Historical Note

In 1859, in an austere two story frame house, Englewood's first school opened for students.  Records documenting Englewood High School's development can be found in this collection's four series.  The extensive photographs from Englewood High School and this collection's historical sketches are perhaps the most significant items in this collection.  This collection also contains an almost complete run of Englewood High School yearbooks from 1915 to 1959.

The records of Englewood High School reveal that school and its administrators to have been innovators in the file of public education.  Several pedagogic innovations were reputed to have been originated at Englewood High School by its long time principal, James E. Armstrong.

Scope and Content 

Series I: Historical Essays & Sketches, 1935.
This small but significant series contains an one volume history of Englewood High School form 1874 to 1955.

Series II: Printed Material, 1876 - 1936.
 This small series contains programs for school events.  It is arranged chronologically.

Series III: Publications, 1893 - 1959.
This large series contains editions form several of Englewood High School's better known publications.  The origins and various permutations of these publications are documented in this series.

Series IV: Students, 1893 - 1930.
This series contains list of graduates and class notebooks on the subjects of music and biology.

Supplement
This series (7:7-10) consists of donations by Englewood High School graduate (1922) Alice Jacoby, later Mrs. Harnish.  It contains material properly belonging to both Series II and IV; see Box and Folder Inventory for details.

Photographs are listed at the end of the Box and Folder Inventory.

Provenance

This collection came into existence in 1927 when the Englewood Historical Association began its project to collect historical materials telling the story of Englewood's development.  The records were housed at the Chicago Public Library's Hiram Kelly Branch Library; located at 6151 S. Normal Boulevard.  In 1985, working under the auspices of a Dr. Scholl Foundation grant, the Chicago Public Library's Special Collections Division took custody of the records and processed them.  The documents pertaining to Englewood High School were formed into the papers of Englewood High School (EHS).  Photographs from the EHS are available in the Neighborhood History Research Collection's Audio-visual Collection (NHRC-AV).

Access

The Englewood High School Records are available to the public for research in the Special Collections and Preservation Division Reading Room on the 9th floor of the Chicago Public Library's Harold Washington Library Center, 400 South State Street, Chicago, Illinois, 60605. The collection does not circulate, although photocopy and photoreproduction services are available depending upon the condition of the original materials. First time patrons to Special Collections must present photo identification and complete a Reader Registration Form. Telephone inquiries on this collection and other Special Collections holdings can be directed to 312-747-4875.

Duplicate materials and selected photocopies have been returned to the Hiram Kelly Branch Library.

Box and Folder Inventory
 

BOX 1

Series I: Historical Essays & Sketches

1. History of Englewood High School, 1874 - 1935, 1935.

Series II: Printed Materials

2. Programs, 1876 - 1936.

Series III: Publications

3. Englewood High School Journal, I, 1- III, 2, 1893 - 1897.
4. Yearbooks: The E, 1915
5. Yearbooks: The E, 1920
6. Yearbooks: The E, June 1920
7. Yearbooks: The E, June 1921
8. Yearbooks: The E, Sept. 1921
9. Yearbooks: The E, June 1923 
[The E, June, 1922 is located in Box 7, Folder 7. Donated 1988]
10. Yearbook: The Evening Light, 1932.
11. Yearbooks: Purple & White, I, 1; I, 2, Oct. 1898, Nov. 1898.

BOX 2

1. Yearbooks: Purple & White, 1910
2. Yearbooks: Purple & White 1924
3. Yearbooks: Purple & White, 1926
4. Yearbooks: Purple & White, III, 4, 1927
5. Yearbooks: Purple & White, 1928

BOX 3

1. Yearbooks: Purple & White, 1929
2. Yearbooks: Purple & White, 1930
3. Yearbooks: Purple & White, 1930.
4. Yearbooks: Purple & White, 1931.
5. Yearbooks: Purple & White, 1932.
6. Yearbooks: Purple & White, 1933.
7. Yearbooks: Purple & White, 1935.

