Historical Note

In the early 1850s, small frame cottages occupied by Germans, Irish and Scandinavians built up the Near West Side to Halsted Street on the west and Roosevelt Road on the south. In addition, African-American migration from Kentucky, Missouri and Virginia moved westward along Lake and Kinzie Streets, adding to an African-American community that had resided there at the time of the city charter in 1837. In the decade preceding the 1871 Fire, the population of the area reached 160,000. Although the Fire originated in the Near West Side, it burned north and east, causing minimal damage to the neighborhood and an increase in business activity and housing construction. Population reached 200,000.

In the following decades new immigrants, mostly Italians, Russian and Polish Jews, and later Greeks, displaced the older German and Irish populations. Poverty and deterioration in the area led to the establishment of Hull House by Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr in 1889, a settlement house which became a 13-building complex offering day care, a theater, citizenship classes, and other services to the community. As Jews left the area, African-Americans and Mexicans moved in. In the 1930s and 1940s, little private home construction took place, while numerous public housing projects were built. The area has been subject to much alteration in the decades following the 1950s, with the construction of the Northwest (Kennedy) and Dan Ryan expressways, and the University of Illinois Chicago campus, which destroyed virtually all of the Hull House complex and the historic Italian neighborhood which it served.

Scope and Content

This collection consists of an initial accession, arranged into 12 series, and two supplementary accessions. Notable subjects include:

E.J Brach and Sons
Brown School
Crane Technical High School
Daprato Statuary Company
Hull House
Jackson, Margaret
King School
Maxwell Street Civic Improvement Project
McKinley High School
St. Ignatius High School
Sears, Roebuck and Company
Thumser, Christian and family
West Division High School
West Side Department Y. M. C. A.

The collection also includes a considerable number of photographs documenting the development of one of Chicago's oldest and most historic neighborhoods. All photographs, listed at the end of the Box and Folder Inventory, have been removed from the manuscript portion of the collection and placed in the Neighborhood Research Collection/Audiovisual Collection. Cross references have been provided for related subjects appearing in different series or record groups. In addition, newsclips in the original collection which were duplicated in the library's newspaper holdings have been indexed in this guide, but not physically included in the manuscript collection.

SERIES DESCRIPTIONS:

Series I: Biographical Data, 1857-1953.
This wide-ranging series includes correspondence, newsclips, biographical notes, reminiscences, certificates and other materials on west side neighborhood residents. Of particular note are indentures and other documents dating from the 1850s-1920s from the Thumser family and the correspondence of Margaret Jackson, an early resident of the west side. Also included, in Box 2, is a scrapbook compiled by Jackson. A complete contents listing of the scrapbook is given in the Box and Folder Inventory. Materials are arranged alphabetically by last name.

Series II: Business Establishments, 1873-1945.
Included in this series are advertising materials, newsclips, business and dance cards, histories and reminiscences of west side businesses. The series is arranged alphabetically by business name.

Series III: Churches, 1893-1946.
The near west side has always served as a port of entry for newly-arrived immigrants, and the wide range of ethnic groups is apparent in the religious institutions of the neighborhood. This series contains programs, newsclips, souvenir books, and newsletters from neighborhood churches, and is arranged alphabetically by Church name.

Series IV: Clubs and Organizations, 1893-1946.
This series is comprised of newsletters, programs, historical sketches, invitations, newsclips, flyers, and other materials documenting the settlement houses, civic action groups, and business, social, and athletic clubs of the west side. It is arranged alphabetically by club name.

Series V: Historical Sketches and Essays, 1923-1949.
This series includes essays on historical subjects and reminiscences of life on the west side. The research of George Estabrook, old-time neighborhood resident, is included here. for more reminiscences on the early west side, see the Biographical Data series. This series is arranged alphabetically by subject or title of essay.

Series VI: Hospitals, 1910-1949.
This series contains programs, newsletters, and a souvenir book, and is arranged alphabetically by hospital name.

Series VII: Municipal Agencies, 1858-1949.
This small series is highlighted by a fire alarm station directory published in 1858. It also includes brochures and other materials published by the Chicago Housing Authority and a newsclip on Chicago's first municipal bath house.

Series VIII: Parks, 1892-1929.
Pictures of Union Park are the only items in the manuscript part of this collection.

Series IX: Residences, 1920s-1950.
This series includes newsclips and an essay on the architectural history of the west side, and is arranged by street number and name.

Series X: Schools, 1870-1971.
The bulk of the West Side Community Records reside in the Schools series, which includes reminiscences, histories, programs, yearbooks, school publications, class lists, identifications to photographs, report cards and other items. The series is arranged alphabetically by school name.

Series XI: Streets, 1929-1945.
This series includes newsclips on various streets, and publicity materials on Maxwell Street and on the proposed improvements on Congress Street. Also included is a city-wide list of proposed street name changes compiled by George Estabrook. The series is arranged alphabetically by street name.

Series XII: Transportation, 1891-1939.
This modest series contains a few newsclips and two descriptions of the Chicago and North Western depot and of Union Station.

SUPPLEMENT 1 (Folders 20:1-15)
The materials in this Supplement were drawn from a sizable corpus of records originating with the West Side Historical Society, omitted from cataloging in the original collection. Of particular note are the excellent "alumni" records of Brown School, especially that of Billie Burke, widow of alumnus Florenz Ziegfeld (20:13)
Also included with this Supplement is folder 17:3a, an 1891 issue of the West Division High School newspaper, the earliest issue extant in this collection.
These materials were processed in February 1989.

SUPPLEMENT 2 (Folders 20: 16-43)
The materials in this supplement are, like those in Supplement 1, drawn largely from the collections of the West Side Historical Society. Of special note are the files on various members of the Guiteau family, whose most notorious representative was Charles Julius Guiteau (1841-1882), the assassin of President James Garfield in 1881. Also included in this supplement are Oversize items 12, 13, and 14, described below.

These materials were processed in February of 1990.

Separation Record: Oversized Materials
The following items have been removed to the locations given.

Initial Accession:

Biography
Cook County. Court of Common Pleas. Naturalization of Christina Thumser. 1858 Feb 26.	WS-Oversize 1
Clubs and Organizations
West Central Association. "Increased Property Values!" Meeting announcement mailer. 1938 Dec 8.	WS-Oversize 2
West Central Association. "The West Side Superhighway is Here!" Meeting announcement mailer. 1940 Dec 6.	WS-Oversize 3
General History (Land deeds)
Marks, Samuel and Sarah; and Leopold and Regina Mayer. Deed to Frederick Stiegele. Sale of lots in Page and Woods' Subdivision, city of Chicago. 1854 Feb 24.	WS-Oversize 4
George, Thomas. Deed to Christian Thumser. Sale of lots in Page and Woods’ Subdivision, city of Chicago, 1856 Dec 22.	WS-Oversize 5
Jefferson, Hiram and Luther. Deed to Thomas George. Sale of lots in Page and Woods' Subdivision, city of Chicago. 1859 Nov 22.	WS-Oversize 6
George, Thomas and Sarah. Deed to Christian Thumser. Sale of lots in Page and Woods' Subdivision, city of Chicago. 1859 Nov 23.	WS-Oversize 7
Thumser, Christian and Catharina. Deed to Henry Eccardt. Sale of lot in Page and Woods' Subdivision, city of Chicago. 1860 Jan 18.	WS-Oversize 8
Egan, Wiley M. and Mary P. Deed to Frederick A. Braymer. Sale of lots in Wiley M. Egan's Subdivision, city of Chicago. 1869 Oct 9.	WS-Oversize 9
Pearson, Andrew and Cynthia A; David C. and Alethra Parmelee. Deed to Catherine Thumser. Sale of lots in Race and Pearson's Subdivision, city of Chicago. 1871 Dec 1.	WS-Oversize 10
Sharp, William T. and Addie. Deed to Moses E. Greenebaum. Sale of lots in Colorado Addition, city of Chicago. 1895 Dec 14.	WS-Oversize 11

Supplement 2:

Residences
Chicago Guarantee Survey Company. Plat of survey of lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 13, 14, 15, and 16 in block 17 in Duncan's Addition to Chicago; being a subdivision . . . May 29, 1930, revised July 11, 1930. Blueprint; 24 ¼ x 18 ¼. Indicates Beidler & Gardiner homes on lot between S. Morgan and S. Sangamon on W. Jackson. See also photo of Beidler home, photo WS 1.150	WS-Oversize 12
Streets
Esterbrook, George. [Ashland Avenue Prairie, 1883.] Sketched from memory, October 1937. 2 maps: colored (overlaid construction paper). 13a shows Harrison south to Polk, Ashland west to Wood. 13b shows Flournoy south to 12th, Nixon west to Wood.	WS-Oversize 13a, 13b >
[Esterbrook, George.] [Plat of blocks 10 & 11 Ashland's addition showing all the buildings in these two blocks at the time the first section of the Presbyterian Hospital was started. . .as of year 1883.] Map: 1937 (?). Colored (overlaid construction paper).	WS-Oversize 14

Provenance

The West [Near West] Side Community Collection was originally part of the collections of the West Side Historical Society, which formed at the Legler branch of The Chicago Public Library in 1930 to promote and collect the history of Chicago's west side. Upon the dissolution of the Historical Society in the late 1950s, its records and materials remained at the Legler branch, where they suffered the mistreatment and depredations of unsupervised use and inadequate storage facilities. To protect the materials, an agreement was struck in 1976 with the University of Illinois-Chicago Campus for the temporary custody of the collection at the University of Illinois. As agreed, the materials were transferred to The Chicago Public Library's Special Collections Divisions ten years later, where they were divided up by community area, and processed, in 1989, under the auspices of a grant from the Dr. Scholl Foundation, and placed in the Neighborhood History Research Collection.

