Contains Deerfield-Shields High School materials including Students' Handbook, 1931-1932; Yearbooks from 1934 and 1935; Copies of "The Shoreline" Student Newspaper, 1934-1936; and a pencil. Also contains a 1913 postcard of the Home for Aged and Disabled Railroad Employees of America, Highland Park, Ill., prints of watercolor of a summer concert at Ravinia by Earl Gross, Moraine on-the-Lake Executive Club Guest cards, and two articles on the historica St. Johns village.
Two booklets pertaining to the Deere Park Improvement Association, one with By-laws and the other a Declaration of Restrictions. Both booklets are inscribed "Compliments of J. W. Franklin".
The collection consists of primarily historical documents related to the family’s property at 2687 Logan Street, Highland Park, Illinois. This includes abstracts about the property, a plat survey, estimate for a patio enclosure by Montgomery Ward, and correspondence about the water service pipe and placement of the home in the National Register of Historic Places. The collection also contains maps of Highland Park, Illinois; photographs of an unknown bride and a Boy Scout summer camp; programs; brochures and other ephemera.
This collection includes plans for commercial development on the northwest corner of Central Ave. and First St. in Highland Park, Illinois. The plans included cover various floors in the building, parking, signage, electrical, mechanical and revised plans. The dates of the plans range from October 23, 1962 until May 7, 1964. The architects for the plans were Loebl, Schlossman, and Bennett, Chicago, Illinois.
The collection consists of family correspondence, newspaper clippings, photographs, a copper engraving plate, programs and a United States Army honorable discharge certificate to Daniel L. Cobb.
