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Beverly-Morgan Park Collection

Descriptive Summary

Repository
Special Collections Unit at Harold Washington Library Center
Title
Beverly-Morgan Park Collection
Source
Chicago Public Library. Walker Branch
Identifier
spe.nhrc.bmpc
Size
21 Linear Feet in 25 boxes, includes 148 photographs, 4 oversize folders
Dates
1874-2010, undated
Abstract
The Beverly-Morgan Park Collection contains range of manuscript, printed and photographic materials on the development of these adjacent community areas in southwestern Chicago. The documentation includes information on businesses, clubs and organizations, municipal agencies, parks, religious institutions, residences, schools, transportation, and the Village of Morgan Park from its incorporation in 1892 until its annexation to the City of Chicago in 1914.
Language
English .

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Transferred from the Chicago Public Library, Walker Branch in 2006. The Morgan Park Academy Library accession book of 1892 was transferred from a collection of miscellaneous theater programs. Other materials continue to be added through transfer and donation.

Conditions Governing Access

Materials are open without restrictions.

Preferred Citation

When quoting material from this collection the preferred citation is: Beverly-Morgan Park Collection [Box #, Folder #], Special Collections, Chicago Public Library

Biographical / Historical

The Beverly-Morgan Park area is a former homeland of the Potawatomi peoples. In 1833, they ceded their land rights to this area to the United States government. In 1839, John Blackstone purchased 300 acres encompassing land known as the Ridge, a heavily wooded highland. Chicago and Fort Dearborn were accessible by an indigenous trail, also called the Vincennes Trail. Additional settlers were attracted to the region after the Rock Island Railroad built stations in 1852.

Morgan Park was named after Thomas Morgan who purchased most of Blackstone's land in 1844. After the Civil War, his children sold the land to the Blue Island Building and Land Company. In 1869, the company first platted the subdivision of Washington Heights, an area that includes most of the Morgan Park and Beverly communities. In the 1870s, the Morgan Park Military Academy (1873), the Chicago Female College (1875) and the Baptist Theological Seminary (1877) were founded. The Morgan Park Library, now the George C. Walker Branch of the Chicago Public Library, was established in 1893. In 1882, when the Village of Morgan Park was incorporated, the area was serviced by 46 Rock Island trains daily. From the 1890s to the early 1900s, transportation was expanded to surface lines on several main streets.

Adjacent to Morgan Park is the community of Beverly, or Beverly Hills. Located 12 miles south of the Loop, the area is considered part of the Blue Island Ridge. As the area was settled, single family houses predominated with more elaborate homes on the Ridge west of Longwood Drive and apartment buildings near the Rock Island Railroad tracks. With the nearby Dan Ryan Woods, Beverly and Ridge Country Clubs and Ridge Park, the area long resembled a suburban setting. Large sections of Beverly south of 99th and west of Western were undeveloped prairie until the 1940s.

In 1890, part of Beverly was annexed to Chicago and part to the Village of Washington Heights. The Village of Morgan Park was annexed to the City of Chicago in 1914 following a protracted fight amongst the citizenry. Organizations were formed to represent and lobby for both sides and were known as either "Annexationists" or "Home Rulers."

Early settlers in Beverly-Morgan Park were mainly Protestants of English, Irish, Swedish and German descent. Despite a building boom between 1910 and 1930, the community did not permit the construction of factories or saloons near the Ridge. In the 1920s, Catholics began to settle in this predominantly Protestant community, and by 1936 there were two Catholic parishes. African Americans began settling near the Rock Island Railroad line east of Vincennes Road in 1915. In 1921, the Chicago Commission on Race Relations maintained that Blacks and whites in Morgan Park had cordial relations but that African American residences were limited to the area east of Vincennes Road.

The post-WWII building boom brought a great increase in population. In 1947, the Beverly Area Planning Association (BAPA) was founded. In the decades to come, BAPA fought panic peddling by unethical real estate agents and promoted the area's historical significance. The Ridge Historical Society, founded in 1971, worked to increase awareness of the neighborhood's numerous landmark buildings. In the 1980s and 1990s, several significant houses and regions of Beverly-Morgan Park were designated as landmarks, including the Givins Irish Castle and Longwood Drive District.

Scope and Contents

The Beverly-Morgan Park Collection contains range of manuscript, printed and photographic materials on the development of these adjacent community areas in southwestern Chicago. The documentation includes information on businesses, clubs and organizations, municipal agencies, parks, religious institutions, residences, schools and transportation.

Of note is the wide range of content that related to the Village of Morgan Park from its incorporation in 1892 until its annexation to the City of Chicago in 1914. The documentation includes broadsides, election materials, legal papers, news clippings, photographs and trustees' reports. The bulk of the village and annexation material can be found in the subseries of Series 5: Historical Sketches, but as an issue that permeated all aspects of civic life in Morgan Park, some documentation can be found within by topic, such as Schools. The photographic views taken from 1889 publication, Views of Morgan Park, were taken before annexation and listed by topical area. The viewbook photographs were numbered based on the pencil notations on the lower right corner of each page from 1-32. Pages and possibly photographs for the numbers 3, 8, 12, 13 and 18 are missing. It is likely that the panorama views numbered as Photographs 33-37 were originally at the beginning of the view book. These pages were removed from the binding at an unknown time.

Arrangement

The Beverly-Morgan Park Collection is arranged into 11 series based on topic:

Series 1: Biographical Data, 1952-1987

Series 2: Business Establishments, 1884-1992, undated

Series 3: Clubs and Organizations, 1894-2010, undated

Series 4: Historical Sketches, 1874-2002, undated

Series 5: Municipal Agencies, 1890-1998, undated

Series 6: Parks, 1896-circa 1980, undated

Series 7: Religious Institutions, circa 1870s-1986, undated

Series 8: Residences, circa 1899-1997, undated

Series 9: Schools, 1877-1987, undated

Series 10: Street Scenes, 1889, undated

Series 11: Transportation, 1894-1986

Separated Materials

The following photographs and images were removed to other collections.

Back of the Yards Community Collection:

Aerial view of the stockyards, circa 1890s

Chicago City-Wide Collection:

Aerial view, [looking northwest] from light house [at Chicago River?], circa 1890s

Aerial view, [looking west] from Auditorium Tower, circa 1890s

Auditorium Building, exterior, circa 1890s

Auditorium Building, foyer, interior, circa 1890s

Auditorium Theater, interior, circa 1890s

Circus Day, aerial view [Loop, possibly Madison Street], circa 1890s

Lake Michigan, breakwater, circa 1890s

Libby Prison War Museum, exterior, circa 1890s

Lincoln Park, The Alarm, sculpture by John J. Boyle, circa 1890s

Lincoln Park, Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller monument by Ernst Rau, circa 1890s

Palmer House, exterior, circa 1890s

Potter Palmer residence, exterior, circa 1890s

East Garfield Park Community Collection:

Garfield Park lagoon, boaters, policeman, circa 1890s

West [Near West] Side Community Collection:

Haymarket Square, Market Day, circa 1890s

Woodlawn Community Collection:

Washington Park Race Track, Derby Day, circa 1890s

Related Materials

Calumet Regional Community Collection

Grand Army of the Republic, Wilcox Post No. 668 Records

Historic Pullman Collection

Morgan Park Co-op Credit Union Archives

Conditions Governing Use

Please consult staff to determine ability to reuse materials from collection.

Indexed Terms

Inventory

Series 1: Biographical Data
1952-1987
Scope and Contents

Series 1 contains news clippings, programs and "Woman of the Year" articles from the Beverly Review for a few Beverly and Morgan Park area residents.

Arrangement

Series 1 is arranged alphabetically by last name or document type.

Box 14
Folder 1
Title
Arkema, Mrs. Edward, Woman of the Year, Beverly Review news clipping
Dates
1971
Box 1
Folder 1
Title
Baer, Arthur, news clippings
Dates
1974-1975
Box 14
Folder 1
Title
Barclay, Mrs. Wendell F., Woman of the Year, Beverly Review news clipping
Dates
1974
Box 1
Folder 2
Title
News clippings, includes Mrs. Augusta Adam, Helen Laycock Casper, J. Leo Cleary, Mr. and Mrs. Eugene H. Davisson, Harold M. Dudley, M. Sister Elaine, Mrs. John Hayden, Mr. and Mrs. William Holmberg, Jennie Jenkinson, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Johnson, Mrs. Maria Lindstrom, Irene and Frank Musser, Sadie O'Meara, Mr. and Mrs. Foster C. Palmer, Clyde P. Perry, Jack Peterson, Richard H. Sanders, Fred Schwer
Dates
1953-1954, 1971-1972
Box 14
Folder 1
Title
Schenk, Mrs. Ruhl T., Woman of the Year, Beverly Review news clipping
Dates
1973
Box 1
Folder 3
Title
Sheahan, Michael, Alderman campaign pamphlet, news clipping
Dates
1979, 1987
Box 1
Folder 3
Title
Stevens, John Paul, news clipping
Dates
1975
Box 1
Folder 2
Title
Tate, Harry Lawson, Man of the Evening, program
Dates
1952
Series 2: Business Establishments
1884-1992, undated
Scope and Contents

Series 2 contains mostly newspaper articles about businesses in the Beverly-Morgan Park community, in addition to business cards and a doctor's sign.

Arrangement

Series 2 is arranged into two subseries: Subseries A: Documents, 1884-1992 and Subseries B: Photographs, 1889, undated.

Subseries A: Documents
1884-1992
Arrangement

Subseries A is arranged alphabetically by business or organization name or topic.

Box 1
Folder 4
Title
Business cards
Dates
circa 1905
Box 1
Folder 5
Title
Business Men's Association, correspondence, bulletins, news clippings
Dates
1974-1977
Box 1
Folder 6
Title
Calumet Trust and Savings Bank, financial statement
Dates
1914
Box 14
Folder 2
Title
Evergreen Plaza Shopping Center, opening ceremonies, first and second anniversary events, news clippings
Dates
1952-1954
Box 15
Folder 1
Title
The Fair, Evergreen store history, Southtown Economist news clipping
Dates
1952
Box 1
Folder 7
Title
German, Dr. [William], [first doctor's sign in Morgan Park], metal plaque
Dates
1884 January 29
Box 1
Folder 8
Title
Morgan Arms Tailors and Cleaners, 25th anniversary, news clipping
Dates
1953
Box 1
Folder 9
Title
Morgan Park/Beverly Hills Business Association, newsletter
Dates
1992 February
Box 1
Folder 10
Title
Mount Greenwood State Bank, grand opening, news clipping
Dates
1951
Subseries B: Photographs
1889, undated
Arrangement

Subseries B is arranged alphabetically by business name.

