October 23, 2019

Chicago Collections Consortium’s digital exhibit, Wild in the City: Chicagoland’s Urban Ecology, explores the intersection of urban and natural environments in the Chicago region from the 1850s onward. Archival collections featured include the Chicago Academy of Sciences / Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, Chicago Botanic Garden, Lincoln Park Zoo, and North Central College.

Curated by our colleagues:

• Adrienne Horrigan, Senior Manager, Animal Data, Permits and Zoo Archives, Lincoln Park Zoo
• Dawn Roberts, Director of Collections, Chicago Academy of Sciences/Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum 
• Leora Siegel, Senior Director, Lenhardt Library, Chicago Botanic Garden
• Dr. Rebecca Skirvin, Coordinator of Archives and Special Collections, Oesterle Library, North Central College
• Stacy Stoldt, Manager, Library Public Services, Rare Book Specialist, Chicago Botanic Garden

This digital exhibit coincided with Chicago Public Library's 2019-2020 One Book, One Chicago season, exploring the theme Season For Change through the book The Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth Kolbert. For more information, visit www.onebookonechicago.org.