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Letter and response between Henry Boyd and Saul M. Simpson regarding school and Judge Sam Smith (1957). Disparate City items, including notes, corres. and a petition regarding Highland Park Schools.

Business records, including ledgers, letter books, stock certificates and minutes from the Highland Park Building Company.

This collection documents early Highland Park and Elm Place School. It is a series of class photographs and teaching aids. The collection has been arranged into 5 series with a list of each item in that series. They are mostly black and white and a few have been damaged. They are all 4x5. These slides may have been taken chiefly by Jesse Lowe Smith. Brand Studio may also be responsible for some of the photography.

This collection contains 272 35mm slides and 3 discs with corresponding digital objects. The slides contain photos of architecture around Highland Park (both indoor and outdoor) as well as the railroad, people, maps of Highland Park, advertisements, and newspaper clippings ranging from the late 19th century to the mid 20th century.

Company letter book with index in front.

This folder contains various images of pioneers from around Highland Park. Below is a list of the items in this folder along with their dates and their accession numbers.

Railroad conductor standing on the train platform, No Date
8 children preparing to play catch, No Date, 69-102-2
Postcard- Woman taking notes outside the train station, No Date
Postcard- Older gentleman and a seated group of women and children in front of their homes, No Date
Old shed on the alley between St. Johns and Linden ave., No Date, 70-458-1
First School originally Port Clinton but currently known as Elm Place, No Date, 67-108-34
C&ME No. 127 going north passing Laurel Ave., ca. 1912
Group picture of women and children, 8-29-1892
First School originally Port Clinton but currently known as Elm Place [copy], No Date
Old wooden barn originally owned by Chicago Historical Society, No Date, 67-108-29c
Brand Bros original paint shop [copy], ca. 1871, 69-351-1
Elm Place School, No Date, 67-111-2
Arial view of train station, No Date, 70-6-1
Port Clinton School with class standing out front, No Date, 67-151-1
Train station with men waiting for a train, No Date, 70-589-4
Fairview School with class standing outside, 1890, 69-428-1
A view from a rooftop facing west, No Date
Highland Park News with 4 workers standing outside, No Date
Employees of Brand's paint store- Ernest Garling, Eli Ott, Otto Lawrentz, 1895
A view from a rooftop facing east, 1876
Moses Northwestern Department Store on N.W. corner of Central and First St., 1895
Photocopied newspaper article on Moses Northwestern Department Store, 3-11-1969
Highland Park News on St. Johns north of the Present bank, No Date
Brand Art Studio with 2 men standing outside, 1893
Highland Hall at St. Johns and Ravine Dr., No Date
A rock commemorating Capt. Daniel Wright the first settler in Lake County, 1909, 67-242-1
Gray Electric Plant at Beach St., No Date, 69-268-3
Fairview Subdivision, 1895
Highland Park business men, 1898
McDonald's Hall [taken by O.B.Brand] at St. Johns and Central, 1879
MacDonald's Hall [taken by O.B.Brand] at St. Johns and Central, 1890, 69-426-1
St. Johns and Central with brick buildings and busier streets, No Date
St. Johns and Central taken from roof top looking towards MacDonald's Hall, ca.1880
First Fire Chief Andrew Block, December 1889
Ravinia Baseball Stadium, No Date
Horse trough at Forest and Sheridan, No Date
Old Thompson block at the S.E. corner of Central and St. Johns, No Date, 67-393-1
Moses Northwestern Department Store on Central Ave., No Date, 69-357-4
First City Hall building [present site of Community Center], 1898

The Individual File is comprised of resources documenting individuals and families of prominence who were born, lived or worked in Highland Park, Illinois. The collection is made up of 2.5 linear feet of periodical clippings; biographies and personal narratives; correspondence; photographs; ephemera; and legal records; dating from 1872 to 2002. This is an artificial collection that is arranged alphabetically by family name.