Box 21
Photograph 1.1
Title
Singler's greenhouses
Dates
undated
Box 23
Photograph 9
Title
Stores and Hall, from Views of Morgan Park
Dates
1889
Box 22
Photograph 1.2
Title
Valentine's Hall, W. 103rd Street, dinner honoring Spanish War volunteers with waitress Jessie Horton Koessler
Dates
undated
Series 3: Clubs and Organizations
1894-2010, undated
Scope and Contents

Series 3 contains materials produced by a variety of Beverly-Morgan Park clubs and organizations, including the Beverly Area Planning Association (BAPA), the Beverly Art Center, the John H. Vanderpoel Art Association, the Morgan Park Woman's Club and the Ridge Historical Society. The documents include bulletins, ephemera, historical sketches, news clippings, newsletters, programs, reports and yearbooks. Of note is the historical, demographic and statistical information gathered by BAPA for their 1974 community report.

Arrangement

Series 3 is arranged alphabetically by club or organization name.

Box 15
Folder 5
Title
Beverly Area Planning Association (BAPA), Beverly Hills Morgan Park map with area history
Dates
undated
Box 1
Folder 11
Title
Beverly Area Planning Association (BAPA), membership drive
Dates
1981
Box 24
Folder 1
Title
Beverly Area Planning Association (BAPA), news clippings
Dates
1970-1976
Box 15
Folder 12
Title
Beverly Area Planning Association (BAPA), news clippings
Dates
1975-1977
Box 1
Folder 12
Title
Beverly Area Planning Association (BAPA), newsletters (not inclusive)
Dates
1971-1980
Box 1
Folder 13
Title
Beverly Area Planning Association (BAPA), report
Dates
1974
Box 14
Folder 3
Title
Beverly Area Planning Association (BAPA), Special Service Area election, news clipping
Dates
1985
Box 1
Folder 14
Title
Beverly Area Planning Association (BAPA), Village in the City, history (2 copies)
Dates
[1973]
Box 18
Folder 16
Title
Beverly Area Planning Association (BAPA), The Villager, newspaper
Dates
1980 September, November
Box 18
Folder 17
Title
Beverly Area Planning Association (BAPA), The Villager, newspaper
Dates
1981 January, March
Box 18
Folder 18
Title
Beverly Area Planning Association (BAPA), The Villager, newspaper
Dates
1994 March
Box 18
Folder 13
Title
Beverly Area Planning Association (BAPA), The Villager, newspaper
Dates
1995 October
Box 1
Folder 15
Title
Beverly Art Center, brochure
Dates
circa 1969
Box 1
Folder 16
Title
Beverly Art Center, Art Fair exhibitor application
Dates
1986
Box 1
Folder 17
Title
Beverly Art Center, news clippings
Dates
1969-1971
Box 1
Folder 18
Title
Beverly Art Center, newsletters (not inclusive)
Dates
1971-1973
Box 1
Folder 19
Title
Beverly Art Center, souvenir program
Dates
1969
Box 15
Folder 2
Title
Beverly Art Center, Vanderpoel Art Gallery, news clippings
Dates
1935, 1971
Box 1
Folder 20
Title
Beverly Country Club, newsletters, vol. 1 nos.1-15
Dates
1908 July 2-October 22
Box 1
Folder 21
Title
Beverly Hills University Club, Gerhardt S. Jersild, president
Dates
1953
Box 1
Folder 22
Title
Beverly Hills Woman's Club, reminiscences, news clipping
Dates
1954
Box 18
Folder 19
Title
Beverly Hills Junior Woman's Club, news clippings
Dates
1972-1982
Box 1
Folder 23
Title
Beverly Improvement Association, brochure
Dates
circa 1974
Box 14
Folder 7
Title
Beverly-Morgan Park area organizations oppose public housing project, news clippings
Dates
1956
Box 1
Folder 24
Title
Boy Scout cabin at Camp Kiwanis, dedication
Dates
1953
Box 1
Folder 25
Title
Dance cards [of Louise Barwick], Silva Hall
Dates
1894-1904
Box 1
Folder 26
Title
Garden Club of Morgan Park, news clipping
Dates
1987
Box 1
Folder 27
Title
Girl Scouts, walking tours of North Beverly, Beverly Hills, Morgan Park, West Beverly and Mount Greenwood
Dates
undated
Box 1
Folder 28
Title
Glee Club, Euterpean Men's Chorus, programs
Dates
1904-1926
Box 1
Folder 29
Title
Glee Club, Euterpean Men's Chorus, letter from Harry Thayer to Mr. Price
Dates
1910
Box 5
Folder 7
Title
John H. Vanderpoel Art Association, exhibit catalogs
Dates
1930, 1932, [1937]
Box 5
Folder 7
Title
John H. Vanderpoel Art Association, history
Dates
undated
Box 5
Folder 7
Title
John H. Vanderpoel Art Association, tribute to Frank W. Benson
Dates
1995
Box 5
Folder 8
Title
John H. Vanderpoel Art Association, news clippings
Dates
1958-1996
Box 1
Folder 30
Title
Morgan Park Historical Society, meeting invitation and menu
Dates
1924
Box 1
Folder 31
Title
Morgan Park Home Rule Association, correspondence, membership, petition, schools platform [see also: Annexation files and Home Ruler]
Dates
1908-1914
Box 1
Folder 32
Title
Morgan Park Improvement Association
Dates
1925
Box 3
Folder 12
Title
Morgan Park Women's Club, bulletin, programs
Dates
1908-1938
Box 3
Folder 13
Title
Morgan Park Woman's Club, Cook Book
Dates
1916
Box 3
Folder 14
Title
Morgan Park Woman's Club, history
Dates
1936
Box 3
Folder 16
Title
Morgan Park Woman's Club, yearbook
Dates
1897-1898
Box 3
Folder 17
Title
Morgan Park Woman's Club, yearbook
Dates
1898-1899
Box 3
Folder 18
Title
Morgan Park Woman's Club, yearbook
Dates
1900-1901
Box 3
Folder 15
Title
Morgan Park Woman's Club, yearbook
Dates
1911-1912
Box 3
Folder 19
Title
Morgan Park Woman's Club, yearbook
Dates
1919-1920
Box 3
Folder 20
Title
Morgan Park Woman's Club, yearbook
Dates
1921-1922
Box 3
Folder 21
Title
Morgan Park Woman's Club, yearbook
Dates
1922-1923
Box 3
Folder 22
Title
Morgan Park Woman's Club, yearbook
Dates
1927-1928
Box 4
Folder 1
Title
Morgan Park Woman's Club, yearbook
Dates
1928-1929
Box 4
Folder 2
Title
Morgan Park Woman's Club, yearbook
Dates
1929-1930
Box 4
Folder 3
Title
Morgan Park Woman's Club, yearbook
Dates
1930-1931
Box 4
Folder 4
Title
Morgan Park Woman's Club, yearbook
Dates
1931-1932
Box 4
Folder 5
Title
Morgan Park Woman's Club, yearbook
Dates
1932-1933
Box 4
Folder 6
Title
Morgan Park Woman's Club, yearbook
Dates
1933-1934
Box 4
Folder 7
Title
Morgan Park Woman's Club, yearbook
Dates
1934-1935
Box 4
Folder 8
Title
Morgan Park Woman's Club, yearbook
Dates
1935-1936
Box 4
Folder 9
Title
Morgan Park Woman's Club, yearbook
Dates
1936-1937
Box 4
Folder 10
Title
Morgan Park Woman's Club, yearbook
Dates
1939
Box 4
Folder 11
Title
Morgan Park Woman's Club, yearbook
Dates
1939-1940
Box 4
Folder 12
Title
Morgan Park Woman's Club, yearbook
Dates
1947-1948
Box 4
Folder 13
Title
Morgan Park Woman's Club, yearbook
Dates
1959-1960
Box 4
Folder 14
Title
Morgan Park Woman's Club, yearbook
Dates
1960-1961
Box 4
Folder 15
Title
Morgan Park Woman's Club, yearbook
Dates
1961-1962
Box 4
Folder 16
Title
Morgan Park Woman's Club, yearbook
Dates
1962-1963
Box 4
Folder 17
Title
Morgan Park Woman's Club, yearbook
Dates
1963-1964
Box 5
Folder 1
Title
Ridge Country Club, history
Dates
1950
Box 1
Folder 33
Title
Ridge Historical Society, buildings, slide file historical notes
Dates
1977
Box 1
Folder 34
Title
Ridge Historical Society, bulletins, nos. 1, 2, 5, 6, 8
Dates
1972-1982
Box 1
Folder 35
Title
Ridge Historical Society, information sheets, membership applications
Dates
1980, undated
Box 1
Folder 36
Title
Ridge Historical Society, Morgan Park centennial walking tour, guide and map
Dates
1980, undated
Box 1
Folder 37
Title
Ridge Historical Society, newsletters (not inclusive)
Dates
1976-1993
Box 5
Folder 2
Title
Ridge Historical Society, newsletters (not inclusive)
Dates
1996-2010
Box 5
Folder 3
Title
Ridge Historical Society, historical sketches, guides, reminiscences of the German House
Dates
1980-2002, undated
Box 5
Folder 4
Title
Ridge Manor Home Owner's Association, officers elected, news clipping
Dates
1956
Box 6
Folder 26
Title
South Side Irish Parade and Heritage Committee, "South Side Irish in American Literature," program and news clipping (James T. Ferrell)
Dates
1972
Box 18
Folder 20
Title
South Side Irish Parade Committee, St. Patrick's Day Parade, official guide
Dates
1994 March 9
Box 18
Folder 21
Title
South Side Irish Parade Committee, St. Patrick's Day Parade, official guide
Dates
1997 March 12
Box 18
Folder 22
Title
South Side Irish Parade Committee, St. Patrick's Day Parade, official guide
Dates
2003 March 12
Box 5
Folder 5
Title
Southwest Kiwanis Club, Cliff Knutson, P. Clyde Perry honored, news clippings
Dates
1953, 1971
Box 5
Folder 6
Title
Tracy Masonic Lodge, by-laws
Dates
1907
Box 5
Folder 9
Title
West Side Historical Society, constitution, bulletin
Dates
1935-1936
Series 4: Historical Sketches
1874-2002, undated
Scope and Contents

Series 4 contains articles, guides, historical sketches, maps, news clippings, newsletters and newspapers for the community areas of Beverly, Blue Island, Morgan Park, Ridge and Washington Heights. Additionally, Series 4 contains a wide range of documentation for the Village of Morgan Park, as the community area was known prior to its annexation to Chicago in 1914. The topics covered include the annexation debates, historic homes, landmark designations and the sesquicentennial commemorations. Additional historical sketches can be found in the Ridge Historical Society activities and newsletter in Series 3: Clubs and Organizations.

