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Englewood Community Collection

Descriptive Summary

Repository
Special Collections Unit at Harold Washington Library Center
Title
Englewood Community Collection
Source
Chicago Public Library. Hiram Kelly Branch
Source
Englewood Historical Association (Chicago, Ill.)
Identifier
spe.nhrc.ecc
Size
13.5 Linear Feet in 16 boxes, includes 283 photographs and 16 oversize folders
Dates
1868-2012
Predominant Dates
1890-1945
Abstract
The collection contains a range of articles, brochures, historical sketches, newsletters, photographs, programs and reports that focus on Englewood's neighborhood events, persons and organizations, particularly during the late 19th century to the early 1960s. Of particular note are the neighborhood photographs and the series devoted to schools in Englewood.
Language
English .

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Transferred from Chicago Public Library Legler Branch in the 1980s as part of a Dr. Scholl Foundation grant. The Englewood Historical Association collected many of the original materials. Supplements to the collection were transferred and donated from numerous sources.

Supplement 1 includes photographs that were collected by the Englewood Historical Association and stored at the Hiram Kelly Branch of the Chicago Public Library. These are numbered with the prefix "1". Alice Jacoby Harnish, born in Englewood in 1905, donated the photographs with the prefix "2" and the items in Box 7, Folders 13, 15-18 and 20.

Supplement 2 is housed in Boxes 8-9, and is largely comprised of yearbooks from area schools.

Conditions Governing Access

Materials are open without restrictions.

Preferred Citation

When quoting material from this collection the preferred citation is: Englewood Community Collection [Box #, Folder #, Photograph #], Special Collections, Chicago Public Library.

Biographical / Historical

The Englewood neighborhood is seven miles south of the Loop. The neighborhood stretches from Garfield Boulevard south to roughly 76th Street. Racine Avenue forms the western edge of the neighborhood, while the eastern boundary diverges. Englewood joined the city of Chicago as part of the large annexations of 1889. Englewood is number 68 of the 77 official communities in Chicago.

Scope and Contents

The collection contains a range of articles, brochures, historical sketches, newsletters, photographs, programs and reports that focus on Englewood's neighborhood events, persons and organizations, particularly during the late 19th century to the early 1960s. Of particular note are the neighborhood photographs and the series devoted to schools in Englewood.

Arrangement

The collection is organized by topic into 13 Series:

Series 1: Biographical Data, circa 1870-circa 1945, undated

Series 2: Business Establishments, circa 1880s-1948, undated

Series 3: Religious Institutions, 1886-1953, undated

Series 4: Clubs and Organizations, circa 1880s-1948, undated

Series 5: Historical Sketches, 1925-2012, undated

Series 6: Hospitals, Photographs, circa 1910-1920

Series 7: Municipal Agencies, Photographs, circa 1890-circa 1930

Series 8: Parks, 1877-1918, undated

Series 9: Residences, Photographs, 1890-circa 1910, undated

Series 10: Schools, circa 1870-1969, undated

Series 11: Street Scenes, 1871-1923, undated

Series 12: Transportation, 1868-circa 1951, undated

Series 13: Wartime Activities, 1917-1918, 1941-1945

Related Materials

Englewood High School Records

Englewood Historical Association Records

Englewood Women's Club Records

Lanyon Family Papers

D.E. Terriere Diaries

Conditions Governing Use

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

Indexed Terms

Inventory

Series 1: Biographical Data
circa 1870-circa 1945, undated
Scope and Contents

Series 1 contains biographical sketches, diaries, memorials and photographs of Englewood community residents between 1870s and the 1940s.

Arrangement

Series 1 is organized into two Subseries: Subseries A: Documents, 1897-circa 1930, undated and Subseries B: Photographs, circa 1870-circa 1945, undated.

Subseries A: Documents
1897-circa 1930, undated
Arrangement

Subseries A is arranged alphabetically by last name.

Box 1
Folder 1
Title
Armstrong, James E., scrapbook
Dates
1928-1929
Box 1
Folder 2
Title
Budd Family, biographical sketch
Dates
undated
Box 1
Folder 3
Title
Clark, Minnie S., typescript tribute
Dates
undated
Box 1
Folder 4
Title
Franklin, Henry B. and Hannah, warranty deed
Dates
1897 February 23
Box 7
Folder 13
Title
Harnish, Alice Jacoby, typescript diary
Dates
1916-1924
Box 1
Folder 5
Title
Ickes, Harold L., biographical sketch
Dates
circa 1930
Box 1
Folder 6
Title
Parker, Col. Francis Wayland, memorial program and ticket
Dates
1902 April 19
Box 1
Folder 7
Title
Sherwood, George Wesly, historical sketch
Dates
undated
Subseries B: Photographs
circa 1870-circa 1945, undated
Arrangement

Subseries B is arranged alphabetically by last name or unidentified, if unknown.

