| Dates: | 1839-1982 |
| Size: | 23.5 linear feet in 29 boxes, includes 431 photographs, 87 glass plate slides and 26 oversize folders |
| Repository: | Chicago Public Library, Harold Washington Library Center, Special Collections, 400 S. State St., Chicago, IL 60605 |
| Collection Number: | spe-nhrc-sscc |
| Immediate Source of Acquisition: | Transferred from Chicago Public Library, South Shore Branch in the 1980s, as part of a grant from the Dr. Scholl Foundation. Materials continue to be added through transfer and donation. |
| Conditions Governing Access: | Materials are open without restrictions. |
| Conditions Governing Use: | Please consult staff to determine ability to reuse materials from collection. |
| Preferred Citation: | When quoting material from this collection the preferred citation is: South Shore Community Collection Records [Box #, Folder #], Special Collections, Chicago Public Library. |
| Finding Aid Author: | Original author unknown. Updated and ingested into ArchivesSpace by Michelle McCoy, 2022 |
Abstract
The South Shore Community Collection contains manuscripts, printed material and photographs on businesses, clubs and organizations, religious institutions, residents, schools and street scenes in the community area.
Biographical/Historical
The South Shore neighborhood is 9 miles southeast of the Loop. The neighborhood runs along the Lake from 67th Street south to 79th. The area was annexed into Chicago in 1889. South Shore is number 43 of the 77 official communities that make up Chicago.
Originally a swampy region, it was settled as a collection of settlements in the late nineteenth century in the southern part of Hyde Park Township. The settlements of Essex, Bryn Mawr, Parkside, Cheltenham Beach and Windsor Park were already around when the Illinois Central Railroad built the South Kenwood Station in 1881. It became known as South Shore in the 1920s
Scope and Contents
The South Shore Community Collection contains manuscripts, printed material and photographs on businesses, clubs and organizations, religious institutions, residents, schools and street scenes in the community area.
Some materials of interest include genealogy notes on several early settlers, 1918 construction photographs of the North Michigan Avenue Bridge substructure by The Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company and South Shore Commission meeting materials.
The South Shore Historical Society’s original description of the Glass Plate Slides in the collection can be found in Box 6, Folder 34. Many of these plates are duplicated in the photographic prints.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The initial collection items were transferred from Chicago Public Library, South Shore Branch in the 1980s, as part of a grant from the Dr. Scholl Foundation.
Supplement 1 includes materials (Box 14, Folders 3-4 and Photographs 2.1-2.89) transferred from Chicago Public Library, South Shore Branch. Edith C. Propst donated Photograph 2.19. Collen Cunningham donated materials (Box 14, Folders 1-2 and 5-9; Box 13, Folder 3; and Photographs 2.90-2.9) are related to her time as a student at Aquinas High School and to her participation in theatrical productions at South Shore Country Club.
Subject Headings
- Aquinas Dominican High School (Chicago, Ill.)
- Associations, institutions, etc -- Illinois -- Chicago – History
- Business enterprises -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History
- Chicago Public Library, South Shore Branch
- The Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company
- Myra Bradwell Elementary School
- Portraits -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History
- Religious institutions -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History
- Ringer Real Estate Co.
- Schools -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History
- Societies and clubs -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History
- South Shore (Chicago, Ill.) – History -- Sources
- South Shore Commission
- South Shore High School
- South Shore Historical Society (Chicago, Ill.) -- Archives
Arrangement
The South Shore Community Collection is arranged topically into 12 series:
- Series 1: Biographical Data, 1839-1974, undated
- Series 2: Business Establishments, 1892-1957, undated
- Series 3: Religious Institutions, 1887-1961, undated
- Series 4: Clubs and Organizations, 1891-1982, undated
- Series 5: Historical Sketches, 1876-1980, undated
- Series 6: Municipal Agencies, 1927-1976, undated
- Series 7: Parks, 1893-1957, undated
- Series 8: Residences, circa 1880s-1973, undated
- Series 9: Schools, 1878-1977, undated
- Series 10: Street Scenes, circa 1880-1939, undated
- Series 11: Transportation, 1884-1958, undated
- Series 12: Wartime Activities, 1941-1945, undated
Separated Materials
The following items have been removed to different collections:
| Calumet-Lake Calumet Harbor - Calumet and Indiana Harbors, U.S. Lake Survey, colored map, 1960 | Calumet Region Community Collection, Oversize Folder 14 |
| [Map of Central Chicago showing Century of Progress International Exposition Grounds], [1933] | Century of Progress Collection |
| Map of Chicago for the Year 1933…with key to Century of Progress buildings, Bird’s eye view, T. N. T. Co., 1932 | Century of Progress Collection |
| Board of Election Commissioners, 50 Ward Plan Passed by the City Council... July 22, 1921, with map, 1930 February | Chicago City-Wide Collection, Oversize Folder 21 |
| Board of Election Commissioners, Cook County Congressional Districts within the city of Chicago, map, 1931 January | Chicago City-Wide Collection, Oversize Folder 23 |
| Chicago Plan Commission, Lakefront Plan of Chicago, 1972 | Chicago City-Wide Collection, Box 47, Folder 21 |
| Chicago Plan Commission, Preliminary Comprehensive City Plan of Chicago: A Generalized Presentation of the City Plan Designed for a Population of 3,800,000 by 1965, (transferred from the South Shore Community Collection, nhrc-sscc), 1946 January | Chicago City-Wide Collection, Oversize Folder 73 |
| “Chicago The Western City of Towers,” aerial view from Stevens Hotel to Palmolive Building (copy prints, parts 1 and 2), circa 1935 | Chicago City-Wide Collection, Oversize Folder 146 |
| Court House/City Hall, fourth, cornerstone-laying (2 copies), 1909 | Chicago City-Wide Collection, Photographs 1.122a-b |
| Department of Public Works, Bureau of Maps and Plats, Map of Chicago Showing Growth by Annexations and Accretions, 1933 map with annotation, 1935 | Chicago City-Wide Collection, Oversize Folder 29 |
| Department of Public Works, Bureau of Maps and Plats, Ward Map City of Chicago, with Boundaries as Established by Ordinance of July 10 1931 and Amended Oct 21 1931 (reproduction), circa 1931 | Chicago City-Wide Collection, Oversize Folder 74 |
| Geologic Atlas of the United States: Chicago Folio, United States Geological Survey, Washington, D.C., includes color maps of geological surveys, economic geology sheets, and area geology sheets for the Riverside, Chicago, Desplaines, and Calumet Quadrangles (12 maps), 1902 | Chicago City-Wide Collection, Oversize Folder 12 |
| Map of Chicago in 1830, by A.T. Andreas, photocopy, copyright 1884 | Chicago City-Wide Collection Oversize 41 |
| Map of Chicago Incorporated as a Town August 5 1933, Compiled from Original Map of Chicago about 1833, color map by Conley, Walter and O.E. Stelzer, 1933 | Chicago City-Wide Collection, Oversize Folder 44 |
| School Map of Chicago, Chicago Board of Education, 1914, 1917 | Chicago City-Wide Collection, Box 48, Folder 4 |
Related Collections
- Department of Public Works. Bureau of Engineering Photographs
- Lillian M. Campbell Memorial Collection
- South Shore Historical Society Records
- South Shore Newspaper Collection
- Woodlawn Community Collection
Collection Inventory
Series 1: Biographical Data, 1839-1974, undated
Scope and Contents
Series 1 contains biographical sketches, correspondence, genealogies, news clippings, photographs and other personal items of South Shore residents. The bulk of these contents were collected or compiled by members of the South Shore Historical Society during the late 1930s and 1940s. Society member, David Bird, drew up many of the family genealogies and personal biographies.
Arrangement
Series 1 is arranged into two subseries: Subseries A: Documents, 1839-1974, undated and Subseries B: Photographs, 1882-1962, undated.
Subseries A: Documents, 1839-1974, undated
Arrangement
Subseries A is arranged alphabetically by last name.
| Box 1 | Folder 1 | Able, George, genealogical sketches, sympathy card, 1942 |
| Box 1 | Folder 2 | Adler, Isaac, genealogical sketches, correspondence, obituaries [See also: Residences and Oversize Folder 27], 1939-1941 |
| Alexander. Mrs. H.T. [See: Windsor Park Woman’s Club] | ||
| Anderson, Brian K. [See: South Shore High School, graduation announcement, 1959] | ||
| Box 1 | Folder 3 | Apgar Family, genealogical sketch, correspondence [See also: Oversize Folder 27], 1938 |
| Box 1 | Folder 4 | Atwater, Richard and Family, correspondence, circa 1938 |
| Box 1 | Folder 5 | Ball Family, correspondence [See also: Oversize Folder 1], 1943 |
| Box 1 | Folder 6 | Barnsback, Arthur and Family, genealogical sketch [See also: Business Establishments, Residences and Oversize Folder 27], 1941 |
| Box 1 | Folder 7 | Belknap, Anna (Rohn) and Family, correspondence, circa 1941-1942 |
| Box 1 | Folder 7 | Belknap, Anna (Rohn) and Family, genealogical sketches, undated |
| Berquist Family [See: Oversize Folder 27] | ||
| Box 1 | Folder 8-9 | Bird, David, condolence card, undated |
| Box 1 | Folder 8-9 | Bird, David, genealogical sketches, 1938 |
| Box 1 | Folder 8-9 | Bird, David, library card, 1910 |
| Bird, David [See: Residences and Oversize Folder 27] | ||
| Box 1 | Folder 10 | Black, Dr. Robert, excerpts from eulogies, invitation to dedication of Robert A. Black School, 1967 |
| Box 1 | Folder 11 | Boylan Family, genealogical sketch [See also: Oversize Folder 27], undated |
| Bradley Family [See: Residences] | ||
| Box 1 | Folder 12 | Bradwell, Myra, biographical sketch [See also: Schools], undated |
| Brandenburg Family [See Residences] | ||
| Box 1 | Folder 13 | Brasse Family, biographical sketch, undated |
| Briody Family [See: Oversize Folder 27] | ||
| Box 1 | Folder 14 | Brown, J.H. and Lyda, correspondence [See also: Residences], 1941-1954 |
| Bundeson Family [See: Residences] | ||
| Box 1 | Folder 15 | Butler, Judge Walker, news clipping, 1959 |
| Campbell Family [See: Oversize Folder 27] | ||
| Box 1 | Folder 16 | Clemensen, Christen and Family, genealogical sketch, 1945 |
| Box 1 | Folder 16 | Clemensen, Christen and Family, letter of recommendation, 1894 |
| Box 1 | Folder 16 | Clemensen, Christen and Family, receipt, 1899 |
| Clemensen, Christen and Family, [See: Clemensen Greenhouse Goodfellows Club of South Works, Illinois Steel and Windsor Shore Club] | ||
| Box 14 | Folder 1 | Cunningham, Colleen, scrapbook, circa 1954 |
| Box 1 | Folder 17 | Danielson Family, historical sketch [See also: Residences], undated |
| Davis Family [See: Oversize Folder 27] | ||
| Dean Family [See: Residences] | ||
| Box 1 | Folder 18 | Dedmon, Emmett, biography, 1946 |
| Box 1 | Folder 19 | Dillinger, John, biographical sketches, undated |
| Box 1 | Folder 19 | Dillinger, John, correspondence, 1939-1947 |
| Dillinger, John [See also: Oversize Folders 27, 19 and Residences] | ||
| Donohue Family [See: Residences] | ||
| Box 1 | Folder 20 | Dowding, George, genealogical sketch [See also: Dowding Store], 1936 |
| Douglas, Stephen A. [See: Examination of Title, 1906] | ||
| Duplissis Family [See: Residences] | ||
| Box 1 | Folder 20 | Durkin, Katherine, correspondence [See also: Bryn Mawr School, Box 8, Folder 19], 1956 May 10 |
| Box 1 | Folder 21 | Erlandson, Emil J., news clippings, 1960 March 24 |
| Box 1 | Folder 22 | Fair, George, historical sketch, 1935 |
| Box 1 | Folder 23 | Farrell Family, marriage invitation [See also: Residences, Wartime Activies Box 11, Folder 41], 1890 |
| Box 1 | Folder 24 | Fenn, Isadore, publication, 1943 |
| Ferris Family [See: Residences] | ||
| Box 1 | Folder 25 | Fitch, Morgan, news clippings [See also: Ringer Real Estate and Chamber of Commerce], 1937-1942 |
| Box 1 | Folder 26 | Foley Family, biographical sketch, 1938 |
| Fort, Irene [See also: Myra Bradwell] | ||
| Box 1 | Folder 27 | Fox, Gresham George, biographical sketch, undated |
| Fralick, Cecile [See: Oversize Folder 27] | ||
| Fredbloom A.C. [See: Myra Bradwell, Box 8, Folder 35] | ||
| Gaugh Family [See: Residences] | ||
