Histories

• 1876 Early Chicago - A Lecture
  A transcription done by Deb Haines of Early Chicago. A Lecture delivered before the Sunday Lecture Society, at McCormick Hall, on Sunday afternoon, May 7th, 1876 by Hon. John Wentworth.
• 1876 History of Chicago
  A transcription done by Deb Haines of History of Chicago. Historical and Commercial Statistics, Sketches, Facts and Figures, republished from the Daily Democratic Press What I Remember of Early Chicago; A Lecture, Delivered in McCormick's Hall, January 23, 1876 by William Bross, published in 1876
• 1881 Chicago Antiquities
  A transcription done by Deb Haines of the first 153 pages of Chicago Antiquities: Comprising Original Items and Relations, Letters, Extracts, and Notes, Pertaining to Early Chicago; Embellished with Views, Portraits, Autographs, Etc. by Henry H. Hurlbut
• 1895-1900 Album of Genealogy and Biography
  Biographical transcriptions done by Sherri Hessick of Album of Genealogy and Biography, Cook County
• 1901 Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois
  Biographical transcriptions done by Cristy Thompson, of Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois, Volume 1, published in 1901
• 1905 Confectionery Trade of Chicago
  Biographical data extractions done by E. H. Callanan, from Historical Sketch of the Confectionery Trade of Chicago by Henry G. Abbott
• 1907 Crime in Chicago, an article published in McClure's Magazine
• 1933 Presbyterian Progress in 100 Years, contributed by Billie McNamara
• 1935 Blue Island - The First Hundred Years    A-E     F-J     K-M     N-R     S     T-Z 
  Upon the Centennial Anniversary of Blue Island, John Volp's ambition was to write a comprehensive history of the community. He gathered historical documents, letters, personal recollections, newspaper articles, photos, and countless other resources to produce a detailed source of information and history of the first hundred years of Blue Island (1835-1935). Carolyn O'Brien compiled and contributed an index (May 2000)
• 1938-39 Cook County Hospital Resident Staff
• 1954 Silver Jubilee of Little Company of Mary Hospital Staff
• Courthouse History 8-page pdf
• Newspaper Articles
  • 1913 - Old Residents of Chicago 1832-1837
  • 1914 - Chicago City Clerks Since 1837
  • 1914 - Chicago Fire Department Chiefs Since 1837
  • 1861 - A Snake Sent By Mail
  • 1864 Jan 4 - Cold Weather Headlines
  • 1875 Aug 23 - City Brevities
  • 1875 Nov 4 - City Brevities
  • 1879 Sep 16 - City Brevities, Criminal Gossip, Fires and Alarms, Personal
  • 1893 Mar 22 - Little Boy's Long Journey
  • 1900 May 23 - Horsewhipped by a Woman
  • 1906 May 18 - Aged Couple Badly Burned
  • 1906 Sep 21 - Argument Leads to Stabbing
  • 1908 May 22 - Carr & Wright Will Receive Inheritance
  • 1915 - Oak Park High School Suspensions and Expulsions
  • 1918 - John C. BUNTING
  • 1921 - Mrs. Harriet L. Mitchell, 96 Years Old
  • 1921 May - Carried Message Through Confederate Lines
  • 1921 May 5 - Mr. & Mrs. Stephen B. Garrigus Celebrate 62nd Anniversary
  • 1921 Jun 26 - Mr. & Mrs. Frank M. Pebbles Celebrate 60th Anniversary
  • 1925 Jennings' Eight Cousins Will Split Jennings' $5,000,000
  • 1925 - Rogers Park, a Chicago Neighborhood
  • 1934 - Businesses
  • After 1941 - Folks I Have Known Personally and Otherwise, William McCanney
• Photos
• Scenes

Photos

1927 Boyle's Black Devils, Chicago, IL

1st row:  Dave Jones, LT; William "Bill" Rasmussen, RE; John Johnson, Q and Captain; Edward Disch, C; Raymond Johnson, RH; William Colas, RT