Box Glass Plate Slide Box 1
Photograph 1.51a
Title
Abbott, H.R., glass plate slide
Dates
circa 1890
Box 11
Photograph 1.51b
Title
Abbott, H.R., on tandem bicycle with unidentified friend
Dates
circa 1890
Box 11
Photograph 1.52
Title
Abbott, H.R., fencing with W.E. Wild
Dates
circa 1890
Oversize Folder 12
Photograph 1.53
Title
Armstrong, James H.
Dates
1944
Box 16
Photograph 1.54
Title
Armstrong, James E.
Dates
1928
Box Glass Plate Slide Box 1
Photograph 1.55a-1.55b
Title
Armstrong, James E., glass plate slides (2)
Dates
1928
Box 11
Photograph 1.56
Title
Barker
Dates
undated
Box Glass Plate Slide Box 1
Photograph 1.57a-e
Title
Barkey, F.P., and family, one of the first automobiles in Englewood, glass plate slide (5 copies)
Dates
1908
Box 11
Photograph 1.58
Title
Bartlett, J.F.
Dates
1903
Box 11
Photograph 1.59
Title
Bartlett, Mrs. J.F.
Dates
undated
Box 11
Photograph 1.60
Title
Blaich, Frances Etta (née Thorp)
Dates
circa 1881
Box 11
Photograph 1.61
Title
Bright, O.T.
Dates
undated
Box 16
Photograph 1.62
Title
Brodbeck, L. Emma
Dates
circa 1890
Box 11
Photograph 1.63
Title
Burlingame, George E.
Dates
undated
Box 11
Photograph 1.64
Title
Carso, Clarissa and family
Dates
1900
Box 16
Photograph 1.65
Title
Carson Family
Dates
circa 1895
Box 11
Photograph 1.66
Title
Carson, George M.
Dates
circa 1870-circa 1950, undated
Box 11
Photograph 1.67
Title
Chandler, Rev. W. W.
Dates
undated
Box 11
Photograph 1.68
Title
Chase, George Nelson
Dates
circa 1890s
Box 11
Photograph 1.69
Title
Claus, E. and family
Dates
circa 1880-1910
Box 12
Photograph 1.70a-d
Title
Clark, Minnie S. (4)
Dates
circa 1920
Box 12
Photograph 1.71
Title
Coffin, Herbert
Dates
1888
Box 12
Photograph 1.72
Title
Coffin, Mrs. Herbert
Dates
1888
Box 12
Photograph 1.73
Title
Conway, T
Dates
1889
Box 12
Photograph 1.74
Title
De Puy, I.
Dates
circa 1910-1914
Box 12
Photograph 1.75
Title
Emerson, Governor
Dates
undated
Box 12
Photograph 1.76
Title
Fern, J.J.
Dates
circa 1880
Box 12
Photograph 1.77
Title
Frederick, Dr. Gilbert [Covenant Baptist Church]
Dates
circa 1892
Box 12
Photograph 1.78
Title
Frederick, Dr. and Mrs. Gilbert
Dates
1925
Box 16
Photograph 1.79
Title
French, Charles W.
Dates
undated
Box 12
Photograph 1.80
Title
Gernenz, Albert J.
Dates
circa 1945
Box 12
Photograph 1.81
Title
Gilmore, H.W. and H.F. Franson
Dates
1903
Box 12
Photograph 1.82
Title
Harmer, Harry
Dates
undated
Box 12
Photograph 1.83
Title
Heaton, Rev. C.H.
Dates
circa 1932
Box 12
Photograph 1.84
Title
Heaton, Mrs. C.H.
Dates
undated
Box 12
Photograph 1.85
Title
Heaton, Beulah
Dates
circa 1900
Box 12
Photograph 1.86-1.87
Title
Ickes, Harold L. (2)
Dates
circa 1930
Box 12
Photograph 1.88
Title
Jenks, B.H.
Dates
1899
Box 12
Photograph 1.89
Title
Kempter, John Sr.
Dates
circa 1880
Box 12
Photograph 1.90
Title
Kessler, Charles M.
Dates
circa 1924
Box 12
Photograph 1.91
Title
Lehner, J.H.
Dates
undated
Box 12
Photograph 1.92
Title
McGinty, John D. [Old Settlers Club]
Dates
undated
Box 12
Photograph 1.93
Title
McLendon, H. Lee
Dates
undated
Box 12
Photograph 1.94
Title
Odegard, Rev. A.O.
Dates
1944
Box Glass Plate Slide Box 1
Photograph 1.95a-1.95b
Title
Parker, Colonel, glass plate slides (2)
Dates
circa 1880
Box 12
Photograph 1.96
Title
Raffle, Erwin
Dates
circa 1940
Box 12
Photograph 1.97
Title
Sisson, Mrs.
Dates
circa 1890
Box 12
Photograph 1.98
Title
Tepper, Elmer
Dates
circa 1940
Box 12
Photograph 1.99
Title
Thayer, Hartie Bacon
Dates
circa 1940
Oversize Folder 13
Photograph 1.100
Title
Thorp, Thomas H, and Etta Valentine
Dates
1875
Box 12
Photograph 1.101
Title
Thorp, William Henry
Dates
circa 1880
Box 12
Photograph 1.102
Title
Unidentified
Dates
undated
Box 12
Photograph 1.103
Title
Unidentified bride and groom
Dates
circa 1890
Box 12
Photograph 1.104
Title
Unidentified
Dates
circa 1890
Box 12
Photograph 1.105
Title
Unidentified group photo
Dates
undated
Box 12
Photograph 1.106
Title
Unidentified women on porch
Dates
undated
Box 12
Photograph 1.107
Title
Wallersted, Richard
Dates
circa 1940s
Box 12
Photograph 1.108
Title
Weddell, Rev.
Dates
undated
Box 16
Photograph 1.109
Title
Weiderhold, Edwin
Dates
circa 1880
Box 12
Photograph 1.110
Title
Weir, Robert
Dates
undated
Box 13
Photograph 1.111
Title
Winship, Mrs.
Dates
circa 1880
Box 13
Photograph 1.112
Title
Zabriskie, Charles J.
Dates
undated
Box 13
Photograph 1.113
Title
Zabriskie, Charles and Irene
Dates
undated
Series 2: Business Establishments
circa 1880s-1948, undated
Scope and Contents

Series 2 contains advertisements, booklets, photographs and scrapbooks on Englewood businesses between the 1880s and 1948.

Arrangement

Series 2 is organized into two Subseries: Subseries A: Documents, circa 1885-1948, undated and Subseries B: Photographs, circa 1880s-1914.

Subseries A: Documents
circa 1885-1948, undated
Arrangement

Subseries A is arranged alphabetically by business name.

Box 1
Folder 11
Title
B.H. Jenks, notebook
Dates
circa 1899
Box 1
Folder 8
Title
Chicago City Bank & Trust Co., flyer
Dates
undated
Box 7
Folder 14
Title
Englewood Roller Skating Rink, broadsides
Dates
circa 1885
Box 1
Folder 13
Title
F.G. Thearle, Jr. & Co., advertisement
Dates
undated
Box 1
Folder 10
Title
High School Publishing Co., magazine
Dates
1900
Box 1
Folder 9
Title
I. Himmel & Sons, Inc., centennial anniversary booklet and correspondence
Dates
1948
Box 1
Folder 12
Title
Marlowe Theatre, weekly bulletin
Dates
undated
Box 1
Folder 12a
Title
Merriman & Co. Dry Goods, Queen of the West, vols. 54, 59 and 7
Dates
1902 April, September, 1904 January
Oversize Folder 8
Title
S.H. Campbell Street Sprinkling & General Teaming, scrapbook sheet with bill to C.H. Hubbell
Dates
1901 June 1
Oversize Folder 8
Title
.H. Campbell Street Sprinkling & General Teaming, scrapbook sheet with bill to George Leach
Dates
1901 October 1
Oversize Folder 8
Title
S.H. Campbell Street Sprinkling & General Teaming, scrapbook sheet with Lanyon Harness & Turf Goods bill to Sam Campbell
Dates
1905 February 18
Oversize Folder 8
Title
.H. Campbell Street Sprinkling & General Teaming, scrapbook sheet with Porter & Hill (nursery), bill to S.H. Campbell
Dates
1905 April 25
Oversize Folder 8
Title
S.H. Campbell Street Sprinkling & General Teaming, scrapbook sheet with Lewis Grammar School closing exercises invitation
Dates
1896 June 25
Oversize Folder 8
Title
S.H. Campbell Street Sprinkling & General Teaming, scrapbook sheet with postcard of Harper the Grocer, 5827 S. State Street
Dates
undated
Subseries B: Photographs
circa 1880s-1914
Arrangement