Arrangement

Series 4 is arranged into three subseries: Subseries A: Historical Articles and Publications, 1874-2002, undated; Subseries B: Village of Morgan Park, 1892-1914, undated and Subseries C: Newspapers, 1896-1995.

Subseries A: Historical Articles and Publications
1874-2002, undated
Scope and Contents

Subseries A contains articles, guides, historical sketches, maps, news clippings and other publications from community historians and organizations, such as the Ridge Historical Society. Publications marking the Sesquicentennial celebrations in 1973 can also be found in this subseries.

Arrangement

Subseries A is arranged first by the community areas (Beverly, Beverly-Morgan Park, Blue Island, Morgan Park, Ridge, Tracy [subdivision of Washington Heights] and Washington Heights) and alphabetically within.

Box 5
Folder 10
Title
Beverly - "A History of Beverly Hill" typescript and article offprint by Mrs. Walter F. [Cora De Graff] Heinemann
Dates
1926
Box 5
Folder 11
Title
Beverly-Morgan Park - annual home tours, guides (not inclusive)
Dates
1971-1985
Box 6
Folder 1
Title
Beverly-Morgan Park - "The Architecture of the Suburb in the City and the Organizations that Maintain It," walking tour narrative by Moira Nells
Dates
1992
Box 5
Folder 12
Title
Beverly-Morgan Park - "Bibliographic Sources Relating to the History and Residential Architecture of the Beverly Hills Morgan Park Neighborhood of Chicago as found in Three Local Collections," by Mary B. Sheahan
Dates
1984
Box 5
Folder 22
Title
Beverly-Morgan Park - Bike Tour Guide
Dates
1983
Box 6
Folder 2
Title
Beverly-Morgan Park - community research and histories (pages missing
Dates
undated
Box 15
Folder 5
Title
Beverly-Morgan Park - Early Morgan Park, hand-drawn map
Dates
undated
Box 5
Folder 13
Title
Beverly-Morgan Park - "The Geography of Chicago and its Surroundings" typescript by Edna R. Meyers
Dates
undated
Box 5
Folder 14
Title
Beverly-Morgan Park - historic site guides
Dates
1967-1984
Box 5
Folder 18
Title
Beverly-Morgan Park - historical news clippings compiled by Robert J. White
Dates
1939-1968
Box 5
Folder 21
Title
Beverly-Morgan Park - historical presentations with John Simmerling, news clippings
Dates
1971
Box 6
Folder 27
Title
Beverly-Morgan Park - historical timeline
Dates
1987
Box 5
Folder 15
Title
Beverly-Morgan Park - home history, news clipping
Dates
1991
Box 5
Folder 16
Title
Beverly-Morgan Park - landmark guides, 104th Place District and Longwood Drive District
Dates
1980-1981
Box 6
Folder 28
Title
Beverly-Morgan Park - landmark status, news clippings
Dates
1974-1986
Box 6
Folder 29
Title
Beverly-Morgan Park - local history bibliography
Dates
1971
Box 6
Folder 30
Title
Beverly-Morgan Park - "Looking Back with Win Stracke," typescript play and program
Dates
1972
Box 15
Folder 4
Title
Beverly-Morgan Park - news clippings, topics include local histories, historic homes
Dates
1937, 1955, 1970, 1995
Box 5
Folder 19
Title
Beverly-Morgan Park - Old Settlers of Southwest Chicago and Cook County Illinois, 1850-1870, compiled by Dewalt Mechlin Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution [contains name index and 1850 and 1870 U.S. Census records for Worth Township and 1870 for Calumet Township]
Dates
1956
Box 5
Folder 17
Title
Beverly-Morgan Park - Sesquicentennial Calendar with illustrations
Dates
1972
Box 5
Folder 20
Title
Beverly-Morgan Park - sesquicentennial events, news clippings
Dates
1972
Box 6
Folder 3
Title
Blue Island - "The First Hundred Years: A History of Blue Island," typescript paper by John H. Volp
Dates
1935
Oversize Folder 1
Title
Blue Island - Blue Island Quadrangle, Englewood Quadrangle, geological maps
Dates
1929
Box 14
Folder 9
Title
Morgan Park - 111th Street and Western Avenue from the upper floor of Arlington School in the early 1900s, watercolor sketch by Louise Barwick
Dates
1959
Box 14
Folder 10
Title
Morgan Park - 111th Street and Armida Avenue, view of observation tower in the early 1900s, watercolor sketch by Louise Barwick
Dates
1950
Box 6
Folder 31
Title
Morgan Park - "Morgan Park Annexation to Chicago," paper
Dates
1990
Box 13
Folder 2
Title
Morgan Park - "Morgan Park," The Chicago Rehabber, by Lilly Higbe
Dates
undated
Box 6
Folder 4
Title
Morgan Park - demographics, projections for Morgan Park
Dates
1980-1994
Box 6
Folder 5
Title
Morgan Park - "Early Morgan Park, Silva Hall," handwritten manuscript by Louise Barnick
Dates
1940
Box 13
Folder 3
Title
Morgan Park - [Grand Army of the Republic], Wilcox Post no. 668, Civil War letters, typescript
Dates
undated
Box 6
Folder 6
Title
Morgan Park - "History of Morgan Park" by David Herriott, Beverly Review
Dates
1938-1960
Box 6
Folder 7
Title
Morgan Park - History of Morgan Park, typescript paper by Elizabeth Myrick
Dates
1923
Box 6
Folder 8
Title
Morgan Park - maps, photocopies
Dates
1900, 1903
Box 6
Folder 24
Title
Morgan Park - map showing subdivisions, additions
Dates
undated
Box 6
Folder 9
Title
Morgan Park - "Morgan Park and the Baptist Denomination Yesterday," typescript paper
Dates
1917
Box 6
Folder 10
Title
Morgan Park - "Morgan Park Sixty Years Ago," paper by Owen N. Price
Dates
1972
Box 6
Folder 11
Title
Morgan Park - news clippings
Dates
1923, 1953, undated
Box 6
Folder 12
Title
Morgan Park - "Portrait of Morgan Park," paper by Henry Justin Smith
Dates
1981
Box 14
Folder 8
Title
Morgan Park - 'The Ridge': Morgan Park and that part of Chicago to the North as far as 89th Street, map with annotations
Dates
1915
Box 14
Folder 11
Title
Morgan Park - Village of Morgan Park, map showing subdivisions (reprint)
Dates
undated
Oversize Folder 3
Title
Morgan Park - Village of Morgan Park, map showing subdivisions (poor condition, see copy in Box 14, Folder 11)
Dates
undated
Box 6
Folder 13
Title
Morgan Park - "What Morgan Park Means to Me," typescript reminiscence and correspondence by Isaac Burgess
Dates
1923
Box 14
Folder 8
Title
Morgan Park/Washington Heights - Washington Heights, map, photocopy
Dates
circa 1888
Box 6
Folder 14
Title
Mount Greenwood Cemetery, guide
Dates
circa 2002
Box 6
Folder 15
Title
Ridge - "Notable Buildings in Ridge Area," notes
Dates
1979
Oversize Folder 2
Title
Ridge - topographic maps
Dates
undated
Box 6
Folder 16
Title
Tracy [subdivision of Washington Heights] - "Tracy and Its Vicinity Sixty Years Ago" by W. W. Barnard, reprint of 1910 article, "The Reminder, Bethany Union Church"
Dates
1975 July
Box 14
Folder 8
Title
Washington Heights - map (copy)
Dates
circa 1888
Box 6
Folder 17
Title
Washington Heights - map by Mrs. Walter F. Heinemann
Dates
circa 1874
Subseries B: Village of Morgan Park
1892-1914, undated
Scope and Contents

Subseries B contains several folders of materials related to the contentious issue of annexation. (See also Subseries C: Newspapers, Series 9: Schools and Series 10: Street Scenes). Other folders cover municipal activities such as elections, sidewalk construction and various legal proceedings. Materials include contracts, news clippings, ordinances, pamphlets, petitions and posters.

Arrangement

Subseries B is arranged alphabetically by topic.

