| Dates: | 1874-2002 |
| Size: | 12 linear feet in 23 boxes, includes 85 photographs, 9 oversize folders, and 1 volume |
| Repository: | Chicago Public Library, Sulzer Regional Library, Northside Neighborhood History Collection, 4455 N. Lincoln Avenue, Chicago, IL 60625 |
| Collection number: | nnhc.lvhs |
| Immediate source of acquisition: | Donated by members of the Ravenswood-Lake View Historical Association and other community members throughout the period 1934-2002. |
| Custodial history: | The material was originally part of the Ravenswood-Lake View Community Collection. In the 1980s it was removed to form this separate collection. |
| Conditions governing use: | Please consult staff to determine ability to reuse materials from collection. |
| Conditions governing access: | Materials are open without restrictions. |
| Preferred citation: | When quoting material from this collection the preferred citation is: Lake View High School Collection, [Box #, Folder #] or [Photograph #], Northside Neighborhood History Collection, Chicago Public Library |
| Finding aid author: | Original author unknown, 1982. Updated and ingested into ArchivesSpace by Allyson Smally, 2021. |
Abstract
Lake View High School, located at the corner of Ashland Avenue and Irving Park Road, was the first high school in Lake View Township. The history of the school is documented in this collection, which includes early annual reports, newspaper clippings, and programs and ephemera from school events. The collection also includes a run of the school’s Red and White yearbook, Lake Re View newspaper, and photographs.
Biographical/Historical
Lake View High School, one of the oldest township high schools in Illinois, was built in 1874 on the corner of Graceland Avenue (now Irving Park Road) and Ashland Avenue. The Graceland Cemetery Company donated the land for the specific purpose of building an educational institution that would prepare young men and women for college or the business world.
The original structure was a small two-story frame building. The first class to attend LVHS consisted of only eight students for a faculty of six teachers. In 1885 the high school was destroyed by fire, but a year later was reopened in new and larger quarters on the same site.
In 1889 Lake View Township was incorporated into the City of Chicago, and the high school came under the jurisdiction of the Chicago Public School system. The growth and development of the community, which followed, saw an increase in student enrollment. This caused further expansion of the facilities in 1898 and again in 1916 and 1939. The school was renovated again in 2018.
Scope and Contents
The collection contains early annual reports, newspaper clippings, and programs and ephemera from school events. It also includes a run of the school’s Red and White yearbook, the Lake Re View newspaper, and a few miscellaneous school publications. The final series contains photographs, which mostly depict Lake View High School students, including class photos and images of activities and athletics. There are also a few images of the building and faculty.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged in four series:
Series 1: General Historical Files, 1875-1980, undated
Series 2: Programs and Activities, 1874-circa 1996
Series 3: Publications, circa 1897-2002
Series 4: Photographs, circa 1874-1985, undated
Related Material
Trimble Boyd biographical information in Ravenswood-Lake View Community Collection
Subject Headings
- Lake View High School (Chicago, Ill.)
- High School Student Activities — Illinois — Chicago — Photographs.
- High School Students — Illinois — Chicago — Photographs.
- High School Athletes — Illinois — Chicago — Photographs.
- School yearbooks
- Student newspapers and periodicals
Collection Inventory
Series 1: General Historical Files, 1875-1980, undated
Scope and Contents
The series contains historical sketches, newspaper clippings, annual reports, and similar material covering the history of Lake View High School and its Alumni Association.
Arrangement
Alphabetically by document type, and chronologically therein when necessary.
