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Diary/scrapbook and "memo" of Ravinia Village and School resident and participant Ellen Louise Greig documenting eighth grade at Ravinia School, 1911-1912; Autograph book of Salina More, 1896; and June 12, 1909 autograph book (Greig?).

File, arranged by topic, contains postcards related places and events in Highland Park, Illinois, including the the Bob O'Link Country Club, Exmoor Country Club, Highland Park Club, Masonic Temple, and the Sunset Valley Golf Club. Photographers and printers include the Brand Brothers' studio and other local and national printers.

The collection consists of weekly and monthly newsletters published by the Immaculate Conception Parish, Vol. 1 No.3, 4, 6 and 36; Vol. IV No 35, 42, 44, 45, 47, 51 and 52; Vol. V No.1-8, 10, 15-17, 23, 27, 28, 30, 31, 33-42, and 45-53; Vol. VI No.1-6, 8-11, 13-18, 20-39, 41-47, 49 and 53; Vol. VII No. 1-7, 11-13, 16-24, 26-38, and 41-52; Vol. VIII No.1-11, 13-19, 22-27, 30-36; Vol. IX No.9-11, 14-37, and 39-52; Vol. X No.1-5, 20-24; Vol. XV No. 49-52; Vol. XVI No.1-2. Also included in the collection are two pamphlets issued by the parish, a Pastoral Letter of His Eminence Archbishop of Chicago published in June of 1954, two brochures about Catholic Colleges and Universities in the Chicago area, two recital programs of the Garino Accordion School from May of 1951 and April of 1952, a newsletter titled The Parish Voice, published by the St. Joan of Arc Church in Indianapolis, and 4 newsletters from Our Lady of Ozarks, Carthage, Missouri.

Collection contains materials related to the Native American history in Highland Park. Materials includes newspaper clippings, photographs, and other relevant notes.

Materials in this collection include yearbooks, minutes, announcements, scrapbooks, newspaper publications and programs. Box 1 holds the first accession: announcements, minutes, and sheet music, circa 1950-1989. It is arranged chronologically.
There are two series in the 2014 accession: records and scrapbooks.
Box 2 holds five scrapbooks assembled by members and the Club. One scrapbook contains minutes, clippings and other documents related to scholarship concert, 1956 - 1958. Other scrapbooks are chiefly composed of newspaper clippings and fliers dated 1950 -1973, 1973 - 1990, 1990 - 2006, 2007 - 2010.
Box 3, 1928-2010, holds minutes, treasury ledgers, club bylaws, newspaper drafts and clippings, and a club history:
Ledger, July 1929 - May 1981
Secretary's board meeting notebook, February 1928 - June 1938
Treasurer's notebook, May 1960 - May 1981
Treasurer's notebook, August 1981 - May 1994.

These two folders, created by the Highland Park Historical Society circa 1970, contain B/W images of the Millard house, portraits of Sylvester and Malcolm Millard, house and family related clippings and some correspondence regarding the City of Highland Park and pamphlets on state Parks and preservation.

This collection includes 5 (7 with duplicates) maps of Highland Park, Illinois. They range in date from 1951-1974. The maps include a street guide and an index to numbering.

Digital objects of log cabins photographed around the turn of the 19th-20th century, possibly as part of a project for the North Shore Daughters of the American Revolution. Digitized by Joe Piersen.

This collection is comprised of, ink drawings, manuscript submissions and installments of the comic strip "From Nine to Five" and "Duets" created by cartoonist Jo Fischer. The three manuscript submissions present in this collection are all stylistically different, both in terms of graphics and humor, from his most famous comic strip "From Nine to Five". The variety of dates covered in this collection also demonstrate how "From Nine to Five" evolved over time; While, the original ink drawings found in this collection provide some insight into Mr. Fischer's illustrating process and its evolution over time.

The Hotel Moraine-on-the-Lake Collection contains correspondence, records, promotional material, photographs and items relating to the operation of the Hotel Moraine-on-the-Lake. The collection contains materials from all periods of operation, but focuses mainly on the years between 1960 and 1968 when it operated as a site for industry conventions. The collection also documents the development proposed by Bert Schwartz and the community activism of the Moraine Citizens Committee. The Highland Park Historical Society was active in the last years of the hotel's existence celebrating its history and accruing items that would become this collection. Also documented in this collection is the Hotel Moraine (Highwood, Illinois). The Hotel Moraine (Highwood) is represented by news clippings, photographs, and original architectural plans