Originally called the West Side Community Collection, the collection more properly concerns the neighborhood of the Near West Side, bounded as follows: on the north by Kinzie (400 N), on the west by Maplewood (2524 W), on the south by 16th Street (1600 S), and on the east by the Chicago River.

Access

The West [Near West] Side Community Collection is 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.

Box and Folder Inventory

BOX 1

Series I: Biographical Data

1. Addams, Jane: Articles on, 1936-1937. See also: Chicago Tribune, Sept. 3, 1939.
2. Aitken, Andrew: Newsclip, n.d.
Anderson, Norman A.: Newsclip, 1940.

3. Badger, Leonidas V. and family:
Eulogy, n.d.
Family history, 1942.
Newsclips, 1880s-1910s.
4. Ballard, Russell W.:
Newsclip, 1943.
Reminiscence, 1944.
Barker, J. M. See: Chicago Tribune, Dec. 14, 1939.
Bartholf, William J.: Newsclips, 1935.
Bartlett, Major Sidney S.: Newsclip, 1943.
Becker, Mabel Speer: Newsclip, 1944.
See also: Chicago Daily News, April 6, 1944.
Beidler family: Notes on, n.d.
Bimanski, Rev. Francis. See: Chicago Tribune, Dec. 10, 1939.
Bond, Carrie Jacobs. See: Chicago Tribune, Aug. 22, 1939.
Bond, George. See: Chicago Daily News, March 11, 1942.
Bowen, Louise deKoven: Newsclip, n.d.

See also:
Chicago Daily News; Feb. 17, 1939; Feb. 27, 1939; Feb.
20, 1940; Feb. 26, 1940; Sept. 27, 1940; Feb. 27, 1941;
April 4, 1941; July 2, 1941; Jan. 20, 1942; Feb. 26, 1942; Aug. 21, 1946.
Chicago Tribune, July 20, 1941.
Clubs and Organizations: Hull House.
Brant, Mary K.: Newsclip, 1939.
Brown, Rev. John Francis. See: Chicago Tribune, May 8, 1938.
Brown, William H.: Reminiscence of by grandson Harold P. Brown, 1932.
Brumback, Dr. Sophia Wiborg. See: Chicago Tribune, June 23, 1939.
Bruner, Olive P. See: Schools: Spalding School.

Camp, Ruth Orton. See: Chicago Daily News, June 4, 1943.

4. Carpenter, Richard V.:
Picture of, n.d.
Reminiscence, 1943.
Carr, Charlotte. See: Chicago Daily News, Dec. 23, 1946.

5. Case, Elisha:
Biography, ca. 1943.
Business card, n.d.
Notes on, 1940s.
Cheney, Dorothy. See: Chicago Daily News, May 11, 1940.
Chritton, George A. See: Historical Sketches and Essays:
Chritton, George A.
Connelly, Mary. See: Chicago Tribune, April 28, 1940.
"Crazy Leonard": Newsclip and notes on, n.d.
Culver, Helen. See: Chicago Tribune, Dec. 12, 1937.

Dalton, Patrick. See: Chicago Tribune, Dec. 14, 1935; Dec. 23, 1935.
Dasso, August E.:
Biography, ca. 1940s.
Business card, n.d.
Notes on, ca. 1930s.
Reminiscence, 1938.
Dasso, Paul. See: Chicago Tribune, Oct. 24, 1941.
DeBoer, Bert. See: Chicago Tribune, Feb. 5, 1939.
DeCarlo, Pasquale R. See: Chicago Tribune, Sept. 26, 1937; Feb.
6, 1938.
Dickinson, Mary. See: Chicago Tribune, Feb. 8, 1942.
Estabrook, George. See: Streets: General information.
Fantus, Dr. Bernard M.:
Autobiography, n.d.
Brochure, n.d.
Correspondence, ca. 1930s-1940s.
Newsclip, 1941.
See also: Chicago Tribune, April 15, 1940.
Farson, May. See: Schools: Brown School.
Fellows, Bishop Samuel: Notes on, ca. 1930s. See also: Chicago
Tribune,Oct. 27, 1935.
Ferguson, Benjamin Franklin:
Biography, n.d.
Monument Fund list, n.d.
Notes on, ca. 1930s.
See also: Chicago Daily News, Sept. 13, 1940.

5. FitzSimons, Augusta Riley: Biography, n.d.
Flint, Dr. Austin: Biography, n.d.
Forster, Henry D.: Biography, 1937.
Frain, Andy: Newsclip, 1940
Freer, Dr. Joseph Warren: Biography, n.d.

6. Gale, Stephen F.: Biography and reminiscence of, 1940. See also:
Residences: Gale.
Gibson, Rev. David E.. See: Chicago Daily News, May 22, 1937.
Gilson, Henry F.: Newsclip, 1929.
Goodman, Benny. See:
Chicago Daily News, Feb. 24, 1940.
Down Beat, Aug. 1, 1940.
Clubs and Organizations: Hull House.
Gorman, Patrick J. See: Chicago Daily News, July 30, 1938.
Grant, Harlo:
Correspondence, ca. 1940s.
Printing samples, ca. 1930s-1940s.
See also: Historical Sketches and Essays: "Oakley Hall."

Haas, Mrs. Joseph S.: Correspondence, ca. 1940s.
Harris, Samuel:
Notes on, n.d.
Pamphlet by, ca. 1880s
Hayes, Margaret Fitzgerald: Correspondence, 1938-1943.
Hecht, Frank A.:
Correspondence, 1939.
Newsclip, n.d.
See also: Chicago Daily News, Jan. 4, 1940; July 9, 1942.
Heistad, Anna: Newsclip, 1942.
See also: Chicago Daily News, April 14, 1939; April 23, 1939.
Horowitz, Sam: Newsclips, 1952, n.d.
Hurd, Elizabeth. See: Chicago Daily News, Aug. 18, 1939.
Igoe, Celestine. See: Schools: Spalding School.
Iris, Scharmel. See: Chicago Daily News, Aug. 22, 1953.

7. Jackson, Margaret:
Correspondence, 1902. 1940s-1950s.
Child's copybook, ca. 1890s.
Reminiscence, n.d.
School report card, 1895.

BOX 2

Scrapbook with postcards, correspondence, and pictures, ca. 1940s.

Box 2 contains a scrapbook/postcard album kept by Margaret Klein Jackson, a graduate of Chicago's Brown School. Although a resident of a small town in Michigan, Mrs. Jackson kept up a lively interest in Chicago, and particularly in Brown School. The album was made to house postcards, and 108 postcards are still in it. Another 20 postcards of Chicago scenes have been separately cataloged under the accession numbers of WS 5.1-19, see below, page 37. Taped to other pages in the album or simply laid in were newsclips and manuscripts, which have now been removed to the folders listed below.

1. Album/Scrapbook (only postcards now remain)

Correspondence from album/scrapbook
2. Barrymore, Lionel (secretary to); 1946 (3 pieces)
3. Best, Sally Keep; 1946-47
4. Burroughs, Edgar Rice (secretary to); 1949-50 (3 pieces)
5. Clark, Herma; 1945-54 (4 pieces)

6. Cook County Hospital; 1945 (2 pieces)
7. Hachfeld, Irene; 1949 (2 pieces)
8. Harrison, Carter H. Jr.; 1951 (3 pieces)
9. Jenkins, Gertrude I.; 1946-47 (3 pieces)
10. Michigan; 1942-56 (7 pieces)

11. Miscellaneous; 1942-50 (8 pieces)
12. Sneed, Benella; 1949-50 (4 pieces)
13. Wells, Harvey H.; 1947-49 (numerous pieces)
14. Wilson, Thomas E.; 1943 (1 piece)
15. Yard, Mary E.; 1921, 1941 (2 pieces)

Newsclips
16. Barrymore, Lionel (1878-1954)
17. Brown School
18. Burroughs, Edgar Rice (1875-1950)
19. Clark, Herma
20. Jenkins, Gertrude I.
21. Legler Library
22. Lytton, Henry C. (1846- )
23. Miscellaneous
24. State Street
25. Third Presbyterian Church
26. West Side Historical Society

27. West Side Historical Society-Programs, membership card; 1944-47

BOX 3

Series I: Biographical Data, cont.

