Memorabilia pertaining to Chicago events commemorating the death of José Rizal, 1909 Dec. 30-31.

Newberry Library

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The Newberry was founded on July 1, 1887 and opened for business on September 6 of that year. The Newberry’s establishment came about because of a contingent provision in the will of Chicago businessman Walter L. Newberry (1804-68), which left what later amounted to approximately $2.2 million for the foundation of a “free, public” library on the north side of the Chicago River, if his two children died without issue. After the deaths of Mr. Newberry’s daughters and then, in 1885, of his widow, t...

Edward E. Ayer Manuscript Collection (Newberry Library)

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University of Chicago.

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Most of the records in the collection pertain to the $400,000 raised by the American Baptist Education Society in 1889-1890 in order to obtain a 600,000 grant from John D. Rockefeller for the creation of an endowment for the University of Chicago. The first volume in the inventory, Record of Pledges for the University of Chicago, contains an alphabetical numbered listing of subscribers, amounts pledged, and payments made through 1906. The subscription forms and letters (1:4-13) are numbered to c...

Rizal, José, 1861-1896

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José Rizal (b. June 19, 1861, Calamba, Spanish Philippines–d. Dec. 30, 1896, Bagumbayan, Spanish Philippines) was a doctor and Philippine nationalist. He studied medicine in the Philippines and in Europe and trained as an ophthalmologist. While in Spain, he was leader of the reform movement of Filipino students. When he returned to Manila in 1892, he formed a civic movement called La Liga Filipina. Rizal was arrested en route to Cuba via Spain and was imprisoned in Barcelona on October 6, 1896. ...