The collection is comprised of 470 lantern slides positives, chiefly in black and white. The slides range in date from the late 1890’s to the mid-1910’s. The largest series (93 slides) are illustrated biblical passages of the Old Testament. The collection also comprises images of the Spanish-American War, the U.S. Navy, the Wreck of the Maine in Havana, Cuba (1898), the Battle of Bacolod (1902), and the Second Boer War (1899-1902). Included in the slides are images of China, Alaska, Cuba, Philippines, and several unidentified locations and portraits.
Records of Gamson's civic involvement in the City of Highland Park Government, Highland Park Community House, League of Women Voters, and Moraine Township Democrats. 2025 Addition includes Gamson's records from her participation in the Highland Park Arts Task Force and subsequent Highland Park Cultural Arts Commission as well as information about the Peter Voulkos sculpture "Miss Nitro".
The consists of correspondence, vaccination records, confirmation certificates, receipts, and other documents arranged in chronological order by and documenting the Brand and Ott families in both Alsace and Illinois.
The first folder contains undated records and record fragments, the second contains correspondence and other papers.
This collection is comprised of record books generated by the Brand Brothers Paint Company. There are 14 books that contain information on the various accounts, jobs, and estimates held by the company. The collection ranges from 1889-1940.
Minutes, correspondence, contracts, and other legal records for the Bondholders Protective Committee for Highland Park concerning the sale and development of lots and building contracts.
Highland Park Special Assesment Bondholders´ Protective Committee
This collection contains records relating to B'nai Torah Congregation in Highland Park. The collection contains bulletins (bound), a bible, Rabbi Singer's writings, prayerbooks, news clippings, awards and honors, Hebrew School papers, scrapbooks of the Jewish National Fund Friendship Project, photos (also includes oversize), scrapbooks and photo albums.
Club, including YWCA clubs, or school images of Betty Lou Garling, née Benson, and her mother Carrie Benson, née Gerken, active clubwoman. At least one image appears to be a graduation image from Elm Place School.
This collection consists of teaching materials used by Barbara Whitford while she was working as a Special Training Unit Teacher at Ford Sheridan during the years 1941-1945. Whitford taught remedial reading and arithmetic to soldiers during World War II. Included in this collection as well are personal administrative files of Whitford's during this time as well as some correspondence with her students.
The collection has been separated into two series. The first series contains Barbara Whitford's instructional materials used in her classes. The second series contains the personal administrative document of Barbara Whitford as well as documents kept from her time with the Special Training Unit.