Jennings, O. D. See: Garfieldian, April 15, 1937.
Jensen, Mrs. Alvin. See: Clubs and Organizations: West Side Council
of Parent-Teacher Associations.

1. Julian, Dr. Percy: Newsclip, 1951.

Kohler, Le Roy Louis. See: Garfieldian, Jan. 23, 1941.

Landon, Levi and Ency. See: Chicago Tribune, March 31, 1940.
Lee, William: Newsclip, 1950.
Lindloff, Louise. See: Chicago Daily News, June 17, 1944.
Livermore, Mary Ashton: Biography, n.d.
Locke, Frank E.: Reminiscence, 1940. See also: Gale, Stephen F.

Marland, Milton J.: Reminiscence, 1938.
McCall, Dr. Oswald W. S.:
Newsclips, 1939.
Program, 1942.
McCloskey, Brig. General Manus. See: Chicago Daily News, July 28,
1938.
McDonald, Mike: Notes on, n.d.
McMillan, M. Helena: Newsclip, 1938.
McWatters, Frank: Notes on, 1931.
Michaels, David Dundae: Biography, n.d.
Miller, Alice Northway: Reminiscences, n.d.

1. Miller, J. C. See:
Chicago Daily News, April 10, 1937.
Chicago Tribune, May 12, 1940.
Montgomery, John. See: Chicago Daily News, May 2, 1936.
Mooney, Mary. See: Chicago Daily News, May 26, 1924.

O'Leary, James Patrick. See: Chicago Tribune, March 31, 1935.
Olson, Henry Elias:
Notes on, 1938.
Poems by, n.d.
See also: Pierson family.
Parker, Rev. A. K. See: Centenary Baptist.
2. Patterson, John Ritchie:
Articles on, 1941.
Diploma from King School, 1878.
Patton, Mrs. Joseph M. See: Chicago Tribune, June 13, 1937.
Pawlan, Abe: Newsclip, 1941.
Pera, Rev. Luther. See: Chicago Daily News, Dec. 2, 1939.
Phillips, R. Wendell. See: Churches: Providence.
Pierson family: History of, n.d.

Ramsay, Dr. Blaine L.: Newsclips, 1938-1939.
Ranney, Harriet E. See: Schools: Hayes School.
Ranous, Rodney. See: Chicago Daily News, April 26, 1940.
Rehm, Mrs. George J. See: Clubs and Organizations:
Keep Off the Grass Club.
Reilly, Caroline. See: Chicago Tribune, March 13, 1938.
Rezanka, Edward L. And Mary Brabeck:
Biographies, n.d.
Funeral program, 1947.
Newsclip, 1943.
Rigali, John E. See:
Chicago Tribune, April 11, 1948.
Business Establishments: Daprato Statuary Company.
Roebuck, A. C.: Correspondence, 1941-1942
Rogers, Dorothy: Newsclip, 1939.
Ryan, Dennis J. See: Historical Sketches and Essays:
"Lumber yards and mills on the Chicago River."

2. Schnadig, Emanuel M.: Reminiscence, 1939.
Schubert, Frances E.: Correspondence, 1941.
Schuttler, Peter. See: Chicago-American, July 23, 1935.
3. Scott, Walter J.:
Cloth number from 1891 Pullman Road Race
Poem, "The push of the West Side Y. M. C. A."
4. Shannon, Isabella Helen:
Biography, n.d.
Newsclip, 1939.
Shipman, Dr. George E.: Biography and portrait, n.d.
Simon, Nicholas and Walburga Grobl. See: Chicago Tribune, Feb. 2,
1941.
Slack, Charles C.: Correspondence, 1942.
Smyth, John Usher: Newsclip, 1935.
Snell, Amos J.: History of his murder, n.d.
See also:
Chicago Daily News, May 3, 1944; May 20, 1944; May
23, 1944.
Chicago Tribune, Dec. 6, 1936; Aug. 1, 1937.
Spies, Nina Van Zandt. See: Chicago Tribune, April 10, 1936.
Starr, Ellen Gates. See:
Chicago Daily News, Feb. 10, 1940.
Clubs and Organizations: Hull House.
Stillians, D. J.: Correspondence, 1936.

5. Taylor, Dr. Graham: Articles on, 1938. See also:
Chicago Daily News, Oct. 19, 1937; Sept. 26, 1938.
Chicago Tribune, Oct. 19, 1937.
Taylor, Reuben: Biography, n.d.
Tenney, Dr. George L. See: Chicago Tribune, Feb. 18, 1940.
Tenney, Mrs. George. See: Chicago Tribune, Nov. 10, 1940.
Terrell, Ald. Thomas J. See: Garfieldian, Feb. 23, 1939.
Thompson, J. C.: Newsclip, 1936.
6. Thumser, Christian:
Land indentures, marriage certificate, and other legal documents,
ca. 1850s-1924.
Thumser family business cards, ca. 1880s, n.d.

7. Thumser, Elizabeth:
Commencement certificate, 1875.
Report card and letter from the Apollo Musical Club
(part of the World's Columbian Exposition chorus), ca.
1891.

8. Thumser, Mary J.:
Invitation, 1894.
Newsclip, 1893.
Report cards, ca. 1880s.
Tickets, 1893.
Vaccination certificate, 1882.
Thumser family: Deeds and indentures, 1857-1860, 1871, 1895.
Located in NHRC/Oversize Collections.
Toughy brothers (gangsters). See: Chicago Sun, Feb. 14-19, 1943.
Tree, Judge Lambert. See: Chicago Sun-Times, Oct. 5, 1952.

BOX 4

1. Twitty, Maretta:
Challenger's credential for the Progressive Party, signed by Harold
L. Ickes, 1914.
Newsclip, 1934.
Precinct worker's certificate, 1914.
Programs, 1879, 1886. Receipt; 1880s
2. Twitty autograph album & unidentified photo collection. See also
photos 6.1-6-6.41
Tyrrell, Mary. Historical Sketches and Essays:Reminiscences, Tyrrell,
Mary.

Vacco, Rep. Carmen. See: Chicago Daily News, Nov. 7,
1940.

3. Ware, Rev. Edward Newell: Newsclip, 1941.
Webster, Roy F. See: Chicago Tribune, Sept. 29, 1940.
Weckman, John W.: Family history, 1890.
Westerfeld, Sol: Newsclip, 1935.
Willard, Samuel: Notes and pictures, ca. 1880s-1890s.

Zara, Louis. See: Chicago Daily News, April 23, 1940.
Ziegfeld, Florenz. See:
Chicago Daily News, July 14, 1939.
Thumser, Elizabeth.
Zimmer, Michael:
Correspondence, 1937.
Newsclips, 1931, 1938.
Reminiscence, n.d.

Series II: Business Establishments

Academy of Music. See: Chicago Daily News, Dec. 7, 1938.
4. Allied State Bank: Article, ca. 1910s.

E. J. Brach and Sons. See: ACC/Business Establishments: E. J.
Brach and Sons.
Bull's Head Tavern: Newsclips, 1887, 1938, 1943.
Butler Brothers (distributors). See: Chicago Daily News, April 12,
1943.

Central National Bank:
Description, n.d.
Newsclip, 1946.
Chicago Mail Order Company. See: Chicago Daily News, April 8,
1943.
Chicago Music College. See: Biographical Data: Thumser,
Elizabeth
5. Chicago Stadium:
Program, 1932.
Program, 1941: World's Championship Rodeo
Promotional booklet, ca. 1930s
Tickets, ca. 1940s.
Poster, for the Old Time Yankee Circus, ca. 1930s-1940s.
located in NHRC-AV/Oversize Collections.
Culmsee's Book Store: Reminiscence, 1942.
6. Dance Halls (general): Dance cards, ca. 1873-1874.
Dance Hall (Oakley Hall): Reminiscence, Harlo Grant, n.d.
Daprato Statuary Company: History, 1945.
Promotional brochures and booklets, ca. 1930s-1940s.
Gibbons Brothers (tire dealers): Newsclips, 1944.
Gold Coast Candy Company. See: Biographical Data: Shannon,
Isabella H.
Grant's Printery: Advertising samples, ca. 1941-1943.
See also: Biographical Data: Grant, Harlo.
7. B. S. Hammond Market: Flyer, 1893.
Charles M. Hovey and Company: Broker's license, 1909.

Imperial Theatre:
Newsclips, 1939.
Ticket and programs, ca. 1910s.
Jewelry:
Business cards of west side jewelers, n.d.
History of the west side jewelry business, ca. 1930s.

