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Scope and Contents note File contains materials related to the snow storm of 1918, 1967 and 1979. Materials include: photographs, snow emergency memo from the city, and newspaper clippings.

Scope and Contents note File contains material related to the Y.W.C.A. Mother's Club. Material includes: membership rosters, newspaper articles, and list of memorials.

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.

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 Water Tower. Materials include: "Historic Illinois" (Aug. 1988), photographs, and a copy of the "elevated tank" sketch.

File contains telegrams through Western Union to Mr. and Mrs. Yoe from W.G. Scott from September, 1894. File also includes a note from October 12, 1988 addressed to Betty, explaining why the telegrams should be donated to the Historical Society.

File contains materials related to Gsell's Pharmacy. File includes an 8x10 b/w photograph and a negative strip. Second file contains more b/w and color photographs as well as newspaper articles from Gsell's Magazine.

File contains photos of downtown Highland Park, in particular Central Ave. Views included: rooftop view of downtown, east on Central at train tracks, St. Johns and Central, courtyard on Central, after addition to Bank on Central, First and Central, looking Northeast on Central. File also contains some negatives.

Scope and Contents note File contains materials related to the Rotary Club of Highland Park. Materials include: How to propose a new member pamphlet, photographs, "The Highlander", Description of Rotary International and a history of Rotary in Highland Park, program for the 75th Anniversary of the Rotary Club of Highland Park, attending list, newspaper clippings, a history of the Rotary Club of Highland Park, Rotary Program January 15, 1962, Club Roster, Program of the 1965 District Conference, and the Rotary Club of Highland Park Song Book.