Subseries B is arranged alphabetically by business name.

Box Glass Plate Slide Box 1
Photograph 1.1
Title
Englewood Shoe House, glass plate slide, exterior
Dates
circa 1880s
Box 10
Photograph 1.3
Title
Porter's Garage, Wentworth Avenue and 64th Place
Dates
1914
Box Glass Plate Slide Box 1
Photograph 1.2a
Title
R.D. Hocking Hardware Store, 69th Street and Normal Boulevard, glass plate slide, exterior
Dates
circa 1890s
Box 10
Photograph 1.2b
Title
R.D. Hocking Hardware Store, 69th Street and Normal Boulevard, exterior
Dates
circa 1890s
Box Glass Plate Slide Box 1
Photograph 1.4a-1.4b
Title
Ten Mile House, 79th Street and Vincennes Avenue, glass plate slides (2)
Dates
circa 1890s
Box 10
Photograph 1.4c-1.4d
Title
Ten Mile House, 79th Street and Vincennes Avenue (2)
Dates
circa 1890s
Series 3: Religious Institutions
1886-1953, undated
Scope and Contents

Series 3 contains a selection of anniversary booklets, brochures, directories and photographs of Englewood's religious institutions between 1886 and 1953.

Arrangement

Series 3 is organized into two Subseries: Subseries A: Documents, 1886-1853, undated and Subseries B: Photographs, 1890-circa 1920, undated.

Subseries A: Documents
1886-1953, undated
Arrangement

Subseries A is arranged alphabetically by the name of the religious organization.

Box 1
Folder 14
Title
Bethel Evangelical Church of Englewood, 50th Anniversary brochure
Dates
1940
Box 1
Folder 15
Title
Covenant Baptist Church, directories
Dates
1921, 1938-1939
Box 1
Folder 16
Title
Covenant Baptist Church, The Covenant Chronicle, newsletter
Dates
1938
Box 1
Folder 17
Title
Covenant Baptist Church, programs
Dates
1901, 1907, 1938
Box 1
Folder 17a
Title
Englewood Baptist Church, "Ye Olde Folkes Concert" program
Dates
circa 1905
Box 1
Folder 18
Title
Englewood Baptist Church, directories
Dates
1935, 1939-1940
Box 1
Folder 18a
Title
Englewood Baptist Church, catalog of Sunday School library
Dates
[1888]
Box 1
Folder 19
Title
Englewood First Methodist Episcopal Church, annuals
Dates
1937-1939
Box 1
Folder 19
Title
Englewood First Methodist Episcopal Church, Reading Circle brochure
Dates
1945
Box 1
Folder 19
Title
Englewood First Methodist Episcopal Church, Thago Sunday School Class
Dates
circa 1904
Box 7
Folder 16
Title
Englewood [First] Methodist Church, 75th anniversary booklet
Dates
1953
Box 7
Folder 15
Title
Englewood [First] Methodist Church, bulletins and programs (16 items)
Dates
1918-1922
Box 7
Folder 17
Title
Englewood [First] Methodist Church, Sunday School, 25th anniversary
Dates
1913
Box 1
Folder 20
Title
Englewood Mission Covenant Church, Golden Jubilee
Dates
1938
Box 1
Folder 21
Title
Englewood Presbyterian Church, 50th anniversary booklet
Dates
1937
Box 1
Folder 22
Title
First Church of the Nazarene, directories
Dates
1938, undated
Box 1
Folder 26
Title
First Reformed Presbyterian, brochure (photocopy)
Dates
1947
Box 1
Folder 23
Title
Normal Park Presbyterian Church, brochures
Dates
1886
Box 1
Folder 23
Title
Normal Park Presbyterian Church, pamphlets
Dates
1910
Box 1
Folder 23
Title
Normal Park Presbyterian Church, postcard
Dates
undated
Box 1
Folder 24
Title
People's Liberal Church (Unitarian), directory
Dates
1940-1941
Box 1
Folder 25
Title
Pilgrim Congregational Church, directory
Dates
1926
Box 1
Folder 28
Title
Simpson Methodist Episcopal Chapel, Simpsonian
Dates
1889 July 14
Box 1
Folder 27
Title
St. Anne's Catholic Church, historical sketch
Dates
undated
Subseries B: Photographs
1890-circa 1920, undated
Arrangement

Subseries B is arranged alphabetically by the name of the religious organization.

Box 10
Photograph 1.5
Title
Covenant Baptist Church, 6042 S. Normal Avenue, choir
Dates
1903
Box 10
Photograph 1.6
Title
Covenant Baptist Church, 6042 S. Normal Avenue, exterior
Dates
1900
Box 10
Photograph 1.7-1.8
Title
Covenant Baptist Church, 6042 S. Normal Avenue, exterior (2)
Dates
undated
Box 10
Photograph 1.9a-b
Title
Covenant Baptist Church, 6042 S. Normal Avenue, exterior (2 copies)
Dates
undated
Box Glass Plate Slide Box 1
Photograph 1.10a-1.10b
Title
Englewood Baptist Church, Englewood and Stewart Avenues, exterior, glass plate slides (2)
Dates
circa 1890
Box Glass Plate Slide Box 1
Photograph 1.11a-1.11b
Title
Englewood Baptist Church, Englewood and Stewart Avenues, sketch, glass plate slides (2)
Dates
1890
Box 10
Photograph 1.12
Title
Englewood First Methodist Church, THACO Sunday School Class
Dates
circa 1904
Box 15
Photograph 2.1
Title
First Methodist Episcopal Church, Washington's Birthday dinner hostesses
Dates
circa 1920
Series 4: Clubs and Organizations
circa 1880s-1948, undated
Scope and Contents

Series 4 contains a selection of clubs or organizations in the Englewood community from 1844-1948. Bicycling was a popular pastime and the series includes a directory of cycling clubs as well as several photographs of the Englewood Wheelmen's Club.

