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By Brian Kelly, Class of 2019 Editor's note: This is the second part of Brian's story about Martin L. and Martin A. Ryerson, Adler & Sullivan and S. A. Maxwell. CLICK…

By Brian Kelly, Class of 2019 The promise of opportunity has lured folks to Chicago for a very long time. The Native Peoples migrated in and around this trade center…

Dear Docent Family - The first Thanksgiving in 1621 was to celebrate the successful corn harvest in the Plymouth colony. This success was a direct result of advice received from…

By Kathleen Carpenter, Class of 2006 Editor’s note: Kathleen's story originally appeared in CAC@Home. Docents and volunteers contributed twenty stories to CAC@Home last year. In case you missed them the…

To the tune of “The Battle Hymn of the Republic” 1 – It’s time to tell the story of our mighty docent corps, Brilliant people who’ve served CAC for 50…

Cynthia Bates, 2016 Having lived in Chicago since 1998 and never gone, what was I thinking? Such a delightful informative, picturesque, and fun afternoon! Perfect activity for visitors and natives…

By Jill Tanz , Class of 2003 Many docents are familiar with Henry Kuehn and his tall, distinguished, good looks. Perhaps you know that he has been a docent since…

By Jill Carlson, Class of 2013 Here are the answers to last week’s trivia about  Docent Council presidents. 1- Who was the first DC president and what was his/her profession?…

By Brent Hoffmann, 2005 “I took a group of third graders from a violent neighborhood on a tour of Millennium Park, and a young man glued himself to my side…