| Box 1 | Folder 1 | Alumni Association publications and announcements, 1878-circa 1980 |
| Volume 1 | Annual reports, 1875-1884 | |
| Box 1 | Folder 2 | Annual reports, 1878, 1879 |
| Box 1 | Folder 3 | Annual reports, 1880, 1881 |
| Box 1 | Folder 4 | Annual reports, 1883-1884 |
| Box 1 | Folder 5 | Annual reports, 1886-1887 |
| Box 1 | Folder 6 | Annual reports, 1888 |
| Box 1 | Folder 8 | Historical sketches, 1934, 1974, undated |
| Box 1 | Folder 9 | Letters, tickets, ephemera, fliers booklets, historical data, and memorabilia [See also: Leef family, 1929 scrapbook], circa 1890s-1973 |
| Box 1 | Folder 10 | News clippings, 1890s-1920s |
| Box 1 | Folder 11 | News clippings, 1931-1935 |
| Box 1 | Folder 12 | News clippings, 1935-1941 |
| Box 1 | Folder 13 | News clippings, 1949 (75th anniversary) |
| Box 1 | Folder 14 | News clippings, 1955-1957, 1973 |
| Box 1 | Folder 15 | News clippings, 1978, 1980 |
| Box 1 | Folder 16 | News clippings, undated |
Series 2: Programs and Activities, 1874-circa 1996
Scope and Contents
This series includes commencement, graduation, and memorial programs; programs for musical productions and plays; and other items documenting activities and events at Lake View High School.
Arrangement
Alphabetically by document type, and chronologically therein when necessary.
| Box 1 | Folder 17 | Anniversary (graduation) programs, 1875-1881 |
| Box 1 | Folder 18 | Anniversary (graduation) programs, 1882-1889 |
| Box 1 | Folder 19 | Anniversary (graduation) programs, 1892-1913 |
| Box 2 | Folder 6 | Brown, B. Frank memorial programs, 1924 |
| Box 1 | Folder 20 | Commencement, graduation, and rhetorical exercises programs, tickets, and invitations, 1876-1971 |
| Box 1A | Folder 1 | Event fliers and letter, band and ROTC; certificates, ROTC, 1926-1927, 1994 |
| Box 1A | Folder 2 | Field Day program, 1913 |
| Box 1A | Folder 2 | Fiftieth anniversary reunion programs, 1924, 1970 |
| Box 1A | Folder 2 | Kellogg's Orange Bowl Special trip passenger list and itinerary, 1953 |
| Box 1A | Folder 3 | Musical, plays, and concert programs, 1874-1920 |
| Box 1A | Folder 4 | Musical, plays, and concert programs, 1929-1943 |
| Box 1A | Folder 5 | Open house packet, circa 1996 |
| Box 1A | Folder 5 | Parents' Day exercises, invitations, 1910, 1912 |
| Box 1A | Folder 5 | 75th anniversary banquet, program, flier, and typescript of school history, 1949 |
| Box 1A | Folder 5 | Testimonial banquet honoring J. Trimble Boyd, program, 1961 |
| Box 1A | Folder 5 | Urguhart, Margaret honorary dinner, program, 1961 |
Series 3: Publications, circa 1897-2002
Scope and Contents
This series, the largest in the collection, includes issues of the student newspaper, the Lake Re View; the yearbook, the Red and White; and a few literary magazines and handbooks.
Coverage of the Lake Re View includes both loose issues in oversize folders and bound volumes. In many cases there is not complete coverage within the date range given for an oversize folder.
In the 1900s-1920s, the Red and White published multiple issues each year. The June edition was generally a longer, more traditional yearbook. Issues for the other months were shorter and more closely resemble literary magazines or school newsletters.
Arrangement
Alphabetically by publication title and chronologically within each title.
