Community Foundation of Highland Park, records
- 2022.hpcf
- Collection
- 1992
Charter and other records documenting the establishment of the Community Foundation of Highland Park.
Community Foundation of Highland Park
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Community Foundation of Highland Park, records
Charter and other records documenting the establishment of the Community Foundation of Highland Park.
Community Foundation of Highland Park
Dr. Harry B. Roberts Collection
Papers regarding Dr. Roberts World War I service and ephemeral correspondence.
Roberts, Harry B.
Bondholders Protective Committee for Highland Park Special Assessment Bonds, records
Minutes, correspondence, contracts, and other legal records for the Bondholders Protective Committee for Highland Park concerning the sale and development of lots and building contracts.
Highland Park Special Assesment Bondholders´ Protective Committee
Orson Brand family and studio visual collection
This collection contains images and advertisements from the Brand Brothers Studio. Images range from the Brand family at various events to other local families and even individual people. All advertisements for this collection are for the Brand Brothers Studio and range from calling cards to calendars.
Brand, Orson B
Playbills, photos. clipping and correspondence regarding actor's tenure at local venues, including The Music Theater (located adjacent to Villa Moderne) and the Tenthouse Theater in the Round. Photograph subjects include Mayele Gabor; Bill Krott (Stage Manager) ; David Tihmar (Director); Jimmy Kommack; Bill Hayes; Lisa Drake; and Ward Orhman; Monica Van Vooren; and Tom Williams as well as pictures of the Men's Chorus room exterior and interior; the Music Theater; the Theater in the Round in season and before demolition; and the Villa Moderne. Original order has been maintained. Correspondence copies with the Library have been kept physically in the collection.
Addtionally, there are 2 broadsides, 1 framed, for 1954 productions of "Anything Goes" and "Showboat" at the Music Theater, billed as "Chicago's Theater in the Country."
Williams, Tom
Contact sheets and negatives from events at Park District of Highland Park, including Heart Fund Swimming Meet, 1977.
Heimovics, John O
The collection consists of records of the Men's Garden Club of Highland Park and subsequent Men's Garden Club of the North Shore and Gardeners of the North Shore. The collection contains an incomplete set of issues of the Garden Club's publication "Garden Pants" from 1939-1968. Also included are Men's Garden Clubs of America Yearbooks (1940-1943), applications for membership (1943-1957), correspondence, project information, metal garden markers, and materials from annual garden club shows.
Men's Garden Club of Highland Park.
The collection contains awards, reports, administrative documents, publicity, tax records, photographs, and related materials about the activities of the Ravinia Garden Club and its members.
Ravinia Garden Club
This collection regards the Gieser family, their descendants, and extended relatives from the turn of the 19th century to the present day in Highland Park. This collection pertains to the members of this family, as well as those who would eventually marry into the family, specifically Elise Weisenberger who married William Gieser. The collection contains a significant number of photographs and albums, Deerfield yearbooks, and other artifacts such as Adolph Gieser's fire chief medallion, and a DVD containing an interview with Elise Weisenberger Gieser about her family and her life on the Bonita Vista estate as the daughter of the gardener.
Gieser Family