Kenwood Manufacturing Company: Advertisement, 1896.
King's Laundry Company:
Correspondence, 1945.
Newsclips, 1938-1941.

H. D. Ludlow (undertaker): Picture of hearse, 1911.
Lumber businesses. See: Historical Sketches and Essays: "Lumber
yards and mills on the Chicago River."

8. Mason and Company (gambling paraphernalia): Newsclips, 1939.
9. Paulina Dancing Academy: Dance card, ca. 1870s-1880s.
Pawlan Department Store. See: Biographical Data: Pawlan, Abe.

Sears, Roebuck and Company:
Advertising materials, ca. 1930s-1940s; Photostat copies of
advertisements from 1890s-1900s.
Annual reports, 1940, 1941.
Employee brochures, n.d.
History, 1934.
Postcard, n.d.
Speakman's High School Book Store: Flyer, 1901.
10. William J. Strange Company (spice manufacturers): History,
1939.

West Town State Bank: Newsclip, 1930.
Wolf Point Tavern: Painting of site in 1833 (reproduction), n.d.

BOX 5

Series III: Churches

1. Campbell Park Presbyterian: Programs, 1930, 1941.
Carey Tercentenary A. M. E.: Program, 1941.
2. Centenary Methodist Evangelical: Souvenir book, 1893.
3. Centennial Baptist:
Memorial tribute booklet, 1898.
Programs, 1876, 1878.
4. Church of the Annunciation: Newsclip, 1937.
Church of the Epiphany. See: Chicago Tribune, Nov. 22, 1942.
Church of Holy Trinity: Postcard, n.d.

Covenant Congregational:
Fisk Jubilee Singers (gospel) brochure, ca. 1899.
Flyers and programs, 1879, 1890s-1910s.
Manual, 1893.
Newsletter, 1907.
Yearbook, 1898.

5. Eighth Presbyterian: Ticket, 1894.

First Congregational:
Pamphlets, 1910, 1918, 1944.
Postcard, n.d.
Program, 1927.
First Greek-American Mission: Advertising card, n.d.
First Scotch Presbyterian: Broadsides, 1875, 1901.
Fulton Street Methodist Evangelical: Card, 1876.
See also: Chicago Tribune, Dec. 10, 1939.

6. Halsted Street Institutional: Description, 1940.

Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran: Program, 1940.

Leavitt Street Congregational: Histories, 1900, 1917.
Lutheran Evangelical: National Sunday School Convention program,
1919.

Methodist Evangelical: Postcard, n.d.
Mission of Our Lady of Mercy. See: Chicago Daily News, Aug. 7,
1937.

7. New First Congregational:
Brochures, 1903, 1941, n.d.
The Message (newsletter): 1937-1941 (not inclusive).
Newsclips, ca. 1940s.
Programs, 1938-1941.
See also:
Chicago Daily News, March 22, 1941; May 3, 1941; May 21,1941.
Chicago Herald-American, May 21, 1941.
Chicago Tribune, Feb. 5, 1939; Oct. 2, 1939.
Historical Sketches and Essays: "A study of the Near West Side
and the New First Congregational Church."
8. Notre Dame: Souvenir book, 1937.
See also: Chicago Daily News, Sept. 15, 1937.

9. Original Providence Baptist: Newsclip, 1944.

St. Columbkille's:
Jubilee magazine, 1910.
Newsclip, 1937.
Old Timers Club mailings, 1937.
St. Jarlath's:
Newsclip, 1936.
Program, n.d.
St. Malchy's: Newsclips, 1938-1939.
St. Patrick's: Newsclips, 1931, 1937-1938.
See also: Chicago Daily News, Feb. 23, 1946; March 14, 1942.
St. Paul Methodist: Newsclip, 1993.
St. Wenceslaus: Card, ca. 1930s.
Second Baptist. See: Chicago Tribune, Nov. 6, 1938.

10. Third Presbyterian:
The Centennial (newsletter), June 1947.
Newsclip, 1937.
Program, 1938.
Sermon transcript, 1909.

Union Park Congregational. See: First Congregational.

Western Avenue Methodist Episcopal: Newsclip, 1930.

Zion Evangelical and Reformed. See: ACC/Churches: Zion
Evangelical.

BOX 6

Series IV: Clubs and Organizations

1. Active Club of the Central West Side: Roster of members and
businesses, 1915.
2. Jane Addams House: Jane Addams News (newsletter),
1939-1940 (not inclusive).
3. Ashland Club:
Ashland Club Messenger (newsletter), June 1, 1905.
Membership and dance cards, 1902-1903.

Beacon Neighborhood House:
The Beacon Light (newsletter), 1960-1962 (not inclusive)
Brochure and reports, ca. 1962.

Bethel House: Reminiscence, 1939.
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, West Chicago Engineers,
No. 96: Invitation, 1888.
4. Cathedral Shelter: Newsclip, 1939.
Central Park Improvement Association: Directory, 1906.
Ceska Beseda (Bohemia Club). See: NL/Clubs and
Organizations: Ceska Beseda.
Chase House Community Center:
Newsclips, 1940, 1944.
Pamphlets, ca. 1940s.

Chicago Commons. See: Biographical Data: Taylor, Dr. Graham
Chicago Culture Club: Poem, 1924.
Chicago Foundling's Home:
Faith Record (newsletter), 1931-1937.
History, n.d.
Letter, 1915.
Pictures of superintendent and of exterior, n.d.
Chicago Hebrew Institute: Program, 1909.
Chicago Woman's Shelter. See: Chicago Tribune, April 24, 1938.
Cook County Wheelmen. See: Biographical Data: Scott, Walter J.
5. Congress Street Development Council:
Goals, ca. 1936.
Newsclips, 1930s.

Rufus Dawes Center: Newsclips, 1939-1940.
The Drama of Chicago on Parade (Chicago Homecoming
Celebration): Programs, manual and minutes, ca. 1924.
6. Eastern Star: Dance card, 1875.
Excelsior Quadrille Club: Dance card and invitation, 1870.

Fort Dearborn Club: Programs and club miscellany, ca.
1907-1908.7-8. Hull House:
Hull House Association News (newsletter), ca. 1962.
Hull House Block News, April 7, 14, 1939.
Newsclips, 1935-1941.
Playbill, 1936.
Tour descriptions, ca. 1938-1941.
See also:
Biographical Data: Ballard, Russell W.; Bowen, Louise
deKoven; Camp, Ruth Orton; Carr, Charlotte; Addams,
Jane; Starr, Ellen Gates.
(Bowen Country Club) Chicago Tribune, July 20, 1941.
9. Irving Literary Society: Constitution, ca. 1884.
See also: Chicago Daily News, June 1, 1940.
Schools: McKinley High School.

Keep Off the Grass Club: Newsclip, 1940.

Knights of Columbus (Barry Council). See: Austin/Clubs and
Organizations: Young Men's Institute.

Madonna Center:
Newsclips, 1943-1944.
Program, property data, and statistical report, 1940,

10. Masons (Metropolitan Lodge #860): Program, 1908.

Maxwell Street Merchants Association: Poster, publicity flyers,
and other printed materials, ca. 1939.

BOX 7

1. Meat, Pastry-Cooks and Confectioners of Chicago: Dance card,
1877.
2. Midwest Community Council: Brochure, 1952.

Near West Side Progressive Council of Clubs. See: Chicago
Tribune, May 11, 1941.

3. Off-the-Street Club: Newsclips, 1938-1945.
4. Onward Neighborhood House: Program, 1929.

Queen City Pleasure Club, Invitation, 1878.

Salvation Army:
Correspondence, 1932.
Newsclip, 1939.
Squires' Social Club. See: Chicago Tribune, Dec. 25, 1938.
Union Glee and Quadrille Club: Dance card, 1871.

5. Washingtonian Home:
Annual reports, 1877, 1911-1914, 1917.
Newsclip, 1931.
6. West Central Association:
Bus tour itinerary, 1939.
Correspondence, 1935-1939.
Newsclips, 1939-1940.
Poster, 1938.
Posters: announcing program for 12th annual meeting, 1938;
and announcing meeting on the West Side Superhighway
(Congress Street development), 1940.
Pamphlet, ca. 1936.
Speech drafts, n.d.
7. West Chicago Club: Reminiscences, 1943.
West End Women's Club:
History, 1906.
Newsclips, 1938, 1945.
Programs, 1920, 1942.
Souvenir book, 1917.
West Side Armistice Day Committee (Emergency Peace
Campaign):
Correspondence, 1936.
West Side Co-Educational Club:
Invitation, 1941.
Programs, 1941, 1944.
West Side Council of Parent-Teacher Association: Newsclips,
1937-1948.
8. West Side Department, Young Men's Christian Association:
Brochures, ca. 1940s.
List of track team members, 1897.
Programming description, 1906.
Reminiscence, ca. 1930s.
See also: Biographical Data: Scott, Walter J.
9. West Side Development Committee (Chicago Association of
Commerce): Report,1937.

