Two Universities of Chicago, 1857-1892
William Rainey Harper and the establishment of the new University, 1892-1906
Stabilization and renewal, 1906-1929
One man's revolution: Robert Maynard Hutchins, 1929-1951
The age of survival, 1951-1977
The contemporary University, 1978 to the present.
The University of Chicago : a history by John W. Boyer. ISBN 9780226242514. Published by The University of Chicago Press in 2015. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.