| Oversize Folder 27 | Genealogical charts of South Shore families (includes Adler, Apgar, Ball, Barnsback, Berquist, Bird, Campbell, David, Dillinger, Fralick, Gorman, Gridley, Groshan, Hall, Henry/Briody, Hirchman/Boylan, Marrhias, Mercer Morgan, Nichols, O’Connor, Peterson, Powell, Reed/Yatew, Rohn, Sayre, Shoemaker, Stanton, Redup and Wright), prepared by South Shore Historical Society member David Bird, 1934-1941 | |
| Box 1 | Folder 28 | Gerds, Charles, news clippings, 1959 |
| Box 1 | Folder 28 | Gerds, Charles, testimonial dinner program, 1944 |
| Gerds, Charles [See: Gerds Garage, Residences and Photograph 1.304] | ||
| Box 1 | Folder 29 | Gorman Family, biographical sketch [See also: Oversize Folder 27], 1939 |
| Box 1 | Folder 30 | Graff, Mrs. Rilla, obituaries, 1936 |
| Box 1 | Folder 30 | Grant, Capt. W.L., letter to school children [See also: Myra Bradwell, Box 8, Folder 31], 1919 |
| Grantham/Skeen Families [See: Residences] | ||
| Box 1 | Folder 31 | Gridley, Eleanor, biographical sketches, undated |
| Box 1 | Folder 31 | Gridley, Eleanor, correspondence, 1942-1946 |
| Gridley, Eleanor, [See: Photograph 2.96] | ||
| Box 1 | Folder 32 | Groshan Family, genealogical sketches [See also: Business Establishments and Residences], 1938 |
| Box 1 | Folder 33 | Gunnarson, Charles, correspondence [See also: Historical Sketches], 1938, 1940 |
| Hansberg Family [See: Residences] | ||
| Hanson Family [See: Residences] | ||
| Box 1 | Folder 34 | Hausler, Martin, correspondence, circa 1938 |
| Box 1 | Folder 34 | Hausler, Martin, genealogical sketches, undated |
| Hausler, Martin [See: Residences and North Michigan Avenue Bridge Substructure photographs] | ||
| Box 1 | Folder 35 | Henry Family, genealogical sketches [See also: Oversize Folder 27], 1939 |
| Box 1 | Folder 36 | Heydorn, Frank, biographical sketch [See also: Oddfellows Club and Residences], 1937 |
| Hirchman and Boylan Families [See: Oversize Folder 27] | ||
| Box 1 | Folder 37 | Howell, Alderman Cyrus H., biographical sketch [See also: Residences and Oversize Folder 6, Middagh & Howell Real Estate Map], undated |
| Hufton Family [See: Residences] | ||
| Johnston Family [See: Residences] | ||
| Box 1 | Folder 38 | Kahl, Willis, biographies, 1938-1940 |
| Box 1 | Folder 38 | Kendall, W. Beveridge, “History of the Class of 1922” [See also: Bryn Mawr School, Box 8, Folder 15], undated |
| Box 1 | Folder 39 | Kidd, William, biographical sketch, circa 1938-1940 |
| Box 1 | Folder 40 | Kimball, Alice, biographical sketch, 1951 |
| Kirkpatrick Family [See: Residences] | ||
| Box 1 | Folder 41 | Kohl, W.C., biographical sketch, correspondence, 1937-1941 |
| Krause Family [See: Residences] | ||
| Box 1 | Folder 42 | Leach, Mrs. N., correspondence, 1935 |
| Box 1 | Folder 43 | Lee, Major Henry, news clippings, 1948 |
| Box 1 | Folder 43 | Lee, Major Henry, El Cid Campeador (opera) and The Port of Buffalo (pamphlet) [See also: Historical Sketches and Transportation], 1917, 1940 |
| Oversize Folder 1 | Lee, Wright W., commission from governor Charles S. Deneen, delegate to “Lakes to the Gulf Deep Waterway Assn.” convention, 1908 September 30 | |
| Box 1 | Folder 44 | Leys, Wayne, biography, correspondence, 1944 |
| Box 1 | Folder 44 | Lindquist, Mrs. John A., Founder’s Day address [See also: Myra Bradwell School, Box 8, Folder 36], 1940 |
| Box 1 | Folder 45 | Lyons, Elizabeth, biography, 1935 |
| Box 1 | Folder 46 | Mather, Kirtley, correspondence, 1937 |
| Box 1 | Folder 46 | Mather, Kirtley, speeches, 1935, 1938 |
| Box 1 | Folder 47 | Mathias, David, biographical sketch, undated |
| Mayo, Frank [See: Historical Sketches Schools and Transportation] | ||
| Box 1 | Folder 48 | McKenny, Thomas, biographical sketch, 1938 |
| Mercers Family [See: Oversize Folder 27] | ||
| Box 1 | Folder 49 | Mincer, Dr. Edwin, biographical sketch, 1938 |
| Box 1 | Folder 50 | Morgan, Evan, biographical sketches [See also: Oversize Folder 27], 1938, 1974 |
| Box 1 | Folder 50 | Morgan, Evan, publications, 1894 |
| Box 1 | Folder 51 | Nelson, John, biographical sketch, 1936 |
| Box 1 | Folder 51 | Nelson, John, correspondence, 1951 |
| Box 1 | Folder 52 | Nichols Family, genealogical sketch [See also: Nichol’s Pier, Residences and Oversize Folder 27], 1938 |
| O’Connor Family [See: Oversize Folder 27] | ||
| Box 12 | Folder 2 | Obituaries, scrapbook news clippings, 1935-1942 |
| Box 1 | Folder 53 | Osmer, Orville, genealogical sketch, 1940 |
| O’Sullivan, Father [See: Residences] | ||
| Box 1 | Folder 53 | Owens, Roy, diploma [See also: Parkside School, Box 8, Folder 43], 1892 |
| Box 1 | Folder 54 | Peattie, Elia, Donald Culross and Family, correspondence, essay, news clippings, poem, illumination [See also: Windsor Park Woman’s Club and Residences], 1935-1941, undated |
| Box 1 | Folder 55 | Peddersen, John, memorial program, 1944 |
| Box 1 | Folder 56 | Pennewell, Almer, poems, 1935-1955 |
| Box 1 | Folder 57 | Petersen Family, genealogical sketches, undated |
| Box 1 | Folder 58 | Petrakis, Harry, press release, 1964 |
| Box 1 | Folder 59 | Phelphs, John and Mary, pension certificate, 1899 |
| Powell, William and Family, biographical sketch, correspondence [See also: Oversize Folder 27], 1938, undated | ||
| Box 2 | Folder 1-2 | Quiz Kids, correspondence, news clippings, 1940-1942 |
| Box 2 | Folder 3 | Reynolds, Catherine, obituary, 1948 February 17 |
| Box 2 | Folder 4 | Rice, Wallace, 7 Illinois Centennial Plays [See also: Porpoise Club, 1918 |
| Ringer, Charles [See also: Ringer Real Estate, Warranty Deed, Sale of Windsor Park Golf Course] | ||
| Box 2 | Folder 5 | Robbins, Judge, biographical sketch, 1938 |
| Box 2 | Folder 6 | Rohn Family, correspondence, circa 1938-1940 |
| Box 2 | Folder 6 | Rohn Family, genealogical sketches [See also: Belknap and South Shore Area schools, Box 8, Folder 3], undated |
| Rubey Family [See: Residences] | ||
| Box 2 | Folder 7 | Sayre Family, biographical sketch [See also: Residences and Oversize Folder 27], 1939 |
| Seaman, Georgia [See: Myra Bradwell, Box 8, Folders 33-34, Photograph 1.237] | ||
| Box 2 | Folder 8-10 | Shoemaker W.H. and Family, biographical sketches, correspondence, contracts, news clippings, publications [See also: Oversize Folders 17 and 27] |
| Sken/Grantham Families [See: Residences] | ||
| Smietanka Family [See: Residences] | ||
| Box 2 | Folder 11 | Smith, Warren, new clippings [See also: Residences], 1952, 1956 |
| Spray, John C. [See: Historical Sketches, “Chicago’s Great South Shore”] | ||
| Stahl, Frank W. [See: Bowen High School, Box 8, Folder 10] | ||
| Box 2 | Folder 11 | Stanton Family, biographical sketches [See also: Oversize Folder 27], 1939 |
| Stehlin Family [See: Residences] | ||
| Stephens Family [See: Residences] | ||
| Stevenson Family [See: Residences] | ||
| Box 2 | Folder 13 | Swope, James, biographical sketches [See also: Swope’s Drug Store], 1939 |
| Box 2 | Folder 14 | Taft, Laredo, correspondence, 1936 August 30 |
| Trask, Katherine and Family [See: Residences] | ||
| Oversize Folder 2 | Taylor, Edward D., land grant from Martin Van Buren, land at Chicago, 1839 October 1 | |
| Box 2 | Folder 15 | Tredup Family, biographical sketch [See also: Oversize Folder 27], 1939 |
| Box 2 | Folder 15 | Tredup Family, booklet, 1889 |
| Box 2 | Folder 16 | Turner Family, biographical sketch, 1938 |
| Box 2 | Folder 17 | Vail, Richard, news clippings, undated |
| Wilkinson Family [See: Peattie Family and Residences] | ||
| Box 2 | Folder 18 | Wright Family, biographical sketch [See also: Oversize Folder 27], 1938 |
Series 1: Biographical Data, 1839-1974, undated
Subseries B: Photographs, 1882-1962, undated
Arrangement
Subseries B is arranged alphabetically by last name. The number of images with the same description is indicated in parentheses. Some of the glass plate slides duplicate the prints.
| Box 17 | Photograph 1.96 | Adler, Isaac, 1937 August 23 |
| Box 17 | Photograph 1.95 | Adler, Isaac and daughter Sadie, 1937 August 23 |
| Box 17 | Photograph 1.97 | Alexander, H.H. and family, circa 1901 |
| Glass Plate Slide Box 4 | Glass Plate Slide 36 | Alexander, Archibald and wife, glass plate slide, undated |
| Glass Plate Slide Box 4 | Glass Plate Slide 37 | Alexander, H.T. and family, glass plate slide and negative, circa 1901 |
| Box 17 | Photograph 1.98 | Atwater, Richard, circa 1920s |
| Box 17 | Photograph 1.99 | Barnsback, Arthur, 1937 July |
| Glass Plate Slide Box 4 | Glass Plate Slide 38 | Barnsback, Arthur, glass plate slide and negative, 1937 July |
| Box 17 | Photograph 1.100 | Belknap, Anna Rohn, undated |
| Glass Plate Slide Box 4 | Glass Plate Slide 39 | Belknap, Anna Rohn, glass plate slide and negative, undated |
| Box 25 | Photograph 2.1 | Belknap, Anna Rohn, on steps of home, 7120 S. Bennett Avenue, 1936 |
| Box 17 | Photograph 1.101 | Benedict, Carol, photograph mounted on a memorial card, 1962 |
| Box 17 | Photograph 1.102 | Bent, John, undated |
| Glass Plate Slide Box 4 | Glass Plate Slide 40 | Bent, John, glass plate slide and negative, undated |
| Box 17 | Photograph 1.104 | Bird, David, circa 1928 |
| Box 25 | Photograph 2.2 | Bird, David, circa 1950s |
| Box 17 | Photograph 1.103 | Bird, David, undated |
| Glass Plate Slide Box 4 | Glass Plate Slide 41 | Bird, David glass plate slide and negative, undated |
| Box 25 | Photograph 2.3 | Bird, Bobby and Johnny, grandsons of [David Bird], 1937 |
| Glass Plate Slide Box 4 | Glass Plate Slide 42 | Bradenburg, Edith, glass plate slide and negative, 1889 |
| Box 17 | Photograph 1.106 | Brown, J.H., with penny-farthing bicycle, undated |
| Glass Plate Slide Box 4 | Glass Plate Slide 43 | Brown, J.H. with Will Stone [See also: Glass Plate Slides 60, 62], glass plate slide and negative, 1888 |
| Box 17 | Photograph 1.105 | Brown, Lydia Kirkpatrick (Mrs. J.H. Brown), with bicycle, tintype, 1889 |
| Glass Plate Slide Box 4 | Glass Plate Slide 44 | Brunt, Richard, glass plate slide and negative, 1882 |
| Box 17 | Photograph 1.107 | Clemensen, C., undated |
| Box 17 | Photograph 1.108 | Cody, Dr., circa 1890-1910 |
| Box 25 | Photograph 2.4 | Corkell, Paul, manager of Myra Bradwell News press room, undated |
| Box 17 | Photograph 1.109 | Craig, Alexander, undated |
| Box 25 | Photograph 2.90 | Cunningham, Colleen, circa 1954 |
| Box 17 | Photograph 1.110 | Dillinger, John, 1887 |
| Glass Plate Slide Box 4 | Glass Plate Slide 45 | Dillinger, John, glass plate slide and negative, 1887 |
| Glass Plate Slide Box 4 | Glass Plate Slide 46 | Eiger, Norman, glass plate slide and negative, undated |
| Box 17 | Photograph 1.111 | Fox, Gresham George (Rabbi, South Shore Temple), circa 1940s |
| Box 17 | Photograph 1.113 | Fralick, Cecile A., circa 1890 |
| Box 17 | Photograph 1.112 | Fralick, Cecile A., circa 1900-1910 |
| Box 17 | Photograph 1.114 | Fralick, Cecile A., 1941 |
| Glass Plate Slide Box 4 | Glass Plate Slide 47 | Fralick, Cecile A., glass plate slide and negative, undated |
| Glass Plate Slide Box 4 | Glass Plate Slide 48 | Fralick, Cecile A. with Lillian Stufler, Anna Williams and Ethel Williams, glass plate slide and negative, undated |
| Glass Plate Slide Box 4 | Glass Plate Slide 49 | Fralick, Hilda, wedding portrait, glass plate slide and negative, undated |
| Glass Plate Slide Box 4 | Glass Plate Slide 50 | Fralick Family, glass plate slide and negative, undated |
| Glass Plate Slide Box 4 | Glass Plate Slide 51 | Fralick, Mr. and Mrs., glass plate slide and negative, circa 1880 |
| Glass Plate Slide Box 4 | Glass Plate Slide 52 | Fralick, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas, glass plate slide and negative, undated |
| Glass Plate Slide Box 4 | Glass Plate Slide 53 | French, Samuel, glass plate slide and negative, undated |
| Glass Plate Slide Box 4 | Glass Plate Slide 54 | Fitch, Morgan L. glass plate slide and negative, undated |
| Box 17 | Photograph 1.115 | Gaughan, Mary, circa 1890s |
| Glass Plate Slide Box 4 | Glass Plate Slide 55 | Gaughan, Mary, glass plate slide and negative, circa 1890s |
| Box 17 | Photograph 1.116 | Gaughan, Thomas, circa 1890s |
| Glass Plate Slide Box 4 | Glass Plate Slide 56 | Gaughan, Thomas, glass plate slide and negative, circa 1890s |
| Box 17 | Photograph 1.118 | Gerds, Charles, circa 1940 |
| Box 17 | Photograph 1.117 | Gerds, Charles, undated |
| Box 17 | Photograph 1.119 | Gottwald Family, circa 1900-1910 |
| Box 17 | Photograph 1.120 | Gray, William S., circa 1930s-1940s |
| Box 18 | Photograph 1.121 | Gridley, Eleanor, undated |
| Box 18 | Photograph 1.122 | Groshan, Matthew and James Orin, 1938 June |
| Box 26 | Photograph 1.123 | Gunnarson, Charles, circa 1910 |
| Glass Plate Slide Box 4 | Glass Plate Slide 57 | Gunnarson, Charles, glass plate slide and negative, circa 1910 |