Young Men's Christian Association. See: West Side Department,
Young Men's Christian Association.

Series V: Historical Sketches and Essays

10. "The Brown School district" (general west side history), Adelaide
Holloway, 1940.
11. "Historical events of the West Side", s.n., n.d.
"The history of a once fine residential section", George Estabrook,
ca. 1930s.
"The last of the Ashland Avenue prairies", George Estabrook, ca.
1930s.
Marquette monument (description), John A. Ouska, 1936.
12. Real estate development in the west side (essay), George Estabrook,
1937.
13. Reminiscences (general west side):
Chritton, George A., 1940
Holden, Walter S., n.d.
Lindholm, Sigfred, 1949.
Ryan, Dennis J., s.n., n.d.
Tyrrell, Mary, 1937.
14. Settlers: list of early settlers on Ashland Avenue between Madison
and Harrison Streets, 1869-1870s, compiled by George
Estabrook, 1937.
Streets and subdivisions: essays on early real estate development,
s.n., n.d.
"A study of the Near West Side and the New First Congregational
Church", s.n., ca. 1923.

BOX 8

Series VI: Hospitals

1. Robert Burns Hospital: Programs from the training school for
nurses, 1910-1912, 1916.
2. Medical Center District: Fact book and proposals, 1948-1949.
Blaine Ramsay Hospital: See: Biographical Data: Ramsay, Blaine.
"A souvenir of the 'Latin Quarter' of Chicago" (booklet), n.d.
3. Women and Children's Hospital: Our Hospital (newsletter), 1940
(not inclusive).

Series VII: Municipal Agencies

4. Chicago Housing Authority: Brochures, newsclips and related
material on west side public housing developments, ca.
1930s-1950s.
5. Fire Department: Fire alarm station directory, 1858.
Carter H. Harrison Municipal Bath House: Newsclip, 1940.

Series VIII: Parks

6. Union Park: Pictures, ca. 1892, 1929, n.d.

Series IX: Residences

7. General: Architectural history of the west side and list of early
residences, with notations. George Estabrook, ca. 1930s.

Adams Street and Racine Avenue (Fraser home): Newsclip, ca.
1930s-1940s.

1938 W. Adams Street: Newsclip, 1938.

723 Congress Street (Sheldon home): Newsclip, 1950.

1503 W. Jackson Boulevard (Ferguson home): Newsclip, ca.
1930s-1940s.

Lincoln home (1238 W. Washington St.). See: Chicago Daily
News, Oct. 22, 1943.

1533 W. Monroe ( Pinkerton home): Picture, 1928.

1238 W. Washington Street. See: Lincoln home.
1239-1241 W. Washington Boulevard (Madlener home): Flyer, ca.
1920.

Series X: Schools

Brown School: See also: folders 20:10-15
8. Autograph album 1903.
9. Brown Spot (newspaper), 1931-1932 (not inclusive).
10. Certificate of graduation, 1872. (Located in Box 19, folder 5)
Class lists, 1889, 1903, "famous pupils" 1850-1932.
11. Commencement programs, 1881-1940 (not inclusive).
12. Correspondence, primarily in response to plans for "Brown
School Night, ca. 1941-1942.
13. Newsclips, 1932-1945.
14. Reminiscences:
Brown, W. J., 1932.
Carpenter, Richard V., 1932, 1942.
Cerf, Meyer, 1941.
Cowper, C. H., 1942.
Crossland, Marie Nagl, ca. 1930s.
Delbridge, Ola W. (class prophecy), 1916.
Douglas, Benjamin, 1942.
Jackson, Margaret, 1944.
Kimbark, Edward H., 1942.
Peitz, Franklyn J., 1942.
Petersen, May Bradford, 1941.
Ryan, Jessie E. Murphy, ca. 1942.
Skinkle, Gene T., 1932.
Smith, Meta Schadel, 1942.
Stetson, Carrie Hubbard, 1942.
White, Gertrude Morgan, 1942.
Woodruff, Harvey T., 1932.
15. Scholars Literary Society: Minute book, 1885-1887.
16. Ticket to visit Field Columbian Museum (Mamie Klein); 1890s.

BOX 9

1. Slate, ca. 1875-1881.
See also:
Chicago Daily News, July 21, 1938; Sept. 2, 1939; Sept. 18,
1941; Nov. 21, 1941; Dec. 13, 1941; Oct. 19, 1943.
Chicago Tribune, June 2, 1932; Nov. 19, 1932; Jan. 4, 1942.
Biographical Data: Brown, William H.; Jackson, Margaret.

2. Central High School:
Directory, n.d.
List of graduates, 1858-1880.
Notes on the class of 1871.
Programs, 1870-1871.
School Facts (newspaper), Oct. 8, 1931.
See also: Chicago Daily News, Jan. 28, 1944.
Chicago High School. See: Chicago High School.
Crane Evening School. See: Biographical Data: Thompson,
J. C.
Crane Junior College:
3. Newsclips, 1992-1939.
4. Parent-Teacher Association handbook, 1938.
Pen and Pal (literary magazine), Oct. 1971.

Crane Technical High School:
5. Crane Summer Review (newspaper), Aug. 1931.
The Crane Tech (newspaper): May 29, 1925. (Box 19,
folder 2)
The Crane Tech Chronicle (newspaper): 1927-1928,
1931-1933 (not inclusive). (Box 19, folder 2)

BOX 10

1-3. The Crane Tech Chronicle (newspaper): 1933-1934 (not
inclusive).

BOX 11

1-7. The Crane Tech Chronicle (newspaper): 1935-May 1938 (not
inclusive).

BOX 12

1-7. The Crane Tech Chronicle (newspaper): Sept. 1938-1947 (not
inclusive).

8. Flyer, n.d.
Handbook, 1931.
9. Newsclips, 1939-1940s.
10. Programs, ca. 1930s.
Report card, 1924.

BOX 13

1-10. Science and Craft (yearbook and magazine): 1922-1932
(not inclusive).

BOX 14

1-3. Science and Craft, 1936-1937 (not inclusive).
See also:
Chicago Daily News, May 4, 1940; May 14, 1940;
Chicago Tribune, May 5, 1940; May 25, 1941.
Biographical Data: Webster, Roy F.

4. Crerar School: Program, 1939.

5. Dante School: Programs, 1938-1940.
6. Dante Adult School:
Class list, 1938.
Programs, 1938, 1940.
Yearbooks, 1938, 1940.

7. Emerson School: Programs, 1887, 1890, 1939.

8. Foster School:
Notes on, n.d.
Picture of, 1857.
Programs, 1914, 1938.

9. Gladstone School: Class list, 1939.
See also: Brainard School.
Goodrich School: Program, 1938.
Grant School:
Correspondence, 1941.
Programs, 1938.

10. Hayes School:
Class poem,1891.
Newsclip, 1939.
Programs, 1891, 1940.

BOX 14

Holy Family School. See: Chicago Tribune, May 2, 1932.

Irving School: Programs, 1891, 1939, 1941.

Jackson School: Program, 1886.
Jefferson School:
Class list, 1941.
Programs, 1941, 1942.

King School:
11. Alumni list, 1873-1890 (compiled in 1916).
Graduates list, 1940s.
King School Courier, ca. 1931.
Newsclips, 1939, 1943.
12. Programs, 1877, 1889, 1916, 1918, 1939, 1940.
Reminiscence by Laura Kendall Thomas, n.d.
13. Scrapbook, "Schools at War," 1942.
Speech notes by John R. Patterson, 1939.

14. Lewis Institute: Flyer, 1936.

Marquette School: Program, 1903.
See also: Chicago Daily News, Dec. 7, 1935.
McKinley High School:
Irving Literary Society (school club):
See: Chicago Daily News, June 1, 1940.
Chicago Tribune, June 2, 1940.
Newsclip, 1939.
Song sheet, 1926.
Orange and Black (newspaper): 1928-1929, 1938 (not
inclusive). (Box 19, folder 3)
See also:
West Division High School.
Biographical Data: Reilly, Caroline.

BOX 15

1. McLaren School: Programs, 1938.
Medill High School: Program, 1937.
Montefiore School:
Article on, 1936.
Program, 1939.
See also: Chicago Daily News, Dec. 15, 1939.
Montefiore Special School for Boys. See: Montefiore School.

St. Ignatius High School:
The Ignatius Prep (yearbook and magazine):
2. 1938 June, Dec.
3. 1939, June, Dec., n.d.
4. 1940 June.

BOX 16

1. 1943, Jan., June.
2. 1944, Jan., June.
3. 1945 June, Sept., Dec.
4. 1946, June.
5. 1947, June, Dec.
6. Newsclips, 1938-1948.
7. Seventy-five years of Jesuit education in Chicago, 1945.

