I just got back from Chicago yesterday. I ended up going to the Museum of Lithuanian Culture, where they did not have any information on my topic, BUT they helped point me in the right direction. I called a few libraries moments after leaving the museum, and I ended up getting in contact with a professor at Columbia College who specializes in the Chicago Stockyards. I emailed him and he put me in contact with a Lithuanian professor at UIC who specializes in Lithuanians AND the Chicago Stockyards!!! How much luckier could I get?!?! That was Friday. Then on Saturday I went to downtown Chicago with my friend to the Chicago Public Library. There I went straight to the archives and started looking for some primary sources. They didn't have too many in the actual archives, but i was able to access the Historic Chicago Tribune there (I can't do it here for some stupid reason), and I found a good number of articles relating to Lithuanians and the meat packing industry. So that was a plus. I then went down a few floors to look for some books that I found on their online catalog. I found those, but couldn't check them out because I don't have a Chicago Public Library card... :( The next thing I'm going to do is try to get an inter-library loan for those books. Hopefully I'll be able to do that.
Relatively successful weekend I think. YES.
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