The Individual File is comprised of resources documenting individuals and families of prominence who were born, lived or worked in Highland Park, Illinois. The collection is made up of 2.5 linear feet of periodical clippings; biographies and personal narratives; correspondence; photographs; ephemera; and legal records; dating from 1872 to 2002. This is an artificial collection that is arranged alphabetically by family name.
"Preface For the past ten or more years, suggestions have often been made by our grandchildren -- James and Jean Heller and Charles and Elinor Steele to give them a story of the Chicago Fire, October 9th, 1871, as witnessed by me,...In addition, I will add a biographical sketch of our family...as far back as 1800 ...Emil Rudolph Jan. 1936."