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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 material related to the tri-centennial re-enactment of the Joliet Marquette discovery of Illinois Country. File includes: postcards, a program of the event, created by the Illinois Paddling Council, nwspaper articles, an invitation to attend the Salute to the Marquette-Joliet Exploration, press release from the city of Highland Park, correspondance, list of participants in the expedition, photographs, expedition itinerary, momorada, list of items needed by Lasalle, and a community handbook.

Scope and Contents note File contains the manuscript of the article "Calumet" written by Mark Braun. Supporting materials are included such as a newspaper article correspondance regarding the Lady Elgin, correspondance from the Department of the Army regarding a notice of a public hearing, correspondance from the U.S. House of representatives regarding the construction of a breakwater in Highland Park, and correspondance from the Dept. of Treasury regarding the establishment of a Coast Guard Station in Highland Park.

File contains the articles of association and bylaws of the Port Clinton Ave. Imporvent Association. The document contains nine articles and six bylaws.

Scope and Contents note File contains a program and invitiontation to the inauguration of the mayor and councilpersons in 2003.

File contains photographs and negatives of people and places around Highland Park.

File contains identified photographs of people around Highland park. Notable photos include: the Carpenter's Union, Jenna Cannon Hyde, and Frank Cannon Hyde.

Guide Albert Larson’s n.d. Christian Science Reading Room n.d. Duffy Furniture Store n.d. Elgin Watch Store n.d. Erskine Bank n.d. F.W. Woolworth n.d. Harrison Whole Sale – 1960 Highland Park News n.d. Holmes Motor Co. n.d. LSFC Boat House n.d. Louis Santello Landscaping n.d. Louis Tazioli Excavating n.d. Movie Theater n.d. North Shore Auto Depot n.d. Onesti Bros. n.d. Stangers Service Station n.d. Wilsons n.d. Witty’s Ice Cream n.d.