| Box 18 | Photograph 1.124 | Hausler, Martin, circa 1930-1940 |
| Box 18 | Photograph 1.125 | Hayakawa, Sam, circa 1930s |
| Box 18 | Photograph 1.126 | Hertzman, Anna, circa 1920-1930 |
| Box 18 | Photograph 1.127 | Howell, Cyrus H., circa 1890-1910 |
| Glass Plate Slide Box 4 | Glass Plate Slide 58 | Howell, Cyrus H., glass plate slide and negative, circa 1890-1910 |
| Box 18 | Photograph 1.128 | Johnson. George E.Q., circa 1930s |
| Box 18 | Photograph 1.129 | Kirkpatrick Family, 1891 |
| Glass Plate Slide Box 4 | Glass Plate Slide 59 | Kirkpatrick, Lyda, glass plate slide and negative, 1888 |
| Glass Plate Slide Box 4 | Glass Plate Slide 60 | Kirkpatrick, Lyda with J.H. Brown, Will Stone and Bess Parry, glass plate slide and negative, 1888 |
| Glass Plate Slide Box 4 | Glass Plate Slide 61 | Kirkpatrick, Lyda with Bess Parry, glass plate slide and negative, 1888 |
| Glass Plate Slide Box 4 | Glass Plate Slide 62 | Kirkpatrick, Lyda with J.H. Brown, glass plate slide and negative, 1888 |
| Box 18 | Photograph 1.130 | Lee, Major Henry, circa 1930s-1940s |
| Glass Plate Slide Box 4 | Glass Plate Slide 63 | Lindquist, S.A., glass plate slide and negative, undated |
| Box 18 | Photograph 1.131 | Mathias, David S., undated |
| Box 18 | Photograph 1.132 | Morgan, Mr. and Mrs. Evan, 1941 |
| Glass Plate Slide Box 4 | Glass Plate Slide 64 | Morse, Rev. A.G., glass plate slide and negative, undated |
| Box 18 | Photograph 1.133 | Peattie, Barbara [Erskine], circa 1910 |
| Box 18 | Photograph 1.134 | Peattie, Donald C., circa 1900-1910 |
| Box 18 | Photographs 1.135-1.136 | Peattie, Elia (2)., circa 1890 |
| Box 18 | Photograph 1.137 | Peattie, Robert Burns, circa 1900-1910 |
| Box 18 | Photograph 1.138 | Peattie, Roderick., circa 1900-1910 |
| Glass Plate Slide Box 4 | Glass Plate Slide 66 | Peterson, Enoch, glass plate slide and negative, undated |
| Box 18 | Photograph 1.139 | Petersen, Reno H., circa 1930s |
| Glass Plate Slide Box 4 | Glass Plate Slide 65 | Petersen, Reno H., glass plate slide and negative, circa 1930s |
| Box 18 | Photograph 1.140 | Powell, William, 1935 |
| Box 18 | Photograph 1.141 | Ringer, Charles, 1892 |
| Glass Plate Slide Box 4 | Glass Plate Slide 67 | Ringer, Charles, glass plate slide and negative, 1892 |
| Box 18 | Photograph 1.142 | Ringer, Charles, 1924 |
| Oversize Folder 25 | Photograph 1.143 | Ringer, Charles, 1926 |
| Glass Plate Slide Box 4 | Glass Plate Slide 68 | Ringer, Charles, glass plate slide and negative, 1936 |
| Box 18 | Photograph 1.155 | Rohn, David and children, circa 1910 |
| Box 18 | Photographs 1.144, 1.46, 1.149, 1.154 | Rohn, Family (4), circa 1880-1890 |
| Box 18 | Photograph 1.145 | Rohn, Family, circa 1890-1900 |
| Box 26 | Photograph 1.156 | Rohn Family, 1925 August 16 |
| Box 18 | Photograph 1.147 | Rohn, Family, circa 1930-1950 |
| Box 18 | Photograph 1.153 | Rohn Family, undated |
| Box 25 | Photograph 2.5 | Rohn Family member, undated |
| Box 18 | Photograph 1.151 | Rohn, Ferdinand, undated |
| Glass Plate Slide Box 4 | Glass Plate Slide 69 | Rohn, Ferdinand, glass plate slide and negative, undated |
| Box 18 | Photograph 1.150 | Rohn, Gustav and Mary, 1883 |
| Glass Plate Slide Box 4 | Glass Plate Slide 70 | Rohn, Gustav and Mary, glass plate slide and negative, 1883 |
| Box 18 | Photograph 1.152 | Rohn, Gustav and Mary, circa 1930 |
| Box 18 | Photograph 1.148 | Rohn, Gustav and Mary, undated |
| Box 25 | Photograph 2.6 | Rohn, Gustav, undated |
| Box 18 | Photograph 1.157 | Ryan, James W., 1948 |
| Glass Plate Slide Box 4 | Glass Plate Slides 72-73 | Schnackenberg, Elmer, glass plate slide and negative (2), undated |
| Glass Plate Slide Box 5 | Glass Plate Slide 74 | Schnackenberg Elmer, glass plate slide and negative, 1908 |
| Glass Plate Slide Box 5 | Glass Plate Slide 75 | Schnackenberg Elmer, glass plate slide and negative, undated |
| Glass Plate Slide Box 4 | Glass Plate Slide 71 | Schnackenberg Family, glass plate slide and negative, undated |
| Box 18 | Photograph 1.158 | Shoemaker, W. M., 1938 |
| Box 25 | Photograph 2.7 | Stahl, Frank, 1937 |
| Box 18 | Photograph 1.159 | Todhunter, Mrs. Joseph, 1937 |
| Box 18 | Photograph 1.160 | Trask, Katherine, undated |
| Box 19 | Photographs 1.161-1.162 | Trask, Katherine, party dress party (2), undated |
| Box 19 | Photograph 1.163 | Weightman, Mrs. undated |
| Box 19 | Photograph 1.164 | Wilkinson, Fred, undated |
| Glass Plate Slide Box 5 | Glass Plate Slide 76 | Wilkinson Family, glass plate slide and negative, undated |
| Box 19 | Photograph 1.165 | Williamson, Bert and Charlie [Gronlund?], includes part of pavilion between 78th and 77th Place, circa 1900-1910 |
| Glass Plate Slide Box 5 | Glass Plate Slide 77 | Wright Bob with Elmer [Schnackenberg], glass plate slide and negative, undated |
| Box 19 | Photograph 1.166 | Young, O.F. and unidentified group, circa 1903 |
| Glass Plate Slide Box 5 | Glass Plate Slide 78 | Young Family, glass plate slide and negative, circa 1903 |
| Box 19 | Photographs 1.167-1.172 | Unidentified (6), undated |
| Box 19 | Photograph 1.173 | Unidentified, circa 1900-1910 |
| Glass Plate Slide Box 5 | Glass Plate Slides 79-96 | Unidentified (18), glass plate slides and negatives, undated |
| Box 25 | Photograph 2.9 | Unidentified man, circa 1930s |
| Box 25 | Photograph 2.10 | Unidentified man, undated |
| Box 25 | Photograph 2.11 | Unidentified man, undated |
| Box 25 | Photograph 2.12 | Unidentified man, undated |
| Box 25 | Photograph 2.13 | Unidentified man, circa 1950s |
| Box 25 | Photograph 2.14 | Unidentified man, circa 1940s-1950s |
| Box 25 | Photograph 2.15 | Unidentified children, undated |
| Box 25 | Photograph 2.16 | Unidentified family, undated |
| Box 25 | Photograph 2.17 | Unidentified group of men, undated |
Series 2: Business Establishments, 1892-1957, undated
Scope and Contents
Series 2 contains advertising materials, catalogs, maps, news clippings, newsletters, photographs and programs from businesses in the South Shore area.
Arrangement
Series 2 is arranged into two subseries: Subseries A: Documents, 1892-1957, undated and Subseries B: Photographs, 1893-1937, undated.
Subseries A: Documents, 1892-1957, undated
Arrangement
Subseries A is arranged alphabetically by business name.
| Box 2 | Folder 19 | Auditorium Theater, “America,” program, 1893 |
| Oversize Folder 3 | Bennett, Frank I. & Co., Hyde Park real estate and World’s Fair properties, advertisement map, circa 1893 | |
| Box 2 | Folder 19 | Bird Center Opera House, “Capt. Fry’s Surprise Party,” broadside, 1905 |
| Oversize Folder 3 | Bird Center Opera House, “Capt. Fry’s Surprise Party,” playbill, 1905 | |
| Box 2 | Folder 20 | Carnegie-Illinois Steel, newsletters, 1936, 1938, 1940 |
| Box 2 | Folder 20 | Carnegie-Illinois Steel, pamphlets, 1936 |
| Box 2 | Folder 21 | Chicago White Sox, World Series ticket, 1917 |
| Box 2 | Folder 22 | Columbia Rolling Chair Company, rate card, undated |
| Box 2 | Folder 23 | Fridrich’s Drug Store, advertising brochure, 1947 |
| Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company [See: Martin Haulser] | ||
| Box 2 | Folder 24 | Jennings Real Estate Loan Company, receipts, 1906 |
| Oversize Folder 4 | Middagh & Howell, Real Estate! Loans and Insurance…Windsor Park, advertisement map [See also: Cyrus H. Howell], undated | |
| Box 2 | Folder 25 | Nichol’s Pier, dance card, 1892 |
| Box 2 | Folder 26 | Orchestra Hall, program, 1940-1941 |
| Oversize Folder 5 | Ringer Real Estate Co., bill of sale of Windsor Park Golf Course, 1920 | |
| Box 2 | Folder 35 | Ringer Real Estate Co., brochure, 1919 |
| Box 2 | Folder 34 | Ringer Real Estate Co., brochures, correspondence, 1950, undated |
| Box 2 | Folder 27 | Ringer Real Estate Co., newsletter, 1909, 1950 |
| Box 2 | Folder 28 | Ringer Real Estate Co., newsletter, 1951 |
| Box 2 | Folder 29 | Ringer Real Estate Co., newsletter, 1952 |
| Box 2 | Folder 30 | Ringer Real Estate Co., newsletter, 1953 |
| Box 2 | Folder 31 | Ringer Real Estate Co., newsletter, 1954 |
| Box 2 | Folder 32 | Ringer Real Estate Co., newsletter, 1955 |
| Box 2 | Folder 33 | Ringer Real Estate Co., newsletter, 1956-1957 |
| Box 2 | Folder 36 | South Chicago Savings Bank, brochure and invitation, 1953 |
| Box 2 | Folder 35a | 71st Street and South Shore Building Corporation, correspondence, news clippings, 1935 |
| Box 2 | Folder 37 | South Shore National Bank, brochure, pamphlet, reports, 1940-1953 |
| Box 2 | Folder 38 | South Shore Securities Co., brochure, 1929 |
| Box 2 | Folder 39 | South Shore State Bank, brochure, 1922 |
| Box 2 | Folder 40 | Studebaker Theater, program, 1937 |
| Box 2 | Folder 41 | Swanson’s Drug Store, newsletter, 1937 |
| Box 2 | Folder 41a | The Tattler, periodical, circa 1920s |
| Box 2 | Folder 42 | Windsor Beach Hall, dance card, 1893 |
Series 2 Business Establishments, 1892-1957, undated
Subseries B: Photographs, 1893-1937, undated
Arrangement
Subseries B is arranged alphabetically by business name. The number of images with the same description is indicated in parentheses. Some of the glass plate slides duplicate the prints.
| Box 15 | Photograph 1.1 | American Express Office, exterior, undated |
| Box 15 | Photograph 1.2 | Avalon Theatre Block, 1927 |
| Box 15 | Photograph 1.3 | Barnsback grocery wagon, 1908 |
| Box 15 | Photograph 1.4 | Barnsback grocery store, interior with staff, 1907 |
| Box 15 | Photograph 1.5 | Barnsback grocery store, exterior with staff, 1907 |
| Glass Plate Slide Box 3 | Glass Plate Slide 1 | Barnsback grocery store, staff, glass plate slide and negative, circa 1910 |
| Glass Plate Slide Box 3 | Glass Plate Slide 2 | Barnsback grocery wagon, glass plate slide and negative, undated |
| Box 15 | Photograph 1.6b | Barth Grocery and Post Office, exterior (copyprint), 1893 |
| Box 15 | Photograph 1.5a | Bennett Paints, exterior, circa 1910 |
| Glass Plate Slide Box 3 | Glass Plate Slide 4 | J.H. Brown Coal Office, glass plate slide and negative, 1898 |
| Box 15 | Photograph 1.6 | Calumet Brewery, exterior with cart and horse, 1902 |
| Box 26 | Photograph 1.8 | Clemensen Greenhouse, exterior, 1908 |
| Box 15 | Photograph 1.7 | Clemensen Greenhouse, exterior, circa 1913-1920 |
| Glass Plate Slide Box 3 | Glass Plate Slides 5-7a | Clemensen Greenhouse (4), glass plate slides and negatives, 1897, undated |
| Box 15 | Photograph 1.9 | Dowding Store, interior, 1910 |
| Box 15 | Photograph 1.10 | Fahsbender’s Barber Shop, exterior with group of men, circa 1905 |
| Glass Plate Slide Box 3 | Glass Plate Slide 8 | Fahsbender’s Barber Shop, glass plate slide and negative, circa 1905 |
| Box 15 | Photograph 1.11 | Gerds Garage/Windsor Park Auto, exterior, circa 1910-1920 |
| Glass Plate Slide Box 3 | Glass Plate Slide 9 | Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co., group portrait, glass plate slide and negative, 1915 |
| Box 15 | Photograph 1.12 | Groshan’s Grocery, exterior, circa 1930s |
| Box 15 | Photograph 1.13 | Homeland Hotel, exterior, 1927 |
| Box 15 | Photograph 1.14 | Merrill Apartment Hotel, exterior, 1927 |
| Box 15 | Photographs 1.15-1.18, 1.20-1.24 | Ringer Real Estate, exterior, interior and staff views (9), 1922-1927 |
| Box 26 | Photograph 1.19 | Ringer Real Estate, 1903 |
| Glass Plate Slide Box 3 | Glass Plate Slide 10 | Ringer Real Estate, glass plate slide and negative, 1900 |
| Box 15 | Photograph 1.25 | Southmoor Hotel, exterior with Chicago Motor Coach Company bus and trolley, 1927 |
| Box 25 | Photograph 2.18 | South Shore National Bank, interior [marked up for print production], circa 1920s |
| Box 25 | Photograph 2.19 | South Shore State Bank, 75th Street and Exchange [Avenue], exterior, circa 1920 |
| Box 15 | Photograph 1.26 | South Shore View Hotel, exterior, 1927 |
| Box 25 | Photograph 2.20 | South Shore View Hotel, exterior, undated |
| Box 15 | Photograph 1.27 | Steel Works, aerial view, postcard, undated |
| Glass Plate Slide Box 3 | Glass Plate Slide 11 | Stone Quarry, glass plate slide, undated |
| Box 15 | Photograph 1.28 | Stony Island State Savings Bank, exterior, 1927 |
| Box 15 | Photograph 1.29 | Stony Island State Savings Bank, intreior, 1927 |
| Box 15 | Photograph 1.30 | Swopes Drug Store, exterior, 1937 |
| Glass Plate Slide Box 3 | Glass Plate Slide 3 | Unidentified grocery store interior, glass plate slide and negative, circa 1910 |
Series 3: Religious Institutions, 1887-1961, undated
Scope and Contents
Series 3 contains souvenir books, historical sketches, newsletters, news clippings, photographs, programs and yearbooks from neighborhood religious institutions.
Arrangement
Series 3 is arranged into two subseries: Subseries A: Documents, 1902-1961, undated and Subseries B: Photographs, 1887-1938, undated.
