Archives and Local History

Showing 7915 results

Archival description

Advanced search options

Find results with:

Limit results to:

Repository

Top-level description

Filter results by:

Level of description

Digital object available

Finding aid

General material designation

Top-level descriptions All descriptions

Filter by date range:

Start

End

Overlapping Exact

Use these options to specify how the date range returns results. "Exact" means that the start and end dates of descriptions returned must fall entirely within the date range entered. "Overlapping" means that any description whose start or end dates touch or overlap the target date range will be returned.

Print preview View:

Sort by:

Direction:

2468 results with digital objects Show results with digital objects

Pestle

US IlHpHS Eagle-156-000-00
Item

Part of Walt Durbahn Museum Collection

Pet monkey faced owl

US IlHpHS visu.elm-1.2-3.32
Item
1927

Part of Visual : Elm Place School

Peter C. Moutos Collection

2021.pcf
Collection
circa 1970-2011

Moutos, Peter C.

Peter Cartwright

US IlHpHS 1996.5-1-0889
Item
1914-02-01

Part of Jesse Lowe Smith Image Collection

A black and white portrait of Peter Cartwright, an American Methodist, revivalist, preacher, in the Midwest, as well as twice an elected legislator in Illinois.

Peter Loesch family

US IlHpHS 2013.3-007a
Item
ca. 1907-1917

Part of Loesch family collection

Back row : Alice, Julia, Leo, Margaret, Catherine. Front row : Francis S., Peter (Veronica on lap), Ted, Sarah and Simon Peter II.

Peter Voulkos: Bronze Age

US-IlHpCH 302-1.17
File
1972

Part of Peter Voulkos Sculpture collection

Peter Voulkos Sculpture collection

US-IlHpCH 302
Collection
1969-1990, undated

The collection contains correspondence, news clippings, photographs, and other materials related to the public sculpture sometimes called "Miss Nitro" by Peter K. Voulkos located next to the Highland Park Public Library. The abstract sculpture was partially funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. The bronze sculpture was installed in August 1973 and was met with controversy.

Peters, John A