Box 11
Folder 2
Title
Annexation - amendments, petition, appeal, House Bill No. 191 48th General Assembly and statements of opposition, related correspondence and notes
Dates
circa 1907-1913
Box 11
Folder 3
Title
Annexation - census dispute, village boundaries
Dates
1892
Box 11
Folder 4
Title
Annexation - conditions in recently annexed Austin
Dates
1908
Box 11
Folder 1
Title
Annexation - news clippings
Dates
1906-1913
Box 15
Folder 9
Title
Annexation - news clippings
Dates
1910, 1914
Box 14
Folder 18
Title
Annexation - publicity pamphlets
Dates
undated
Box 11
Folder 5
Title
Annexation - prohibition commentary, editorials, poster, rebuttal, song lyrics
Dates
1907-1914
Box 11
Folder 6
Title
Annexation - slogan cards, editorial cartoons
Dates
1907
Box 11
Folder 7
Title
Annexation - statements for legal fees
Dates
1912
Box 11
Folder 13
Title
Arthur M. Corning v. Village of Morgan Park, legal proceedings
Dates
1904-1907
Box 11
Folder 10
Title
Board of Local Improvements, notice of public hearing, Armida Avenue paving
Dates
1913
Box 11
Folder 8
Title
Board of Trustees, annual reports
Dates
1895-1896
Box 11
Folder 9
Title
Board of Trustees, annual reports
Dates
1901, 1905
Box 22
Photograph 1.82
Title
Board of Trustees, last meeting, photograph includes Fred L Kimney, Walken, H.R. Conklin, R.B. Stephenson, W.H. Jenner, Fletcher, C.B. Martin, Geo. L. Stebbins, Henry P. Heizer, David Herriott, B.J. Ashley, Dr. William H. German, Thomas E. Wayte, I.B. Blackwelder, E.J. Price, Mrs. David Herriott, Mrs. Edwin Oliver, Mrs. I.S. Blackwelder, Mrs. Irving Herriott and Mrs. B.J. Ashley
Dates
1914
Box 14
Folder 19
Title
Candidate nominations, Board of Trustees, Village Clerk and Police Magistrate, broadside
Dates
1906
Box 12
Folder 9
Title
County Clerk, tax rates, levies, assessed valuation
Dates
1902-1912
Box 11
Folder 11
Title
Elections, petitions, poll book, People's Ticket endorsements and meeting minutes, nominations, ballots, position paper
Dates
1894-1913
Box 11
Folder 12
Title
Good Government Party, candidates, platform
Dates
circa 1913
Box 21
Photograph 1.83
Title
[Independence Day], Charter Oak with stage (copy print)
Dates
circa 1900
Box 21
Photograph 1.84
Title
[Independence Day], girls in costumes, Charter Oak in background (2 copy prints)
Dates
circa 1900
Box 21
Photograph 1.85-1.88
Title
Independence Day, men in costumes, including Uncle Sam (4 copy prints)
Dates
circa 1900
Box 21
Photograph 1.89
Title
Independence Day, parade with horse-drawn float (2 copy prints, news clipping)
Dates
circa 1909, 1976
Box 21
Photograph 1.90
Title
[Independence Day], parade with musicians and "Deutsches Blas-Chor" banner (copy print)
Dates
circa 1900
Box 21
Photograph 1.91
Title
[Independence Day], people in costumes (copy print)
Dates
circa 1900
Box 21
Photograph 1.97-1.98
Title
[Independence Day], people in costumes (2 copy prints)
Dates
circa 1900
Box 21
Photograph 1.92
Title
[Independence Day], people in Native American costumes, Charter Oak in background (copy print)
Dates
circa 1900
Box 21
Photograph 1.94
Title
[Independence Day], women dressed as shepherdesses (copy print)
Dates
circa 1900
Box 21
Photograph 1.95
Title
Independence Day, women in ethnic costumes (copy print)
Dates
circa 1900
Box 21
Photograph 1.96
Title
[Independence Day], women in flag motif dresses (copy print)
Dates
circa 1910
Box 21
Photograph 1.93
Title
Independence Day, women with banner, "Company A, 1st Regiment, Uncle Sam's Nieces," in front of the Long Wood Store (2 copy prints)
Dates
circa 1900
Box 11
Folder 15
Title
Morgan Park Day, programs
Dates
1906-1908
Box 11
Folder 16
Title
Ordinances, water, health, bicycles, railroad crossing gates, automobiles, coal and lumber yards
Dates
1894-1906
Box 12
Folder 1
Title
Sidewalk construction, petition for special assessment
Dates
1904, 1906
Box 12
Folder 2
Title
Sidewalk ordinances, Arlington Avenue, Assessment 139, notices, petitions, residents
Dates
1904
Box 12
Folder 3
Title
Sidewalk ordinances, Prospect Avenue, Assessment 138, petitions, notices, residents
Dates
1904
Box 12
Folder 4
Title
Sidewalk ordinances, Prospect Avenue, Assessment 140, notice, residents
Dates
1904
Box 12
Folder 5
Title
Sidewalk ordinance, regulation of concrete sidewalks, amendment
Dates
1902-1903
Box 12
Folder 6
Title
Sidewalk ordinance, Remington Avenue and other streets
Dates
1903
Box 12
Folder 7
Title
Street improvements, contractual disagreement, recommendations, contractor proposal, notes
Dates
1900-1904
Box 12
Folder 8
Title
Street improvements, Supreme Court of Illinois, Abstract of Record, paving issue
Dates
1897
Box 15
Folder 10
Title
Treasurer's Annual Report
Dates
1905 July 15
Box 21
Photograph 1.99
Title
Unidentified event, men in a horse-drawn buggy (copy print)
Dates
undated
Box 12
Folder 10
Title
Village [of Morgan Park] v. American Bonding & Trust Company, trial date
Dates
1902
Box 11
Folder 14
Title
Village of Morgan Park v. George C. Walker, legal proceedings
Dates
1894-1898
Box 12
Folder 11
Title
Water works plant, proposals, contract
Dates
1898-1899
Subseries C: Newspapers
1896-1995
Scope and Contents

Subseries C contains a range of community newspapers along with special editions of Chicago-wide newspapers with feature sections on the Beverly-Morgan Park community.

Arrangement

Subseries C is arranged alphabetically by newspaper title and chronologically within.

Box 18
Folder 1
Title
The Beverly Review
Dates
1939 April 13
Box 18
Folder 2
Title
The Beverly Review
Dates
1939 April 20
Box 24
Folder 2
Title
The Beverly Review
Dates
1975 May 11
Box 24
Folder 3
Title
The Beverly Review
Dates
1976 February 4
Box 24
Folder 4
Title
The Beverly Review
Dates
1983 October 11, November 29
Box 24
Folder 5
Title
The Beverly Review
Dates
1994 March 9
Box 24
Folder 6
Title
The Beverly Review history issue
Dates
1987 August 12
Box 18
Folder 3
Title
The Beverly Review Sesquicentennial souvenir edition
Dates
1973 March 4
Box 24
Folder 7
Title
The Beverly Review yearbook
Dates
1976 October 6
Box 24
Folder 8
Title
The Chicago Journal
Dates
1979 November 28
Box 18
Folder 4
Title
Chicago Tribune, "Beverly Hills, Morgan Park" supplement
Dates
1987 September 2
Box 24
Folder 9
Title
Chicago Tribune, "Chicago's Only Castle"
Dates
1972 April 16
Box 24
Folder 10
Title
The Good News (The Beverly Review supplement) (incomplete issue),
Dates
1988 August 24
Box 24
Folder 11
Title
The Good News (The Beverly Review supplement)
Dates
1989 August 16
Box 24
Folder 12
Title
The Good News (The Beverly Review supplement)
Dates
1995 August 30
Box 18
Folder 5
Title
The Home-Ruler
Dates
1907 March 29, April 5, April 12
Box 18
Folder 5
Title
The Home-Ruler
Dates
1910 April 2, October 29
Box 19
Folder 1
Title
The Home-Ruler (4 copies)
Dates
1910 November 5
Box 18
Folder 6
Title
The Morgan Parker
Dates
1914 March 28, April 11, April 18
Box 20
Folder 2
Title
The Post, bound volume
Dates
1905 June 17-1906 November 17
Box 18
Folder 7
Title
The Ridge Record
Dates
1906 February 2
Box 15
Folder 11
Title
The Ridge Record
Dates
1907 March 15, March 29, April 12, April 19
Box 19
Folder 2
Title
The Ridge Record (incomplete)
Dates
1908 October 24
Box 19
Folder 2
Title
The Ridge Record
Dates
1908 October 31
Box 19
Folder 2
Title
The Ridge Record
Dates
1910 October 29, November 5
Box 19
Folder 3
Title
Southtown Economist, Rock Island Railroad Centennial sections
Dates
1952 September 7
Box 19
Folder 4
Title
Southtown Economist, historical sketch section
Dates
1955 November 13
Box 19
Folder 5
Title
Suburban Star, Ridge community newspaper
Dates
1938 August 18
Box 19
Folder 6
Title
Suburban Star, Ridge community newspaper
Dates
1938 September 1
Box 19
Folder 7
Title
Suburban Star, Ridge community newspaper
Dates
1938 September 8
Box 19
Folder 8
Title
Suburban Star, Ridge community newspaper
Dates
1938 September 22
Box 19
Folder 9
Title
Suburban Star, Ridge community newspaper
Dates
1938 September 29
Box 19
Folder 10
Title
Suburban Star, Ridge community newspaper
Dates
1938 October 6
Box 19
Folder 11
Title
Suburban Star, Ridge community newspaper
Dates
1938 October 13
Box 19
Folder 12
Title
Suburban Star, Ridge community newspaper
Dates
1938 October 20
Box 19
Folder 13
Title
Suburban Star, Ridge community newspaper
Dates
1938 October 27
Box 19
Folder 14
Title
Suburban Star, Ridge community newspaper
Dates
1938 November 3
Box 19
Folder 15
Title
Suburban Star, Ridge community newspaper
Dates
1938 November 10
Box 19
Folder 16
Title
Suburban Star, Ridge community newspaper
Dates
1938 November 17
Box 19
Folder 17
Title
Suburban Star, Ridge community newspaper
Dates
1938 November 24
Box 19
Folder 18
Title
Suburban Star, Ridge community newspaper
Dates
1938 December 1
Box 19
Folder 19
Title
Suburban Star, Ridge community newspaper
Dates
1938 December 8
Box 19
Folder 20
Title
Suburban Star, Ridge community newspaper
Dates
1938 December 15
Box 19
Folder 21
Title
Suburban Star, Ridge community newspaper
Dates
1938 December 22
Box 19
Folder 22
Title
Suburban Star, Ridge community newspaper
Dates
1938 December 29
Box 19
Folder 23
Title
Suburban Star, Ridge community newspaper
Dates
1939 January 5
Box 19
Folder 24
Title
Suburban Star, Ridge community newspaper
Dates
1939 January 12
Box 19
Folder 25
Title
Suburban Star, Ridge community newspaper
Dates
1939 January 19
Box 19
Folder 26
Title
Suburban Star, Ridge community newspaper
Dates
1939 January 26
Box 19
Folder 27
Title
Suburban Star, Ridge community newspaper
Dates
1939 February 2
Box 19
Folder 28
Title
Suburban Star, Ridge community newspaper
Dates
1939 February 9
Box 19
Folder 29
Title
Suburban Star, Ridge community newspaper
Dates
1939 February 16
Box 19
Folder 30
Title
Suburban Star, Ridge community newspaper
Dates
1939 February 23
Box 19
Folder 31
Title
Suburban Star, Ridge community newspaper
Dates
1939 March 2
Box 19
Folder 32
Title
Suburban Star, Ridge community newspaper
Dates
1939 March 9
Box 19
Folder 33
Title
Suburban Star, Ridge community newspaper
Dates
1939 March 16
Box 19
Folder 34
Title
Suburban Star, Ridge community newspaper
Dates
1939 March 23
Box 19
Folder 35
Title
Suburban Star, Ridge community newspaper
Dates
1939 March 30
Box 19
Folder 36
Title
Suburban Star, Ridge community newspaper
Dates
1939 April 6
Box 18
Folder 8
Title
Town Talk, St. Valentine's Day, Women's edition
Dates
1896 February
Box 18
Folder 9
Title
Town Talk (some issues incomplete)
Dates
1913 July 19, August 2, August 9, August 16, December 13
Box 18
Folder 10
Title
Town Talk
Dates
1913 December 20
Box 18
Folder 11
Title
Town Talk (some issues incomplete)
Dates
1914 February 21, April 18, April 25
Box 20
Folder 1
Title
Town Talk, bound volume
Dates
1916 January 1-December 30
Box 18
Folder 12
Title
The Unionist, A Journal of Progress, Devoted to the Interest of Morgan Parkers
Dates
1910 March 31
Box 18
Folder 14
Title
Village View, [Clearing, Garfield Ridge, Mount Greenwood], vol.1, no. 1
Dates
1995 September 12
Box 18
Folder 15
Title
The Weekly Review, A Special Supplement for the Ridge Park Board, part 2
Dates
1930 September 26
Series 5: Municipal Agencies
1890-1998, undated
Scope and Contents

Series 5 primarily contains documentation of the Morgan Park Library, now the George C. Walker Branch of the Chicago Public Library. Established in 1893, the documents include building plans, circulation reports, correspondence, maintenance, news clippings, photographs and reports. Series 5 also includes maps, news clippings and a directory for other local municipal services.