8. St. Mary's High School:
Program, 1939.
St. Mary's Herald (newspaper): 1938-1940 (not
inclusive). (Box 19, folder 4)

BOX 17

1. Skinner School:
Newsclip, 1945.
Program, 1939.
Spalding School:
Newsclips, 1940s.
Programs, 1936, 1940s.
Spalding Flash (yearbook), June 1936.
See also:
Chicago Daily News, Feb. 6, 1942; Feb. 18, 1942; March 4,
1942.
Chicago Tribune, March 2, 1941.

West Division High School:
2. History, n.d.
Mailing lists, 1948.
Miscellany, 1897, n.d.
Newsclips, 1940s.
Programs, 1886-1902.
3. Report card, 1902.
Reunion materials, 1935 (class of 1885), 1937 (class of 1902),
1938 (class of 1888).
Schedules, ca. 1890s-1900s.
Ticket, 1890.
The Voice (newspaper; dates not inclusive):
4. 1892-1894.
5. 1895-1899.
6. 1900-1901.
7. 1902-1903.
See also:
McKinley High School.
Biographical Data: Thumser, Marie.

Series XI: Streets

8. General: Street name changes (proposed), compiled by George
Estabrook, ca.1930s.

9. Ashland Avenue:
Newsclips, 1929-1940.
Reproduction of drawing, 1872.

Bickerdike Street: Newsclip, 1938.

10. Congress Street: Flyers, mailings, maps and sticker regarding
proposed improvements, ca. 1935-1945.

BOX 18

1-3. Congress Street: Newsclips, 1935-1945.

4. Halsted Street: Newsclips, 1931-1945.

5. Maxwell Street: Newsclips, 1930s-1940s.
See also: Clubs and Organizations: Maxwell Street Merchants
Association; Maxwell Street Improvement Project.

6. Ogden Avenue: Newsclips, 1930s.

7. Randolph Street: Description of Haymarket, n.d.
Robey Street: History, 1927.

Series XII: Transportation

8. Rail:
Chicago and North Western depot: Description of, 1939.
Subway: Newsclip, 1939.
Union Station:
Brochure, ca. 1930s.
Description of, 1891.
Folder 17: 3a The Voice; 1891 Nov.

BOX 19

Schools

1. Maxwell Street Civic Improvement Project: Scrapbook, ca. 1939
2. Crane Technical High School, The Crane Tech (newspaper): May 29, 1925.
The Crane Tech Chronicle (newspaper): 1927-1928, 1931-1933 (not
inclusive).
3. McKinley High School, Orange and Black (newspaper): 1928-1929, 1938 (not
inclusive).
4. St. Mary's High School, St. Mary's Herald (newspaper): 1938-1940 (not
inclusive).
5. Brown School, Certificate of graduation, 1872.

BOX 20

Supplement 1

Biography

1. Best, Sally Keep; 1938
2. Lebeson, Anita Libman (1896- ); 1950
3. Reichelt, Marie Ward (1873-1936); 1935-36
4. Schenck, Lucetta (1855- ); 1943
5. Washburne, Dorothy; 1940, n.d.

Business Establishments

6. Madigan's Dry Goods-Reminiscence; 1946

Clubs and Organizations

7. List of; 1937

Historical Sketches

8. Beidler, George (1863- )-Reminiscences; 1936
9. Mulholland, Mary J. Cameron (1868- )-Reminiscences; 1941

Schools

Brown School
10. Correspondence of Benjamin Douglas; 1941-42
11. Correspondence of Margaret Klein Jackson; 1947-53
12. Correspondence of Robert Lowery Sherman (1867- )
and wife, n.d.
13. Correspondence of Billie Burke Ziegfeld; 1952-55
(3 letters and 1 photo)
14. Chalk slate of Margaret Klein [Jackson]; c. 1895
15. Student notebooks of Margaret Klein [Jackson];
1895, n.d.

Miscellaneous

16. Near West Gazette; 1986 Apr 3

Supplement 2

Biography

17. Booth, Henry (1818-1898)-Biographical sketches
Booth, Hervey Wister (1850-1910) and Caroline Hilton
18. Correspondence (incl. that with Gov. Henry Horner)
19. Bowen, Lousie DeKoven; 1940

Guiteau family
20. Guiteau, Charles Julius (1841-82)-CPL Library card; 1879
21. Facsimile of bullet which killed James A. Garfield
22. Guiteau, L. W.-Correspondence; 1853-1858
23. Norton, Frances Marie Guiteau Scoville; [1880s]
24. Reeder, Frances Scoville; 1900-03

25. Reeder, Frances Scoville-Poetry volume (autographed); 1934

26. Scoville, George Luther (1824-1906)-Obituaries

27. Guthrie, Samuel (1782-1848) & family-Published memoirs;1919

28. Masters, Frank-Newsclip; 1941
29. Metcalf, Rev. I. E.-Newsclip; 1945

30. Smith, Ed W. (1867-1935)-Obituary
31. Stehman, John Hess (1850-1940)-Reminiscence

Churches

32. St. Paul's Reformed Evangelical-Music program; 1882 Apr 25

Clubs & Organizations

Hull-House
33. Brochure: "What Kind of World. . .?" n.d. (2 copies)
34. Hull House Yearbook; 1921
35. Program for The Roof, 1931; 3 Christmas card, n.d.
36. Near West Side Community Council
37. Newberry Avenue Center-Clipping; 1935

Municipal Agencies

38. Chicago Housing Authority-Housing projects
39. Chicago Housing Authority-Jane Addams Houses-Public
Works Administration booklets; 1935

Residences

40. 558 De Koven Stree-Clipping; 1954

Schools

41. Brown School-The Normal Music Course-Textbook used at
Brown by Mamie Klein; 1893

42. Penmanship book-Minnie Thumer; 1870s

43. Smyth School (1059 W. 13th St.)-Smyth News; 1941

PHOTOGRAPHS

Photograph Subject Index

Business Establishments 1.1-15, 4.1-3, 2.22
Churches 1.16-26, 2.1, 4.4-5
Clubs and Organizations 1.27-36, 4.6
Hospitals 1.37
Municipal Agencies 1.38-42
Parks 1.43-44, 2.22
Portraits and Family Photos 1.45-119, 3.1-58, 4.7-9
Residences 1.120-169, 2.2-21, 4.10-17
Schools 1.170-241, 4.18
Transportation 1.255-270
Wartime Activities 1.271-273

Photograph Descriptions

Business Establishments
1.1-1.2 Chicago Stadium, 1930, 1931
1.3-1.3a Daprato Statuary Co., 1886 Nov 14
1.4 Madigan’s Department Store, 1890s
1.5 Merchants National Bank, 1946
1.6 Prairie State Bank, ca. 1930s
1.6a Rice & Jackson Block, 1920
1.7 Rogers & Company Coal Dealers, 1862
1.8 Smyth's Town Market, 1934
1.9-1.12 Carl Stockholm Cleaners, 1940s
1.13 A. J. Stone Real Estate Office Bldg., 1905
1.14 William W. Thumser, Druggist, c. 1880
1.15 Walter W. Watson, Grocer, 1880s

Churches
1.16 Campbell Park Presbyterian, before 1890
1.17 Lincoln Street Methodist Episcopal, n.d.
1.18-1.19 Notre Dame, 1940 June 1; n.d.
1.20 Reunion Presbyterian, c. 1880
1.21 St. Patrick's, 1940 Oct 12
1.22-1.23 St. Wenseslaus, 1940 Oct 12
1.24 Western Avenue Baptist, 1930
1.25-1.26 Western Avenue Methodist Episcopal, 1930, 1931

Club/Organizations
1.27-1.27a Democratic Party, 1940, c. 1931
1.28-1.32 Hull House, 1940s
1.33 Madonna Center, n.d.
1.34 North West Side Commercial Assn., 1911
1.35 West End Women's Club, 1930s/40s
1.36 YMCA-Sears', 1949

Hospitals
1.37 Jefferson Park Hospital, c. 1890s

Municipal Agencies
1.38-1.39 Fire Dept. 1860s/70s; 1920s
1.40-1.42 Police Department, c. 1910