Arrangement

Series 4 is organized into two Subseries: Subseries A: Documents, 1884-1948, undated and Subseries B: Photographs, circa 1880s-1910, undated.

Subseries A: Documents
1884-1948, undated
Arrangement

Subseries A is arranged alphabetically by the name of the club or organization.

Box 2
Folder 1
Title
Associated Cycling Clubs, directory
Dates
1896
Box 2
Folder 2
Title
Back O' the Yards Old Timers' Club, pamphlet
Dates
1938
Box 7
Folder 18
Title
Camp Fire Girls, "Sacred Ceremonial"
Dates
1920 October 10
Box 2
Folder 3
Title
Cook County High School Athletic Association, program
Dates
1897
Box 2
Folder 4
Title
Englewood Community Club, directory
Dates
1921-1922
Box 2
Folder 5
Title
Englewood Lodge No. 690, A.F. & A.M., invitation
Dates
1897
Box 2
Folder 6
Title
Englewood Old Settlers Association, 19th Annual Reunion, Reception & Banquet, program
Dates
1921 October 27
Box 2
Folder 7-8
Title
Kiwanis Club of Englewood, silver anniversary brochure and roster
Dates
1920-1945
Box 2
Folder 9
Title
Knights Templar-Englewood Commandery, no. 59, annual volume
Dates
1887
Box 2
Folder 10
Title
Ladies Auxiliary of the Young Men's Christian Association, The Mai Fete, journal
Dates
1894 May
Box 2
Folder 11
Title
Odd Fellow Club, Illinois Odd Fellow, journal, no. 3
Dates
1904 January 15
Box 2
Folder 12
Title
The Seven O'Clock Club, minutes
Dates
1891 April
Box 2
Folder 13
Title
West Englewood Early Settlers, mailing list
Dates
undated
Box 2
Folder 14
Title
Y.M.C.A. - Southtown, anniversary program and annual meeting program
Dates
1948
Box 2
Folder 15
Title
Young Men's Republican Club, minute book
Dates
1884 June-August
Subseries B: Photographs
circa 1880s-1910, undated
Arrangement

Subseries B is arranged alphabetically by the name of the club or organization.

Box 10
Photograph 1.13
Title
Bachelors' Club of Covenant Baptist Church
Dates
circa 1903-1908
Box 10
Photograph 1.14-1.16
Title
Bachelors' Club of Covenant Baptist Church (3)
Dates
1903
Box 10
Photograph 1.17
Title
Bachelors' Club of Covenant Baptist Church
Dates
undated
Box Glass Plate Slide Box 1
Photograph 1.18a-1.18b
Title
Bachelors' Club of Covenant Baptist Church, glass plate slides (2)
Dates
1903
Box 10
Photograph 1.18c
Title
Bachelors' Club of Covenant Baptist Church
Dates
1903
Box 10
Photograph 1.19
Title
Englewood Cycling Club [bicycling], Hard Times Party
Dates
1891
Oversize Folder 10
Photograph 1.27
Title
Englewood Wheelmen Club [bicycling]
Dates
circa 1890-1910
Box Glass Plate Slide Box 1
Photograph 1.21a-1.21b
Title
Englewood Wheelmen Club [bicycling], glass plate slides (2)
Dates
1896
Box 10
Photograph 1.22
Title
Englewood Wheelmen Club [bicycling]
Dates
1896
Box 10
Photograph 1.23, 1.25
Title
Englewood Wheelmen Club [bicycling] (2)
Dates
1897
Box 10
Photograph 1.26
Title
Englewood Wheelmen Club [bicycling], clubhouse, 65th and Wentworth
Dates
1896
Box 10
Photograph 1.20
Title
Englewood Wheelmen Club [bicycling], Hard Times Party
Dates
circa 1895
Box Glass Plate Slide Box 1
Photograph 1.20a-1.20b
Title
Englewood Wheelmen Club [bicycling], Hard Times Party, glass plate slides (2)
Dates
1895
Box 10
Photograph 1.24
Title
Englewood Wheelmen Club [bicycling], Hard Times Party
Dates
circa 1897
Oversize Folder 11
Photograph 1.28
Title
Englewood Wheelmen Club [bicycling], indoor baseball team
Dates
undated
Box Glass Plate Slide Box 1
Photograph 1.29a-1.29b
Title
Flash Lights, glass plate slides (2)
Dates
1889
Box 10
Photograph 1.30
Title
Golden Rock Club of Covenant Baptist Church
Dates
1903
Box Glass Plate Slide Box 1
Photograph 1.31
Title
K.C. Clubhouse, Old Harvard Club, 6325 S. Harvard Avenue, glass plate slide
Dates
undated
Box 16
Photograph 1.32
Title
Odd Fellows Club, picnic
Dates
1902
Box 10
Photograph 1.33
Title
The Princeton A.C. Football Team
Dates
1896
Box 10
Photograph 1.34
Title
Rugby Club, unidentified
Dates
undated
Box 16
Photograph 1.35
Title
Unidentified [original damaged, scanned copy available]
Dates
circa 1890-1910
Box 10
Photograph 1.36
Title
Unidentified Club Members
Dates
undated
Box 10
Photograph 1.37
Title
Unidentified Club outing
Dates
circa 1880s
Box 10
Photograph 1.38
Title
Y.M.C.A., Englewood Department, color postcard
Dates
undated
Series 5: Historical Sketches
1925-2012, undated
Scope and Contents

Series 5 contains historical essays and surveys of the Englewood community.

Arrangement

Series 5 is arranged alphabetically by the title or type of history.

