 From 1918 to 1956 Bartholomew taught civic design at the University of Illinois and made substantial contributions to the scholarly and practice literature in city planning.In 1932 he completed his landmark study "Urban Land Uses", published by Harvard University Press in the City Planning series edited by Theodora and Charles Hubbard.Bartholomew also published dozens of studies and articles in venues including the "City Planning Conference Proceedings", "American City", The "Annals of the American Academy of Social and Political Science", "American Civic Annual", "City Planning", the "Journal of Land and Public Utility Economics", and the "National Conference on City Planning Bulletin".