Highlights from our Holdings at the National Archives at Chicago

The National Archives at Chicago holds permanent historical records of federal agencies and courts dating back to 1803 that relate to Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin. Some of our most frequently requested records include court records; records of U.S. Lifesaving Stations and other Great Lakes maritime records; Chinese Exclusion Act case files; Bureau of Indian Affairs agency and school records; records from Army Corps of Engineers Districts on the Great Lakes, Ohio River, and Upper Mississippi Rivers; and property records of former federal properties.

CP-1 Chianti Bottle

Empty Chianti Bertolli wine signed by scientists who worked on the Manhattan Project

Satisfaction from Henrietta Wood vs. Zeb Ward

Henrietta Wood vs. Zeb Ward

Al Capone’s Guilty Verdict

The United States of America v. Alphonse Capone alias Alphonse Brown, alias Al Capone, alias Al Brown, Alias “Scarface” Brown, alias “Scarface” Capone, alias A. Coste

Chicago 8 Statement

David T. Dellinger, Rennard C. Davis, Thomas E. Hayden, Abbott H. Hoffman, Jerry C. Rubin, Lee Weiner, John R. Froines, and Bobby Seale

Jack Johnson Guilty Verdict

The United States vs. John Arthur Johnson

Mount Pleasant Indian School Superintendent’s Diary

History of the Mount Pleasant Indian School

List of Members from Ottawa, Chippewa, Potawatomi, and other indigenous tribes of Michigan, Indiana, and Illinois

Frank Elie, et al. vs. the Illinois Central Railroad Company et al.

Steamship Eastland Disaster

United States vs. George T. Arnold, William H. Hull, Robert Reid, Charles C. Eckliff, Harry Pedersen, and Joseph W. Erickson

1898 Letter from U.S. Marshal Robert O’Connor

Regarding Events Leading to the Battle of Sugar Point, one of the Last Armed Conflicts Between Native Americans and the U.S. Army

Eugene Debs speaking at Canton, Ohio

Exhibit from The United States of America v. Eugene V. Debs