Arrangement

Series 5 is arranged into two subseries: Subseries A: Documents, 1890-1998 and Subseries B: Photographs, 1913-1954, undated.

Subseries A: Documents
1890-1998
Arrangement

Subseries A is arranged alphabetically by agency and then within.

Oversize Folder 4
Title
19th Ward, map (3 copies)
Dates
[1970]
Box 6
Folder 18
Title
Calumet Sag Channel and southwest Chicago communities, news clippings
Dates
1910
Box 14
Folder 4
Title
Morgan Park Library/Walker Branch, additions and withdrawals ledger
Dates
1941-1953
Box 14
Folder 5
Title
Morgan Park Library/ Walker Branch, additions and withdrawals ledger
Dates
1954-1964
Box 2
Folder 2
Title
Morgan Park Library/Walker Branch, Board of Trustees, correspondence and subscriber lists
Dates
1890-1912, undated
Box 2
Folder 1
Title
Morgan Park Library/Walker Branch, building addition proposal
Dates
1929
Box 3
Folder 1
Title
Morgan Park Library/Walker Branch, building equipment and maintenance
Dates
1909-1913
Box 2
Folder 4
Title
Morgan Park Library/Walker Branch, circulation statistics
Dates
1911-1912
Box 2
Folder 5
Title
Morgan Park Library/Walker Branch circulation statistics
Dates
1914-1919
Box 2
Folder 6
Title
Morgan Park Library/Walker Branch, circulation statistics
Dates
1920-1925
Box 3
Folder 6
Title
Morgan Park Library/Walker Branch, correspondence regarding George C. Walker's property deed
Dates
1907
Box 3
Folder 5
Title
Morgan Park Library/Walker Branch, correspondence regarding library fund
Dates
1890-1910
Box 3
Folder 7
Title
Morgan Park Library/Walker Branch, correspondence, various topics, includes historical sketches and reopening events
Dates
1890-1998
Box 3
Folder 3
Title
Morgan Park Library/Walker Branch, financial reports
Dates
1910-1914
Box 3
Folder 2
Title
Morgan Park Library/Walker Branch, library directors, oaths and certifications
Dates
1910-1913
Box 3
Folder 4
Title
Morgan Park Library/Walker Branch, Morgan Park Academy finding list
Dates
1896
Box 3
Folder 8
Title
Morgan Park Library/Walker Branch, municipal funds [See also: Series 4: Historical Sketches, Subseries B: Subseries B: Village of Morgan Park]
Dates
1908-1910
Box 14
Folder 6
Title
Morgan Park Library/Walker Branch, news clippings, topics include history, book drive, collections, programs
Dates
1890-1940
Box 3
Folder 11
Title
Morgan Park Library/Walker Branch, opening invitation
Dates
1890 April 18
Box 3
Folder 9
Title
Morgan Park Library/Walker Branch, ownership transfers
Dates
1907, 1978
Box 3
Folder 9a
Title
Morgan Park Library/Walker Branch, receipts, publishers
Dates
1890-1914
Box 3
Folder 9b
Title
Morgan Park Library/Walker Branch, receipts, supplies, utilities
Dates
1890-1914
Box 2
Folder 3
Title
Morgan Park Library/Walker Branch, register of borrowers
Dates
undated
Box 3
Folder 10
Title
Morgan Park Library/Walker Branch, reports of librarian (not inclusive)
Dates
1893, 1908-1914
Box 15
Folder 3
Title
Morgan Park Library/Walker Branch, report of treasurer
Dates
1892-1893
Box 17
Title
Morgan Park Library/Walker Branch, scrapbook of news clippings, Chicago Public Library events
Dates
1947-1959
Box 6
Folder 19
Title
Morgan Park Postal Station, dedication, program
Dates
1936
Box 6
Folder 20
Title
Senior Citizens, directories
Dates
1982
Subseries B: Photographs
1913-1954, undated
Arrangement

Subseries B is arranged alphabetically by agency and then alphabetically within.

Box 22
Photograph 1.9a-1.9b
Title
Morgan Park Library/Walker Branch, exterior (2)
Dates
undated
Box 21
Photograph 1.10
Title
Morgan Park Library/Walker Branch, children, exterior
Dates
undated
Box 21
Photograph 1.11
Title
Morgan Park Library/Walker Branch, exterior
Dates
undated
Box 21
Photograph 1.12
Title
Morgan Park Library/Walker Branch, in winter, exterior
Dates
undated
Box 21
Photograph 1.13
Title
Morgan Park Library/Walker Branch, exterior
Dates
before 1930
Box 22
Photograph 1.14a
Title
Morgan Park Library/Walker Branch, exterior
Dates
1916
Box 22
Photograph 1.14b
Title
Morgan Park Library/Walker Branch, exterior, before addition
Dates
1930
Box 22
Photograph 1.14c
Title
Morgan Park Library/Walker Branch, exterior, after addition
Dates
1930
Box 22
Photograph 1.15
Title
Morgan Park Library/Walker Branch, exterior
Dates
before 1930
Box 22
Photograph 1.16a
Title
Morgan Park Library/Walker Branch, exterior, Baptist Theological Seminary Library on the left
Dates
1913
Box 22
Photograph 1.16b
Title
Morgan Park Library /Walker Branch, exterior, Kenfield and Ferguson residences on the right
Dates
1913
Box 22
Photograph 1.17a
Title
Morgan Park Library/Walker Branch, exterior, before remodeling
Dates
before 1930
Box 22
Photograph 1.17b-d
Title
Morgan Park Library/Walker Branch, exterior, after remodeling (3)
Dates
circa 1930
Box 22
Photograph 1.17e-f
Title
Morgan Park Library/Walker Branch, exterior, women [staff?] at entrance (2)
Dates
circa 1930
Box 21
Photograph 1.18
Title
Morgan Park Library/Walker Branch, interior
Dates
undated
Box 21
Photograph 1.19
Title
Morgan Park Library/Walker Branch, interior, children's' collection
Dates
undated
Box 21
Photograph 1.20
Title
Morgan Park Library/Walker Branch, interior, desk with typewriter
Dates
undated
Box 21
Photograph 1.21
Title
Morgan Park Library/Walker Branch, interior, card catalog, flat file
Dates
undated
Box 21
Photograph 1.22
Title
Morgan Park Library/Walker Branch, interior, Miss King, children's librarian, Mrs. Edna Taylor and family
Dates
1954
Box 22
Photograph 1.23
Title
Waterworks, Morgan Park
Dates
undated
Series 6: Parks
1896-circa 1980, undated
Scope and Contents

Series 6 contains historical notes, legal documents, ordinances and photographs concerning Morgan Park and the Calumet Park District.

Arrangement

Series 6 is arranged into two subseries: Subseries A: Documents, 1896-1912, undated and Subseries B: Photographs, circa 1970s-circa 1980, undated.

Subseries A: Documents
1896-1912, undated
Arrangement

Subseries A is arranged alphabetically by park name or topic.

Box 6
Folder 21
Title
Morgan Park parks and Calumet Park District, ordinance, legal protocol for elections, tax receipts, history [See also: Series 4: Historical Sketches, Subseries B: Village of Morgan Park]
Dates
1896-1912
Box 6
Folder 22
Title
Ridge Park, history notes on boundaries for 1909-1938
Dates
undated
Box 6
Folder 23
Title
Swimming Pool, Commissioners' plan, reminiscences, news clippings
Dates
circa 1912, undated
Subseries B: Photographs
circa 1970s-circa 1980, undated
Arrangement

Subseries B is arranged alphabetically by park name or topic.

Box 22
Photograph 1.24
Title
Park scene, men on bench, unidentified
Dates
undated
Box 22
Photograph 1.25
Title
Park scene, unidentified
Dates
undated
Box 22
Photograph 1.26
Title
Park scene, unidentified
Dates
circa 1970s
Box 22
Photograph 1.27
Title
Ridge Park, picnic next to Grand Army of the Republic, Wilcox Post no. 668 monument
Dates
circa 1980
Series 7: Religious Institutions
circa 1870s-1986, undated
Scope and Contents

Series 7 contains anniversary booklets, historical sketches, news clippings, newsletters and programs created by religious institutions in the Beverly-Morgan Park communities.

Arrangement

Series 7 is arranged into two subseries: Subseries A: Documents, 1898-1986, undated and Subseries B: Photographs, circa 1870s-circa 1977, undated.

Subseries A: Documents
1898-1986, undated
Arrangement

Subseries A is arranged alphabetically by religious institution.

