Contributors

WRITTEN BY: Robert Herguth, Paul Saltzman, Denise O’Neal, Lauren FitzPatrick, Neil Steinberg, Madeline Kenney, Maureen O’Donnell, Lee Bey, Rummana Hussain, Nader Issa, Manny Ramos, Michael O’Brien, Mitch Armentrout, Dale Bowman, Mitch Dudek, Tom McNamee, Dave Roeder, Brett Chase, Frank Main, Tom Schuba, Mark Potash, Ben Pope, Tim Novak and staff members past and present, with some items coming from suggestions by readers. Thanks also to Richard Roeper for a special contribution on film.

THANKS TO: Friends of the Chicago River, Lincoln Park Zoo, Bronzeville Historical Society, Margery Frisbie, Don Hayner, Ohio State University Associate Professor John Low, Chicago History Museum, Peter Alter, the Newberry Library, Paul Durica, Chris De Luca, Tom Frisbie, Will Miller III, Erik Nussbaum, Margaret Frisbie, the Rev. Alexander Koranda, Lisa Faust, Sherry Williams, Gene O’Shea, Henry J. Frisch, University of Chicago, the Chicago Architecture Center and the Moody Bible Institute.

NOTES: Sourcing for the Great Chicago Fire definition includes historical information from the City of Chicago, while the Mother Cabrini item includes research from Catholic.org and the Dwight item includes information from the Moody Bible Institute. Information for the write-up on Ida B. Wells came in part from the National Park Service and the Pulitzer Prizes. Additional research on “Cooley High” came from the Los Angeles Times, while the information on Grace Wilson came from the Chicago Police Department.