| Box 2 | Folder 1 | Between You'n Me literary magazine, 1928, 1930 |
| Box 2 | Folder 2 | Between You'n Me literary magazine, 1931, 1932 |
| Box 2 | Folder 3 | Between You'n Me literary magazine, 1933, 1934 |
| Box 2 | Folder 4 | Between You'n Me literary magazine, 1935, 1936 |
| Box 2 | Folder 5 | Between You'n Me literary magazine, 1937 |
| Oversize Folder 1 | Lake Re View, 1923 September 14-December 21 | |
| Oversize Folder 2 | Lake Re View, 1924 January 25; 1924 September 12; 1932 April 12 | |
| Oversize Folder 3 | Lake Re View, 1926 June 4-1927 June 3 | |
| Oversize Folder 4 | Lake Re View, 1928 October – 1929 June | |
| Oversize Folder 5 | Lake Re View, 1934 May 22-1937 May 26 | |
| Box 2 | Folder 10 | Lake Re View, bound volume, 1938 November 22-1939 June 6 |
| Oversize Folder 6 | Lake Re View, 1938 December 6 | |
| Box 2 | Folder 11 | Lake Re View, bound volume, 1939 October-1941 June |
| Box 2 | Folder 12 | Lake Re View, bound volume, 1941 September-1943 June |
| Box 2 | Folder 13 | Lake Re View, bound volume, 1943 October-1944 June |
| Box 2 | Folder 14 | Lake Re View, bound volume, 1944 September-1946 June |
| Oversize Folder 6 | Lake Re View, 1946 May 7-1947 December 2 | |
| Oversize Folder 7 | Lake Re View, 1948 March 30-December 21 | |
| Oversize Folder 8 | Lake Re View, 1949 April 19-December 7; 1950 December 7 | |
| Oversize Folder 9 | Lake Re View, 1951 April 18, May 11; 1954 January 20 | |
| Oversize Folder 2 | Lake Re View, 1954 May 15 | |
| Oversize Folder 9 | Lake Re View, 1959 December 11; 1961 May 12, May 26, June 16; 1962 June 15 | |
| Box 2 | Folder 7 | The Lamp: A Handbook for Students, 1933, 1935 |
| Box 2 | Folder 8 | The Lamp: A Handbook for Students, 1943 |
| Box 2 | Folder 9 | “The Picnic,” poem, circa 1897 |
| Box 3 | Folder 1 | Red and White yearbook, 1906 |
| Box 3 | Folder 2 | Red and White yearbook, 1907 |
| Box 3 | Folder 3 | Red and White yearbook, 1908 |
| Box 3 | Folder 4 | Red and White yearbook, 1909 |
| Box 3 | Folder 5 | Red and White yearbook, 1910 |
| Box 3 | Folder 6 | Red and White yearbook, 1912, 1913 |
| Box 3 | Folder 7 | Red and White yearbook, 1914 |
| Box 3 | Folder 8 | Red and White yearbook, 1915 |
| Box 3 | Folder 9 | Red and White yearbook, 1916 |
| Box 3A | Folder 1 | Red and White yearbook, 1917 |
| Box 3A | Folder 2 | Red and White yearbook, 1918 January-May |
| Box 3A | Folder 3 | Red and White yearbook, 1918 June-December |
| Box 3A | Folder 4 | Red and White yearbook, 1919 January-May |
| Box 3A | Folder 5 | Red and White yearbook, 1919 June-December |
| Box 4 | Folder 1 | Red and White yearbook, 1920 January-May |
| Box 4 | Folder 2 | Red and White yearbook, 1920 June, October-December |
| Box 4 | Folder 3 | Red and White yearbook, 1921 January-May |
| Box 4 | Folder 4 | Red and White yearbook, 1921 June, October-December |
| Box 4 | Folder 5 | Red and White yearbook, 1922 January-May |
| Box 4 | Folder 6 | Red and White yearbook, 1922 June, October-December |
| Box 4 | Folder 7 | Red and White yearbook, 1923 January-May |
| Box 4 | Folder 8 | Red and White yearbook, 1923 June, October-December |
| Box 5 | Folder 1 | Red and White yearbook, 1924 January-May |
| Box 5 | Folder 1A | Red and White yearbook, 1924 June-December |
| Box 5 | Folder 2 | Red and White yearbook, 1925 |
| Box 5 | Folder 3 | Red and White yearbook, 1926 January, March, May |
| Box 5 | Folder 4 | Red and White yearbook, 1926 June |
| Box 5 | Folder 5 | Red and White yearbook, 1926 October-December |
| Box 5A | Folder 1 | Red and White yearbook, 1927 January |
| Box 5A | Folder 2 | Red and White yearbook, 1927 March-May |
| Box 5A | Folder 3 | Red and White yearbook, 1927 June, November-December |
| Box 6 | Folder 1 | Red and White yearbook, 1928 March-May |
| Box 6 | Folder 2 | Red and White yearbook, 1928 June |
| Box 6 | Folder 3 | Red and White yearbook, 1928 October-November |