Oversize Folder 2-3
Title
"Chicago Story: Englewood Section," EGN Radio, LPs (2)
Dates
1946 April 17
Box 2
Folder 16
Title
"Composition of Englewood," census of population
Dates
1950-1960
Box 2
Folder 17
Title
Englewood - Local Community Fact Book - Chicago Metropolitan Area
Dates
1960
Box 2
Folder 18
Title
Englewood Golden Jubilee Celebration, "Winning Essays in the Elementary School Essay Competition"
Dates
1940
Box 2
Folder 19
Title
"The Hiram Kelly Library"
Dates
undated
Oversize Folder 1
Title
Hiram Kelly Branch Survey
Dates
1943
Box 2
Folder 20
Title
"History of Englewood"
Dates
undated
Box 9
Folder 5
Title
"Home in One Place: A South Side Story," Echo (Columbia College Magazine), by Darryl Holliday and E.N. Rodriguez
Dates
2012
Box 2
Folder 21
Title
Survey
Dates
1925
Box 2
Folder 22
Title
Survey of the Field
Dates
undated
Series 6: Hospitals, Photographs
circa 1910-1920
Arrangement

Series 6 contains one photographs listed by hospital name.

Box Glass Plate Slide Box 1
Photograph 1.39a-1.39b
Title
St. Bernard's Hospital, glass plate slides (2)
Dates
circa 1910-1920
Series 7: Municipal Agencies, Photographs
circa 1890-circa 1930
Arrangement

Series 7 is arranged alphabetically by agency name.

Box 10
Photograph 1.40
Title
Hiram Kelly Branch Library, exterior
Dates
circa 1930
Box Glass Plate Slide Box 1
Photograph 1.41a-1.41b
Title
Hiram Kelly Branch Library, exterior, glass plate slides (2)
Dates
circa 1910-1920
Box Glass Plate Slide Box 1
Photograph 1.42a-1.42b
Title
Police and Fire Station, glass plate slides (2)
Dates
circa 1890
Box Glass Plate Slide Box 1
Photograph 1.43a-1.43b
Title
Post Office, glass plate slides (2)
Dates
circa 1890
Series 8: Parks
1877-1918, undated
Scope and Contents

Series 8 contains historical sketches, photographs and programs related to parks in the Englewood community.

Arrangement

Series 8 is organized into two Subseries: Subseries A: Documents, 1877-1918, undated and Subseries B: Photographs, 1888-1889.

Subseries A: Documents
1877-1918, undated
Arrangement

Subseries A is arranged alphabetically by park name.

Box 2
Folder 23
Title
Hamilton Park, historical sketch
Dates
undated
Box 7
Folder 19
Title
South Park, concert program
Dates
1877 August 18
Box 7
Folder 20
Title
Washington Park, concert program
Dates
1918 August 22
Box 7
Folder 20a
Title
Washington Park, concert programs
Dates
1881 August 27, 1906 July 28
Subseries B: Photographs
1888-1889
Arrangement

Subseries B is arranged alphabetically by park name.

Box 11
Photograph 1.46
Title
South Park, now Washington Park
Dates
1888
Box 11
Photograph 1.44-1.45, 1.47
Title
South Park, now Washington Park (3)
Dates
1889
Box 11
Photograph 1.48
Title
South Park, now Washington Park, picnic
Dates
1889
Box 11
Photograph 1,49
Title
South Park, now Washington Park, sundial
Dates
1888
Box 11
Photograph 1.50
Title
South Park, now Washington Park, Sol's Clock
Dates
1889
Series 9: Residences, Photographs
1890-circa 1910, undated
Scope and Contents

Series 9 contains a selection of photographs of early and notable residences including the homes of William Rahje and Senator Charles Deneen.

Arrangement

Series 9 is arranged alphabetically by the street name and preceded by specific address numbers where available. When no information is known, the residence is filed under "u" as unidentified.

Box 13
Photograph 1.117
Title
214 W. 61st Place [William Rathje]
Dates
undated
Box 13
Photograph 1.118a-1.118b
Title
426 W. 61st Place [William Rathje] (2)
Dates
undated
Box 13
Photograph 1.119
Title
457 W. 61st Place [Senator Charles Deneen]
Dates
undated
Box 13
Photograph 1.114
Title
Englewood Avenue, 500 block west of Normal Avenue
Dates
circa 1910
Box 13
Photograph 1.115
Title
6438 S. Harvard Avenue
Dates
1890
Box 13
Photograph 1.116
Title
6103 S. Peoria Street
Dates
undated
Box 13
Photograph 1.120-1.223
Title
Unidentified (5)
Dates
undated
Series 10: Schools
circa 1870-1969, undated
Scope and Contents

Series 10 contains historical sketches, newspapers, photographs, programs and yearbooks on colleges, schools and educational programs in the Englewood community between the 1870s and 1969.

Arrangement

Series 10 is organized into two Subseries: Subseries A: Documents, 1875-1969, undated and Subseries B: Photographs, circa 1870-circa 1950, undated.

Subseries A: Documents
1875-1969, undated
Arrangement

Subseries A is arranged alphabetically by school name.

