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Web links for this program are listed below. Text-based resources are listed in the Program 15 Bibliography.

Daniel Burnham

Today in History - September 4
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/today/sep04.html  
Biographical information on Burnham with illustrations and related links.

Daniel H. Burnham
http://www.architechgallery.com/arch_info/artists_pages/daniel_burnham_bio.html  
Biographical information on Burnham with photos and related links.

The City Beautiful Movement
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~CAP/CITYBEAUTIFUL/city.html  
A history of Chicago in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Includes information on Daniel Burnham and his role in the City Beautiful movement.

Louis Sullivan

Louis Sullivan
http://web.mit.edu/museum/chicago/sullivan.html  
A biography of Sullivan with a few photos of his work.

Louis Sullivan
http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/fa267/sullivan.html  
A brief profile of Sullivan and photos of the buildings he designed.

Louis Sullivan
http://www.greatbuildings.com/architects/Louis_H._Sullivan.html  
Background and photos of Sullivan's works.

Today in History: September 3
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/today/sep03.html#sullivan  
Biographical information on Sullivan with photos and related links.

William Dean Howells

The 1893 Columbian Exposition
http://www.svcc.edu/academics/classes/murray/hum210/wrldfair.htm  
An account of the 1893 Wold Fair with a Howell quote.

World's Columbian Exposition: Idea, Experience, Aftermath
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~MA96/WCE/title.html  
Provides links to a virtual tour of the Fair, the legacy of the Fair, etc. Includes a reference to Howells' A Traveller from Altruria.

The William Dean Howells Society Site
http://www.gonzaga.edu/faculty/campbell/howells/index.html  
A photo of Howells and a page of links to Howells related sites.

A Traveller from Altruria - W. D. Howells
http://www.gonzaga.edu/faculty/campbell/wdh/altruria.htm  
The text of A Traveller from Altruria, sections of which focus on the meaning of the Columbian Exposition.

The Reason Why the Colored American Is Not in the World's Columbian Exposition
http://www.press.uillinois.edu/f99/rydell.html  
Background information on the Exposition and the Wells/Douglass pamphlet.

Marshall Field

People in the West - Marshall Field
http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/people/d_h/field.htm  
A brief biography of Field.

Jazz Age Chicago - Marshall Field and Company
http://chicago.urban-history.org/sites/d_stores/fields.htm  
An illustrated account of the origins and growth of Marshall Field.

Dreiser, Sister Carrie

Theodore Dreiser - Sister Carrie
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/DREISER/carrie.html  
The text of the novel Sister Carrie, by Theodore Dreiser.

Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser
http://ofcn.org/cyber.serv/resource/bookshelf/scarr10/  
The text of the novel Sister Carrie, by Theodore Dreiser.

Charles Yerkes

Yerkes Observatory -Virtual Museum - People -Yerkes
http://astro.uchicago.edu/vtour/science/  
A photo of Yerkes and links to three Yerkes biographies.

Astronomical Figures, University of Chicago Magazine, February 1997
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Yerkes  
A biography of Charles Yerkes.

Jane Addams

Jane Addams Hull-House Museum Home Page
http://www.uic.edu/jaddams/hull/hull_house.html  
The home page for the Hull-House Museum. Provides links to a biography of Jane Addams, a chronology of Jane Addams, works by Jane Addams, etc.

Women in History - Jane Addams Biography
http://www.lkwdpl.org/wihohio/adda-jan.htm  
A biography and a photo of Jane Addams with links to more Addams sites.

Jane Addams, "Why Women Should Vote," 1915
http://douglassarchives.org/adda_a03.htm  
The text of Jane Addams pamphlet, "Why Women Should Vote."

Florence Kelley

Florence Kelley -- A Woman of Fierce Fidelity
http://www.idbsu.edu/socwork/dhuff/history/extras/kelly.htm  
A photo of Kelley and an outline of her role in social reform.

Florence Kelley, "Working Woman's Need of the Ballot,"
http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/history/dubois/classes/995/98F/doc62.html  
The text of Florence Kelley's, Working Woman's Need of the Ballot.

Frederick Jackson Turner

The Frontier In American History
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/TURNER/  
A photo of Turner and the text of The Frontier In American History.

People in the West - Frederick Jackson Turner
http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/people/s_z/turner.htm  
Biographical information on Turner with a summary of his thesis, The Frontier In American History.

Turner, Frederick Jackson
http://us.history.wisc.edu/hist102/bios/15.html  
A brief profile on Turner and a photo of him with a group of UW-Madison seminar students.



  

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