| Box 6 | Folder 4 | Red and White yearbook, 1929 May, June, October |
| Box 6 | Folder 5 | Red and White yearbook, 1930 |
| Box 6 | Folder 6 | Red and White yearbook, 1931 |
| Box 6 | Folder 7 | Red and White yearbook, 1932 |
| Box 7 | Folder 1 | Red and White yearbook, 1933 |
| Box 7 | Folder 2 | Red and White yearbook, 1934 |
| Box 7 | Folder 3 | Red and White yearbook, 1935 |
| Box 7 | Folder 4 | Red and White yearbook, 1936 |
| Box 7 | Folder 5 | Red and White yearbook, 1937 |
| Box 8 | Folder 1 | Red and White yearbook, 1938 |
| Box 8 | Folder 2 | Red and White yearbook, 65th anniversary issue, 1939 |
| Box 8 | Folder 3 | Red and White yearbook, 1940 |
| Box 8 | Folder 4 | Red and White yearbook, 1941 |
| Box 8 | Folder 5 | Red and White yearbook, 1942 |
| Box 9 | Folder 1 | Red and White yearbook, 1943 |
| Box 9 | Folder 2 | Red and White yearbook, 1944 |
| Box 9 | Folder 3 | Red and White yearbook, 1945 |
| Box 9 | Folder 4 | Red and White yearbook, 1946 |
| Box 9 | Folder 5 | Red and White yearbook, 1947 |
| Box 9 | Folder 6 | Red and White yearbook, 1948 |
| Box 10 | Folder 1 | Red and White yearbook, 75th anniversary issue, 1949 |
| Box 10 | Folder 2 | Red and White yearbook, 1950 |
| Box 10 | Folder 3 | Red and White yearbook, 1951 |
| Box 10 | Folder 4 | Red and White yearbook, 1952 |
| Box 11 | Folder 1 | Red and White yearbook, 1953 |
| Box 11 | Folder 2 | Red and White yearbook, 1954 |
| Box 11 | Folder 3 | Red and White yearbook, 1955 |
| Box 11 | Folder 4 | Red and White yearbook, 1956 |
| Box 12 | Folder 1 | Red and White yearbook, 1957 |
| Box 12 | Folder 2 | Red and White yearbook, 1958 |
| Box 12 | Folder 3 | Red and White yearbook, 1959 |
| Box 12 | Folder 4 | Red and White yearbook, 1960 |
| Box 13 | Folder 1 | Red and White yearbook, 1961 |
| Box 13 | Folder 2 | Red and White yearbook, 1962 |
| Box 13 | Folder 3 | Red and White yearbook, 1963 |
| Box 13 | Folder 4 | Red and White yearbook, 1964 |
| Box 14 | Folder 1 | Red and White yearbook, 1965 |
| Box 14 | Folder 2 | Red and White yearbook, 1966 |
| Box 14 | Folder 3 | Red and White yearbook, 1967 |
| Box 14 | Folder 4 | Red and White yearbook, 1968 |
| Box 15 | Folder 1 | Red and White yearbook, 1969 |
| Box 15 | Folder 2 | Red and White yearbook, 1970 |
| Box 15 | Folder 3 | Red and White yearbook, 1971 |
| Box 15 | Folder 4 | Red and White yearbook, 1972 |
| Box 16 | Folder 1 | Red and White yearbook, 1973 |
| Box 16 | Folder 2 | Red and White yearbook, 1974 |
| Box 16 | Folder 3 | Red and White yearbook, 1975 |
| Box 16 | Folder 4 | Red and White yearbook, 1976 |
| Box 17 | Folder 1 | Red and White yearbook, 1977 |
| Box 17 | Folder 2 | Red and White yearbook, 1978 |
| Box 17 | Folder 3 | Red and White yearbook, 1980 |
| Box 18 | Folder 1 | Red and White yearbook, 1982 |
| Box 18 | Folder 2 | Red and White yearbook, 1984 |
| Box 18 | Folder 3 | Red and White yearbook, 1986 |
| Box 18 | Folder 4 | Red and White yearbook, 1987 |
| Box 18 | Folder 5 | Red and White yearbook, 1988 |
| Box 18 | Folder 6 | Red and White yearbook, 1992 |
| Box 19 | Folder 1 | Red and White yearbook, 1993 |
| Box 19 | Folder 2 | Red and White yearbook, 1994 |
| Box 19 | Folder 3 | Red and White yearbook, 1995 |
| Box 19 | Folder 4 | Red and White yearbook, 1996 |
| Box 19 | Folder 5 | Red and White yearbook, 1997 |
| Box 19 | Folder 6 | Red and White yearbook, 1999 |
| Box 20 | Folder 1 | Red and White yearbook, 2001 |
| Box 20 | Folder 2 | Red and White yearbook, 2002 |
| Box 2 | Folder 6 | Verse An' Worse newsletter, 1924 December 11 |
Series 4: Photographs, circa 1874-1985, undated
Scope and Contents
This series contains 85 photographs. The majority depict Lake View High School students, including class photos and images of activities and athletics. There are also a few images of the building and faculty.