Box 2
Folder 24-27
Title
Beale School, scrapbook, "Englewood," and Beale News
Dates
circa 1941, 1943 January-1943 May
Box 8
Folder 1
Title
Chicago Normal College, Emblem
Dates
1922
Box 8
Folder 2
Title
Chicago Normal College, Emblem
Dates
1923
Box 8
Folder 3
Title
Chicago Normal College, Emblem
Dates
1924
Box 8
Folder 4
Title
Chicago Normal College, Emblem
Dates
1925
Box 8
Folder 5
Title
Chicago State College, Emblem
Dates
1969
Box 3
Folder 4
Title
Cook County Normal School, Chicago Schools Journal
Dates
1936
Box 3
Folder 1
Title
Cook County Normal School, commencement exercises
Dates
1875, 1886, 1888, 1890, 1894
Box 3
Folder 2
Title
Cook County Normal School, correspondence
Dates
undated
Box 3
Folder 3
Title
Cook County Normal School, historical sketch
Dates
undated
Box 3
Folder 1
Title
Cook County Normal School, invitations
Dates
1888, 1894, 1897
Box 3
Folder 1
Title
Cook County Normal School, news clippings
Dates
undated
Box 3
Folder 1
Title
Cook County Normal School, reports
Dates
1890
Box 2
Folder 28
Title
Cook County Normal & Training School, catalog and circular
Dates
1875-1876, 1878-1879, 1871-1872 (bound in that order); 1877-1878
Box 8
Folder 6
Title
Harper Junior High School, The Scroll
Dates
1927 June
Box 3
Folder 5
Title
Kershaw School, class list
Dates
1901
Oversize Folder 8
Title
Lewis-Champlin School, invitation (on scrapbook page)
Dates
1896
Box 8
Folder 7
Title
Lindblom High School, commencement programs
Dates
1926, 1929
Box 8
Folder 8
Title
Lindblom High School, The Eagle
Dates
1920 June
Box 9
Folder 1
Title
Lindblom High School, The Eagle
Dates
1923 February
Box 9
Folder 2
Title
Lindblom High School, The Eagle
Dates
1923 June
Box 3
Folder 6
Title
Lindblom High School, The Eagle
Dates
1925 November
Box 3
Folder 7
Title
Lindblom High School, The Eagle
Dates
1926 October
Box 3
Folder 10
Title
Lindblom High School, The Eagle
Dates
1926
Box 3
Folder 8
Title
Lindblom High School, The Eagle
Dates
1927 January
Box 3
Folder 9
Title
Lindblom High School, The Eagle
Dates
1927 April
Box 3
Folder 11
Title
Lindblom High School, The Eagle
Dates
1928
Box 3
Folder 12
Title
Lindblom High School, The Eagle
Dates
1929
Box 9
Folder 3
Title
Lindblom High School, The Eagle
Dates
1929 January
Box 3
Folder 13
Title
Lindblom High School, The Eagle
Dates
1930
Box 4
Folder 1
Title
Lindblom High School, The Eagle
Dates
1930 June
Box 4
Folder 2
Title
Lindblom High School, The Eagle
Dates
1931
Box 4
Folder 3
Title
Lindblom High School, The Eagle
Dates
1931 June
Box 4
Folder 4
Title
Lindblom High School, The Eagle
Dates
1933 January
Box 7
Folder 21
Title
Lindblom High School, The Eagle
Dates
1940 January
Box 4
Folder 4
Title
Lindblom High School, The Eyrie
Dates
1929 Autumn
Box 4
Folder 5
Title
Lindblom High School, The Eyrie
Dates
1930 Spring
Box 4
Folder 6
Title
Lindblom High School, The Eyrie
Dates
1930 Autumn
Box 4
Folder 7
Title
Lindblom High School, The Eyrie
Dates
1931 Spring
Box 4
Folder 8
Title
Parker High School, list of students
Dates
1921
Box 4
Folder 9
Title
Parker High School, Parker Annual
Dates
1914
Box 5
Title
Parker High School, Green & White, newspaper
Dates
1919-1928
Box 6
Folder 1
Title
Parker High School, Green & White, newspaper
Dates
1922 January 19
Box 6
Folder 2
Title
Parker High School, Green & White, newspaper
Dates
1925 February-June
Box 6
Folder 8
Title
Parker High School, Green & White, newspaper
Dates
1925 September-1926 January
Box 6
Folder 3
Title
Parker High School, Green & White, newspaper
Dates
1926 September-1927 January
Box 6
Folder 4
Title
Parker High School, Green & White, newspaper
Dates
1928 September-1929 January
Box 6
Folder 5
Title
Parker High School, Green & White, newspaper
Dates
1929 February-June
Box 6
Folder 6
Title
Parker High School, Green & White, newspaper
Dates
1929 September-1930 January
Box 6
Folder 7
Title
Parker High School, Green & White, newspaper
Dates
1930 February-June
Box 6
Folder 9
Title
Parker High School, The Parker Press, newspaper
Dates
1946-1952
Box 6
Folder 10
Title
Parker High School, The Parker Press, newspaper
Dates
1953-1954
Box 6
Folder 11
Title
Parker High School, The Parker Press, newspaper
Dates
1960-1966
Box 6
Folder 11a
Title
Parker High School, Englewood Golden Jubilee, souvenir program
Dates
1940
Box 6
Folder 12
Title
Parker High School, The Pine, yearbook
Dates
1941
Box 6
Folder 13
Title
Parker High School, The Pine, yearbook
Dates
1945
Box 7
Folder 1
Title
Perkins Bass School, dedication exercise program
Dates
undated
Box 7
Folder 1
Title
Perkins Bass School, graduation exercises
Dates
1897
Oversize Folder 9
Title
Wentworth School, certificate to Walter Rowe
Dates
1896 June 26
Box 7
Folder 2
Title
Wentworth School, graduation exercises
Dates
1943-1944
Box 7
Folder 2
Title
Wentworth School, historical sketch
Dates
1940
Box 7
Folder 2
Title
Wentworth School, The Voice of Wentworth, newsletter
Dates
1940
Box 7
Folder 2
Title
Wentworth School, Golden Jubilee Celebration, program
Dates
1940
Box 7
Folder 3
Title
Yale School, invitation to commencement exercises
Dates
1898
Subseries B: Photographs
circa 1870-circa 1950, undated
Arrangement

Subseries B is arranged alphabetically by school name.