Subseries A: Documents, 1902-1961, undated
Arrangement
Subseries A is arranged alphabetically by name of religious institution.
| Box 3 | Folder 1 | Avalon Park Community Church, church book, 1953 |
| Box 3 | Folder 2 | Bethem Congregation, dedication program, 1957 |
| Box 3 | Folder 3 | Bethel Congregational Sunday School, annual outing flyer, 1902 |
| Box 3 | Folders 4-5 | Bryn Mawr Community Church, correspondence, history, pamphlets, 1935-1944, undated |
| Box 3 | Folder 6 | First Congregational Church, East Chicago, Illinois, newsletter, 1902 |
| Box 3 | Folder 7 | Our Lady of Peace Church, dedication pamphlet, 1935 |
| Parkside Methodist Church [See: Methodist Sewing Group] | ||
| Box 3 | Folder 8 | Saint Bride Catholic Church, invitation to church bazaar [See also: Schools], 1918 |
| Box 3 | Folder 9 | Saint John’s Methodist Episcopal Church, newspapers, 1943 |
| Box 3 | Folder 10 | Saint Laurence Church, dedication book, 1912 |
| Box 3 | Folder 10 | Saint Laurence Church, Golden Jubilee invitation, 1935 |
| Box 3 | Folder 11 | Saint Margaret’s Episcopal Church, newsletter, program, 1949 |
| Box 3 | Folder 11 | Saint Margaret’s Episcopal Church, yearbook, 1959-1960 |
| Box 3 | Folder 12 | Saint Philip Neri Catholic Church, newsletters, 1949, 1956 |
| Box 3 | Folder 12 | Saint Philip Neri Catholic Church, pamphlets, 1928, 1942, 1952 |
| Box 3 | Folder 13 | Saint Philip Neri Catholic Church, In Memoriam, Reverends Kinsella and Parker, 1941, 1961 |
| Box 3 | Folders 14-19 | Saint Philip Neri Catholic Church, Woman’s Club, yearbooks, 1940-1959 |
| Box 3 | Folder 20 | 77th Street [South Shore] Methodist Episcopal Church, historical sketches, circa 1936 |
| Box 3 | Folder 21 | South Shore Community Church, anniversary pamphlet [See also: Schools], 1937 |
| Box 3 | Folder 22 | South Shore Presbyterian Church, directory and programs, 1939-1941 |
| Box 3 | Folder 23 | South Shore Temple, newsletter, 1943-1954 |
| Box 3 | Folder 24 | South Side Hebrew Congregation, programs, 1947 |
| Box 3 | Folder 25 | Windsor Park Baptist Church, program, undated |
| Box 3 | Folder 26 | Windsor Park Evangelical Lutheran Church, anniversary program, 1938 |
| Box 3 | Folder 27 | Windsor Park Presbyterian Church, dedication pamphlets, 1909 |
| Box 3 | Folder 27 | Windsor Park Presbyterian Church, subscription list, 1906 |
Series 3: Religious Institutions, 1887-1961, undated
Subseries B: Photographs, 1887-1938, undated
Arrangement
Subseries B is arranged alphabetically by name of religious institution. The number of images with the same description is indicated in parentheses. Some of the glass plate slides duplicate the prints.
| Box 15 | Photograph 1.31 | Bryn Mawr Community Church, exterior, 1927 |
| Glass Plate Slide Box 3 | Glass Plate Slide 12 | Bryn Mawr Community Church, exterior, glass plate slide and negative, [1927] |
| Box 15 | Photograph 1.32 | Christian Science Church, construction, 1927 |
| Box 15 | Photograph 1.33 | Christian Science Church, exterior, 1937 |
| Glass Plate Slide Box 3 | Glass Plate Slide 13 | Congregational Church, exterior, glass plate slide and negative, [1927] |
| Box 15 | Photograph 1.34 | Parkside Methodist Church, exterior, 1927 |
| Glass Plate Slide Box 3 | Glass Plate Slide 14 | Parkside Methodist Church, exterior, glass plate slide and negative, [1927] |
| Box 15 | Photograph 1.36 | St. Bride Church, Convent, exterior, undated |
| Box 15 | Photograph 1.35 | St. Bride Church, street view on Coles Avenue, undated |
| Glass Plate Slide Box 3 | Glass Plate Slide 16 | St. John’s Methodist Episcopal Church, Bible class, glass plate slides and negatives, 1938 |
| Glass Plate Slide Box 3 | Glass Plate Slide 15 | St. John’s Methodist Episcopal Church, garden party, glass plate slides and negatives, 1936 |
| Box 15 | Photograph 1.37 | St. Michael’s Roman Catholic Church, exterior view from Russell Square, undated |
| Glass Plate Slide Box 3 | Glass Plate Slide 18 | St. Michael’s Roman Catholic Church, exterior view from Russell Square, glass plate slides and negative, undated |
| Oversize Folder 24 | Photograph 1.38 | [South Shore United] 77th Street Methodist Church, choir, 1907 |
| Glass Plate Slide Box 3 | Glass Plate Slide 17 | [South Shore United] 77th Street Methodist Church, unidentified group, glass plate slide and negative, undated |
| Glass Plate Slide Box 3 | Glass Plate Slide 19 | South Shore Methodist Episcopal Church, Children’s Day, glass plate slide and negative, circa 1922 |
| Glass Plate Slide Box 3 | Glass Plate Slides 20-21 | South Shore Presbyterian Church (2), exteriors, glass plate slides and negative, undated |
| Box 25 | Photograph 2.21 | Student group, church steps, 77th Street and Duncan [Avenue], 1887 |
| Box 25 | Photograph 2.22 | Unidentified church, undated |
| Box 15 | Photographs 1.39-1.40 | Windsor Park Baptist Church, exterior (2), undated |
| Glass Plate Slide Box 3 | Glass Plate Slide 22 | Windsor Park Baptist Church, exterior, glass plate slide and negative, undated |
| Glass Plate Slide Box 3 | Glass Plate Slide 23 | Windsor Park Methodist Episcopal Church, theatrical group portrait, glass plate slide and negative, 1911 |
| Box 16 | Photograph 1.42 | Windsor Park Presbyterian Church, exterior, undated |
| Glass Plate Slide Box 3 | Glass Plate Slide 24 | Windsor Park Presbyterian Church, exterior, glass plate slide and negative, undated |
| Box 16 | Photograph 1.41 | Windsor Park Presbyterian Church, Sunday School, Primary Division, 1914 |
| Glass Plate Slide Box 3 | Glass Plate Slide 25 | Windsor Park Presbyterian Church, Sunday School, Primary Division, glass plate slide and negative, 1914 |
| Box 25 | Photograph 2.23 | Windsor Park Presbyterian Church, 76th Street and South Shore Drive, street view, 1936 |
Series 4: Clubs and Organizations, 1891-1982, undated
Scope and Contents
Series 4 contains correspondence, flyers, historical sketches, minutes, new clippings, newsletters, photographs, programs and reports from a selection of social, civic and business organizations that operated in South Shore.
Arrangement
Series 4 is arranged into two subseries: Subseries A: Documents, 1891-1982, undated and Subseries B: Photographs, 1893-1953, undated
Subseries A: Documents, 1891-1982, undated
Arrangement
Subseries A is arranged alphabetically by club or organization name.
| Box 4 | Folder 38 | 33rd Ward Improvement Association, reception invitation, 1899 |
| Box 4 | Folder 1 | American Legion Auxiliary, Woodlawn Unit 175, prayer book, 1961 |
| Box 5 | Folder 11 | Book of the Hour Club, program, 1936 |
| Box 5 | Folder 12 | Bryn Mawr Girl Scouts, brochure, 1948 |
| Box 4 | Folder 2 | Bryn Mawr-Highlands July 4th Committee, program, 1925 |
| Box 4 | Folder 3 | Bryn Mawr Neighborhood Council, by-laws and meeting notices, 1943 |
| Box 5 | Folder 3 | Chamber of Commerce, brochure, “It Did Happen Here!” 1937 |
| Box 5 | Folder 1 | Chamber of Commerce, constitution and by-laws, 1960 |
| Box 5 | Folder 5 | Chamber of Commerce, directories, 1938, 1950-1951, 1956 |
| Box 5 | Folder 4 | Chamber of Commerce, information pamphlet, undated |
| Box 5 | Folder 6 | Chamber of Commerce, meeting announcements [See also: Windsor Park Businessmen’s Association], 1936, 1942, 1948, 1960 |
| Box 5 | Folder 2 | Chamber of Commerce, programs for Annual Installation Dinners, 1931, 1933, 1937, 1939 |
| Box 12 | Folder 1 | Chamber of Commerce, scrapbook pages, 1934-1941 |
| Box 5 | Folder 13 | Cheltenham Pleasure Club, dance cards, 1891-1893 |
| Box 5 | Folder 14 | George Eliot Club, constitution and by-laws, undated |
| Box 5 | Folder 15 | George Eliot Club, program, 1897-1898 |
| Box 5 | Folder 16 | George Eliot Club, program, 1899-1899 |
| Box 5 | Folder 17 | George Eliot Club, program, 1900-1901 |
| Box 5 | Folder 18 | George Eliot Club, program, 1901-1902 |
| Box 5 | Folder 19 | Goodfellow’s Club of South Works, Illinois Steel, membership card, Mr. Christen Clemensen], 1917 |
| Jackson Park Golf Course [See: Parks] | ||
| Box 5 | Folder 20 | Jackson Park Yacht Club, dance invitation, 1937 |
| Box 4 | Folder 4 | League of Women Voters, directories, 1943, 1950 |
| Box 4 | Folder 4 | League of Women Voters, dodger for play, The Protégé, undated |
| Box 4 | Folder 5 | Lion’s Club, news clipping, 1948 |
| The Neighborhood Institute (TNI) [See: South Shore Cultural District Plan] | ||
| Box 5 | Folder 21 | Oddfellows, brief history of Oddfellow’s Hall, “as told to Mrs. Lindquist by Mr. Frank Heydorn,” undated |
| Box 5 | Folder 22 | Porpoise Club, letter from Frances V. Rice [See also: Rice/Wallace] 1951 August 19 |
| Box 4 | Folder 6 | Senior citizen’s, information and referral bulletin, circa 1976 |
| Box 5 | Folder 23 | South Bryn Mawr Wednesday Club, program, 1933-1934 |
| Box 5 | Folder 7 | South Chicago Businessman’s Association, yearbooks, 1921, 1923 |
| Box 5 | Folder 7 | South Chicago Businessman’s Association, dinner program, undated |
| Box 4 | Folder 19 | South Shore Commission, Area Council, Bryn Mawr East, article, “BMEAC Map Goals,” South Shore Scene, 1976 November 24 |
| Box 4 | Folder 20 | South Shore Commission, Area Council, Bryn Mawr East, Annual Meeting Announcement, “The Line-O-Rap,” 1977 |
| Box 4 | Folder 21 | South Shore Commission, Area Council, Bryn Mawr West, annual report, 1977 |
| Box 4 | Folder 22 | South Shore Commission, Area Council, Jeffery-Yates, annual report, 1977 |
| Box 4 | Folder 7 | South Shore Commission, by-laws, proposal, 1954 |
| Box 4 | Folder 16 | South Shore Commission, by-laws, proposed amendment, undated |
| Box 4 | Folder 15 | South Shore Commission, directory, 1957 |
| Box 4 | Folder 9 | South Shore Commission, “The Community with A Future,” brochure 1955 |
| Box 4 | Folder 18 | South Shore Commission, meeting agenda, 1976 October 16 |
| Box 4 | Folder 13 | South Shore Commission, meeting minutes, 1955-1956 |
| Box 4 | Folder 10 | South Shore Commission, membership lists, 1955-1957 |
| Box 4 | Folder 14 | South Shore Commission, news clippings, 1956, 1958 |
| Box 4 | Folder 12 | South Shore Commission, newsletters, 1955-1960 |
| Box 4 | Folder 25 | South Shore Commission, program and annual report, 1977 |
| Box 4 | Folder 11 | South Shore Commission, publicity flyers, 1955-1956 |
| Box 4 | Folder 24 | South Shore Commission, Schools Committee, annual report, 1977 |
| Box 4 | Folder 8 | South Shore Commission, Schools Committee, final report, 1954 |
| Box 4 | Folder 17 | South Shore Commission, South Shore Scene, newsletter, 1963 February |
| Box 4 | Folder 26 | South Shore Commission, South Shore Scene, newsletter, 1978 September 20 |
| Box 4 | Folder 27 | South Shore Commission, South Shore Scene, newsletter, 1978 October 4 |
| Box 4 | Folder 28 | South Shore Commission, South Shore Scene, newsletter, 1978 November 15 |
| Box 4 | Folder 29 | South Shore Commission, South Shore Scene, newsletter, 1978 November 29 |
| Box 4 | Folder 30 | South Shore Commission, South Shore Scene, newsletter, 1978 December 13 |
| Box 4 | Folder 31 | South Shore Commission, South Shore Scene, newsletter, 1982 June 25 |
| Box 4 | Folder 23 | South Shore Commission, Youth Committee, annual report, 1977 |
| Box 4 | Folder 32 | South Shore Community Council, description and by-laws, undated |
| Box 4 | Folder 35 | South Shore Community Council, financial correspondence, 1941-1943 |
| Box 4 | Folder 36 | South Shore Community Council, membership list, 1940 |
| Box 4 | Folder 33 | South Shore Community Council, South Shore National Bank, passbook and ledger, 1940-1943 |
| Box 4 | Folder 34 | South Shore Community Council, South Shore National Bank, statements, 1940-1943 |
| Box 5 | Folder 24 | South Shore Country Club, photographic brochure, undated |
| Box 14 | Folder 2 | South Shore Country Club, follies programs, 1952-1954 |
| Box 5 | Folder 25 | South Shore Country Club, follies program, 1955 |
| Box 5 | Folder 26 | South Shore Garden Club, handbooks, 1935-1936, 1944-1945 |
| Box 5 | Folder 27 | South Shore Women’s Club, handbook and program, 1922-1923 |
| Box 5 | Folder 8 | Southeast Chicago Businessman’s Bulletin, newsletter, 1963 February |
| Box 4 | Folder 37 | Southeast Community Organization, news clippings, 1961 |
| Box 5 | Folder 28 | Wanderer’s Club, brief history, undated |
| Box 4 | Folder 39 | Windsor Park and Cheltenham Protective Association, report, 1894 |
| Box 5 | Folder 29 | Windsor Park Bathing Club, brief history, 1900-1903, undated |
| Box 5 | Folder 31 | Windsor Park Book Club, brief history, circa 1935 |
| Box 5 | Folder 30 | Windsor Park Book Club, programs, 1930-1935 |
| Box 5 | Folder 9 | Windsor Park Businessman’s Association, articles of incorporation and by-laws [See also: Chamber of Commerce], 1912, 1917 |
| Box 5 | Folder 32 | Windsor Park Masonic Lodge, brief history, undated |
| Box 5 | Folder 33 | Windsor Park Masonic Lodge, calendar, 1922 |
| Box 5 | Folder 34 | Windsor Park Masonic Lodge, concert program, 1897 |
| Box 5 | Folder 35 | Windsor Park Masonic Lodge, dance invitations, 1893, 1895, 1899 |
| Box 5 | Folder 36 | Windsor Park Women’s Club, President’s reminiscences by Mrs. H.T. Alexander, includes a poem by Elia Peattie, circa 1930s, undated |
| Box 5 | Folders 37-39 | Windsor Park Women’s Club, yearbooks, 1913-1945 |
| Box 5 | Folder 10 | Windsor Shore Club, membership certificate, Mr. Christen Clemensen, 1920 |
| Box 5 | Folder 40 | Women’s South Side Study Group, party invitation, 1898 |
| Box 5 | Folder 41 | Women’s South Side Study Group, yearbook, 1897-1899 |
| Box 4 | Folder 44 | Y.M.C.A., committee members, 1946 |
| Box 4 | Folder 41 | Y.M.C.A., invitation, building dedication, 1976 May 13 |
| Box 4 | Folder 45 | Y.M.C.A., meeting programs, 1937, 1956 |
| Box 4 | Folder 40 | Y.M.C.A., news clipping, groundbreaking ceremony, 1949 April 14 |
| Box 4 | Folder 43 | Y.M.C.A., newsletters, 1949-1955 |
| Box 4 | Folder 46 | Y.M.C.A., programs of activities, 1935-1936, 1950-1951, 1955-1956 |
| Box 4 | Folder 48 | Y.M.C.A., program schedule, 1961-1962 |
| Box 4 | Folder 42 | Y.M.C.A., promotional brochures, 1942-1955 |
| Box 4 | Folder 47 | Y.M.C.A., South Shore and National histories, 1937, 1942 |
Series 4 Clubs and Organizations, 1891-1982, undated
Subseries B: Photographs, 1893-1953, undated
Arrangement
Subseries A is arranged alphabetically by club or organization name. The number of images with the same description is indicated in parentheses. Some of the glass plate slides duplicate the prints.
