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Tenthouse and Music Theaters Collection

  • tent.mus
  • Collection
  • 1958-1964

Programs, advertisements and one nostalgic clipping from summer and music theaters Tenthouse in the Round and Herb Roger's Music Theater in Highland Park, Illinois.

Tenthouse Theater in the Round.

B'nai Torah records

  • US IlHpHS 2014.9
  • Collection
  • 1958-2014

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.

Congregation, B'nai Torah (Highland Park, Ill.).

Highland Park Centennial Collection

  • US IlHpHS Cent.col
  • Collection
  • 1959-1976

This collection, created by the Highland Park Historical Society, contains materials relating to Highland Park's centennial celebration in 1969. The collection includes memorabilia such as stickers, candle holders, and wooden nickels, the Centennial Anniversary Dinner programs, manuscripts for publications about Highland Park history, especially in reference to its centennial, special editions of local news publications covering the centennial, news clippings, and the centennial banner.

Highland Park Chamber of Commerce

Emily Rosenberg papers

  • US-IlHpCH 303
  • Collection
  • 1959-1962, undated

3 issues of the Highland Park High School Yearbook Little Giant, 2 issues of the Highland Park High School Buzz Book Student Directory, and various news clippings generally about engagements and marriages of former students.

Highland Park High School (Ill.).

Mighty Midgets (football team), records

  • US IlHpHS Migh.Mid
  • Collection
  • 1960-1971, No Date

The Highland Park Mighty Midgets football team was comprised of young men and boys from and around Highland Park. This collection contains, logbooks, rosters, newspaper clippings, and playbooks.

Mighty Midgets (football team)

Metzel Family collection

  • US IlHpHS 2012.4
  • Collection
  • Bulk, 1960-1966

This collection documents the Metzel family from the Civil War era 1860s through the 1960s. Its contents include a family history, landscape architecture blueprints by celebrated landscape architect, O.C. Simonds, contracts, and images.

A.J. Metzel and his family moved to Highland Park, Illinois in 1912 and developed an elaborately landscaped estate. This collection holds hand-colored images or the estate. The family owned the Cutler Shoe Company in Chicago from 1885-1937. A.J.’s son, Truman became the sole owner of the company in 1929 when his father died. The collection includes a family history written by Truman Thwing Metzel that spans from ca.1860-1960.

Metzel Family

Elisha Gray Collection

  • US IlHpHS elis.gra
  • Collection
  • Bulk, 1960-1990

This collection contains: photographs, patent specifications, correspondence, original research produced by the Highland Park Historical Society, newspaper clippings, magazine articles and other secondary publications pertaining to Elisha Gray, his inventions & his business endeavers. This collection contains items dating from 1860 to 2001; with the bulk of the collection dating from 1960 to 1990.

Franklin Institute.

Commercial Development Northwest Corner of Central Ave. and First Street, Highland Park, Illinois

  • US IlHpHS Comm.dev
  • Collection
  • 1962-1964

This collection includes plans for commercial development on the northwest corner of Central Ave. and First St. in Highland Park, Illinois. The plans included cover various floors in the building, parking, signage, electrical, mechanical and revised plans. The dates of the plans range from October 23, 1962 until May 7, 1964. The architects for the plans were Loebl, Schlossman, and Bennett, Chicago, Illinois.

Bennett, Richard Marsh, 1907-1996

Highland Park : the first hundred years : research responses

  • US IlHpHS high.fir
  • Collection
  • 1966-1969

This collection holds the clippings and other family or biographical information received by the Highland Park Historical Society in response to a questionnaire sent to families who lived in Highland Park, Illinois prior to 1940. Files are arranged alphabetically by last name.

This Highland Park centenary project culminated in the publication of "Highland Park : The First hundred years." The research and writing team included Anna Rigndahl, Lillian Tucker, Ruth Rose, Pat Heyman, Judi Nickol, James Wahlman, Chester Jones, and Marjorie Clavey.

Highland Park Historical Society

Highland Park Kodachrome Slide Collection

  • US IlHpHS high.kod
  • Collection
  • Bulk, 1967-1972

Likely created by Henry X Arenberg, this collection of Kodachrome slides documents local landmarks and civic life in Highland Park and Highwood, Illinois during the late 1960s and early 1970s. Many slides show Highland Park's downtown shopping and business district, Central Avenue, and document the area's changing landscape including the construction of medians and businesses. The slides contain images of houses, businesses, the annual July 4th parade, municipal buildings, the relocation of Highland Park Historical Society's Stupey Cabin and fire and police personnel. This collection also documents recreational activities such as camping and participation in Girl Scouts.

Arenberg, Henry X

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