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Diary/scrapbook and "memo" of Ravinia Village and School resident and participant Ellen Louise Greig documenting eighth grade at Ravinia School, 1911-1912; Autograph book of Salina More, 1896; and June 12, 1909 autograph book (Greig?).

Oil painting of unknown landscape by American painter who lived and worked with other artists in Ravinia "Cottages"

The collection is comprised of 470 lantern slides positives, chiefly in black and white. The slides range in date from the late 1890’s to the mid-1910’s. The largest series (93 slides) are illustrated biblical passages of the Old Testament. The collection also comprises images of the Spanish-American War, the U.S. Navy, the Wreck of the Maine in Havana, Cuba (1898), the Battle of Bacolod (1902), and the Second Boer War (1899-1902). Included in the slides are images of China, Alaska, Cuba, Philippines, and several unidentified locations and portraits.

This collection contains images and advertisements from the Brand Brothers Studio. Images range from the Brand family at various events to other local families and even individual people. All advertisements for this collection are for the Brand Brothers Studio and range from calling cards to calendars.

1904-1905 Yearbook for Deerfield Township High School

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

Three color posters of hostages taken by Hamas during the October 7, 2023 attack on Israel. They include photographs of Tami Metzger, Shifra Noy, Gad Haggai, and Judih Lynne Weinstein. The posters were originally placed on city property and taken down in accordance with city regulations. Some citizens were upset by the posters' removal.

Copy of Mamie Dorsh's Eight and a Half- Going On Nine and an August 1987 District 107 School News with an article about a fund established in memory of Mamie Dorsch.

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