The Wheel World
Resources at Other Institutions
- Chicago Collections ConsortiumExplore photographs, special collections, and archival material from libraries and archives throughout the Chicago region.
- Joseph P. Healey Library at the University of Massachusetts BostonArchival collections that document the history of bicycling in Boston and across the United States.
- WorldCat This link opens in a new windowThe world's most comprehensive catalog of library holdings, particularly (though not exclusively) from North American libraries, containing over 2,000,000,000 records from over 10,000 libraries.
- Chicago History MuseumCHM’s mission—to share Chicago’s stories, serving as a hub of scholarship and learning, inspiration, and civic engagement—is the foundation of the Museum’s programs and events, exhibitions, educational initiatives, publications, and collecting activities that touch the lives of all Chicagoans and help them make meaningful and personal connections to history.
- National Cycle ArchiveThe National Cycle Archive sees its primary aim as the preservation of records relating to cycles and cycling. The National Cycle Archive houses its archive collections at the Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick Library.
- Online Bicycle MuseumFree public database of primary sources on bicycle history
Primary Sources at the Transportation LIbrary
The Wheel WorldCall Number: GV1040 .W561"A bicycling and tricycling illustrated magazine of sport" published beginning in 1880
"The Hub" cycling map of England & WalesCall Number: G5750.P2 H875A map of England and Wales published for cyclists in the 1890s
Bicycle Catalogs
Catalogs from bicycle manufacturers at the turn of the twentieth century are a growing area of our collection. See the catalogs below, or search for bicycles AND catalog in our catalog.
The Hartford Cycle Co., manufacturers of the Hartford safeties. by Call Number: TL437.5.R33 M618Publication Date: 1891
Mead Ranger bicycles manufactured by Mead Cycle Co., Chicago, U.S.A. by Call Number: TL437.5.R3 S834Publication Date: 1924
The Special Racycle 1898 Narrow Tread, made by the Miami Cycle & Mfg. Co., Middletown, Ohio. by Call Number: TL437.5.R3 S834Publication Date: 1898