Box 16
Photograph 1.126
Title
Beale School, class picture, Room 5
Dates
1896
Box 16
Photograph 1.127
Title
Beale School, class picture, Room 4
Dates
1892
Box 13
Photograph 1.125
Title
Beale School, exterior
Dates
1941
Box 13
Photograph 1.124
Title
Beale School, students
Dates
1941
Box 13
Photograph 1.128-1.129
Title
Beale School, student play (2)
Dates
1941-1945
Box Glass Plate Slide Box 1
Photograph 1.135
Title
Chicago Normal College, glass plate slide
Dates
circa 1930s
Box 13
Photograph 1.136
Title
Cook County Normal Institute
Dates
1884
Box 13
Photograph 1.137
Title
Cook County Normal School
Dates
circa 1880
Box Glass Plate Slide Box 1
Photograph 1.138a-1.138b
Title
Cook County Normal School, glass plate slides (2)
Dates
1891
Box Glass Plate Slide Box 1
Photograph 1.139a-1.139b
Title
Cook County Normal School, glass plate slides (2)
Dates
1903
Box 13
Photograph 1.139c
Title
Cook County Normal School
Dates
1903
Box Glass Plate Slide Box 1
Photograph 1.140a-1.140b
Title
Cook County Normal School, glass plate slides (2)
Dates
undated
Box Glass Plate Slide Box 1
Photograph 1.141
Title
Cook County Normal School, exterior, glass plate slide
Dates
undated
Box Glass Plate Slide Box 1
Photograph 1.142a-1.142b
Title
Cook County Normal School, class picture, glass plate slides (2)
Dates
1881
Box 13
Photograph 1.142c
Title
Cook County Normal School, class picture
Dates
1881
Box Glass Plate Slide Box 1
Photograph 1.143
Title
Cook County Normal School, faculty, glass plate slide
Dates
circa 1870
Box 13
Photograph 1.144
Title
Cook County Normal School, faculty
Dates
1899
Box 13
Photograph 1.145
Title
Cook County Normal School, play
Dates
undated
Box Glass Plate Slide Box 1
Photograph 1.147a-1.147b
Title
Holmes School, class picture, glass plate slides (2)
Dates
1896
Box 13
Photograph 1.147c-1.147d
Title
Holmes School, class picture (2)
Dates
1896
Box 13
Photograph 1.148
Title
Kershaw School, class picture
Dates
1901
Box GP Smith Box 15
Photograph 1.149a
Title
Lewis-Champlin School, 5″x7″ glass plate slide
Dates
1889
Box Glass Plate Slide Box 1
Photograph 1.149c
Title
Lewis-Champlin School, glass plate slide
Dates
1889
Box Glass Plate Slide Box 1
Photograph 1.149d
Title
Lewis-Champlin School, glass plate slide
Dates
1889
Box 14
Photograph 1.163
Title
Lewis-Champlin School, brick yard
Dates
1895
Box Glass Plate Slide Box 1
Photograph 1.167a-1.167b
Title
Lewis-Champlin School, class picture, glass plate slides (2)
Dates
1879
Box Glass Plate Slide Box 1
Photograph 1.168a-1.168b
Title
Lewis-Champlin School, class picture, glass plate slides (2)
Dates
1891
Box 14
Photograph 1.168c
Title
Lewis-Champlin School, class picture
Dates
1891
Box 14
Photograph 1.164
Title
Lewis-Champlin School, engine house
Dates
1937
Box 13
Photograph 1.149b
Title
Lewis-Champlin School, exterior
Dates
1889
Box 13
Photograph 1.153
Title
Lewis-Champlin School, exterior
Dates
1895
Box 13
Photograph 1.150-1.151
Title
Lewis-Champlin School, exterior (2)
Dates
1895
Box 13
Photograph 1.155
Title
Lewis-Champlin School, exterior
Dates
1915
Box 13
Photograph 1.154
Title
Lewis-Champlin School, exterior
Dates
1916
Box 14
Photograph 1.156
Title
Lewis-Champlin School, exterior
Dates
1937
Box 14
Photograph 1.162
Title
Lewis-Champlin School, exterior
Dates
1938
Box 14
Photograph 1.157
Title
Lewis-Champlin School, exterior demolition
Dates
1937
Box 14
Photograph 1.161
Title
Lewis-Champlin School, exterior, grounds
Dates
1938
Box 14
Photograph 1.159
Title
Lewis-Champlin School, exterior, south
Dates
1937
Box 14
Photograph 1.160
Title
Lewis-Champlin School, exterior, south
Dates
1938
Box 14
Photograph 1.165-1.166
Title
Lewis-Champlin School, girls' gymnasium (2)
Dates
1938
Box 14
Photograph 1.158
Title
Lewis-Champlin School, lawn
Dates
1937
Box 14
Photograph 1.152
Title
Lewis-Champlin School, west entrance
Dates
1895
Box 14
Photograph 1.169
Title
Normal Practice School
Dates
1909
Box 14
Photograph 1.170
Title
Parker High School, football team
Dates
1917
Box 14
Photograph 1.171
Title
Sherwood School, class picture, Number 10
Dates
1889
Box Glass Plate Slide Box 1
Photograph 1.172a-1.172b
Title
Sherwood School, class picture, glass plate slides (2)
Dates
1891
Box 14
Photograph 1.172c
Title
Sherwood School, class picture
Dates
1891
Box 14
Photograph 1.173
Title
Sherwood School, class picture
Dates
1891
Box 14
Photograph 1.174
Title
Sherwood School, class picture, Room 1
Dates
1892
Box 15
Photograph 1.175
Title
Unidentified school
Dates
circa 1880
Box 13
Photograph 1.130
Title
Unidentified school, Christmas party
Dates
undated
Box 15
Photograph 1.179-1.180
Title
Unidentified school, class picture (2)
Dates
1880
Box 15
Photograph 1.177
Title
Unidentified school, class picture
Dates
circa 1886
Box 16
Photograph 1.176
Title
Unidentified school, class picture
Dates
circa 1912
Box 16
Photograph 1.132
Title
Unidentified school, class picture
Dates
circa 1912
Box 13
Photograph 1.133
Title
Unidentified school, classroom
Dates
circa 1950
Box 13
Photograph 1.131
Title
Unidentified school, class picture
Dates
undated
Box 16
Photograph 1.181-1.185
Title
Unidentified school, class picture (5)
Dates
undated
Box 16
Photograph 1.134
Title
Unidentified school, class picture
Dates
undated
Box 15
Photograph 1.178
Title
Unidentified school, faculty
Dates
undated
Box 16
Photograph 1.146
Title
Unidentified school, faculty
Dates
undated
Box 15
Photograph 1.186
Title
Unidentified school, student play
Dates
undated
Box 15
Photograph 1.192-1.193
Title
Wentworth School, exterior (2)
Dates
undated
Box 15
Photograph 1.188, 1.191
Title
Wentworth School, flag-raising ceremony (2)
Dates
circa 1941-1945
Box 15
Photograph 1.189-1.190
Title
Wentworth School, Victory Garden dedication (2)
Dates
circa 1941-1945
Box 15
Photograph 1.187
Title
Wentworth School, play
Dates
circa 1941-1945
Series 11: Street Scenes
1871-1923, undated
Scope and Contents

Series 11 contains a selection of maps and photographs depicting street views of the Englewood community between 1871 and 1923.

Arrangement

Series 11 is organized into two subseries: Subseries A: Documents, 1873, undated and Subseries B: Photographs, 1871-1923, undated.

Subseries A: Documents
1873, undated
Arrangement

Subseries A is arranged alphabetically by the title or geographic topic.