Box 6a
Folder 1
Title
Bethany Union Church, newsletter, news clippings
Dates
1907, 1971
Box 6a
Folder 31
Title
Beverly Unitarian Church, Castle Centennial Cookbook
Dates
1986
Box 6a
Folder 32
Title
Christ the King Catholic Church, family album
Dates
circa 1980s
Box 6a
Folder 2
Title
Christ the King Catholic Church, World Day of Prayer, news clipping
Dates
1971
Box 6a
Folder 3
Title
Church of the Holy Nativity, news clippings
Dates
1952
Box 6a
Folder 4
Title
Church of the Mediator, anniversary booklet
Dates
1939
Box 6a
Folder 4
Title
Church of the Mediator, flower show, program
Dates
1939
Box 6a
Folder 4
Title
Church of the Mediator, historical sketch and timeline
Dates
1939, 1969
Box 6a
Folder 5
Title
Church of the Mediator, Woman's Guild, The Ridge Cook Book
Dates
undated
Box 6a
Folder 33
Title
Little Company of Mary Hospital, calendar with historic photographs
Dates
1980
Box 6a
Folder 6
Title
Ministerial Association Chairman, Rabbi J. M. Brown, news clipping
Dates
1971
Box 6a
Folder 7
Title
Morgan Park Baptist Church, 60th anniversary programs
Dates
1937
Box 6a
Folder 7
Title
Morgan Park Baptist Church, Men's Committee and Club, correspondence, dinner program
Dates
1898, 1906
Box 6a
Folder 7
Title
Morgan Park Baptist Church, news clippings
Dates
1952
Box 6a
Folder 7
Title
Morgan Park Baptist Church, pastor list, broadside
Dates
circa 1950s
Box 6a
Folder 7
Title
Morgan Park Baptist Church, programs
Dates
1943, 1966
Box 6a
Folder 8
Title
Morgan Park Church of Christ, program
Dates
1917
Box 6a
Folder 9
Title
Morgan Park Congregational Church, 50th anniversary, yearbook
Dates
1936
Box 6a
Folder 9
Title
Morgan Park Congregational Church, Ladies' Benevolent Society, children's program
Dates
circa 1909
Box 6a
Folder 9
Title
Morgan Park Congregational Church, news clippings
Dates
1971
Box 6a
Folder 10
Title
Morgan Park Methodist Episcopal Church, directory
Dates
1941
Box 6a
Folder 10
Title
Morgan Park Methodist Episcopal Church, event programs
Dates
1908, 1912-1913, 1924
Box 6a
Folder 10
Title
Morgan Park Methodist Episcopal Church, new church, groundbreaking and dedication
Dates
1926-1927
Box 6a
Folder 10
Title
Morgan Park Methodist Episcopal Church, news clipping
Dates
1971
Box 6a
Folder 10
Title
Morgan Park Methodist Episcopal Church, Ridge Patriotic Rally, program
Dates
1917 June 22
Box 6a
Folder 10
Title
Morgan Park Methodist Episcopal Church, service programs
Dates
1912, 1937, 1939
Box 6a
Folder 11
Title
Morgan Park Presbyterian Church, dedication, service program
Dates
1941
Box 6a
Folder 12
Title
Mount Greenwood Evangelical Lutheran Church, cornerstone laying, news clipping
Dates
1953
Box 6a
Folder 13
Title
Queen of Martyrs Church, building program, news clipping
Dates
1952
Box 6a
Folder 14
Title
Redeemer Evangelical Covenant Church, 65th anniversary, news clipping
Dates
1953
Box 6a
Folder 15
Title
St. Barnabas, newsletter
Dates
1968 June 23
Box 6a
Folder 16
Title
St. Cajetan Church, Father Taylor, Silver Jubilee, news clipping
Dates
1971
Box 6a
Folder 17
Title
St. John the Divine Church, news clippings
Dates
1951, 1953
Box 6a
Folder 18
Title
St. Paul's Union Church, 60th anniversary, news clippings
Dates
1953
Box 6a
Folder 19
Title
Salem Baptist Church, building plans, news clipping
Dates
1953
Box 6a
Folder 20
Title
Women's Society Baptist Church, calendar with photographs
Dates
1907
Subseries B: Photographs
circa 1870s-circa 1977, undated
Arrangement

Subseries B is arranged alphabetically by name of religious institution. When a photograph was created from the plate in the Views of Morgan Park it is noted as a copy print.

Box 21
Photograph 1.3
Title
Baptist Church, from Views of Morgan Park (copy print)
Dates
1889
Box 23
Photograph 7
Title
Baptist Church, from Views of Morgan Park
Dates
1889
Box 22
Photograph 1.4
Title
Baptist Church, "first building"
Dates
circa 1870s
Box 23
Photograph 4
Title
Baptist Theological Library, from Views of Morgan Park
Dates
1889
Box 23
Photograph 1
Title
Baptist Theological Seminary, from Views of Morgan Park
Dates
1889
Box 23
Photograph 2
Title
Baptist Theological Seminary, Blake Hall, from Views of Morgan Park
Dates
1889
Box 22
Photograph 37
Title
Methodist Church, from Views of Morgan Park
Dates
1889
Box 21
Photograph 1.5
Title
Methodist Church, from Views of Morgan Park (copy print)
Dates
1889
Box 22
Photograph 1.6
Title
Methodist Church
Dates
undated
Box 22
Photograph 1.7
Title
Methodist Sunday School picnic, includes Reverend N.O. Freeman, Mr. Ames, Ira W. Gantt, Alice Thornally, Mrs. N.O. Freeman, Anna Freeman, Julia Ely, Julia Crossman, T.A. Gantt, Fannie Bell, Leroy Fairbank, Clara German, Gertrude Goe, Ellsworth Dare, Helen Green, Theo Crossman, Bessie Miller, Belle Brown, Ed Ketcham, Bessie Grainger, Mabel Stratton, Louise Zaneis, Harry Rilley
Dates
undated
Box 22
Photograph 1.8
Title
Morgan Park Baptist Church
Dates
circa 1977
Series 8: Residences
circa 1899-1997, undated
Scope and Contents

Series 8 contains booklets, historical sketches and news clippings on some of the historic buildings and their original owners in the Beverly-Morgan Park community, including the limestone castle at 103rd and Longwood Drive in the Tracy subdivision of Washington Heights built by real-estate developer Robert Givins in 1886.

Arrangement

Series 8 is arranged into two subseries: Subseries A: Documents, 1929-1997, undated and Subseries B: Photographs, 1889, undated.

Subseries A: Documents
1929-1997, undated
Arrangement

Subseries A is arranged alphanumerically by street name or residence family name.

Box 6a
Folder 21
Title
2330 West 11th Street, Condon family home, handwritten note
Dates
1982
Box 6a
Folder 34
Title
Better Built Homes of Distinctive Character by Edward W. Wiley, photocopy of publication with correspondence
Dates
1929, 1995, 1997
Box 6a
Folder 22
Title
Blackwelder Mansion, news clippings
Dates
1971
Box 6a
Folder 23
Title
Castle, Our Castle on the Hill, booklet
Dates
1980
Box 6a
Folder 24
Title
Historic residences, photocopy of unidentified publication
Dates
undated
Box 6a
Folder 25
Title
Horton House, news clipping
Dates
1978
Box 6a
Folder 26
Title
Inglehart House, news clipping
Dates
undated
Box 6a
Folder 27
Title
Morgan House, news clippings
Dates
1955, 1960
Box 6a
Folder 28
Title
Platt House, pamphlet, news clippings
Dates
1971, undated
Box 6
Folder 25
Title
Real estate assessment
Dates
1951
Box 6a
Folder 29
Title
Silverhorn House, news clipping
Dates
1971
Box 6a
Folder 30
Title
Washington and Jane Smith Home, photocopy from unidentified book
Dates
undated
Subseries B: Photographs
1889, undated
Scope and Contents

Subseries B contains primarily plates from Views of Morgan Park, Chicago: Geo. R. Clarke & Co., 1889 and their corresponding copy prints. The view book plates use the numbers written on the lower right corner of each page. Other plates from the view book be found in their respective series areas.

Arrangement

Subseries B is arranged alphabetically by residence family name or street name. When a photograph was created from the plate in the Views of Morgan Park it is noted as a copy print.

Box 23
Photograph 11
Title
Blackwelder, I.S., residence, from Views of Morgan Park
Dates
1889
Box 21
Photograph 1.28
Title
Blackwelder, I.S., residence, from Views of Morgan Park (copy print)
Dates
1889
Box 23
Photograph 29
Title
Clarke, Col. Geo. R., residence, from Views of Morgan Park
Dates
1889
Box 21
Photograph 1.29
Title
Clarke, Col. Geo. R., residence, from Views of Morgan Park (copy print)
Dates
1889
Box 23
Photograph 20
Title
Ferguson, W. G., residence, from Views of Morgan Park
Dates
1889
Box 21
Photograph 1.30
Title
Ferguson, W. G., residence, from Views of Morgan Park (copy print)
Dates
1889
Box 21
Photograph 1.31
Title
German, Dr. William H., residence, from Views of Morgan Park (copy print)
Dates
1889
Box 23
Photograph 27
Title
German, Dr. William H., residence, from Views of Morgan Park
Dates
1889
Box 22
Photograph 1.32
Title
German, Dr. William H., residence
Dates
undated
Box 23
Photograph 30
Title
Hart, A.P., residence, from Views of Morgan Park
Dates
1889
Box 21
Photograph 1.33
Title
Hart, A.P., residence, from Views of Morgan Park (copy print)
Dates
1889
Box 23
Photograph 21
Title
Hough, H.O., residence, from Views of Morgan Park
Dates
1889
Box 21
Photograph 1.34
Title
Hough, H.O., residence, from Views of Morgan Park (copy print)
Dates
1889
Box 23
Photograph 19
Title
Hulbert, Prof. Eri B., residence, from Views of Morgan Park
Dates
1889
Box 21
Photograph 1.35
Title
Hulbert, Prof. Eri B., residence, from Views of Morgan Park (copy print)
Dates
1889
Box 23
Photograph 32
Title
Inglehart, Chas. H., residence, from Views of Morgan Park
Dates
1889
Box 21
Photograph 1.36
Title
Inglehart, Chas. H., residence, from Views of Morgan Park (copy print)
Dates
1889
Box 21
Photograph 1.100
Title
Inglehart, Chas. H., residence, plaster ceiling medallion
Dates
undated
Box 21
Photograph 1.101
Title
10324 S. Longwood Drive, residence
Dates
undated
Box 23
Photograph 26
Title
McKinnon, D.C., residence, from Views of Morgan Park
Dates
1889
Box 21
Photograph 1.37
Title
McKinnon, D.C., residence, from Views of Morgan Park, (copy print)
Dates
1889
Box 23
Photograph 17
Title
McMeen, Joseph E., residence, 2330 111th Street, from Views of Morgan Park
Dates
1889
Box 21
Photograph 1.38
Title
McMeen, Joseph E., residence, 2330 111th Street, from Views of Morgan Park (copy print)
Dates
1889
Box 23
Photograph 14
Title
Morgan, John F., residence, from Views of Morgan Park
Dates
1889
Box 21
Photograph 1.39
Title
Morgan, John F., residence, from Views of Morgan Park (copy print)
Dates
1889
Box 23
Photograph 28
Title
Northrup, Dr. G.W., residence, from Views of Morgan Park
Dates
1889
Box 21
Photograph 1.40
Title
Northrup, Dr. G.W., residence, from Views of Morgan Park (copy print)
Dates
1889
Box 23
Photograph 16
Title
Perro, John P., residence, from Views of Morgan Park
Dates
1889
Box 21
Photograph 1.41
Title
Perro, John P., residence, from Views of Morgan Park (copy print)
Dates
1889
Box 22
Photograph 1.42
Title
Prospect Avenue and Drew Street residence, Solon S. Beman, architect
Dates
undated
Box 23
Photograph 23
Title
Roberts, J.H., residence, from Views of Morgan Park
Dates
1889
Box 21
Photograph 1.43
Title
Roberts, J.H., residence, from Views of Morgan Park (copy print)
Dates
1889
Box 23
Photograph 24
Title
Russell, Henry Clay, residence, 2252 111th Street, from Views of Morgan Park
Dates
1889
Box 21
Photograph 1.44
Title
Russell, Henry Clay, residence, 2252 111th Street, from Views of Morgan Park (copy print)
Dates
1889
Box 23
Photograph 10
Title
Silberhorn, Wm. H., residence, from Views of Morgan Park
Dates
1889
Box 21
Photograph 1.45
Title
Silberhorn, Wm. H., residence, from Views of Morgan Park (copy print)
Dates
1889
Box 22
Photograph 1.46
Title
Silberhorn, William H., residence (later William Schulze), Longwood Drive
Dates
undated
Box 23
Photograph 31
Title
Silva, Frank P., residence, 11072 Esmond Street, from Views of Morgan Park
Dates
1889
Box 21
Photograph 1.47
Title
Silva, Frank P., residence, 11072 Esmond Street, from Views of Morgan Park (copy print)
Dates
1889
Box 23
Photograph 25
Title
Spencer, Elihu, residence, from Views of Morgan Park
Dates
1889
Box 21
Photograph 1.48
Title
Spencer, Elihu, residence, from Views of Morgan Park (copy print)
Dates
1889
Box 23
Photograph 15
Title
Wayte, John, residence, from Views of Morgan Park
Dates
1889
Box 21
Photograph 1.49
Title
Wayte, John, residence, from Views of Morgan Park (copy print)
Dates
1889
Box 23
Photograph 22
Title
Wright, Gilbert S., residence, from Views of Morgan Park
Dates
1889
Box 21
Photograph 1.50
Title
Wright, Gilbert S., residence, from Views of Morgan Park (copy print)
Dates
1889
Series 9: Schools
1877-1987, undated
Scope and Contents

