections/objects/small/hawthorn-mellody-farms_sm.jpg", "alt": "Governor Stratton rides in a Hawthorn-Melody Farms carriage.", "caption": "Hawthorn-Mellody Farms", "link": "/digital-collections/items/coll022.html" }, "start_date": { "year": "1950" }, "text": { "headline": "Hawthorn-Mellody Farms", "text": "One of the largest dairy farms in Lake County, Hawthorn-Mellody served the North Shore as far South as Evanston. The farm occupied more than 1,200 acres of land owned by the Cuneo family at the height of its popularity and production." } },{ "media": { "url": "/digital-collections/objects/small/jesuitica_sm.jpg", "alt": "Engraving of plans to repair the dome of St. Peter's Cathedral.", "caption": "Jesuitica ", "link": "/digital-collections/items/coll023.html" }, "start_date": { "year": "1565" }, "text": { "headline": "Jesuitica ", "text": "Images and Photographs from the Jesuitica Collection." } },{ "media": { "url": "/digital-collections/objects/small/jesuits-and-sciences-1540-1999_sm.jpg", "alt": "Engraving of German mathematician Christoph Clavius, drawing with a compass and surrounded by books.", "caption": "Jesuits and the Sciences 1540-1999 ", "link": "/digital-collections/items/coll024.html" }, "start_date": { "year": "1540" }, "text": { "headline": "Jesuits and the Sciences 1540-1999 ", "text": "Studies and records of the Society of Jesus 1540-1773." } },{ "media": { "url": "/digital-collections/objects/small/ellacuria-tapes-martyr-loyola_sm.jpg", "alt": "A group of people holding a banner and marching to commemorate the Salvadoran martyrs.", "caption": "The Ellacuría Tapes: A Martyr at Loyola ", "link": "/digital-collections/items/coll025.html" }, "start_date": { "year": "1980" }, "text": { "headline": "The Ellacuría Tapes: A Martyr at Loyola ", "text": "In May 1986, Loyola University Chicago awarded Ignacio Ellacuría S.J., rector of the University of Central America in San Salvador and a well-known liberation theologian, an honorary doctorate. Three years later, he was one of the six Jesuits, along with their housekeeper and her daughter, brutally murdered in their shared home on the university’s campus." } },{ "media": { "url": "/digital-collections/objects/small/catholic-church-extension-society_sm.jpg", "alt": "Photograph of a small North Dakota church.", "caption": "Catholic Church Extension Society", "link": "/digital-collections/items/coll026.html" }, "start_date": { "year": "1907" }, "text": { "headline": "Catholic Church Extension Society", "text": "Established in 1905 by Father Francis C. Kelley, the Catholic Church Extension Society provides funding and resources to dioceses and parishes in the United States that lack resources." } },{ "media": { "url": "/digital-collections/objects/small/rare-book-collection_sm.jpg", "alt": "Front cover of World's Columbian Exposition Illustrated.", "caption": "Rare Book Collection ", "link": "/digital-collections/items/coll027.html" }, "start_date": { "year": "1599" }, "text": { "headline": "Rare Book Collection ", "text": "Part of the Loyola Archives & Special Collections, the Rare Book Collection contains approximately 20,000 volumes reflecting the liberal arts foundation of Loyola. The areas of Philosophy, Religion, History and Geography, and Language and Literature are well represented with over 15 languages included in the collection." } },{ "media": { "url": "/digital-collections/objects/small/founding-fathers-and-presidents_sm.jpg", "alt": "Letter from President John Adams to the Senate and House of Representatives.", "caption": "Founding Fathers and Presidents ", "link": "/digital-collections/items/coll028.html" }, "start_date": { "year": "1792" }, "text": { "headline": "Founding Fathers and Presidents ", "text": "Documents and letters written by founding fathers and presidents, including Abraham Lincoln, Alexander Hamilton, and John Adams." } },{ "media": { "url": "/digital-collections/objects/small/michalak-collection_sm.jpg", "alt": "Colored etching of Napoleon being exiled to the Island