| Box 16 | Photograph 1.43 | Bryn Mawr Boy Scouts, group picture, undated |
| Box 16 | Photograph 1.44 | Chamber of Commerce officers, John F. Browne, 1934 |
| Box 16 | Photograph 1.45 | Chamber of Commerce officers, Norman Eiger, 1936 |
| Box 16 | Photograph 1.46 | Chamber of Commerce officers, Morgan Fitch, circa 1927 |
| Box 16 | Photograph 1.47 | Chamber of Commerce officers, Claude F. Fletcher, 1928 |
| Box 16 | Photograph 1.48 | Chamber of Commerce officers, S.A. Lindquist, undated |
| Box 16 | Photograph 1.49 | Chamber of Commerce officers, W.J. Mailhoit, circa 1930 |
| Box 16 | Photograph 1.50 | Knights of Pythias, group picture, circa 1890s |
| Glass Plate Slide Box 3 | Glass Plate Slide 26 | Masonic Temple, exterior, glass plate slide and negative, 1893 |
| Box 25 | Photograph 2.24 | Masonic Temple, exterior, undated |
| Glass Plate Slide Box 3 | Glass Plate Slide 27 | Masonic Temple, Windsor Park, glass plate slide and negative, 1893 |
| Box 16 | Photograph 1.51 | Methodist Sewing Group, with Mrs. Nick Larson, Mrs. Kuder, Mrs. Rowley, Mrs. Kirkpatrick, Mrs. Ella Crouse, Mrs. Danielson and Mrs. Annable, circa 1900-1910 |
| Box 16 | Photographs 1.52-1.53 | Porpoise Club (2), circa 1890s |
| Box 16 | Photographs 1.54-1.55 | Russell Square Basketball Team, women (2), 1908 |
| Box 16 | Photographs 1.56-1.57 | South Shore Country Club, exterior (2), 1927, undated |
| Box 25 | Photographs 2.91-2.95 | South Shore Country Club performance, “Looping the Loop” (5), 1953 |
| Box 16 | Photograph 1.58 | South Shore Garden Club, 1938 |
| Box 16 | Photographs 1.59-1.60 | South Side Tennis Club, views of the grounds (2), circa 1923-1927 |
| Box 25 | Photograph 2.25 | South Side Tennis Club, exterior, 1927 |
| Box 16 | Photograph 1.61 | Windsor Park Masonic Lodge, exterior, circa 1930 |
| Box 16 | Photograph 1.62 | Windsor Park Woman’s Club officers, Mrs. H.T. Alexander, circa 1922-1924 |
| Box 16 | Photograph 1.63 | Windsor Park Woman’s Club officers, Lucy Bate Clarke, circa 1906-1908 |
| Box 16 | Photograph 1.64 | Windsor Park Woman’s Club officers, Mary Pierce Evans, circa 1926-1928 |
| Box 16 | Photograph 1.65 | Windsor Park Woman’s Club officers, Georgia V. Hill, circa 1924-1926 |
| Box 16 | Photograph 1.66 | Windsor Park Woman’s Club officers, Byrd Mitenbuler, circa 1916-1918 |
| Box 16 | Photograph 1.67 | Windsor Park Woman’s Club officers, Lenore G. Smith, circa 1912-1914 |
| Box 26 | Photograph 1.68 | Windsor Park Woman’s Club officers, Mabel Randolph Undine, circa 1914-1916 |
| Box 16 | Photograph 1.69 | Windsor Park Woman’s Club officers, Louise Wilson, circa 1937-1939 |
| Box 16 | Photograph 1.70 | Windsor Park Woman’s Club officers, Mrs. R.L. Stout, circa 1931-1933 |
| Box 16 | Photograph 1.71 | Wolf Lake Club House, exterior view from railway tracks, 1904 January 6 |
| Box 26 | Photograph 1.72 | Woman’s South Side Study Club, 1893 |
| Glass Plate Slide Box 4 | Glass Plate Slide 28 | Woman’s South Side Study Club, glass plate slide and negative, 1893 |
| Box 16 | Photograph 1.73 | Y.M.C.A., South Shore Department, group portrait, circa 1930s |
Series 5: Historical Sketches, 1876-1980, undated
Scope and Contents
Series 5 contains historical accounts, studies and maps that recount the life and development of the South Shore area in general. The South Shore Historical Society produced many of the historical reminiscences.
Arrangement
Series 5 is arranged numerically by Ward and then alphabetically by title or topic.
| Box 6 | Folder 4 | 2nd Ward, precinct maps, 1906 |
| Oversize Folder 6 | 7th Ward, election precincts, map issued by Board of Election Commissioners, 1931 July 16 | |
| Oversize Folders 7 | 7th Ward, election precincts, map issued by Board of Election Commissioners (2 copies, one annotated in pencil accompanied by 18 sheets of voter tally from 1941), 1937 November 1 | |
| Box 6 | Folder 23 | “7th Ward History,” sketch and lists of Aldermen by Charles Gunnarson [See also: “South Shore”], 1940 |
| Box 6 | Folder 6 | 8th Ward, Alderman voting returns, 1910 |
| Oversize Folder 8 | 8th Ward, election precincts, issued by Board of Election Commissioners after redistricting, 1916 December | |
| Box 6 | Folder 3 | 8th Ward, Precinct 2, voter list, 1902 |
| Box 6 | Folder 19 | “79th Street Sketches,” news clipping by Major Henry Lee, 1937 November 26 |
| Box 6 | Folder 11 | “Beaches,” sketch, circa 1936 |
| Box 6 | Folder 17 | “Bryn Mawr,” sketch, circa 1936 |
| Box 6 | Folder 15 | “Bryn Mawr History & Families,” historical sketch, circa 1936 |
| Box 6 | Folder 26 | The Chicago Plan Commission, Forty-four Cities in the City of Chicago, booklet, 1942 April |
| Box 6 | Folder 27 | Chicago Plan Commission, Industrial and Commercial Background for Planning Chicago, booklet 1942 September |
| Box 6 | Folder 9 | “Chicago’s Great South Shore,” booklet by John C. Spray, 1930 |
| Box 6 | Folder 16 | “Chicago’s Teacher,” sketch, reproduced from the Chicago Board of Education, Annual Report of the Business Manager, December 13, 1929, circa 1936 |
| Box 6 | Folder 12 | “Daily Calumet 60th Anniversary,” historical sketch by Helen Babcock, circa 1936 |
| Oversize Folder 9 | Daily Columbian, no. 150, newspaper, 1893 October 21 | |
| Box 6 | Folder 13 | “Early Bryn Mawr,” address by George Clingman, circa 1936 |
| Box 14 | Folder 3 | Examination of Title, 2906 E. 79th Street, 1911 |
| Box 6 | Folder 5 | Examination of Title, Lots 95 and 97 in Westfall’s Subdivision, (list of previous Titleholders includes Stephen A. Douglas), 1906 |
| Box 6 | Folder 1 | Fergus’s Chicago Directory of 1839, reproduction, 1876 |
| Box 6 | Folder 22 | “Grand Crossing,” pamphlet, correspondence by O.N. Hutchinson [See also: “South Shore: Its Past & Future”], 1938, 1943 |
| Box 6 | Folder 28 | “Historical Information about Chicago,” prepared by Frederick Rex, distributed, by the Municipal Reference Library, 1957 |
| Box 14 | Folder 4 | “History of South Woodlawn,” undated |
| Box 6 | Folder 20 | “History of Stony Island Avenue,” news clipping by Major Henry Lee, 1937 August 27 |
| Box 6 | Folder 18 | Memories of South Chicago, scrapbook of newspaper columns, “Looking Backward" and “Flashbacks,” circa 1920s-1930s |
| Box 6 | Folder 31 | “Parade Shows Community Spirit,” South Shore Scene, 1977 January 12 |
| Box 6 | Folder 14 | “Parkside,” historical sketch by Enoch Petersen, circa 1936 |
| Box 6 | Folder 8 | The Physiography of the Region of Chicago, booklet, by F. M. Fryxell, includes maps, 1927 |
| Box 6 | Folder 2 | “Sand Dunes,” crayon drawing by Frank Mayo [See also: “South Chicago Centennial” and “Calumet Harbor in the Summer of 1879”], 1878? |
| Box 13 | Scrapbooks 1-2 | Scrapbooks, topics include Religious Institutions, Schools, Buildings, People, Streets, Library, and Clubs (2), 1934-1942 |
| Box 6 | Folder 10 | “South Chicago Centennial,” historical sketch by Frank Mayo, 1936 |
| Box 6 | Folder 7 | South Chicago: Its History & Progress, booklet, compliments of Calumet National Bank, 1927 |
| Box 6 | Folder 30 | “South Shore: A Profile of Stability?” photocopy from the Breadwinner, 1974 April |
| Box 6 | Folder 34 | South Shore, history, original inventory of glass plate slides, undated |
| Box 6 | Folder 24 | “South Shore: Its Past and Future,” address by O.N. Hutchinson [See also: “Grand Crossing”], 1941 |
| Box 6 | Folder 21 | “South Shore,” paragraph on the origin of the name, Charles Gunnarson [See also: 7th Ward History, 1940], 1937 |
| Box 6 | Folder 33 | “South Shore Cultural District Plan,” The Neighborhood Institute, report, 1980 |
| Box 6 | Folder 25 | “South Shore District,” Daily Calumet article, 1941 October 25 |
| Box 6 | Folder 32 | “South Shore Prospects,” community redevelopment study, 1978 |
| Box 7 | Folder 1 | Telephone book, 1944 March |
| Box 7 | Folder 2 | Telephone book, 1946 March, September |
| Box 7 | Folder 3 | Telephone book, 1947 March |
| Box 7 | Folder 4 | Telephone book, 1951 December |
| Box 7 | Folder 5 | Telephone book, 1953 December |
| Box 7 | Folder 6 | Telephone book, 1954 December |
| Box 6 | Folder 29 | “Transportation Helps Write the History of South Shore,” South Shore Scene, 1962 March |
Series 6: Municipal Agencies, 1927-1976, undated
Scope and Contents
Series 6 contains documents and photographs related to Chicago Public Library’s South Shore Branch and other municipal activities or agencies.
Arrangement
Series 6 is arranged into two subseries: Subseries A: Documents, 1929-1976, undated, and Subseries B: Photographs, 1927-1954, undated
Subseries A: Documents, 1929-1976, undated
Arrangement
Subseries A is arranged alphabetically by municipal agency or topic.
| Box 7 | Folder 10 | Chicago Public Library, South Shore Branch, 25th anniversary program, 1954 |
| Box 7 | Folder 8 | Chicago Public Library, South Shore Branch, “Census of Old-Timers,” survey form, undated |
| Box 7 | Folder 11 | Chicago Public Library, South Shore Branch, letter to police, 1976 |
| Box 7 | Folder 9 | Chicago Public Library, South Shore Branch, meeting flyers, 1938, 1943, 1945, 1950 |
| Box 12 | Scrapbook 3 | Chicago Public Library, South Shore Branch, scrapbook, pages include library news, public events and photographs, 1934-1954 |
| Oversize Folder 10 | South Shore Library, community map annotated numbers of library users (on verso of Chicago Park District, “Symphony and Band Concert” poster), circa 1930s | |
| Oversize Folder 10 | South Shore Library, registration chart, 1929-1939 | |
| Oversize Folder 10 | South Shore Library, [registration chart] with statistics card, 1932-1936 | |
| Oversize Folders 10 | South Shore Library, number of cardholders on each street of the South Shore district (2 charts), [1930s] | |
| Box 7 | Folder 7 | Civil Defense, National Plan, Annex 2, 1959 |
| Box 7 | Folder 12 | South Shore Commission, The South Shore Community Plan, 1967 April |
| Box 7 | Folder 14 | Water supply, 50th Anniversary of Crib Fire Disaster, 1959 |
| Box 7 | Folder 14 | Water supply, filtration, news clippings, 1948 |
| Box 7 | Folder 13 | Water supply, War Emergency Petition, circa 1941-1945 |
Series 6: Municipal Agencies, 1927-1976, undated
Subseries B: Photographs, 1927-1954, undated
Arrangement
Subseries B is arranged alphabetically by municipal agency or topic. The number of images with the same description is indicated in parentheses.
| Box 16 | Photograph 1.74 | Fire Department, Burnham Avenue Station with horse-drawn wagon, undated |
| Box 16 | Photograph 1.75 | Post Office, view along 75th Street, 1927 |
| Box 16 | Photograph 1.76 | Chicago Public Library, South Shore Branch, puppet show, 1939 |
| Box 16 | Photograph 1.77 | Chicago Public Library, South Shore Branch, Halloween Story Hour, children in costumes, 1953 |
| Box 16 | Photograph 1.78 | Chicago Public Library, South Shore Branch, Library Week, 1941 March |
| Box 16 | Photograph 1.79 | Chicago Public Library, South Shore Branch, books for servicemen, 1942 |
| Box 16 | Photograph 1.80 | Chicago Public Library, South Shore Branch, John F. Phelan, Chief of CPL Branches, undated |
| Box 17 | Photograph 1.81 | Chicago Public Library, South Shore Branch, citizenship class, 1954 |
| Oversize Folder 26 | Photograph 2.96 | Chicago Public Library, South Shore Branch, photograph reproduction of Abraham Lincoln’s log cabin inscribed in honor of Eleanor Gridley by her daughter Queen Gridley Thomas, 1944 |
| Box 17 | Photograph 1.82 | Water Diversion, meeting with Walter Butler, Nicholas Bohling, [?] Gatun, William Rowan and Raymond L. Keegan, 1943 |
Series 7: Parks, 1893-1957, undated
Scope and Contents
Series 7 contains documents and photographs related to park and park activities in the South Shore region.