Arrangement
The series is arranged in five subseries:
Subseries A: Activities and academics, 1894-1978
Subseries B: Athletics, 1892-1953
Subseries C: Building, circa 1874-1985, undated
Subseries D: Class pictures, 1888-1926
Subseries E: Faculty, circa 1890s-circa 1949
Each subseries is arranged chronologically, with undated material at the end.
Subseries A: Activities and academics, 1894-1978
| Photograph 1.37 | Literary society, 1894 |
| Photograph 1.7 | Fraternity, 1897 |
| Photograph 1.6 | Fraternity, circa 1900 |
| Photograph 6.1 | Students at lunchtime in uniforms, circa 1919 |
| Photograph 1.38 | Minstrel musical program, 1925 |
| Oversize Photograph 1.46 | Band, Tribune Cup presentation, 1931 |
| Photograph 3.11 | Home Economics class group picture outside, 1949 September |
| Photograph 3.1 | Home Economics students baking cookies for the Red Cross, 1955 December |
| Photograph 3.2 | Home Economics student baking cookies for the Red Cross, 1955 December |
| Photograph 3.3 | Home Economics students gathered together, baking cookies for the Red Cross, 1955 December |
| Photograph 3.4 | Home Economics students baking cookies for the Red Cross, 1955 December |
| Photograph 3.5 | Home Economics student baking cookies for the Red Cross, 1955 December |
| Photograph 3.6 | Home Economics students baking cookies for the Red Cross, 1955 December |
| Photograph 3.7 | Home Economics students baking cookies for the Red Cross, 1955 December |
| Photograph 3.8 | Home Economics class gathered around a table serving each other food, 1955 |
| Photograph 3.9 | Home Economics classroom, interior, circa 1950s |
| Photograph 3.10 | Home Economics classroom, interior, circa 1950s |
| Photograph 3.12 | Home Economics class group picture outside, 1961 September |
| Photograph 3.13 | Home Economics class group picture, 1971 September |
| Photograph 3.14 | Home Economics class group picture with teacher Roberta Deethmann, circa 1972 |
| Photograph 3.15 | Home Economics class group picture with teacher Roberta Deethmann, 1973 October 26 |
| Photograph 3.17 | Home Economics class students serving and eating, 1974 April 10 |
| Photograph 3.18 | Home Economics class students seated at a table eating, 1974 April 10 |
| Photograph 3.19 | Home Economics class students seated at a table eating, 1974 April 10 |
| Photograph 3.20 | Home Economics class students seated at tables eating, 1974 April 10 |
| Photograph 3.21 | Home Economics class students seated at a table eating, 1974 April 10 |
| Photograph 3.22 | Home Economics seated at a table and serving, 1974 April 10 |
| Photograph 3.23 | Home Economics class students looking in open oven, 1974 April 10 |
| Photograph 3.24 | Home Economics class students seated at a table eating, 1974 April 10 |
| Photograph 3.25 | Home Economics seated at a table and serving, 1974 April 10 |
| Photograph 3.16 | Home Economics class students with miniature rooms, 1978 |
Subseries B: Athletics, 1892-1953
| Photograph 1.1 | Boys’ baseball team, 1892 |
| Photograph 1.35 | Football team, 1892 |
| Photograph 1.2 | Boys’ baseball team, 1893 |
| Photograph 1.36 | Football team, 1893 |
| Photograph 1.40 | Track & field team, 1893 |
| Photograph 1.41 | Track & field team, 1894 |
| Photograph 1.42 | Track & field team, circa 1890s |
