- US IlHpHS 2013.3
- Collection
- ca. 1840-1940
Images and manuscripts documenting early settlers and residents in Highland Park.
Loesch family
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Images and manuscripts documenting early settlers and residents in Highland Park.
Loesch family
Commemorative brick created after closure of Fort Sheridan military base in 1993.
Fort Sheridan (Ill.).
Scrapbooks documenting Brand's participation in the Young Men's Athletic Club in Highland Park, Illinois and its life guard programs, his travels and postcard collection.
Brand, Roland
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
Essays and stories about Highland Park native, Nancy Dinelli-Prill, compiled and published by co-author Patchen.
Dinelli-Prill, Nancy
Highland Park Athletic Club postcard
Postcard to Esther Nipp(?) at Willard Hall from John [Gallahger], Peter, Joe et al.
"Esty, -- We miss you. Come back for the game Saturday. Boo Rah Rah."
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This file contains correspondence, clippings, campaign publications and a button.
Stern, Grace Mary
This collection documents the Metzel family from the Civil War era 1860s through the 1960s. Its contents include a family history, landscape architecture blueprints by celebrated landscape architect, O.C. Simonds, contracts, and images.
A.J. Metzel and his family moved to Highland Park, Illinois in 1912 and developed an elaborately landscaped estate. This collection holds hand-colored images or the estate. The family owned the Cutler Shoe Company in Chicago from 1885-1937. A.J.’s son, Truman became the sole owner of the company in 1929 when his father died. The collection includes a family history written by Truman Thwing Metzel that spans from ca.1860-1960.
Metzel Family