Arrangement
Series 7 is arranged into two subseries: Subseries A: Documents, 1893-1957, and Subseries B: Photographs, 1896-circa 1930s, undated
Subseries A: Documents, 1893-1957
Arrangement
Subseries A is arranged alphabetically by park or monument name.
| Oversize Folder 11 | Jackson Park, map created for the World’s Columbian Exposition, 1893 | |
| Box 7 | Folder 15 | South Shore Park, dedication, news clipping, 1957 |
| Box 7 | Folder 16 | Washington Monument, Wacker Drive, unveiling, program, 1941 December |
Series 7: Parks, 1893-1957, undated
Subseries B: Photographs, 1896-circa 1930s, undated
Arrangement
Subseries B is arranged alphabetically by park name or topic. The number of images with the same description is indicated in parentheses. Some of the glass plate slides duplicate the prints.
| Box 17 | Photograph 1.83 | City Playground, 73rd and Stony Island Avenue, circa 1930s |
| Box 17 | Photograph 1.84 | Jackson Park, looking north from lakefront, circa 1920s |
| Glass Plate Slide Box 4 | Glass Plate Slide 29 | Jackson Park, looking north from lakefront, glass plate slide and negative, circa 1920s |
| Box 17 | Photograph 1.85 | Jackson Park Golf Course, 1927 |
| Glass Plate Slide Box 4 | Glass Plate Slide 30 | Manhattan Beach, bathers, glass plate slide and negative, circa 1920s |
| Glass Plate Slide Box 4 | Glass Plate Slide 31 | Nickals Beach, swimmers, glass plate slide, circa 1920s |
| Glass Plate Slide Box 4 | Glass Plate Slide 31a | Nickals Beach, scene with men and snow, glass plate slide and negative, undated |
| Box 17 | Photograph 1.86 | Rainbow Beach Park, 1927 |
| Box 26 | Photographs 1.87-1.90 | Russell Square, youth activities, including in events in heritage [Dutch?] costume [See also: Russell Square Basketball Team and Russell Square Gymnasium Class] (4), 1909 |
| Box 17 | Photograph 1.91 | 76th Street Beach, circa 1927 |
| Box 17 | Photographs 1.92-1.94 | Unidentified people in parks (3), undated |
| Glass Plate Slide Box 4 | Glass Plate Slide 32 | Washington Park, picnic, glass plate slide and negative, 1896 |
| Glass Plate Slide Box 4 | Glass Plate Slides 33-35 | Washington Park, beachgoers (3), glass plate slide and negative, 1907, undated |
Series 8: Residences, circa 1880s-1973, undated
Scope and Contents
Series 8 contains documents and photographs on buildings in the South Shore area. David Bird of the South Shore Historical Society took many of the residential photographs in the late 1930s and early 1940s. These photographs are listed in the contents description by family’s last name.
Arrangement
Series 8 is arranged into two subseries: Subseries A: Documents, 1893-1957, and Subseries B: Photographs, circa 1880s-circa 1950, undated
Subseries A: Documents, 1937-1973
Arrangement
Subseries A is arranged alphabetically by street name.
| Box 7 | Folder 20 | 75th Street and Exchange Avenue, note by David Bird, 1937 |
| Box 7 | Folder 17 | Bryson Apartment Building, news clipping, 1973 |
| Box 7 | Folder 18 | “Jeffery Manor Grew Out of Swamp,” Daily Calumet article (shows 9650 and 9652 Jeffery Boulevard), 1963 January 25 |
| Box 7 | Folder 19 | Kessler/Stevens, 7327 Bond, historical sketch, circa 1938 |
| Box 7 | Folder 21 | 7660 South Shore Drive, Wilkinson home, news clipping, 1941 |
Series 8 Residences, circa 1880s-1973, undated
Subseries B: Photographs, circa 1880s-circa 1950, undated
Arrangement
Subseries B is arranged numerically and then alphabetically by street name or by resident’s name alone when address is not known. The number of images with the same description is indicated in parentheses. Some of the glass plate slides duplicate the prints.
| Box 20 | Photograph 1.218 | 68th Street and Euclid Avenue, 1927 |
| Box 19 | Photograph 1.175 | 69th Street and Paxton Avenue, apartment building, circa 1920s |
| Box 19 | Photograph 1.176 | 72nd Street and Constance Avenue, apartment building, circa 1920s |
| Box 19 | Photograph 1.177 | 72nd Street and Cregier Avenue, apartment building, 1927 |
| Box 19 | Photograph 1.195 | 72nd Street and Exchange Avenue, Duplissis home, circa 1920 |
| Box 19 | Photograph 1.192 | 73rd Street and Coles Avenue, Dean home, circa 1930 |
| Box 19 | Photograph 1.178 | 73rd Street and Constance Avenue, apartment building, circa 1920s |
| Box 20 | Photograph 1.216 | 73rd Street and Paxton Avenue, Sayre home, 1937 |
| Box 19 | Photograph 1.180 | 74th Place, Brown residence, 1898 |
| Box 25 | Photograph 2.38 | 2624 E. 74th Street, Evan Morgan home, undated |
| Box 25 | Photograph 2.41 | 74th Street and Kingston Avenue, O’Sullivan home, undated |
| Box 20 | Photograph 1.220 | 74th Street and Oglesby Avenue, Julius Smietanka home, 1938 |
| Box 25 | Photograph 2.44 | 74th Street and Oglesby Avenue, Julius Smietanka home, undated |
| Box 19 | Photograph 1.182 | 74th Street and Paxton Avenue, Barnsback home, circa 1900-1910 |
| Box 25 | Photograph 2.26 | 74th Street and Paxton Avenue, Barnsback home, undated |
| Box 19 | Photograph 1.189 | 74th Street and Phillips Avenue, Danielson home, 1937 |
| Box 19 | Photograph 1.191 | 74th Street and Phillips Avenue, Danielson barn, 1938 |
| Box 25 | Photograph 2.42 | 74th Street and Phillips Avenue, P.O. O’Sullivan home, undated |
| Box 19 | Photograph 1.179 | 74th Street and South Shore Drive, apartment building, 1927 |
| Box 25 | Photograph 2.37 | 75th Street and South Shore Drive, J.P. MacDonaugh home, 1937 |
| Box 20 | Photograph 1.207 | 76th Street and East End Avenue, Johnston home, circa 1920 |
| Box 20 | Photograph 1.213 | 76th Street and South Shore Drive, Nichols home [See also: Nichols Pier], undated |
| Box 19 | Photograph 1.181 | 77th Street and Saginaw Avenue, apartment building, circa 1920s |
| Box 20 | Photograph 1.208 | 78th Street and Coles Avenue, Kirkpatrick home, 1896 |
| Box 25 | Photograph 2.36 | 78th Street and Euclid Avenue area, Krause farmhouse, 1901 |
| Box 20 | Photographs 1.209-1.210 | 78th Street and Jeffery Boulevard, Krause home and farm (2 copy prints), 1898 |
| Box 25 | Photograph 2.35 | 78th Street and Jeffery Boulevard, Krause home, 1898 |
| Box 26 | Photograph 1.187 | 81st Street and Burnham Avenue, Clemensen home, 1908 |
| Box 25 | Photograph 2.30 | 81st Street and Burnham Avenue, Clemensen’s farm and Greenhouse, 1894 |
| Box 19 | Photograph 1.193 | 1054 W. 98th Street, Dillinger home, circa 1930-1950 |
| Box 25 | Photographs 2.27-2.28 | 7120 S. Bennett Avenue, Anna Rohn Belknap home (2), undated |
| Box 25 | Photograph 2.34 | 7327 Bond Avenue, Kissler [?], George home, Windsor Park, undated |
| Box 25 | Photograph 2.31 | Bond Avenue, Ferris home, undated |
| Box 19 | Photograph 1.186 | Bundeson home, 1936 |
| Box 19 | Photograph 1.200 | 7326 Coles Avenue, Grosham home [See also: Groshan’s Grocery], 1938 |
| Box 19 | Photograph 1.183 | 7351 Coles Avenue, Bird home, 1937 |
| Box 20 | Photograph 1.222 | 7439 Coles Avenue, Stehlin home, circa 1930 |
| Box 20 | Photograph 1.201 | 7447 Coles Avenue, Hansberg home, 1937 |
| Box 19 | Photograph 1.188 | Cottage Colony, 1915 |
| Box 19 | Photograph 1.190 | Country Club Apartments, 1927 |
| Glass Plate Slide Box 5 | Glass Plate Slide 97 | 7210 Euclid Avenue, Clingman home, glass plate slide and negative, 1892 |
| Glass Plate Slide Box 5 | Glass Plate Slide 100 | Fralick home, garden, glass plate slide and negative, 1918 |
| Box 19 | Photograph 1.199 | Gerds home, circa 1940 |
| Box 20 | Photograph 1.205 | Howell, [Cyryus] home, circa 1930 |
| Box 20 | Photographs 1.211-1.212 | McChesney cottages (2), 1938 |
| Box 25 | Photograph 2.39 | O’Connor home, undated |
| Box 20 | Photograph 1.215 | 7401 Oglesby Avenue, Rubey home, circa 1930s |
| Box 19 | Photograph 1.174 | 7419 Paxton Avenue, Adler residence, 1937 |
| Box 19 | Photograph 1.196 | 7440 Paxton Avenue, Farrell home, 1938 |
| Box 20 | Photograph 1.203 | Paxton Avenue, Hausler home, 1938 |
| Box 25 | Photograph 2.32 | [Paxton Avenue], Hausler home, undated |
| Box 20 | Photograph 1.202 | Phillips Avenue, Hanson home, circa 1930 |
| Box 19 | Photograph 1.197 | 7560 South Shore Drive, Ferris home, circa 1930 |
| Glass Plate Slide Box 5 | Glass Plate Slide 99 | 7560 South Shore Drive, Ferris home, glass plate slide and negative, undated |
| Box 20 | Photograph 1.226 | 7612 South Shore Drive, Wilkinson home, circa 1900-1910 |
| Box 20 | Photograph 1.206 | 7620 South Shore Drive, Johnson home, circa 1930 |
| Box 19 | Photograph 1.185 | 7631 South Shore Drive, Brandenburg home, circa 1930 |
| Box 25 | Photograph 2.29 | 7631 South Shore Drive, Brandenburg home, undated |
| Box 19 | Photograph 1.184 | 7651 South Shore Drive, Bradley home, circa 1930 |
| Box 25 | Photograph 2.33 | 7651 South Shore Drive, Heyworth home, undated |
| Box 20 | Photograph 1.228 | 7660 South Shore Drive, Wilkinson home, circa 1930 |
| Box 20 | Photograph 1.225 | 7664 South Shore Drive, Trask home, circa 1900-1920 |
| Glass Plate Slide Box 5 | Glass Plate Slide 102 | 7664 South Shore Drive, Trask home, glass plate slide and negative, undated |
| Box 19 | Photograph 1.198 | 7729 South Shore Drive, Gauhn home, circa 1930 |
| Box 20 | Photograph 1.217 | 7729 South Shore Drive, [Gauhn home], circa 1930 |
| Box 20 | Photograph 1.219 | 7750 South Shore Drive, Grantham home, circa 1930 |
| Glass Plate Slide Box 5 | Glass Plate Slide 101 | 7750 South Shore Drive, Grantham home, glass plate slide and negative, undated |
| Box 25 | Photograph 2.43 | [7750 South Shore Drive], Skeene home, undated |
| Glass Plate Slide Box 5 | Glass Plate Slide 103 | 7660 South Shore Drive, Wilkinson home, glass plate slide and negative, undated |
| Box 20 | Photograph 1.221 | 7761 South Shore Drive, Smith/Hufton home, circa 1930 |
| Box 20 | Photograph 1.204 | 7816 South Shore Drive, Heydorn home, circa 1930 |
| Box 19 | Photograph 1.194 | 7832 South Shore Drive, Donahue home, circa 1930 |
| missing | Glass Plate Slide 98 | 7832 South Shore Drive, Donahue home, circa 1930s |
| Box 25 | Photograph 2.40 | 7850 South Shore Drive, Myrtle Odell home, undated |
| Box 20 | Photograph 1.214 | South Shore Drive and Cheltenham Avenue, O’Sullivan home, undated |
| Box 20 | Photograph 1.223 | Stevenson home (?), circa 1920s |
| Box 20 | Photograph 1.224 | Stony Island Lodge, circa 1880-1900 |
| Box 20 | Photograph 1.229 | Unidentified residence, 1880s-1890 |
| Glass Plate Slide Box 5 | Glass Plate Slides 104-106 | Unidentified residences, glass plate slides and negatives (3), undated |
| Box 25 | Photographs 2.45-2.46 | Unidentified farm home, glass plate slide and negative, (2), undated |
| Box 20 | Photograph 1.227 | Wilkinson summer home, Michigan, 1902 |
Series 9: Schools, 1878-1977, undated
Scope and Contents
Series 9 contains documents and photographs on elementary and high schools in the South Shore area along with a few college or training institutions and notable educators. The materials include anniversaries, course listings, histories, newsletters, photographs, programs, PTA material and yearbooks.
Arrangement
Series 9 is arranged into two subseries: Subseries A: Documents, 1891-1977, undated and Subseries B: Photographs, 1878-1944, undated
Subseries A: Documents, 1891-1977, undated
Arrangement
Subseries A is arranged alphabetically by school name or topic. When a school is named for a person, it is filed alphabetically by the last name.
