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This collection documents the Highland Park Hospital. There are two series: Friends of Highland Park Hospital and Highland Park Hospital.

The first series holds reports and other materials created by the Friends of Highland Park Hospital and related organizations. The community funded hospital and its supporting organizations created and disseminated updates on the hospital's progress, events, and free general health information. The Hospital also had a Thrift Shop, run by the Highland Park Hospital Auxiliary. This series includes newsletters, annual reports, correspondence, pamphlets, and thrift shop information.

The second series, Highland Park Hospital, documents the Highland Park Hospital. It holds material to increase awareness and promote the Hospital. Annual reports, early birth records, correspondence, hospital development information, program information, pamphlets, newsletters, newspaper clippings, newspapers, photographs (images and negatives), and stock certificates comprise this collection.

The Hotel Moraine-on-the-Lake Collection contains correspondence, records, promotional material, photographs and items relating to the operation of the Hotel Moraine-on-the-Lake. The collection contains materials from all periods of operation, but focuses mainly on the years between 1960 and 1968 when it operated as a site for industry conventions. The collection also documents the development proposed by Bert Schwartz and the community activism of the Moraine Citizens Committee. The Highland Park Historical Society was active in the last years of the hotel's existence celebrating its history and accruing items that would become this collection. Also documented in this collection is the Hotel Moraine (Highwood, Illinois). The Hotel Moraine (Highwood) is represented by news clippings, photographs, and original architectural plans

This collection is comprised of, ink drawings, manuscript submissions and installments of the comic strip "From Nine to Five" and "Duets" created by cartoonist Jo Fischer. The three manuscript submissions present in this collection are all stylistically different, both in terms of graphics and humor, from his most famous comic strip "From Nine to Five". The variety of dates covered in this collection also demonstrate how "From Nine to Five" evolved over time; While, the original ink drawings found in this collection provide some insight into Mr. Fischer's illustrating process and its evolution over time.

The bulk of this file is correspondence received by Jones from soldiers who met her through her work at the Highland Park Army and Navy Center during training. There is also correspondence from soldiers' parents. Additional correspondence is from the War Recreation Board of Illinois and War Camp Community Service. Additionally, "Welcome Home" program and ribbon. B/W image of "[World War I] Cannon in Memorial Park" donated to 1942 war metal scrap effort, "The Four Minute men of Chicago"/ by George R Jones.