| Photograph 1.3 | Boys’ junior basketball team, 1901 |
| Photograph 1.5 | Girls’ basketball team, 1904 |
| Photograph 1.11 | Boys’ basketball team, 1904 |
| Oversize Photograph 1.32 | Boys’ basketball team, 1904 |
| Photograph 1.34 | Field Day, Girls' hoop exercises - group of girls in uniforms walking with hoops, 1913 June 6 |
| Photograph 1.4 | Boys’ basketball team, 1916 |
| Photograph 2.3 | Baseball team, 1952 |
| Photograph 1.33 | Karen Pohle and the Lake View High School team before boarding a flight to Miami to watch the Orange Bowl after winning a Kellog competition, 1953 Deceember 30 |
Subseries C: Building, circa 1874-1985, undated
| Photograph 1.9 | Original building, exterior, with large crowd outside, circa 1874-1877 |
| Photograph 1.10 | Original building, exterior after fire, 1885 |
|
Oversize Photograph 1.22 |
Building, auditorium, interior, 1889 |
| Photograph 1.24 | Color postcard of building exterior, circa 1910 |
| Photograph 1.13 | Old building, exterior, before being torn down, 1915 April |
| Photograph 1.14 | Old building, exterior, being torn down, 1915 |
| Photograph 1.15 | New building being built, exterior, 1916 January |
| Photograph 1.16 | Building, exterior, 1916 June |
| Photograph 1.12 | Building, exterior, circa 1920 |
| Photograph 1.21 | Mural on building exterior, 1974 |
| Photograph 4.1 | Building, interior hallway, 1985 |
| Photograph 4.2 | Building, interior hallway, 1985 |
| Photograph 4.3 | Building, exterior, 1985 |
| Photograph 4.4 | Building, interior hallway and lockers, 1985 |
| Photograph 4.5 | Building, exterior, 1985 |
| Photograph 4.6 | Building, interior stairway and mural, 1985 |
| Photograph 1.17 | Building, interior, stained glass window, undated |
| Photograph 1.18 | Building, exterior, cornerstone plaque, undated |
| Photograph 1.19 | Building, exterior, brick and stained glass window, undated |
| Photograph 1.20 | Building, interior, stained glass window, undated |
Subseries D: Class pictures, 1888-1926
|
Oversize Photograph 1.23 |
Class picture with faculty, 1888 |
|
Oversize Photograph 1.25 |
Class picture with faculty, 1888 |
| Oversize Photograph 1.45 | Class picture, 1889 |
| Photograph 1.27 | Class picture, class of 1897, 1894 October 19 |
| Photograph 1.28 | Class picture, class of 1894 gathered outside of school [2 copies], 1894 |
|
Oversize Photograph 1.26 |
Class picture, 1897 |
| Oversize Photograph 1.29 | Class picture, circa 1900 |
| Oversize Photograph 1.44 | Class picture, 1900 |
| Oversize Photograph 1.43 | Class picture, 1902 |
| Photograph 5.1 | Class picture on stairs outside of school, circa 1903 |
| Photograph 1.30 | Class picture, class of 1904 gathered outside of school, 1904 |
| Photograph 4.8 | Class picture, circa 1911 |
| Oversize Photograph 4.7a-b | Class picture [2 slightly different images], 1912 |
|
Oversize Photograph 1.8 |
Class picture, montage of individual portraits, 1913 |
| Photograph 1.31 | Class picture - class of 1926, 1926 |
Subseries E: Faculty, circa 1890s-circa 1949
| Photograph 2.1 | Faculty, montage, circa 1890s |
| Photograph 2.2 | Faculty, group picture, circa 1890s |
| Photograph 2.4 | Principal J. Trimble Boyd, circa 1949 |
| Photograph 2.5 | Principal J. Trimble Boyd, circa 1949 |