Oversize Folder 6
Title
Bird's Eye View of Englewood, map, drawn and published by A.J. Marks
Dates
[1873]
Oversize Folder 4
Title
"Community Area No. 68 Englewood," map
Dates
undated
Oversize Folder 7
Title
[Crocker's Addition], broadside plat map showing land between 62nd and 63rd Streets, and Poucher Avenue and Halsted Street, [map incomplete; S.S. Crocker's residence and Englewood College & Chicago Female University indicated pictorially]
Dates
circa 1870s?
Subseries B: Photographs
1871-1923, undated
Arrangement

Subseries B is arranged alphabetically by street name or neighborhood region. When no information is known, the location is filed under "u" as unidentified.

Box 15
Photograph 2.2
Title
63rd Street and Wentworth Avenue
Dates
circa 1889
Box 15
Photograph 1.200
Title
63rd Street and Yale Avenue
Dates
circa 1889
Box 15
Photograph 1.201
Title
63rd Street and Yale Avenue, southeast corner
Dates
1897
Oversize Folder 14
Photograph 1.196a
Title
Chicago Fire, aftermath
Dates
1871
Box 16
Photograph 1.194
Title
Englewood, aerial view, map
Dates
circa 1873
Box Glass Plate Slide Box 1
Photograph 1.195-1.195a
Title
Englewood, aerial view, glass plate slides (2)
Dates
1923
Box Glass Plate Slide Box 1
Photograph 1.197a-1.197b
Title
Halsted Street, glass plate slides (2)
Dates
circa 1890
Box Glass Plate Slide Box 1
Photograph 1.199
Title
Halsted Street, glass plate slide
Dates
circa 1910
Box Glass Plate Slide Box 1
Photograph 1.198a-1.198b
Title
Halsted and 59th Streets, glass plate slides (2)
Dates
circa 1880
Box 15
Photograph 1.198c
Title
Halsted and 59th Streets
Dates
1880
Box 15
Photograph 1.202
Title
Stewart Avenue, looking east
Dates
1895
Box 15
Photograph 1.203-1.206
Title
Unidentified street (4)
Dates
undated
Oversize Folder 15
Photograph 1.207
Title
Unidentified street
Dates
undated
Oversize Folder 16
Photograph 1.208
Title
Unidentified street
Dates
undated
Series 12: Transportation
1868-circa 1951, undated
Scope and Contents

Series 12 contains a selection of printed railroad ephemera and photographs of automotive, horse, railroad and trolley transportation within the Englewood community from 1868 and circa 1951.

Arrangement

Series 12 is organized into two subseries: Subseries A: Documents, 1902, 1949 and Subseries B: Photographs, 1868-circa 1951, undated.

Subseries A: Documents
1902, 1949
Arrangement

Subseries A is arranged alphabetically by type of transportation or by the name of an organization.

Box 7
Folder 4
Title
Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad, suburban timetables
Dates
circa 1902
Oversize Folder 5
Title
"Chicago Railroad Fair," poster
Dates
1949
Subseries B: Photographs
1868-circa 1951, undated
Arrangement

Subseries B is arranged alphabetically by transportation type.

Box 15
Photograph 1.210b
Title
Automobile
Dates
circa 1890
Box Glass Plate Slide Box 1
Photograph 1.210a
Title
Automobile, glass plate slide
Dates
circa 1890
Box 15
Photograph 1.209b
Title
Automobile
Dates
circa 1900
Box Glass Plate Slide Box 1
Photograph 1.209a
Title
Automobile, glass plate slide
Dates
Automobile, glass plate slide
Box 16
Photograph 1.211
Title
Elevated Electric Suspension Railway Model, 59th Street and Wentworth Avenue
Dates
1893
Box 15
Photograph 1.212
Title
Horse-drawn omnibus, Washington Park
Dates
1889
Box 15
Photograph 1.214
Title
Horse-drawn omnibus, Washington Park races
Dates
1889
Box 15
Photograph 1.213
Title
Horse-drawn sleigh
Dates
circa 1901
Box Glass Plate Slide Box 1
Photograph 1.215a-1.215b
Title
Michigan, Southern and Northern Indiana, glass plate slides (2)
Dates
1868
Box Glass Plate Slide Box 1
Photograph 1.222a-1.222b
Title
Railroad, 3-way intersection, glass plate slides (2)
Dates
circa 1880
Box Glass Plate Slide Box 1
Photograph 1.216a-1.216b
Title
Rock Island Railroad, crossing, glass plate slides (2)
Dates
1889
Box Glass Plate Slide Box 1
Photograph 1.216c
Title
Rock Island Railroad, crossing
Dates
1889
Box Glass Plate Slide Box 1
Photograph 1.217a-1.217b
Title
Rock Island Railroad, depot, glass plate slides (2)
Dates
1878
Box 15
Photograph 1.218
Title
Rock Island Railroad, diesel locomotive
Dates
circa 1951
Box 15
Photograph 1.219
Title
Rock Island Railroad, dining car
Dates
circa 1878
Box 15
Photograph 1.220
Title
Rock Island Railroad, steam locomotive
Dates
circa 1870
Box 15
Photograph 1.221
Title
Sailboat, Nomad [Charlie Morgan]
Dates
undated
Box Glass Plate Slide Box 1
Photograph 1.223a
Title
Trolley, electric car, glass plate slide
Dates
1893
Box Glass Plate Slide Box 1
Photograph 1.223b
Title
Trolley, electric car, glass plate slide
Dates
1893
Box Glass Plate Slide Box 1
Photograph 1.224a
Title
Trolley, north of 63rd Street on Wentworth Avenue, glass plate slide
Dates
1893
Box 15
Photograph 1.224b
Title
Trolley, north of 63rd Street on Wentworth Avenue
Dates
1893
Series 13: Wartime Activities
1917-1918, 1941-1945
Scope and Contents

Series 13 contains a selection of home front activities.

Arrangement

Series 13 is arranged alphabetically by type of material or subject.

Box 7
Folder 5
Title
Civil Defense, news clipping
Dates
circa 1941-1945
Artifact 91.6a
Title
Civil Defense flag [requires advance notice for paging]
Dates
circa 1941-1945
Box 7
Folder 11
Title
Liberty Loan, newspaper
Dates
1918
Box 7
Folder 12
Title
Printed materials
Dates
1917-1918
Box 7
Folder 6-10
Title
Scrapbook
Dates
circa 1917-1918