BOX 4  

1. Yearbooks: Purple & White, 1936.
2. Yearbooks: Purple & White, 1936.
3. Yearbooks: Purple & White, 1937.
4. Yearbooks: Purple & White, 1937.
5. Yearbooks: Purple & White, 1938.
6. Yearbooks: Purple & White, 1938.
7. Yearbooks: Purple & White, 1939.
8. Yearbooks: Purple & White, 1939.
9. Yearbooks: Purple & White, 1940.
10. Yearbooks: Purple & White, Jan. 1941.

BOX 5

1. Yearbooks: Purple & White, June 1941.
2. Yearbooks: Purple & White, June 1942.
3. Yearbooks: Purple & White, Jan. 1943.
4. Yearbooks: Purple & White, 1944.
5. Yearbooks: Purple & White, 1946.
6. Yearbooks: Purple & White, 1947.
7. Yearbooks: Purple & White, 1948.
8. Yearbooks: Purple & White, 1949.    

BOX 6

1. Yearbooks: Purple & White, 1951
2. Yearbooks: Purple & White, 1955
3. Yearbooks: Purple & White, 1957
4. Yearbooks: Purple & White, 1958
5. Yearbooks: Purple & White, 1959.  

Series IV: Students            

6. Laboratory notebook, ca. 1897 - 1898.

BOX 7 

1. Laboratory notebooks: 1897 - 1898.
2. Laboratory notebooks: 1898 - 1899.
3. Laboratory notebooks: Biology, 1893.
4. Laboratory notebooks: Music, 1898 - 1899.
5. List of graduates, 1874 - 1911.
6. List of graduates, 1922 - 1930.

Supplement

7. The E (Yearbook), June, 1922.  See above, Series III,  Publications.
8. Commencement programs & announcements (5 pcs);  1921-22, 1927 .
9.  Drama programs & clippings (10 pcs); 1918-1922.
10. Junior Promenade program, "Country Fair" directory,  Program card; 1921.
11.  "Our Englewood"-Sheet music: words by J. E.  Armstrong, music by R. B. Hall, arr. By J. W. Kent; after  1915.

PHOTOGRAPHS

Schools

1.1a-o  Englewood High School, photo album, 1892 (incl. baseball team)
1.2a-c  Englewood High School-Basketball Team, 1905-6
1.3-4  Englewood High School-Bridge of Sighs, 1903; Greek play cast
1.5a  Englewood High School-Class Picture, 1892
1.5b  Englewood High School-Class Picture, 1892*
1.6a  Englewood High School-Class Picture, 1892
1.6b  Englewood High School-Class Picture, 1892
1.6c  Englewood High School-Class Picture, 1892*
1.7 Englewood High School-Class Picture, 1892
1.8 Englewood High School-Class Picture, 1892
1.9a Englewood High School-Class Picture, 1892
1.9b Englewood High School-Class Picture, 1892*
1.10  Englewood High School-Class Picture, 1897
1.11  Englewood High School-Class Picture, 1910
1.12-13 Englewood High School - Exterior, n.d.; 1895
1.14-16 Englewood High School - Football Team, 1895, n.d.
1.17  Englewood High School - Football Team, 1893
1.18  Englewood High School - Football Team, 1894-5
1.19  Englewood High School - Football Team, 1894
1.20a-b Englewood High School - Football Team, 1894
1.21  Englewood High School - Football Team, 1897
1.22a-b Englewood High School - Football Team, 1904
1.23  Englewood High School - Football Team, 1907
1.24a-b Englewood High School - Football Team, 1908
1.25-27 Englewood High School - Football Team, 1909
1.28  Englewood High School - Football Team, 1909
1.29  Englewood High School - Football Team, 1910
1.30  Englewood High School - Football Team, 1911
1.31-32 Englewood High School - Football Team, 1913; 1914
1.33a-b Englewood High School - Football Team, 1915
1.34  Englewood High School - Football Team, 1916
1.35  Englewood High School - Picnic, 1890s
1.36  Englewood High School - Indoor Baseball Team, c. 1895-1905

See catalog cards in the Photo Catalog for fuller descriptions of these images.   Many of these photos are oversize material.