Series 9 contains a variety of materials related to or produced by Beverly-Morgan Park schools, including Morgan Park Military Academy and Morgan Park High School. These include catalogs, correspondence, directories, histories, newsletters, news clippings, programs and reports. Heavily represented are materials from various Boards of Education, Morgan Park Academy (military school), and Morgan Park High School. In addition to the materials listed above, these schools are represented by contracts, receipts, reports, and yearbooks. Morgan Park High School materials reflect issues related to the ongoing question of annexation to the City of Chicago.

Morgan Park Academy was previously known as Mt. Vernon Military Academy, Morgan Park Military Academy (MPMA), Illinois Military Academy and Morgan Park Academy of the University of Chicago.

Arrangement

Series 9 is arranged into two subseries: Subseries A: Documents, 1877-1987, undated and Subseries B: Photographs, 1889-1955, undated.

Subseries A: Documents
1877-1987, undated
Arrangement

Subseries A is arranged alphabetically by school or topic.

Box 7
Folder 1
Title
Arlington School, news clippings
Dates
1905, 1973
Box 7
Folder 2
Title
Atwood School, news clipping
Dates
1953
Box 7
Folder 7
Title
Baptist Union Theological Seminary, history
Dates
1884
Box 7
Folder 3
Title
Barnard School, historical sketches, news clippings
Dates
1940, 1971, 1973, undated
Box 7
Folder 4
Title
Board of Education, annual statements, rules and regulations
Dates
1898-1908
Box 7
Folder 5
Title
Board of Education, census enumeration for district
Dates
1902
Box 7
Folder 6
Title
Board of Education, elections, petitions, redistricting
Dates
1890, 1897
Box 14
Folder 15
Title
Board of Education, posters announcing nominations, elections
Dates
circa 1911, 1913
Box 13
Folder 4
Title
Brother Rice High School, Crusader, yearbook
Dates
1961
Box 13
Folder 5
Title
Brother Rice High School, Crusader, yearbook
Dates
1962
Box 7
Folder 8
Title
Chicago Female College, announcement
Dates
1896
Box 12
Folder 12
Title
Chicago Female College, annual catalog
Dates
1877-1878
Box 7
Folder 11
Title
Clissold School, architectural plans
Dates
1963
Box 7
Folder 9
Title
Clissold School, news clippings, newsletter, programs
Dates
1930-1939
Box 7
Folder 10
Title
Clissold School, "A History of the Clissold-Sheldon Schools and their Parent Teacher Association" by Sue Huess
Dates
1975
Box 7
Folder 12
Title
Esmond School, building maintenance, historical sketches, news clippings
Dates
1899-1973
Box 7
Folder 13
Title
Guide to schools of Beverly Hills, Morgan Park, brochure
Dates
undated
Box 7
Folder 14
Title
Kellogg School, addition, program, history
Dates
1953-1976
Box 12
Folder 13
Title
The Loring School for Girls, yearbook
Dates
1961
Box 7
Folder 15
Title
Morgan Park Military Academy, Alumni Association, correspondence, bulletin
Dates
1928, 1931
Box 7
Folder 16
Title
Morgan Park Military Academy, Alumni Association, directories
Dates
1926, 1938
Box 7
Folder 17
Title
Morgan Park Military Academy, building campaign, pamphlet
Dates
1926
Box 15
Folder 6
Title
Morgan Park Military Academy, Alumni Memorial Hall, The Weekly Review supplement
Dates
1928 February 17
Box 15
Folder 6
Title
Morgan Park Military Academy, 50th anniversary report
Dates
circa 1928
Box 15
Folder 6
Title
Morgan Park Military Academy, construction program, news clipping
Dates
1948 March 18
Box 12
Folder 14
Title
Morgan Park Military Academy annual catalogues
Dates
1877-1878; 1885-1886
Box 6a
Folder 35
Title
Morgan Park Academy, brochure
Dates
circa 1975
Box 7
Folder 18
Title
Morgan Park Military Academy, catalog
Dates
1921-1922
Box 6a
Folder 36
Title
Morgan Park Military Academy, catalog
Dates
1930-1931
Box 6a
Folder 37
Title
Morgan Park Military Academy, catalog
Dates
1931-1932
Box 7
Folder 19
Title
Morgan Park Military Academy, catalogs
Dates
1937-1938, 1938-1939, undated
Box 7
Folder 20
Title
Morgan Park Military Academy, commencement program
Dates
1926
Box 15
Folder 7
Title
Morgan Park Military Academy, historical sketch
Dates
1911 April 29
Box 7
Folder 21
Title
Morgan Park Military Academy, historical sketches and news clippings, includes 50th anniversary
Dates
1884-1972
Box 15
Folder 11
Title
Morgan Park Academy, history, news clipping
Dates
1911
Box 16
Title
Morgan Park Academy Library, accession book
Dates
1892
Box 7
Folder 22
Title
Morgan Park Academy of the University of Chicago, Library lists, donations, receipts
Dates
1896-1907
Box 7
Folder 23
Title
Morgan Park Academy of the University of Chicago, Library orders
Dates
1900-1907
Box 7
Folder 24
Title
Morgan Park Military Academy, mural, "Chaucer's Canterbury Pilgrims"
Dates
1936
Box 14
Folder 12
Title
Morgan Park Military Academy, The Academy News, newsletter, Alumni Number
Dates
1918 July 3
Box 14
Folder 12
Title
Morgan Park Military Academy, The Academy News, newsletter, Alumni Number
Dates
1934 April 21
Box 14
Folder 13
Title
Morgan Park Military Academy, The Academy News, newsletter, Alumni Number
Dates
1936 February 21
Box 7
Folder 25
Title
Morgan Park Military Academy, 70th anniversary meeting correspondence, reminiscences [See also: news clipping in Box 15, Folder 8]
Dates
1943
Box 15
Folder 8
Title
Morgan Park Military Academy, 70th anniversary, The Beverly Review supplement
Dates
1942 September 3
Box 15
Folder 8
Title
Morgan Park Military Academy, "The Mechanism Behind the Dials of Plan Instruments," news clipping (accompanied letter in Box 7, Folder 25]
Dates
1943
Box 7
Folder 26
Title
Morgan Park District 7, receipts, election to redistrict
Dates
1890-1892
Box 7
Folder 27
Title
Morgan Park High School, Board of Education, establishment
Dates
1902-1904
Box 7
Folder 28
Title
Morgan Park High School, Board of Education, "How We Got Our High School" by Enoch J. Price
Dates
1943
Box 7
Folder 29
Title
Morgan Park High School, Board of Education, real estate contract, attorney fees
Dates
1910-1912
Box 7
Folder 30
Title
Morgan Park High School, Board of Education, statements, redistricting, elections, salaries
Dates
1902-1913
Box 8
Folder 1
Title
Morgan Park High School, catalog, photocopy
Dates
1906
Box 8
Folder 2
Title
Morgan Park High School, commencement, field day, music, programs
Dates
1906-1929
Box 14
Folder 14
Title
Morgan Park High School, Empehi News
Dates
1925 November 19, 1942 May 22 (incomplete), 1949 May 27 (incomplete), 1953 June 19
Box 8
Folder 3
Title
Morgan Park High School, handbooks
Dates
1934, circa 1973
Box 8
Folder 4
Title
Morgan Park High School, athletics, news clippings
Dates
1946-1953
Box 8
Folder 5
Title
Morgan Park High School, Senate bills 76, 96, 202, 701, power of Board to tax [See also: Series 4: Historical Sketches, Subseries B: Subseries B: Village of Morgan Park]
Dates
1894-1912, 1909
Box 8
Folder 10
Title
Morgan Park High School, Empehi, yearbook
Dates
1920
Box 8
Folder 6
Title
Morgan Park High School, Empehi, yearbook
Dates
1921
Box 8
Folder 7
Title
Morgan Park High School, Empehi, yearbook
Dates
1939
Box 8
Folder 8
Title
Morgan Park High School, Empehi, yearbook
Dates
1942
Box 8
Folder 9
Title
Morgan Park High School, Empehi, yearbook
Dates
1943
Box 9
Folder 1
Title
Morgan Park High School, Empehi, yearbook
Dates
1944
Box 9
Folder 2
Title
Morgan Park High School, Empehi, yearbook
Dates
1945
Box 9
Folder 3
Title
Morgan Park High School, Empehi, yearbook
Dates
1946
Box 9
Folder 4
Title
Morgan Park High School, Empehi, yearbook
Dates
1947
Box 9
Folder 5
Title
Morgan Park High School, Empehi, yearbook
Dates
1948
Box 9
Folder 6
Title
Morgan Park High School, Empehi, yearbook
Dates
1949
Box 9
Folder 7
Title
Morgan Park High School, Empehi, yearbook
Dates
1950
Box 10
Folder 1
Title
Morgan Park High School, Empehi, yearbook
Dates
1951
Box 10
Folder 2
Title
Morgan Park High School, Empehi, yearbook
Dates
1953
Box 12
Folder 15
Title
Morgan Park High School, Empehi, yearbook
Dates
1962
Box 12
Folder 16
Title
Morgan Park High School, Empehi, yearbook
Dates
1963
Box 13
Folder 1
Title
Morgan Park High School, Empehi, yearbook
Dates
1964
Box 6a
Folder 38
Title
News clippings
Dates
1972-1976
Box 24
Folder 13
Title
News clippings
Dates
1976, [1978], 1987, undated
Box 6a
Folder 39
Title
Schools of Beverly Hills/Morgan Park, brochures
Dates
circa 1975-1985
Box 10
Folder 5
Title
St. Cajetan School, historical sketches
Dates
1962, 1980
Box 14
Folder 16
Title
St. Xavier College, receives library grant, news clipping
Dates
1952
Box 10
Folder 6
Title
John D. Schoop School, historical sketches
Dates
1925, 1975
Box 10
Folder 7
Title
Society of the American Institute of Hebrew, historical sketch
Dates
1884
Box 10
Folder 8
Title
Sutherland School, plot with floor plans, historical sketches, news clippings
Dates
1963-circa 1970
Box 10
Folder 9
Title
Vanderpoel School, commencement program
Dates
1976
Box 10
Folder 9
Title
Vanderpoel School, news clipping
Dates
1965
Box 10
Folder 9
Title
Vanderpoel School, school policies
Dates
[1975]
Box 10
Folder 9
Title
Vanderpoel School, Parent-Teacher Association (PTA) yearbook
Dates
1975-1976
Box 10
Folder 9
Title
Vanderpoel School, yearbook, photocopy
Dates
1924
Box 10
Folder 3
Title
Village of Morgan Park, school propositions [See also: Series 4: Historical Sketches, Subseries B: Village of Morgan Park]
Dates
1905
Box 10
Folder 4
Title
Village of Morgan Park, school resolutions, warrants and planning [See also: Series 4: Historical Sketches, Subseries B: Village of Morgan Park]
Dates
1905-1913
Box 10
Folder 10
Title
Western Avenue School, dedication program (photocopy), news clippings
Dates
1897, 1973
Subseries B: Photographs
1889-1955, undated
Arrangement

