Collection Timeline

The date on this timeline refers to the date created of the oldest item in the collection.

1540 to 2006

1540
Engraving of German mathematician Christoph Clavius, drawing with a compass and surrounded by books.

1565
Archival photograph of 1950s Loyola students keeping score during a card party.
Engraving of plans to repair the dome of St. Peter's Cathedral.

1599
Exterior view of Cudahy Library on Loyola's Lake Shore Campus.
Front cover of World's Columbian Exposition Illustrated.

1773
Colored etching of Napoleon being exiled to the Island of Elba.

1792
Letter from President John Adams to the Senate and House of Representatives.

1859
Screenshot of HathiTrust homepage.

1870
A silver medallion with the Loyola University Chicago seal on the end of a silver link chain.
Archival photograph of St. Ignatius College.
Loyola students cheering at basketball game.
Cover of a March 1926 course catalog for the College of Arts and Sciences

1895
Aerial view of Loyola's Lake Shore Campus.

1907
Photograph of a small North Dakota church.

1908
Photograph of the Wrigley Building and Tribune Tower.

1918
Front page of Loyola News from November 1918.

1924
Image of Loyola yearbook covers arranged in a grid.

1929
Screenshot of eCommons homepage with readership map.
Screenshot of list of dissertation titles.
Mundelein College skyscraper under construction.

1931
Front cover of 1972 Mundelein Yearbook

1933
Horse-drawn cart in the Italian Village at the Century of Progress World's Fair.

1935
Film still of Mercedes McCambridge in a scene from All the King's Men.

1941
Student stands and speaks in front of a group of students (1968).

1950
Governor Stratton rides in a Hawthorn-Melody Farms carriage.
Exterior of St. Beuno's Church, looking towards Orme's Head in Wales.
Exterior of the Alcazar on a hilltop in Segovia, Spain.

1960
A group of people holding a banner and marching in support of farm workers.

1971
A yellow flier advertising a celebration for International Women's Day 1975.

1980
A group of people holding a banner and marching to commemorate the Salvadoran martyrs.

1982
Archival photograph of Dumbach Hall on Loyola's Lake Shore Campus.

1987
Screenshot of homepage of e-book collection.

1991
Screenshot of homepage of comics and graphic novels collection.

1996
Former Mundelein administrator and teacher stands in front of bookshelf, holding an open book.

2006
Screenshot of homepage of games collection.