Works Cited
Anderson, Jon. " Chicago High Society by the Letters." Knight Ridder Tribune Business News (2005): 1. 1 Apr. 2006.
<http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=951266891&sid=2&Fmt=3&clientId=17822&RQT=309&VName=PQD>.
This article gives insight to the life of Potter Palmer, the founder of The Palmer House, and his wife. It aided us with insight regarding the lifestyle that Mr. and Mrs. Palmer led. Although only cited once in our website, it helped us better understand the history of the hotel.
"The Congress Plaza". Congress Plaza. 23 February 2006. <http://www.congressplazahotel.com/>.
This is the official website for the Congress Plaza Hotel.
"The Drake Hotel". The Drake Hotel. 12 March 2006. <http://www.thedrakehotel.com/>.
This is the official website for the The Drake Hotel.
"The Drake Hotel." Successful Meetings 2 (2005): 65. 1 Apr. 2006
<http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=886346551&sid=2&Fmt=4&clientId=17822&RQT=309&VName=PQD>.
The article gave a brief overview of the statistics for the hotel. Rather than provide history, legacy, or related information we only used the article for numbers and dimensions of the hotel. For example, the number of rooms and their caliber that the hotel had was the information we extracted from the journal article to use for our website.
"The Drake Hotel: Press Kit." Chicago : The Drake: Public Relations Department, 2006.
The Drake Hotel Press Kit is where we found the majority of our information for The Drake. Although obviously the perspective was skewed because the pamphlet was distributed by the hotel itself, it offered an extensive outline of the hotel, its history, legacy, dining and entertainment, awards received, renovations and changes made, and its place in popular culture. All the information we were looking to find about our hotels was offered in the complementary press kit. It was by far our best resource for The Drake Hotel.
"The Drake Hotel." The Magnificent Mile . 2006. Centric Web. 8 Mar. 2006 <http://www.themagnificentmile.com/History.cfm>.
The Magnificent Mile website is an independent resource not affiliated with The Drake Hotel that provided a limited amount of information on The Drake's place in history. The specific history section of the website that we used showed a timeline for the formation of The Magnificent Mile as we know it to be today. The timeline describes how The Drake Hotel added to the famous avenue's esteem and reputation at the high of sophisticated consumerism.
Dreiser, Theodore. Sister Carrie . Chicago: Bantam Classics, 1900.
Sister Carrie tells the story of woman trying to make it in Chicago at the turn of the century. The book helped us relate our topic to the literature we studied this semester.
"Facts & Statistics." ChooseChicago . 2006. Chicago Conventions and Tourism Bureau. 16 Apr. 2006 <http://www.choosechicago.com/>.
We used this website to find fun information and trivia regarding Chicago 's history and its tourism.
"History of the EAL". Early American Literature. 17 April 2006. <http://www.cas.sc.edu/engl/eal/index.php?page=History>.
This site provided information regarding the Modern Language Association's stay at The Palmer House in 1965.
"Horatio Alger, Jr." Wikipedia. 17 April 2006. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horatio_Alger>.
This site provided information regarding Horation Alger, author of The Errand Boy, in which there is a chapter entitled "At the Palmer House".
"Intercontinental Chicago". The Intercontinental. 6 March 2006. <http://chicago.intercontinental.com/>.
This is the official website for the Intercontinental Chicago Hotel.
Larson, Erik. Devil in the White City . New York: Vintage Books, 2003.
This book weaves a murder mystery with the history of the World's Fair.
"The Palmer House". Hilton Hotels. 17 April 2006. <http://www.hilton.com/en/hi/hotels/index.jhtml?ctyhocn=CHIPHHH>
This is the official website for The Palmer House Hotel.
"The Palmer House Hilton News." Chicago : The Palmer House Hilton: Public Relations Department, 2006.
This was an incredibly helpful article that gave an in depth history of The Palmer House from when it was created until present day. It provided us with information regarding statistics of past and present day hotel layouts, information about Mr. Palmer, the founder, as well as attractions that are located in close proximity.
"The Palmer House Hotel." Chicago Historical Society . 10 Aug. 1996. Chicago Historical Society, Northwestern University. 8 Mar. 2006
<http://www.chicagohs.org/fire/queen/pic0521.html>.
In addition to this site providing one of the images on our Palmer House page, it revealed information about Rudyard Kipling's stay at The Palmer House.