of Elba.", "caption": "Michalak Collection ", "link": "/digital-collections/items/coll029.html" }, "start_date": { "year": "1773" }, "text": { "headline": "Michalak Collection ", "text": "The Michalak Collection features 19th century British satire and caricature in books and broadsides. Caricatures from the 18th and 19th centuries by George Cruikshank, Robert Cruikshank, Isaac Cruikshank, James Gillray, Thomas Rowlandson, Richard Dighton, Samuel De Wilde, William Heath, and others." } },{ "media": { "url": "/digital-collections/objects/small/gerard-manley-hopkins-sj_sm.jpg", "alt": "Exterior of St. Beuno's Church, looking towards Orme's Head in Wales.", "caption": "Gerard Manley Hopkins S.J. ", "link": "/digital-collections/items/coll030.html" }, "start_date": { "year": "1950" }, "text": { "headline": "Gerard Manley Hopkins S.J. ", "text": "Raymond V. Schoder, S.J., lectured widely on many topics including Gerard Manley Hopkins, S.J. This exhibit highlights Schoder’s lectures on Hopkins’ life, travels, and poetry using both his lecture notes and photographs he took to accompany his lectures." } },{ "media": { "url": "/digital-collections/objects/small/raymond-v-schoder-sj-slide-collection_sm.jpg", "alt": "Exterior of the Alcazar on a hilltop in Segovia, Spain.", "caption": "Raymond V. Schoder, S.J., Slide Collection ", "link": "/digital-collections/items/coll031.html" }, "start_date": { "year": "1950" }, "text": { "headline": "Raymond V. Schoder, S.J., Slide Collection ", "text": "The Schoder digital collection is a selection from the slides taken by Rev. Raymond V. Schoder, S.J., who taught in the Classical Studies department at Loyola University. The Schoder collection consists of 17,000 slides taken from approximately 1950 to 1986 and includes classical sites of Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, and Ancient Egypt; sites in the Middle East, Asia, South America, Europe, Soviet Union, and the United States; architecture; and art." } },{ "media": { "url": "/digital-collections/objects/small/comics-graphic-novels_sm.jpg", "alt": "Screenshot of homepage of comics and graphic novels collection.", "caption": "Comics & Graphic Novels", "link": "/digital-collections/items/coll032.html" }, "start_date": { "year": "1991" }, "text": { "headline": "Comics & Graphic Novels", "text": "Visual storytelling materials supporting courses in literature, art, and cultural studies. These collections document the evolution of sequential art and its cultural impact." } },{ "media": { "url": "/digital-collections/objects/small/games_sm.jpg", "alt": "Screenshot of homepage of games collection.", "caption": "Games Collection ", "link": "/digital-collections/items/coll033.html" }, "start_date": { "year": "2006" }, "text": { "headline": "Games Collection ", "text": "Video games and board games available for research in game studies, psychology, digital humanities, and media studies. Supports interdisciplinary research on interactive media." } },{ "media": { "url": "/digital-collections/objects/small/popular-reading-ebooks_sm.jpg", "alt": "Screenshot of homepage of e-book collection.", "caption": "Popular Reading Collection E-books ", "link": "/digital-collections/items/coll034.html" }, "start_date": { "year": "1987" }, "text": { "headline": "Popular Reading Collection E-books ", "text": "Contemporary fiction and non-fiction titles available through the Libby platform, providing recreational reading and popular culture materials." } },{ "media": { "url": "/digital-collections/objects/small/hathitrust-digital-library_sm.jpg", "alt": "Screenshot of HathiTrust homepage.", "caption": "HathiTrust Digital Library ", "link": "/digital-collections/items/coll035.html" }, "start_date": { "year": "1859" }, "text": { "headline": "HathiTrust Digital Library ", "text": "Collaborative digital repository providing access to millions of digitized books and serials from research libraries worldwide. Includes public domain materials and items available to Loyola users." } } ] }