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

The consists of correspondence, vaccination records, confirmation certificates, receipts, and other documents arranged in chronological order by and documenting the Brand and Ott families in both Alsace and Illinois.

The first folder contains undated records and record fragments, the second contains correspondence and other papers.

This collection documents early Highland Park and Elm Place School. It is a series of class photographs and teaching aids. The collection has been arranged into 5 series with a list of each item in that series. They are mostly black and white and a few have been damaged. They are all 4x5. These slides may have been taken chiefly by Jesse Lowe Smith. Brand Studio may also be responsible for some of the photography.

The collection consists of photographs of Gertrude Knapmiller Ronzani, Floyd Presley, Theresa Slack, John Frantonius, Marie Knapmiller Frantonius, and John Peterson. Also included are a lady's lace cap, a booklet celebrating the 20th anniversary of the hospital in 1938, a postcard, and a photocopy of the fifteenth census of the United States of 1930, issued by the Department of Commerce - Bureau of the Census.

Drawings for log house.

Plans for dwelling in pencil.

Exterior and interior plans for Brand Brothers store which also served as first site for the Highalnd Park high school. Etching of building. In 2015, Walker Brothers restaurant resides in the building.

These cabinets contain a variety of rolled posters, maps, and other oversized items

This brief reminiscence of early years on Michigan Avenue in Chicago and Highland Park, Illinois, recalls devoted paternal grandparents, music lessons and chamber music with the Du Moulin family, a father’s departure, a determined single mother and her male friend, attending Harvard College, and teaching music and possibly English at Hull House. The manuscript ends with notes for ideas for an autobiography.

Scrapbook documenting creation and history of local Junior Activity Group of the American Legion Auxiliary. The scrapbook holds b/w images of leaders and member events and handwritten notes.