Parks
1.43 Unidentified park, c. 1905
1.44 Union Park, c. 1890s

Portraits
1.45 Abt, Clara Hirsch, 1890s
1.46 Adcock, Harriette Archdale DeBerri, 1890s
1.47 Addams, Jane (1860-1935), n.d.
1.48 Badger, Leonidas Virgil (1806- ), 1882
1.49 Ballard, Russell, 1943
1.50 Beidler, Jacob (1816-98) & Mary Ann, c. 1895
1.51 Bell, Elmira ( -1913), n.d.
1.52 Benz, Emil J. ( -1941), 1904
1.53 Bond, Carrie Jacobs, 1939
1.54 Carr, Charlotte, n.d.
1.55 Dasso, August E. (1857- ), 1880s
1.56 Dillie, Nathaniel Eggleston, 1890s
1.57 Fantus, Bernard M. (1874-1940), 1930s
1.58 Ferguson, Benjamin Franklin, c. 1910?
1.59 Goodman, Benny (1909-1986), 1940
1.60 Gould, Isabel, 1892 original; copied in 1942
1.61 Hardie, Mary Barrett, 1893
1.62 Harris, Samuel, c. 1900
1.63 Hogg, Lloyd W., ca. 1898-99
1.64 Iris, Scharmel, 1950s
1.65-1.67 Jackson, Margaret Klein, 1940, 1944, 1951
1.68 Kearns, Fr. Thomas, n.d.
1.69-70 Klumb, Edgar Peter & Grace, n.d. (mid/late 1860s)
1.71 Livermore, Mary Ashton (1821-1905)
1.72 McWatters, Frank (1870-1931), c. 1900
1.73 Marks, Morris (1848-- ), c. 1870
1.74 Michaels, David Dundas, 1860s, 1860s/80s
1.75 Michaels, Sarah Anna (1831-1908), 1900
1.76 Miller, J. C., 1937
1.77 Mitchell, George A., c. 1900
1.78 Monahan, James, n.d.
1.79-1.82 Olson, Albert S. (1839-1925) & family
1.83-1.87 Patton, Grace Klumb (1862- ), c. 1862-1890s
1.88-1.90 Patton, Joseph, 1880s-1890s
1.91 Rezanka, Edward & Mary Brabec, 1939
1.92-1.93 Roebuck, Alvah Curtiss, 1940
1.94 Schnadig, Emanuel M., 1880s
1.95 Scott, Walter J., 1891 Nov 10
1.96 Scott, Walter J., 1897 July 10
1.97-1.98 Scott, Walter J., 1898, 1901
1.99-1.101 Shannon, Isabella Helen, n.d.
1.102-1.104 Shannon Family, n.d.
1.105 Snow, Ernie W., 1903/4
1.106 Stamm. Frederick Keller, n.d.
1.107 Stehman, John Hess (1850-1940), n.d.
1.108 Stehman, Letta Harding, n.d.
1.109 Stillians, Arthur Williams, n.d.
1.110 Stillians, Gertrude Stickney (1847-1937), 1890s
1.111 Thompson, William Hale, n.d.
1.112 Thumser, Elizabeth, c. 1898
1.113-1.115 Thumser, Marie J., 1893, 1920s
1.116 Thumser, Minnie, n.d.
1.117 Tree, Lambert (1832-1910), n.d.
1.118 Tyrrell, Mary (1841- ), 1937
1.119 Will, Ray, 1889

Residences
1.120 650-654 W. Adams, 1878 (Brooks, Twitty, Rang homes)
1.121 1448 W. Adams Street, n.d. (Ziegfeld home)
1.122 Ashland & Jackson, c. 1940 (Henry Waller home)
1.123 Ashland Blvd., n.d.
1.124 122 Ashland Blvd., n.d. (Abner Morton Lewis home)
1.125 303-311 S. Ashland, 1930s/1940s
1.126 311 S. Ashland, n.d. (Judge Ryan home)
1.127 329 S. Ashland, 1939 Dec 4
1.128-1.129 310 S. Campbell, 1939 Dec 3; n.d. (Alderman Campbell home, 1876)
1.130 332 S. Campbell, 1939 Dec 3
1.131 428 S. Campbell, 1939
1.132 502 S. Campbell, 1939 Dec 3
1.133 509 S. Campbell, 1939 Dec 3
1.134 723 W. Congress Street, 1941 (Daniel H. Sheldon home)
1.135-1.136 558 S. DeKoven, n.d.; 1936 Mar 27 (O'Leary cottage)
1.137 2065 W. Harrison St., 1939 Dec 3 (William James home)
1.138-1.139 316 S. Hermitage Ave., n.d.; 1939 Dec 3
1.140-1.141 1254-1262-1270 W. Lexington Street, 1939 Dec 3
1.142 240 S. Loomis Street, c. 1940 (William J. McAllister home)
1.143 252 S. Loomis Street, n.d. (Swift home)
1.144 2327-2331 W. Maypole Ave., 1939 Dec 3
1.145-1.146 1048-1050 W. Monroe Street, 1939 Dec 3
1.147 2340 W. Monroe Street, n.d. (Fanny Reeder home)
1.148 2150 W. North Avenue, n.d. (Judge Allen home)
1.149 191-193 S. Racine Ave., 1893 (?) Built by John Clark, 1882
1.150 Sangamon & Jackson, c. 1888-1893 (Beidler home)
1.151 Throop & Monroe Streets, 1940 (Cochrane home)
1.152-1.154 109-111-113 S. Throop Street, c. 1940 (Ryan, Snell, Murphy homes)
1.155 1252 S. Throop, n.d. (Col. Ray home)
1.156 Warren Ave., & Paulina Street, 1878 (home of Charles Barchvogei)
1.157 3125 Warren Blvd., 1940 May 3 (William H. Powell home)
1.158 Washington & Morgan Street, 1873 (Beidler home, 1862-73)
1.159 Washington & Ogden Ave., c. 1940
1.160 1112 W. Washington Blvd., 1930s?
1.161 1239 W. Washington Blvd., c. 1930? (Madlener home)
1.162 1434 W. Washington Blvd., 1940
1.163 1744 W. Washington Blvd., 1940 (Dole home)
1.164 2501-2509 W. Wilcox Ave., 1939 Dec 3
1.165 2430-2432 W. Wilcox Ave., 1939 Dec 3
1.166 2448 W. Wilcox Ave., 1939 Dec 3
1.167 21 Willard Place 1930s
1.168 Unidentified Apartment houses, 1878
1.169 Unidentified Apartment building, 1930s

Schools
1.170-1.174 Brown School, 1883-1940s
1.175 Clarke School, 1891
1.176 Crerar School, 1939
1.177 Dante Adult School, 1938
1.178-1.179 Foster School, 1857 (?), 1881
1.180 Gladstone School, 1939
1.181-1.182 Grant School, 1940
1.183-1.186 Hayes School, 1883-1890
1.187 Irving School
1.188-1.189 Jackson School, 1938
1.190-1.192 Jefferson School, c. 1907-1942
1.193-1.208 King School, c. 1907-1942
1.209-1.214 King School, 1883-c.1900
1.215-1.221 King School, 1916-1942
1.222 McKinley School, c. 1912
1.223-1.227 McLaren School, 1957-1959
1.228-1.231 Scammon School, n.d., 1929
1.232-1.233 Spalding School, 1936, 1940s
1.234-1.241 West Division High School, 1888-1890s
1.241a West Division High School, 1902 (Oversize)

Streets
1.242 Canal Street, 1940
1.243 517-531 W. Jackson Blvd., 1934
1.244-1.245 2510-2537 W. Madison St., 1939 Dec 3
1.246-1.250 Maxwell Street, c. 1939
1.251-1.252 Maxwell Street Merchants' Assn., c. 1939
1.253 Maxwell & Liberty Streets, 1934 June 29
1.254 641-645 W. Washington St., 1928

Transportation
1.255 Automobile, 1902
1.256 Automobile-Packard, 1902
1.257 Automobile-Ford, 1914
1.258 Automobile-Regal All-G, c. 1915
1.259 Bicycle with unidentified owner, c. 1899
1.260 Horse & buggy, c. 1880
1.261 Chicago, Burlington & Quincy grain elevators, 1860s
1.262 Galena & Chicago Union Depot, 1850s
1.263 Illinois Tunnel Co., c. 1910?
1.264-1.269 Lake Street Elevated train, 1890s
1.270 West Division Rail Way Company, 1880s

Wartime
1.271-1.273 King School War Drive, 1942 Oct 7

Churches
2.1 First Congregational, 1941 (OVERSIZE)

Residences
2.2 1413-1415-1419 W. Adams Street, 1940
2.3 2000-2012 W. Adams, 1940
2.4 231 Ashland, 1940 (Henry Carter Harrison home)
2.5 723-727 W. Congress Street, 1940 (Sheldon home)
2.6 S. Damen near Madison, 1940 (Owsley Row)
2.7 1503 W. Jackson, 1940 (Benjamin Franklin Ferguson home)
2.8 2200-2202 W. Jackson, 1940
2.9 2224 W. Jackson, 1940
2.10 118-124 S. Loomis Street, 1940 (G. B. Swift home, #124)
2.11 718 S. Loomis Street, 1940 May 14 (Bremner home)
2.12 316 Marshfield Ave., 1940 May 14
2.13 1822 Maypole Ave., 1941 Apr 7 (Shannon home)
2.14 124-132 S. Racine, 1941 Apr 7
2.15 191-193 S. Racine Ave., c. 1900
2.16 3125 W. Warren Blvd., June 1 (William H. Powell home)
2.17 1238 W. Washington, 1867? (Mary Todd Lincoln home)
2.18 1239 W. Washington Blvd., 1940 Oct 18 (Madlener home)
2.19 1744 W. Washington Blvd., 1940 May 14 (Dole home)
2.20 124 Willard Court, 1940 Oct 12
2.21 505 W. Lake Street (Henry Booth home); 1880s?

