Copyright and Terms of Use

Certain portions of the materials on this site are protected under copyright laws. These materials have been made available for use in research, teaching, and private study, but may not be used for any commercial purpose. Permission to make a single copy of any material on this website through print, photocopying, or downloading to a computer terminal is granted without the need to seek prior consent, on the express condition that you properly cite the source in all copies.

To cite sources you should include all applicable and available information available regarding:

1. Name of author, editor, compiler, arranger, translator, creator
2. Title of song, section, poem, short work, letter within a larger book or journal
3. Title of larger book or journal
4. Name of editor, compiler, or translator, arranger
5. Publication information for the print version (publisher location, publisher and date)
6. Illinois During the Gilded Age Project
7. Name of owning institution
8. Date you accessed the source
9. Direct link to the webpage or digitized item

For other uses of materials from the site (for example, commercial products, publication, broadcast, mirroring, reuse on a website, or anything else that does not fall under concepts relating to "fair use") you are required to seek permission from the appropriate source in advance. Contact information is given below. When requesting permission, please be prepared to refer specifically to the information you intend to use and provide details regarding your planned use.

Those inquiring about these uses should contact us.

Project Team

Drew VandeCreek, Project Director

Matthew Short, Digital Collections & Metadata Librarian

Jaime Schumacher, Director of Digital Collections & Scholarship

Stacey Erdman, Digital Collections Curator (2008-2016)

Tara Dirst, Technical Coordinator and Curriculum Developer (2005-2007)

Anitha Paruchuri, Web Developer (2005-2011)

Nathan Books, Web Developer (2013-2015)

Charles Larry, Graphic Designer (2005-2011)

Maria Dimanshtein, Graphic Designer (2013)

Scholarly Contributors

Drew VandeCreek, Northern Illinois University

Jean Baker, Goucher College

Michael Kazin, Georgetown University

Maureen Flanagan, Michigan State University

James Gilbert, University of Maryland-College Park

Patricia Schecter, Portland State University

Richard Schneirov, Indiana State University

Charles Postel, San Francisco State University

Jeffrey Chown, Northern Illinois University

Project Partners

Primary source materials featured on this site are derived from the collections of Northern Illinois University's Library, The Schingoethe Center for Native American Cultures at Aurora University, Illinois State University Library, The Joiner History Room at the Sycamore Public Library, the University of Chicago Library, and the Newberry Library.

Funding

Illinois Board of Higher Education, the Ruth McCormick Tankersley Charitable Trust, and the Dirksen Congressional Center.