| Box 13 | Folder 1 | Scrapbook, pages include news clippings about South Shore schools, 1934-1942 |
| Box 8 | Folder 9 | Aquinas Dominican, Catholic Art Association, 12th Regional Meeting, 1949 |
| Box 8 | Folder 7 | Aquinas Dominican High School, 50th anniversary invitation, 1965 |
| Box 8 | Folder 6 | Aquinas Dominican High School, choral orchestra program, 1959 |
| Box 8 | Folder 5 | Aquinas Dominican High School, commencement programs, 1917- 1918, 1921, 1951 |
| Box 13 | Folder 3 | Aquinas Dominican High School, program and poster for play “Mother is a Freshman,” [1954] |
| Box 8 | Folder 6 | Aquinas Dominican High School, senior play program, undated |
| Box 8 | Folder 6 | Aquinas Dominican High School, spring concert program, 1955 |
| Box 14 | Folder 7 | Aquinas Dominican High School, Taquin, yearbook, 1951 |
| Box 14 | Folder 8 | Aquinas Dominican High School, Taquin, yearbook, 1952 |
| Box 14 | Folder 9 | Aquinas Dominican High School, Taquin, yearbook, 1953 |
| Box 8 | Folder 8 | Aquinas Dominican Mothers’ Club, booklets, 1947-1948, 1960 |
| Box 14 | Folder 6 | Aquinas Dominican Mothers’ Club, spring card party program, 1954 |
| Blackwell School, [See: Rohn biographical sketch excerpts] | ||
| Box 8 | Folder 10 | Bowen High School, “Bowen High School,” transcript of a talk by Frank W. Stahl, undated |
| Box 8 | Folder 11 | Bowen High School, Bowenite, yearbook, 1928 June |
| Box 8 | Folder 12 | Bowen High School, commencement programs, 1926, 1929 |
| Box 8 | Folder 13 | Bowen High School, The Bowen Arrow [See also: South Chicago High School], 1956 November 13, December 21 |
| Box 8 | Folder 1 | Brogan, William, “William J. Bogan 1869-1936,” biographical pamphlet, 1943 |
| Box 8 | Folder 18 | Bryn Mawr School, The Bryn Mawr News, 1936 November, 1939 February |
| Box 8 | Folder 20 | Bryn Mawr School, “Bryn Mawr School’s Plan for the Gifted,” news clipping, 1960 April 25 |
| Box 8 | Folder 15 | Bryn Mawr School, “History of the Class of 1922,” by W. Beveridge Kendall, undated |
| Box 8 | Folder 19 | Bryn Mawr School, letter from Katherine Durkin, 1946 May 10 |
| Box 8 | Folder 17 | Bryn Mawr School, P.T.A. card party announcement, 1928 |
| Box 8 | Folder 16 | Bryn Mawr School, P.T.A. yearbook, 1926-1927 |
| Box 8 | Folder 14 | Bryn Mawr School, teacher’s program, undated |
| Box 8 | Folder 21 | Chicago Vocation High School, brochure, address by the President of the Board of Education, 1942 |
| Oversize Folder 12 | Duncan Avenue School, graduation certificate to George F. Nord, 1891 June 26 | |
| Box 8 | Folder 22 | Faulkner Schoo, invitation to groundbreaking, 1958 |
| German Settlement School [See: Rohn Biographical Sketch] | ||
| Box 8 | Folder 23 | Horace Mann Elementary School, P.T.A. handbooks, 1937-1939 |
| Box 8 | Folder 24 | Hyde Park High School, Hyde Park Weekly, 1939 January 19 |
| Box 8 | Folder 25 | Hyde Park High School, invitation and program for opening, 1939 January |
| Box 8 | Folder 26 | Hyde Park High School, room layout diagram, circa 1939 |
| Box 8 | Folder 26a | Madison Elementary School, newspaper and graduation program, 1940 |
| Box 8 | Folder 33 | Myra Bradwell Elementary School, The Bradwell Co-Worker, dedicated to the memory of Georgia Seaman, 1929 February 18 |
| Box 8 | Folder 28 | Myra Bradwell Elementary School, commencement programs, 1895-1899, 1901-1903, 1917 |
| Box 8 | Folder 27 | Myra Bradwell Elementary School, dedication program, 1895 |
| Box 8 | Folder 30 | Myra Bradwell Elementary School, entertainment programs, 1896, 1905 |
| Box 8 | Folder 36 | Myra Bradwell Elementary School, Founder’s Day address, Mrs. John A. Lundquist, 1940 |
| Box 8 | Folder 35 | Myra Bradwell Elementary School, history by A. C. Fredbloom, 1936 |
| Box 8 | Folder 31 | Myra Bradwell Elementary School, letter from Captain W. L. Grant, 1919 |
| Box 8 | Folder 29 | Myra Bradwell Elementary School, The Myra Bradwell News, 1897 September-1898 June, 1899 December |
| Box 8 | Folder 32 | Myra Bradwell Elementary School, news clipping, proposed addition, 1925 |
| Box 8 | Folder 34 | Myra Bradwell Elementary School, notes, Irene Fort; Georgia Seaman, undated |
| Box 8 | Folder 37 | Myra Bradwell Elementary School, P.T.A. newsletter and news clipping, 1935 |
| Box 8 | Folder 41 | O’Keefe Elementary School, appointment of Samuel Ozaki as Principal, news clipping, 1967 |
| Box 8 | Folder 39 | O’Keefe Elementary School, program for groundbreaking, school addition, 1936 |
| Box 8 | Folder 40 | O’Keefe Elementary School, P.T.A. program 1948-1949 |
| Box 8 | Folder 42 | Olive-Harvey College, adult education schedule, 1977 |
| Box 8 | Folder 2 | “Rules of the Board of Education of the City of Chicago,” pamphlet, 1922 |
| Box 8 | Folder 3 | Rohn biographical sketch excerpts, undated |
| Box 8 | Folder 4 | “First School in South Shore,” crayon drawing by Frank Mayo, undated |
| Box 8 | Folder 44 | Parkside Grammar School, commencement programs, 1912-1913 |
| Box 8 | Folder 43 | Parkside Grammar School, diploma for Roy Owens, 1892 |
| Box 8 | Folder 45 | St. Anne’s School of Nursing, admissions brochure, circa 1970s |
| Box 8 | Folder 46 | St. Michael’s, The Michaelite, 1942-1943 |
| Box 8 | Folder 47 | South Chicago High School, commencement programs [See also: Bowen High School], 1898, 1902, 1904 |
| Box 8 | Folder 48 | South Shore Community Church Nursery, kindergarten enrollment announcement, 1935 |
| Box 10 | Folder 11 | South Shore High School, brief history, list of principals, circa 1976 |
| Box 10 | Folder 10 | South Shore High School, graduation announcement for Brian Anderson, 1959 |
| Box 10 | Folder 7 | South Shore High School, news clippings concerning principals, 1948-1956 |
| Box 10 | Folder 4 | South Shore High School, open house announcement, 1940 |
| Box 10 | Folder 8 | South Shore High School, “Our School,” handbook, 1956-1957 |
| Box 10 | Folder 5 | South Shore High School, P.T.A. handbook, 1940-1941 |
| Box 10 | Folder 9 | South Shore High School, recognition assembly, program, 1957 |
| Box 10 | Folder 6 | South Shore High School, senior play, program, 1954 |
| Oversize Folder 23 | South Shore High School, The Shore Line, vol. 45, no. 1, 1962 September 24 | |
| Box 9 | Folder 1 | South Shore High School, yearbook, 1941 |
| Box 9 | Folder 2 | South Shore High School, yearbook, 1944 |
| Box 9 | Folder 3 | South Shore High School, yearbook, 1945 |
| Box 9 | Folder 4 | South Shore High School, yearbook, 1946 |
| Box 9 | Folder 5 | South Shore High School, yearbook, 1947 |
| Box 9 | Folder 6 | South Shore High School, yearbook, 1948 |
| Box 10 | Folder 1 | South Shore High School, yearbook, 1952 |
| Box 10 | Folder 2 | South Shore High School, yearbook, 1953 |
| Box 10 | Folder 3 | South Shore High School, yearbook, 1954 |
| Box 10 | Folder 12 | South Shore School, brochure, circa 1910-1920 |
Series 9 Schools, 1878-1977, undated
Subseries B: Photographs, 1878-1944, undated
Arrangement
Subseries B is arranged alphabetically by school name or topic. When a school is named for a person, it is filed alphabetically by the last name. The number of images with the same description is indicated in parentheses. Some of the glass plate slides duplicate the prints.
| Box 20 | Photograph 1.239 | Myra Bradwell Elementary School, assistant principal, Ruth P. Parsons, 1936 |
| Box 26 | Photograph 1.234 | Myra Bradwell Elementary School, class picture, Room 3, circa 1902 |
| Box 26 | Photograph 1.235 | Myra Bradwell Elementary School, class picture, 1944 |
| Glass Plate Slide Box 5 | Glass Plate Slide 114 | Myra Bradwell Elementary School [Duncan Avenue School], class picture, Room 4, glass plate slide and negative, 1893 |
| Box 20 | Photograph 1.230 | Myra Bradwell Elementary School [Duncan Avenue School], class picture, Room 6, 1893 |
| Glass Plate Slide Box 5 | Glass Plate Slide 115 | Myra Bradwell Elementary School [Duncan Avenue School], class picture, Room 6, glass plate slide and negative, 1893 |
| Glass Plate Slide Box 5 | Glass Plate Slide 109 | Myra Bradwell Elementary School, class picture, glass plate slide and negative, undated |
| Box 25 | Photograph 2.8 | Myra Bradwell Elementary School [Duncan Avenue School], group picture, circa 1890s |
| Box 20 | Photograph 1.231 | Myra Bradwell Elementary School, exterior, 1896 |
| Glass Plate Slide Box 5 | Glass Plate Slide 110 | Myra Bradwell Elementary School, exterior, glass plate slide and negative, 1907 June 27 |
| Box 25 | Photographs 2.47-2.48 | Myra Bradwell Elementary School, exterior (2), 1937 |
| Box 25 | Photographs 2.49-2.50 | Myra Bradwell Elementary School, exterior (2), undated |
| Box 20 | Photograph 1.236 | Myra Bradwell Elementary School, exterior, undated |
| Glass Plate Slide Box 5 | Glass Plate Slide 108 | Myra Bradwell Elementary School, exterior, glass plate slide and negative, undated |
| Box 20 | Photograph 1.232 | Myra Bradwell Elementary School, faculty, 1898 |
| Box 26 | Photograph 1.233 | Myra Bradwell Elementary School, faculty, 1899 |
| Box 25 | Photograph 2.51 | Myra Bradwell Elementary School, [faculty], undated |
| Box 20 | Photograph 1.237 | Myra Bradwell Elementary School, principal, Georgia Seaman, circa 1910 |
| Box 20 | Photograph 1.237 | Myra Bradwell Elementary School, principal, [Katherine S. Rueff], undated |
| Glass Plate Slide Box 5 | Glass Plate Slide 111 | Myra Bradwell Elementary School, [principal], glass plate slide and negative, undated |
| Glass Plate Slide Box 5 | Glass Plate Slide 112 | Myra Bradwell Elementary School, [principal], glass plate slide and negative, undated |
| Box 20 | Photograph 1.240 | Bryn Mawr School, exterior, 1927 |
| Glass Plate Slide Box 5 | Glass Plate Slide 113 | Bryn Mawr School, exterior, glass plate slide and negative, [1927] |
| Glass Plate Slide Box 5 | Glass Plate Slide 107 | First school in South Shore, glass plate negative, 1878 |
| Box 21 | Photograph 1.241 | Madison Elementary School, 8th grade class picture, 1885 |
| Box 21 | Photograph 1.242 | Horace Mann Elementary School, exterior, 1926 |
| Box 25 | Photograph 2.52 | Horace Mann Elementary School, exterior, 8050 S. Chappell Road, undated |
| Box 21 | Photograph 1.243 | Our Lady of Peace School, exterior, 1927 |
| Box 21 | Photographs 1.244-1.246 | Parkside Grammar School, class pictures (3), circa 1890-1893 |
| Glass Plate Slide Box 5 | Glass Plate Slides 116-117 | Parkside Grammar School, class pictures, glass plate slide and negative (2), circa 1890-1893 |
| Box 21 | Photograph 1.247 | St. Brides School, 8th grade class picture, 1909 |
| Glass Plate Slide Box 5 | Glass Plate Slide 118 | St. Brides School, 8th grade class picture, glass plate slide and negative, 1909 |
| Box 21 | Photograph 1.248 | St. Phillip Neri School, exterior, 1927 |
| Box 21 | Photograph 1.249 | South Chicago High School, exterior, 1908 |
| Box 21 | Photograph 1.250 | Sullivan [Elementary] School, theater production group portrait, 1907 |
| Box 26 | Photograph 1.250a | Sullivan [Elementary] School, circa 1918 |
| Box 21 | Photograph 1.251 | Group of dancers, circa 1900-1910 |
| Box 21 | Photographs 1.252-1.258 | Quiz Kids (national TV show) from South Shore, includes portraits of Gerald Darrow, Ruth Duskin, Havre Fischman and Emily Ann Israel (7), circa 1940-1942 |
| Box 21 | Photograph 1.259 | Unidentified group, undated |
| Glass Plate Slide Box 5 | Glass Plate Slides 119-122 | Unidentified [school] groups, glass plate slides and negatives (4), undated |
Series 10: Street Scenes, circa 1880-1939, undated
Scope and Contents
Series 10 contains documents and photographs that capture activity and views on the streets of South Shore.
Arrangement
Series 10 is arranged into two subseries: Subseries A: Documents, circa 1880-1939, undated and Subseries B: Photographs, circa 1893-1936, undated
Subseries A: Documents, circa 1880-1939, undated
Arrangement
Subseries A is arranged numerically street name or map title.
| Box 10 | Folder 13 | Daily News Handy Pocket Guide to Chicago, 1911 |
| Oversize Folder 15 | Index to Fracl. Secs. 29 & 30 T.38 R.15, [“Westfall subdivision of 208 acres. . .Twp. 38N, Range 15W,” title added in pencil], undated | |
| Oversize Folder 13 | Map of South Shore Hyde Park Cook Co., Ill., includes map of the north part of Hyde Park, engraved by R. W. Dobson, [1880?] | |
| Oversize Folder 14 | [South Shore], pencil map noting some historic landmarks and contemporary schools by John Dillinger, 1939 May 18 | |
| Oversize Folder 16 | West Windsor Park, real estate map [1892?] |
Series 10 Street Scenes, circa 1880-1939, undated
Subseries B: Photographs, circa 1893-1936, undated
Arrangement
Subseries B is arranged numerically and alphabetically by street name. The number of images with the same description is indicated in parentheses. Some of the glass plate slides duplicate the prints.
| Box 25 | Photograph 2.53 | 68th Street and Harper Avenue, 1914 |
| Box 25 | Photographs 2.54-2.55 | 68th Street and Harper Avenue (2), 1916 |
| Box 25 | Photographs 2.56-2.57 | 68th Street and Harper Avenue (2), 1914 |
| Box 25 | Photograph 2.58 | 68th Street and Harper Avenue, 1916 |
| Box 25 | Photograph 2.59 | 69th Street and Stony Island Avenue, 1914 |
| Box 25 | Photograph 2.60 | 73rd Street and East End Avenue, circa 1920s |
| Box 21 | Photograph 1.260 | 73rd Street and Exchange Avenue, 1908 |
| Box 21 | Photograph 1.261 | 73rd Street and Jeffery Boulevard, view of J.L. Rosenblum Drugs and Jeffrey Drug Co., circa 1920 |
| Box 26 | Photograph 1.263 | 74th Place, between Coles Avenue and railroad, 1908 |
| Box 21 | Photograph 1.262 | 74th Street and Bond Avenue, parade, 1917 |
| Glass Plate Slide Box 5 | Glass Plate Slide 125 | 75th Street and Exchange Avenue, view after Windsor Park Station torn down, glass plate slide and negative, undated |
| Box 25 | Photograph 2.61 | 79th Street and Escanabe Avenue, circa 1920s |
| Box 21 | Photograph 1.264 | 79th Street and Euclid Avenue, view looking north with hunters, undated |
| Box 21 | Photograph 1.265 | 79th Street and Exchange Avenue, circa 1910-1920 |
| Glass Plate Slide Box 5 | Glass Plate Slide 126 | 79th Street and east from Exchange Avenue, glass plate negative, 1903 |
| Glass Plate Slide Box 5 | Glass Plate Slide 127 | 79th Street and Exchange Avenue, southwest corner, glass plate slide and negative, circa 1930 |
| Box 25 | Photograph 2.63 | 79th Street Bridge, 1936 |
| Box 25 | Photograph 2.62 | 89th Street and Commercial, 1900 |
| Box 21 | Photograph 1.266 | 92nd Street and Illinois Central Railroad, 1911 |
| Box 21 | Photographs 1.267-1.268 | 92nd Street Bridge (2), circa 1900-1915 |
| Glass Plate Slide Box 5 | Glass Plate Slide 123 | Bennett Avenue, glass plate slide and negative, circa 1893 |
| Box 25 | Photograph 2.64 | 7351 Coles Passage, back alley, undated |
| Box 21 | Photograph 1.269 | Commercial Avenue and 88th Street, view with streetcar tracks, 1900 |
| Box 21 | Photograph 1.270 | Commercial Avenue and 89th Street, view with streetcar tracks, 1900 |
| Glass Plate Slide Box 5 | Glass Plate Slide 124 | Euclid Avenue and 72nd Place, glass plate slide and negative, circa 1893 |
| Box 22 | Photograph 1.296 | Stony Island Avenue, circa 1920s |
| Box 22 | Photographs 1.297-1.298 | Unidentified streets with rail lines (2), 1904 |
| Glass Plate Slide Box 5 | Glass Plate Slide 128 | Unidentified street, glass plate slide and negative, undated |
| Box 25 | Photograph 2.69 | Unidentified street, undated |
| Box 22 | Photograph 1.301 | Crib Fire Victims, disaster location, intermediate crib, 1909 January 20 |
| Box 22 | Photographs 1.299-1.300 | Crib Fire Victims, funeral procession (2), 1909 January 23 |
| Box 25 | Photographs 2.65-2.68 | Crib Fire Victims, funeral procession (4), 1909 January 23 |
| Box 22 | Photograph 1.302 | Lake Shore from 78th Street, storm aftermath, 1917 |
Series 11: Transportation, 1884-1958, undated
Scope and Contents
Series 11 contains documents and photographs related to area transportation by bridge, mass transit, motor vehicle, railways and waterways. Of note is a set of twenty-five photographs that document the construction of North Michigan Avenue Bridge substructure in 1918. The work was carried out by local business, The Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company, owned by South Shore resident Martin Hausler,
Arrangement
Series 11 is arranged into two subseries: Subseries A: Documents, 1886-1958, undated and Subseries B: Photographs, 1884-1927, undated
Subseries A: Documents, 1886-1958, undated
Arrangement
Subseries A is arranged alphabetically by type of transportation and then alphabetically within.