Business
2.22 Dreamland Dance Hall, Paulina & Van Buren; c. 1930

Parks
2.23 Humes Park (Hoyne & DeKalb); 1904 (glass plate negative)

Schools
2.24 Brown School-Grade 6, 1888

Portraits
This series of portraits is heavily nineteenth-century in composition. Most of the undated photos are cabinet, carte d'visite, or tintype photos.

3.1 Bickerston, Joseph
3.2 Bickerson, Thomas
3.3 Booth, Ellen Lemira (1861-1928)
3.4 Booth, Ellen Morris (1823-1885), 1860s?
3.5 Booth, Elmira Warner (18 -1877), 1874
3.6 Booth, Henry (1818-1898)
3.7 Booth, Samuel M. (1852-1927)
3.8 Booth, Rachel Morris (1854-1913), 1850s
3.9 Booth, Rachel Morris, 1860s
3.10 Booth, Rachel Morris, 1910
3.11 Booth, William Morris (1856-1904), c. 1878
3.12 Booth, Rachel (1854-1913), Ellen (1861-1928), Anna Morris (1848-1928), later
Mrs. Kingsley, 1884
3.13 Brown, Eldon A., 1930s
3.14 Brown, William H. (1796-1867)
3.15 Burke, Ellen
3.16 Burns, Martha
3.17 Claflin, James F.
3.18 Clayberg, Mr., 1890s
3.19 Connors, Jimmy, 1890s
3.20 Dewey, J. R., 1890
3.21 Dinnen, A. G., 1890s
3.22 Disney, Walt (1901-1966)
3.23 Erickson, Eric (Alec)
3.24 Hjerstedt family
3.25 Jones, Joseph Russell (1823- )
3.26 Klum, Anna Maria Klingman
3.27-29 Klum, George Peter, 1867, 1884, 1890s
3.30 Klum, William Klingman
3.31 Hines, Harriet L.
3.32 Lambrecht, G. J., 1885
3.33 Lewis, Abner Morton (1828-1901)
3.34 Lewis, Harriet (1833-1924)
3.35 McDermott, William F., 1930s
3.36 Major, Elizabeth M.
3.37 Marshall, William and Raymond, 1911
3.38 Martin, Ethel, 1899
3.39 Michaels, Charles Dole, 1892
3.40 Michaud, Frank
3.41 Michaud, Philip, Frank, & -----
3.42 Miller, James, 1867
3.43-44 Norton, Frances Marie Guiteau Scoville, 1876, 1884
3.45 O'Connor, John P., c. 1940
3.46 Pires, Emanuel C., 1922
3.47 Plamandon, Emma
3.48 Prudence, Theodore
3.49 Russell, Lillian (1861-1922), 1893
3.50 Shannon, Ellen E., 1890s
3.51 Stewart, Harry, 1897
3.52 Stewart, William
3.53 Stillians, Daniel Clark, 1887
3.54 Thompson, Mary Walker Wyse, 1892
3.55 Thompson, William Hale
3.56 Warner, Horace H. and Selina Yale
3.57 Wells, Frances or Elizabeth, 1861
3.58 Wells, Ida, 1861

The photos identified by the prefix "4" are quarto-size photos filed with the main run of NHRC photos, as opposed to folio-size photos which are filed separately.

Business
4.1 Butcher shop, unidentified, c. 1930s
4.2 Daprato Statuary Company, 1940s
4.3 McEnery Real Estate, Loans & Insurance, 1908

Churches
4.4-5 Western Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church, c. 1910

Churches & Organizations
4.6 Young Men's Institute, 1896-98

Portraits
4.7 Gale, Stephen F., 1860s?
4.8 Scott, Walter J., 1898
4.9 Zara, Louis (1910- ), 1940

Residences
4.10 1222 W. Adams Street, c. 1936
4.11 1434 W. Adams Street, c. 1936
4.12 1154 W. Monroe Street
4.13 1256 W. Monroe Street, c. 1936
4.14 1533 W. Monroe Street, 1880s
4.15 1685 (?) W. Monroe Street, 1930s
4.16 108 Seeley Avenue, 1930s
4.17 119 S. Throop Street, before 1936

Schools
4.18 Lewis Institute, c. 1910s

Streets
4.19 S. Aberdeen Street, 1930s
4.20 956 W. Adams Street, c. 1936
4.21 Congress & Ashland, 1880s
4.22 Monroe & Hoyne: Hoyne Street frontage
4.23 Monroe & Hayne: Monroe Street frontage

Photographs (postcards) 5.1 through 5.21 have been removed from the scrapbook of Margaret Klein Jackson, in Box 2.

Postcards

Business
5.1 Edgewater Beach Hotel and Apartments. Curt Teich postcard, 1942 postmark.
5.2 Furniture Mart. Curt Teich postcard, 1942 postmark.
5.3 Klas Czech-American Restaurant. Cicero, IL
5.4 Merchandise Mart. Curt Teich postcard, 2 copies. 1942, 1943 postmarks.
5.5 Wrigley Building By Night. Curt Teich postcard, 1942 postmark.

Cemeteries
5.6 Forest Home Cemetery, entrance. Black-and-white postcard, n.d.

Historical sketches
5.7 Second Fort Dearborn, built in 1816, abandoned in 1821
5.8 Chicago in 1832 Wolf's Point. Schmidt postcard, n.d.

Parks
5.9 Art Institute. Curt Teich postcard, 1940 postmark.
5.10 Art Institute. Tichnor postcard, 1942 postmark.
5.11 Garfield Park-Conservatory/Lorado Taft sculptures. 1942 postmark.
5.12 Garfield Park-Duck Island. Black-and-white Sebasian postcard. 1910.
5.13 Grant Park-Buckingham Fountain. Curt Teich postcard, 1942 postmark.
5.14 Grant Park-Buckingham Fountain by night. Curt Teich postcard. 1944
postmark.
5.15 Humboldt Park-Sunken garden from pergola. Curt Teich postcard, 1942
postmark.
5.16 Soldier Field & Field Museum. Curt Teich postcard, 1942 postmark.

Streets
5.17 Lake Shore Drive at Oak Street Beach. Tichnor postcard, 1943 postmark.
5.18 Wacker Drive. Gerson postcard, 1941 postmark.

Century of Progress Exposition
5.19 General Motors Building. Donnelly postcard, 1933.

Snapshots
5.20 Legler Library (?) interior, 1940s. 3 women at table.
5.21 Sneed, Mary Elizabeth (1857-1947), with two students at Brown School.

Photographs 6.1 through 6.41 were collected by Maretta Twitty (1851-1934). Additional unidentified photographs belonging to Miss Twitty are in folder 4:2 of this collection. These photographs were inadvertently omitted from the cataloging of the original West Side Community Collection.

Photographs 6.1 through 6.36 are small tintypes set in oval cardboard frames, four photos to a frame. They are identified on the verso.

6.1 Frank Winans
6.2 Callie Hart
6.3 Charlie Beers
6.4 Mollie Hart
6.5 John Hallenbeck

6.6 Puss Pinkerton (Mrs. W. J. Chalmers)
6.7 Arthur Blaney
6.8 Maretta Twitty
6.9 Douglas Taylor
6.10 James Miller

6.11 Henry Hart
6.12 Watson Brown
6.13 Mollie Reed
6.14 Robert Owen
6.15 Maretta Twitty

6.16 Walter Twitty
6.17 E. Lane and Walter Horton
6.18 Kittie Rounds and friend
6.19 Fred Blum
6.20 John Kidston Missing

6.21 Lou Trimingham
6.22 ------ Heaton
6.23 Josie Baker
6.24 Etta Soper
6.25 Walter Horton

6.26 Mary Foster
6.27 Robert Owen
6.28 Lina Snell
6.29 Walter Twitty
6.30 Annie Reed

6.31 Joe Bickerton
6.32 Emma Bradley
6.33 Eugene Loomis
6.34 Ed Sheppard
6.35 Justin Loomis
6.36 Mattie Huntoon

6.37 Group of people at Keyes [Kays?] Hotel, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, [1880s]
Elbridge, Keith Jr.
Maretta Twitty
Miss Matthews
Carrie Wright
Also seen are two men in uniform, identified as the "Chicago First regiment"

6.38 Maretta Twitty, loose tintype; [1870s]
6.39 Maretta Twitty, framed tintype; [1870s]
6.40 Maretta Twitty, albumen print; 1898

6.41 Residences-W. Adams Street, between Lincoln & Winchester, n. side of street Twitty home; 1870s.