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Photographs and medals that belonged to Joseph D. Lang, 6730447, a private in Troop A, 14th Cavalry, stationed at Fort Sheridan, Illinois. Photographs chiefly document horse shows and other events at the Fort. Medals include Pistol "D" medal pin, "Rifle" and "Pistol M."

Team photographs and documentation.

Scrapbooks, photos, notes regarding life and teaching career of Winnie Wolfe and Green Bay and Indian Trail Schools, including manuscript written by Wolfe on the Maloney Party trip to Europe, 1925.

This artificial collection, which appears to have been created by the Highland Park Historical Society, contains files related to the Fort Sheridan army base (active from 1887-1993) located in Fort Sheridan, Illinois. The files contain records regarding the history of Fort Sheridan, ceremonies and events held there, its redevelopment, visitor's guides and photographs documenting its history. It is arranged by topic.

Correspondence regarding Cobb familly and other Highland Park, Illinois participants in the "Great War," 1914-1918.

This is an assorted collection of books from various Highland Park families activities.

This collection was developed by Samuel T. Lawton Jr. It is an assortment of archival material and objects accumulated by Lawton. The collection is divided into 5 series. The first series is Personal, which contains personal papers. The dates in this series range from 1966-2004. The second series is Professional, which contains items pertaining to work Samuel was doing as Highland Park, Illinois. For example there are ordinances, zoning laws, and record books. The items in this series range from 1940-1980. The third series is Oversize, these are all the oversize archival items contained in the collection. It holds invitations and legal documents ranging from 1969-1970. The fourth series is Newspapers. It contains newspapers and newspaper clippings dating from 1968-1970. The final series is Objects. This series contains all the objects brought in with the archival material. These items are personal, professional, and commemorative. They range in dates from 1959-1986.

The North Shore Yacht Club collection is comprised of photographic images, financial ledgers, membership rosters and surveys, race information, safety and procedural instructions, Yacht Club publications, and scrapbooks The scrapbooks document the activities of the North Shore Yacht Club from 1929 through 2005; with the bulk of scrapbooks dating from 1930 to 1970. "Breeze" (Box 1), the Yacht Club's newsletter and the Harbor Study documents pertaining to beach erosion in Highland Park (Box 2.11) document the activities and goals of the organization. Administrative files and publications can be found in Boxes 1-. Visual materials are located in Boxes 4-8.

Various papers regarding the Highland Park Building Company; especially its dissolution, plus newspaper clipping, portrait of Hawkins and reproduction of hand-colored photograph of Hawkins in front of bank with a family of six.

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.