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Handwritten history of house at 259 Ravine Drive built in 1934. Includes two color photographs and pictorial sheet of original owner Dudley Onderdonk.

The Evangelical Congregational Church of Highland Park marked its official founding on June 28, 1896, with the dedication of its newly erected church building, but the church’s origins date back further. The early church was comprised of German speaking pioneer settlers from Pennsylvania who had been members of the Evangelical Association found by Jacob Albright. In 1839, these settlers started a church in what is now North Northfield. Some of these church families relocated to Highland Park and formed a group that by 1873 was part of the Des Plains circuit. A church building was erected in 1883 on the northwest corner of Central Avenue and Green Bay Road. In 1894, the Illinois Conference of the United Evangelical Church was organized following a division of the Evangelical Association. The First United Evangelical Church of Highland Park was organized under this conference and construction began on the permanent church building.

Upon the dedication of the church building in 1896 by Bishop Rudolph Dubs, H. H. Thoren became the first pastor. The church originally held its services in German until introducing an English service in 1898 and the earliest records of the church are written in German. In 1913 the church sent out its first missionary, Homer Dubs, to China and enlarged the basement of the building. The church decided to remain independent during the merger of the two national denominations, The United Evangelical Church and the Evangelical Association in 1922. The interior of the church was remodeled in 1935. During the 1950s the basement was enlarged again, and the steeple lowered due to deterioration of the wood. On June 24, 1962, groundbreaking ceremonies were held for a new Christian Education Building to provide more space. The completed building was dedicated on May 26, 1963, by Bishop H. H. Scanlin. The church became affiliated with the Evangelical Congregational Church headquartered in Myerstown, Pennsylvania, the successor to the United Evangelical Church. The last service at the Evangelical Congregational Church of Highland Park was held on December 28, 2010.

The collection is organized into eight series: Administrative Records; Organizations; Women’s Missionary Society and Sunday School; Special Days; Memorabilia; Photographs; Publications; and Miscellaneous. The records document the operations, activities, and members of the church as well as their relationship with regional and national church groups.

Collection includes materials connected to Baumann as a student and alumni of Highland Park High School Class of 1955, news clippings on Highland Park figures including Allan Carr, Julius Rosenwald, and Charles Kimbrough, and postcards from the area. There is correspondence, leaflets, and news clippings related to the Highland Park Historical Society.

Records of Gamson's civic involvement in the City of Highland Park Government, Highland Park Community House, League of Women Voters, and Moraine Township Democrats. 2025 Addition includes Gamson's records from her participation in the Highland Park Arts Task Force and subsequent Highland Park Cultural Arts Commission as well as information about the Peter Voulkos sculpture "Miss Nitro".

Unpublished copy of Edward L. Koven's book The North Line - An Anecdotal History of the Chicago & North Western Railroad North Line's Role in the Development of Suburban Communities North of Chicago, 2004.

Contains Deerfield-Shields High School materials including Students' Handbook, 1931-1932; Yearbooks from 1934 and 1935; Copies of "The Shoreline" Student Newspaper, 1934-1936; and a pencil. Also contains a 1913 postcard of the Home for Aged and Disabled Railroad Employees of America, Highland Park, Ill., prints of watercolor of a summer concert at Ravinia by Earl Gross, Moraine on-the-Lake Executive Club Guest cards, and two articles on the historica St. Johns village.

The collection contains information about Michael Zaidman, a Highland Park resident, and Highland Park events, and organizations such as the B’nai Torah Congregation, from 1972-1995. The materials in the collection are Highland Park Mail Advertiser newspaper issues, a scrapbook, yearbooks, pamphlets, Highland Park High School publications, the congregation records, a class picture, certificates, and a flyer.

Correspondence about the 50th reunion of the Highland Park High School Class of 1938 in 1988 and the 55th reunion in 1993.

Mostly color photographs of houses in Highland Park, Illinois. Many photographs are labeled with MLS numbers.