Subseries B is arranged alphabetically by school name or topic. When a photograph was created from the plate in the Views of Morgan Park it is noted as a copy print.

Box 21
Photograph 1.51
Title
Baptist Union Theological Seminary, from Views of Morgan Park (copy print)
Dates
1889
Box 21
Photograph 1.52
Title
Baptist Union Theological Seminary, Blake Hall, from Views of Morgan Park (copy print)
Dates
1889
Box 22
Photograph 1.53
Title
Baptist Union Theological Seminary, Blake Hall
Dates
undated
Box 21
Photograph 1.54
Title
Baptist Union Theological Seminary, Library, from Views of Morgan Park (copy print)
Dates
1889
Box 21
Photograph 1.55
Title
Esmond School, where Miss Mayrick taught, includes Josephine Lackore, Jessie Reno, Annie H. Earnes and Emily Cahill [poor condition, item missing]
Dates
1891
Box 21
Photograph 1.56
Title
Esmond School, possibly grades 7 and 8, includes Homer Kinney, Olive Harvey, Mattie Nichols, Bessie Hoag, David Kline, Sophi [last name illegible], Arno Short, Sophia [no last name], Clara German, Hugh [Thompson?], Miss Lackore. [first name illegible] Moffett, Eva Barker, Bessie Brown, Nellie Luttrell, James Inglis and Gertrude Goe [poor condition, item missing]
Dates
1891
Box 23
Photograph 5
Title
Female Seminary [Chicago Female College], from Views of Morgan Park
Dates
1889
Box 21
Photograph 1.57
Title
Female Seminary [Chicago Female College], from Views of Morgan Park (copy print)
Dates
1889
Box 22
Photograph 1.57a
Title
Female Seminary [Chicago Female College]
Dates
undated
Box 21
Photograph 1.60
Title
Morgan Park High School, Miss Uling's English class at the circulation desk in the Walker Branch Library, summer
Dates
1955
Box 21
Photograph 1.61
Title
Morgan Park High School, Miss Uling's English class seated with periodicals in the Walker Branch Library, summer
Dates
1955
Box 21
Photograph 1.62
Title
Morgan Park High School, Miss Uling's English class, inside the Walker Branch Library, summer
Dates
1955
Box 21
Photograph 1.63
Title
Morgan Park High School, Miss Uling's English class outside Walker Branch Library
Dates
1955
Box 21
Photograph 1.64
Title
Morgan Park High School, Miss Uling's English class in the stacks at the Walker Branch Library, summer
Dates
1955
Box 22
Photograph 1.59
Title
Morgan Park Military Academy
Dates
undated
Box 23
Photograph 6
Title
Morgan Park Military Academy, from Views of Morgan Park
Dates
1889
Box 21
Photograph 1.58
Title
Morgan Park Military Academy, from Views of Morgan Park (copy print)
Dates
1889
Series 10: Street Scenes
1889, undated
Scope and Contents

Series 10 contains historic photographs and views of the Village of Morgan Park prior to its annexation to Chicago. The bulk of the views are from the publication: Views of Morgan Park, Chicago: Geo. R. Clarke & Co., 1889. Other plates from the view book be found in their respective series areas.

Arrangement

Series 10 is arranged alphabetically by street name or type of view. When a photograph was created from the plate in the Views of Morgan Park it is noted as a copy print.

Box 22
Photograph 1.65a
Title
Armida Avenue, looking north from Rinaldo
Dates
undated
Box 22
Photograph 1.65b
Title
Morgan Avenue, looking west from Crescent
Dates
undated
Box 22
Photograph 1.66
Title
"Council Oak," 800-year-old oak tree on property of Mrs. Robert S. Platt, 10820 Drew Street
Dates
undated
Box 22
Photograph 1.67a
Title
Morgan Avenue, looking east from Washington
Dates
undated
Box 22
Photograph 1.67b
Title
Morgan Avenue
Dates
undated
Box 22
Photograph 1.68
Title
Morgan Avenue, west of tracks
Dates
undated
Box 22
Photograph 34
Title
Morgan Park, aerial view from top of the Ridge looking east, between 111th and 119th Streets, from Views of Morgan Park
Dates
1889
Box 21
Photograph 1.69
Title
Morgan Park, aerial view from top of Ridge looking east, between 111th and 119th Streets, from Views of Morgan Park (copy print)
Dates
1889
Box 22
Photograph 1.70
Title
Morgan Park, aerial view looking east from government observatory showing Longwood Drive and 111th street and vacant corner later occupied by Morgan Park Trust and Savings Bank and Walgreen Drug Store (detail of Photograph 1.69)
Dates
undated
Box 22
Photograph 36
Title
Morgan Park, aerial view, looking north from Water Works Tower at Bell and Lothair Avenues, from Views of Morgan Park
Dates
1889
Box 21
Photograph 1.71
Title
Morgan Park, aerial view looking north from Water Works Tower, Bell and Lothair Avenues, from Views of Morgan Park (copy print)
Dates
1889
Box 22
Photograph 1.72
Title
Morgan Park, aerial view looking north from Water Works showing Lothair Avenue and 115th Streets, (detail of Photograph 1.71)
Dates
undated
Box 22
Photograph 33
Title
Morgan Park, aerial view looking northeast from Prospect Avenue, from Views of Morgan Park
Dates
1889
Box 21
Photograph 1.73
Title
Morgan Park, aerial view looking northeast from Prospect Avenue, from Views of Morgan Park (copy print)
Dates
1889
Box 22
Photograph 35
Title
Morgan Park, aerial view looking northwest from observatory at 111th and Hoyne Avenues, includes Blake Hall and Baptist Theological seminary, from Views of Morgan Park
Dates
1889
Box 21
Photograph 1.74
Title
Morgan Park, aerial view looking northwest from observatory at 111th and Hoyne Avenues, includes Blake Hall and Baptist Theological seminary, from Views of Morgan Park, (copy print)
Dates
1889
Box 22
Photograph 1.75
Title
Morgan Park, aerial view looking northwest from observatory at 111th and Hoyne Avenues, includes Blake Hall and Baptist Theological seminary, from Views of Morgan Park, (detail of Photograph 1.74)
Dates
undated
Box 21
Photograph 1.76
Title
Morgan Park, stores and hall [H.H. Husted Provisions, E.A. Washburn Wood & Coal, H.R. Hoag Real Estate], 111th Street just west of Rock Island Suburban Line showing observatory, from Views of Morgan Park (copy print)
Dates
1889
Box 22
Photograph 1.77
Title
Morgan Park, stores and hall [H.H. Husted Provisions, E.A. Washburn Wood & Coal, H.R. Hoag Real Estate], 111th Street just west of Rock Island Suburban Line showing government observatory tower (detail of Photograph 1.76)
Dates
undated
Box 22
Photograph 1.78b
Title
Morgan Park, view looking toward Longwood Boulevard, Tracy
Dates
undated
Box 22
Photograph 1.78a
Title
Park Street, looking north
Dates
undated
Box 22
Photograph 1.79a
Title
Prospect Avenue
Dates
undated
Box 22
Photograph 1.79b
Title
Prospect Avenue, looking east from Park Crescent Street
Dates
undated
Box 21
Photograph 1.80
Title
Prospect Avenue, looking east from Park Crescent Street (same as Photograph 1.79b)
Dates
undated
Series 11: Transportation
1894-1986
Scope and Contents

Series 11 contains historical accounts, news clippings, ordinances and timetables on several transit options that served the Beverly-Morgan Park community, including the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway which began service in 1852 and Chicago and Southern Traction Company.

Arrangement

Series 11 is arranged alphanumerically by topic or transit company.

Box 10
Folder 14
Title
111th Street Station, correspondence regarding history
Dates
1972
Box 10
Folder 11
Title
111th Street Station, drawing by Jack Simmerling (copy print)
Dates
1967
Box 22
Photograph 1.81
Title
111th Street Station
Dates
1971
Box 10
Folder 16
Title
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway, 70 Years of Service, anniversary booklet
Dates
1922
Box 10
Folder 12
Title
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway, Belmont timecard
Dates
[1908]
Box 10
Folder 13
Title
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway, One Hundred Years Continuous Service, letter opener
Dates
1952
Box 10
Folder 15
Title
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway, Suburban Service map
Dates
undated
Box 10
Folder 12
Title
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway, Suburban Time Tables
Dates
1913-1921
Box 10
Folder 17
Title
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway, Suburban Time Tables
Dates
1899, 1905, 1911, 1912
Box 10
Folder 18
Title
Chicago & Southern Traction Company, Chicago and Kankakee by Trolley, timetables
Dates
1911
Box 10
Folder 21
Title
Chicago & Southern Traction Company, ordinances [See also: Series 4: Historical Sketches, Subseries B: Village of Morgan Park]
Dates
1894, 1905
Box 10
Folder 19
Title
Interurban Railway, franchise statutes, public meeting notice
Dates
1905
Box 10
Folder 20
Title
Northeast Illinois Railroad Corporation [Metra], Rock Island District, timetables
Dates
1984, 1986
Box 10
Folder 22
Title
Streetcars, The Villager news clipping
Dates
1912
Box 14
Folder 17
Title
Streetcars, The Villager news clipping
Dates
1981