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Scope and Contents note File contains 4 documents that are attached: Abstract of Title of North 1/2 Lot 22 and South 1/2 Lot 23 in Block 2 in Highland Park for Elizabeth Happ, 1868-1874; Examination of Title to the Northerly half of Lot 22 and the Southerly half of Lot 23 in Block 2 in the City of Highland Park, Lake County, Ill., 1874-1884; no. 3586 Examination of Title to the Northerly half of Lot 22 and the Southerly half of Lot 23 in Block 2, Highland Park, 1884-1894; no. 42143 Abstract of Title to Part of Lots 22 and 23 in Block 2 in Highland Park, 1894-1929

Scope and Contents note File contains material related to the history of Highland Park. Materials include: Newspaper articles, book excerpt from "A Guide to Chicago's Historic Suburbs on Wheels and on Foot", chronological history of Highland Park compiled in 1945, Interview with Mr. O. Olesen (March 9, 1934), Out of Town (book, 1869), reference report from the Chicago Historical Society on Highland Park, a list of familiar things from the 1880s and 1890s, written in 1955, excerpt from "2nd Book of the North Shore" (1911), "Early History of Skokie Valley and its Neighbors" by Harriet Joy Scheidenhelm, "What's in a Name? The Orgin of Place Names in Lake County, Illinois" by Diana Dretske, and photocopies of newspaper articles.

Scope and Contents note File contains materials related to the Highland Park Building Co., c. 1869-1875. Materials include: an abstract of property Section 23, Township 43 North Range 12 East (1872), Abstract of Title to Lands at Highland park (1875), envelope addressed to the mayor, three certificates (and copy) from 1871 certifying Hannah Miles one share of one hundred dollars in the capital stock of the Highland Park Building Company.

Scope and Contents note File contains materials related to the history of Highland Park. Materials include photocopies of book chapters and newspaper articles, photocopies of pages from the book, Out of Town (1869), Notes on History of Highland Park (book, 1920),Highland Park History Bibliography (1844-1978) compiled by Mark Mandle, History of Highland park by Evelyn Lauter, photocopied excerpt from Physical geography of the Evanston Waukegan Region by Wallace W. Atwood and James Walter Goldthwait,Highland park Building Company Shares Certificate, "Highland Park" round metal piece, Upland Vale and Groveby Marian A. Whites (photocopy), Early Days in Highland Park by George R. Jones, illustration of an early settler in Highland Park from "Past and Present of Lake County, Illinois" (1877), Early Days in Highland Park 1896-1972 by Mrs. Edward M. Steele, Canterbury Picture Stamps of Highland Park, excerpt from "Chicago and its Suburbs" by Everett Chamberlin (ca. 1900), Highland Park Park District Itinerary of the History, Biography and Architecture of Highland Park (January 23, 1980), "How do you Get to Highland Park? by Henry X. Arenberg.

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.

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