| Box 10 | Folder 14 | Bridge - North Michigan Avenue Bridge Substructure, binder cover for Progress Photographs, The Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. [See also: Photographs for North Michigan Avenue Bridge Substructure and Martin Hausler], 1918 |
| Box 11 | Folder 2 | Mass Transit - bus route proposals, Calumet Record news clipping, 1939 July 27 |
| Box 11 | Folder 13 | Mass Transit - Department of Public Works, Chicago Subways, publication, 1943 October |
| Box 11 | Folder 1 | Mass Transit - “History of City’s Transit is 84 Years of Warfare,” Chicago Daily News, news clipping, 1937 March 12 |
| Box 11 | Folder 4 | Motor - Calumet Skyway, brochure, news clipping, 1958 |
| Box 11 | Folder 3 | Motor - Cook County Highways, vol. 5, no. 8, 1958 January |
| Oversize Folder 17 | Railroad - Illinois Central Railroad, certificate to W. H. Shoemaker, traveler for 40 years, 1933 September 14 | |
| Oversize Folder 22 | Railroad - Illinois Central Railroad, “From Chicago, Illinois Central streamliners serve a wide portion of the United States, reaching New Orleans, Miami, St. Louis, Birmingham, Memphis, and Waterloo, Iowa,” photograph enlargement mounted on board, undated | |
| Box 11 | Folder 7 | Railroad - Illinois Central Railroad, Illinois Central Magazine, 1926 September |
| Box 11 | Folder 8 | Railroad - Illinois Central Railroad, Illinois Central Magazine, Illinois Central Magazine, 1927 April |
| Box 11 | Folder 9 | Railroad - Illinois Central Railroad, Illinois Central Magazine, 1927 June |
| Box 11 | Folder 10 | Railroad - Illinois Central Railroad, Illinois Central Magazine, 1931 June |
| Box 11 | Folder 11 | Railroad - Illinois Central Railroad, Illinois Central Magazine, 1936 April |
| Box 11 | Folder 12 | Railroad - Illinois Central Railroad, Illinois Central Magazine, 1937 August |
| Oversize Folder 20 | Railroad - Illinois Central Railroad, “Illinois Central suburban trains set a record carrying passengers to the Columbian Exposition on Chicago’s South Side. The scene is Van Buren Street in 1893,” photograph enlargement mounted on board, [See also: Photograph 1.313, cataloged as Randolph Street Station], undated | |
| Box 11 | Folder 5 | Railroad - Illinois Central Railroad, news clippings concerning Illinois Central Suburban service, 1936, 1946, 1948 |
| Oversize Folder 21 | Railroad - Illinois Central Railroad, “No. 201 represented the finest in Chicago suburban locomotives when grandfather rode the Illinois Central in the ‘Gay Nineties,” photograph enlargement mounted on board, undated | |
| Oversize Folder 19 | Railroad - Illinois Central Railroad, pass issued to Abraham Lincoln as an attorney for the company, photograph enlargement mounted on board, 1857 December | |
| Box 11 | Folder 6 | Railroad - Illinois Central Railroad, tickets and timetables, 1886-1920 |
| Oversize Folder 18 | Railroad - Illinois Central Railroad, Wanted! 3,000 Laborers on the 12th Division of the Illinois Central Railroad…July, 1853, broadside facsimile, undated | |
| Box 11 | Folder 14 | Water - “Calumet Harbor in the Summer of 1879,” reminiscence by Frank Mayo, undated |
| Box 11 | Folder 17 | Water - Calumet Region and Lakefront Harbor Development, pamphlets and addresses by Major Henry Lee, 1916-1946 |
| Box 11 | Folder 19 | Water - Committee on Harbors, Wharves and Bridges, Report on Lake Calumet Agreements, Harbor District #4, with maps, 1916 |
| Box 11 | Folder 16 | Water - correspondence, copies of Legislative Bills Concerning Lakefront Harbor Development, 1923-1925 |
| Box 11 | Folder 15 | Water - Lakefront Harbor Development, news clippings, circa 1926 |
| Box 11 | Folder 18 | Water - U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Report Upon the Improvement of Rivers and Harbors in the 1st Chicago, Illinois District, annual report, 1909 |
Series 11 Transportation, 1884-1958, undated
Subseries B: Photographs, 1884-1927, undated
Arrangement
Subseries B is arranged alphabetically by type of transportation and then alphabetically within. The number of images with the same description is indicated in parentheses. Some of the glass plate slides duplicate the prints.
| Box 22 | Photograph 1.303 | Aerial view of Illinois and Indiana state line, undated |
| Box 22 | Photograph 1.305 | Bicycle (tandem), 1902 |
| Box 21 | Photographs 1.271-1.280 | Bridge - North Michigan Bridge, substructure construction by The Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company (10), 1918 |
| Box 22 | Photographs 1.281-1.295 | Bridge - North Michigan Bridge, substructure construction by The Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company (15), 1918 |
| Box 22 | Photograph 1.306 | Horse-drawn buggy, 1909 |
| Glass Plate Slide Box 6 | Glass Plate Slide 140 | Mass Transit - North Chicago Street Railroad (first streetcar in Chicago), glass plate slide and negative, undated |
| Box 23 | Photograph 1.333 | Mass Transit - South Chicago, streetcar barn, 1900 |
| Box 23 | Photographs 1.324-1.332 | Mass Transit - streetcars (9), undated |
| Box 23 | Photograph 1.334 | Mass Transit - streetcars at 79th Street and Exchange Avenue, circa 1920s |
| Box 22 | Photographs 1.304A-B | Motor - Charles Gerds with automobile (2), 1903 |
| Glass Plate Slide Box 5 | Glass Plate Slide 130 | Motor - Charles Gerds with automobile, glass plate slide and negative, 1903 |
| Glass Plate Slide Box 6 | Glass Plate Slide 131 | Motor - Charles Gerds with automobile, glass plate slide and negative, 1903 |
| Glass Plate Slide Box 5 | Glass Plate Slide 129 | Motor - W.L. Main’s Circus Horseless Carriage, glass plate slide and negative, 1905 |
| Box 25 | Photograph 2.73 | Railroad - Illinois Central Railroad, Bryn Mawr station, undated |
| Box 22 | Photograph 1.307 | Railroad - Illinois Central Railroad, Cheltenham Station, undated |
| Box 25 | Photograph 2.74 | Railroad - Illinois Central Railroad, electrification, undated |
| Box 22 | Photographs 1.308-1.309 | Railroad - Illinois Central Railroad, engine and train (2), 1884, undated |
| Box 22 | Photograph 1.310 | Railroad - Illinois Central Railroad, 83rd Street Station, 1896 |
| Box 25 | Photograph 2.72 | Railroad - Illinois Central Railroad, 83rd Street, 1890 |
| Box 22 | Photograph 1.311 | Railroad - Illinois Central Railroad, Parkside Station, 1896 |
| Box 22 | Photographs 1.312-1.314 | Railroad - Illinois Central Railroad, Randolph Street Station (3), circa 1893-1894 |
| Box 22 | Photograph 1.315 | Railroad - Illinois Central Railroad, Randolph Street Station, 1926 |
| Box 25 | Photograph 2.75 | Railroad - Illinois Central Railroad, Randolph Street, undated |
| Box 25 | Photograph 2.70 | Railroad - Illinois Central Railroad, 71st Street, undated |
| Box 25 | Photograph 2.71 | Railroad - Illinois Central Railroad, 79th Street Station, 1927 |
| Box 22 | Photograph 1.316 | Railroad - Illinois Central Railroad, South Shore Branch, 1890 |
| Box 22 | Photograph 1.317 | Railroad - Illinois Central Railroad, South Shore Station, 1907 |
| Box 25 | Photograph 2.76 | Railroad - Illinois Central Railroad, South Shore station, 1927 |
| Box 22 | Photograph 1.318 | Railroad - Illinois Central Railroad, Windsor Park Station, circa 1896 |
| Box 22 | Photograph 1.319 | Railroad - Illinois Central Railroad, Windsor Park Station, circa 1902-1903 |
| Box 25 | Photographs 2.77-2.78 | Railroad - Illinois Central Railroad, Windsor Park Station (2), undated |
| Box 22 | Photograph 1.320 | Railroad - Illinois Central Railroad, Woodlawn Station, circa 1880 |
| Box 23 | Photograph 1.321 | Railroad - Illinois Central Railroad, Woodlawn Station (negative print of Photograph 1.320), circa 1880 |
| Glass Plate Slide Box 6 | Glass Plate Slide 133 | Railroad - Illinois Central Railroad, engine and train, glass plate slide and negative, 1884 |
| Glass Plate Slide Box 6 | Glass Plate Slide 134 | Railroad - Illinois Central Railroad, tracks, glass plate slide and negative, undated |
| Glass Plate Slide Box 6 | Glass Plate Slide 135 | Railroad - [Illinois Central Railroad?] tracks along dirt street, glass plate slide and negative, undated |
| Glass Plate Slide Box 6 | Glass Plate Slide 136 | Railroad - Illinois Central Railroad, crossing, glass plate slide, undated |
| Glass Plate Slide Box 6 | Glass Plate Slide 137 | Railroad - Illinois Central Railroad, Bryn Mawr station, glass plate slide and negative, 1926 |
| Glass Plate Slide Box 6 | Glass Plate Slide 138 | Railroad - Illinois Central Railroad, Hyde Park depot illustration, glass plate slide and negative, undated |
| Glass Plate Slide Box 6 | Glass Plate Slide 139 | Railroad - Illinois Central Railroad, Randolph Street station, glass plate slide and negative, 1895 |
| Box 23 | Photographs 1.322-1.323 | Railroad - New York Central Railroad, construction (2), circa 1900-1910 |
| Box 25 | Photograph 2.79 | Water - Calumet River, undated |
Series 12: Wartime Activities, 1941-1945, undated
Scope and Contents
Series 12 contains photographs of mostly unidentified World War II service inductees, documents concerned with civilian defense and civilian preparedness practices and letter exchanges between local servicemen and members of the South Shore Branch Library staff.
Arrangement
Series 12 is arranged into two subseries: Subseries A: Documents, 1941-1945, undated and Subseries B: Photographs, 1941-1945
Subseries A: Documents, 1941-1945, undated
Arrangement
Subseries A is arranged alphabetically by title or topic.
| Box 11 | Folder 37 | Chicago Commission on National Defense, meeting notice and agenda, 1941 December 11 |
| Box 11 | Folder 38 | Civilian defense notices, 1942 |
| Box 11 | Folder 39 | Civilian Defense Alert, newspaper, 1942 December 9 |
| Box 11 | Folder 42 | Civilian defense pamphlet, “Home Manual for Defense,” undated |
| Box 11 | Folder 43 | Civilian defense pamphlet, “How to Fight Fires Resulting From Air Attacks,” undated |
| Box 11 | Folder 44 | Civilian defense poster, “Keep It Under Your Hat!” undated |
| Box 11 | Folder 46 | Committee on Conservation of Cultural Resources, National Resources Planning Board, “ The Protection of America’s Cultural Heritage,” 1941 |
| Box 11 | Folder 40 | Community and War Fund, brochures, circa 1942 |
| Box 11 | Folder 20 | Letters from Servicemen, Aram Babigan, 1942-1943 |
| Box 11 | Folder 21 | Letters from Servicemen, Peter Bonadurer, 1943 |
| Box 11 | Folder 22 | Letters from Servicemen, Johann K. Gardner, 1943 |
| Box 11 | Folder 23 | Letters from Servicemen, Ned Grosman, 1942 |
| Box 11 | Folder 24 | Letters from Servicemen, Chester Hall, 1944 |
| Box 11 | Folder 25 | Letters from Servicemen, Loretta Jones, 1943 |
| Box 11 | Folder 26 | Letters from Servicemen, Bill Larmon, 1943-1945 |
| Box 11 | Folder 27 | Letters from Servicemen, Dan Nicmer, 1943-1945 |
| Box 11 | Folder 28 | Letters from Servicemen, Robert Palmer, circa 1942-1945 |
| Box 11 | Folder 29 | Letters from Servicemen, Ramsay Pridgen, 1943 |
| Box 11 | Folder 30 | Letters from Servicemen, Casimer Renkosiewicz, 1945 |
| Box 11 | Folder 31 | Letters from Servicemen, C.L. Richards, 1942 |
| Box 11 | Folder 32 | Letters from Servicemen, Joe Ronan, 1942-1944 |
| Box 11 | Folder 33 | Letters from Servicemen, Richard T. Sterling, 1945 |
| Box 11 | Folder 34 | Letters from Servicemen, Irving Suloway, 1943 |
| Box 11 | Folder 35 | Letters from Servicemen, Bob Withers, 1943 |
| Box 11 | Folder 45 | Office of Price Administration (OPA), ceiling price lists, 1943-1944 |
| Box 11 | Folder 41 | Ration stamp book, Farrell Family, circa 1941-1945 |
| Box 11 | Folder 48 | Selective Service, vol. 5, no. 2, 1945 February |
| Box 11 | Folder 49 | Servicemen’s Club, letter to Helen Babcock, 1943 |
| Box 11 | Folder 47 | South Shore Defense Organization, first meeting review, 1941 December 15 |
| Box 11 | Folder 36 | Veterans of Foreign Wars (V.F.W.), “Americanism is. . ." poster, undated |
Series 12 Wartime Activities, 1941-1945, undated
Subseries B: Photographs, 1941-1945
Arrangement
Subseries B is arranged alphabetically by topic.
| Box 23 | Photographs 1.335-1.350 | Service inductees, group of sailors includes Richard Stoneham and Donald Newar (16), circa 1940-1945 |
| Box 24 | Photographs 1.351-1.372 | Service inductees, group of sailors includes Richard Stoneham and Donald Newar (22), circa 1941-1945 |
| Box 25 | Photographs 2.80-2.89 | Service inductees (6 photographs and 4 negatives), circa 1941 |