2nd row:  Henry Brede, RG; Steven Pickett, LG; Francis Thomas, RE; Arnold Rasmussen, Q; Arthur May, LH; Elmer Rasmussen, Q; Walter Kominski, F; Harry Tennisin, RT and G

3rd row:  Benjamin Schmareck, RG; Michael Sullivan, C; Harold Miser, RT; Harold Leddin, LE; Peter Spoo, F; William Cody, LE; Ray Blank, LG; Clarence Zulpher, LG

4th row:  George Haonover, LE; Joseph Jenoffe, RH; John S Boyle, Organizer, Coach, and Manager [John Boyle later became a Judge in the Chicago circuit court.]; William Masterson, RE; Leonard Shaw, LE

Contributed Contributed by Christina Rehs

02 Apr 1942 Gaw-O'Hara Envelope Company, Chicago

Edward Young, my grandfather, and his best friend, Otto Schultz, worked at this company.

Contributed Contributed by Christina Rehs

Scenes

1849 First Railroad Station
Chicago

1907 Board of Trade
Chicago

1911 Lincoln Park
Chicago

Contributed Dec 2003 by Lori Wilson Knight

Grant Monument
Lincoln Park, Chicago

Back of Postcard: The Grant Monument, the work of L. T. Rebisso, is an equestrian figure of colossal proportions mounted on a mammoth base of granite, and overlooking the lake from Lake Shore Drive.

Kosciusko Monument
Humboldt Park, Chicago

Back of Postcard: Humboldt Park contains numerous statues, among them a statue of Von Homboldt, from which this park derives its name, statues of Leif Erickson and Reuter and a beautiful equestrian statue of Kosciusko, the Polish patriot.

Contributed Oct 2003 by Columbia Historical and Genealogical Society, 225 Market St., PO Box 360, Bloomsburg, PA 17815-0360

1938-39 Cook County Hospital Resident Staff

Angle, R. G. Atlas, D.  Bach, A. C.  Baker M. C.  Baleiko, W. F.  Barnett, H. E.  Battaglia, S.  Becker, O.  Berger, S.  Bernstein, M  Biddlecombe, D.  Blumenthal, S. A.  Brooks, J. E.  Brunner, M.  Butkus, W. A.  Choy, J. K. L.  Cohe.B.  Cohen, T. M.  Colangelo, C. C.  DeLorenzo, F. C.  DePinto D.  Ditkowsky, S. P.  Dorris, V. M.  Dresner, M.  Edison, E. M.  Feldman, E. C.

Fox, T. A.  Friedman, J.  Gelfand, L. S.  Gertz, G. J.  Goldfinger, D.  Gottardo, P.  Gradman, R.  Gregory, G. D.  Grubman, M.  Gubler, J. A.  Gumbiner, B.  Gutman, J.  Hamilton, E.  Heinrich, J. F.  Hellenbrand, C. J.  Hess, E. R.  Hirst, W. E.  Hoffman, J. M.  Hollingsworth, J.E.  Howser, J. W.  Hyde, D. S.  Hyman, A. A.  Isoe, I.  Jacks, M. A.  Jenkins, H.  Kagen, L. A.

Kantor, S.  Kaplan, G.  Kaplan, J. H.  Kapustiak, W.  Kepecs, J. G.  Kerman, W. Z.  Kinney, R. K.  Kleinman, S. B.  Kraft, G. L.  Kravec, F. G.  Kupersmith, H.  Kurashige, H. W.  Lack, H.  Lakin, H. S.  Lasser, G. N.  Lawrence, C. H.  Lespinasse, V. D.  Levine, E.  Levitt, R. O.  Lipschultz, B.  Lueck, A. M.  Malow, L.  Mangan, F. P.  Markin, L.  Martin, R. R.  McFadden J. M

Frank, L. S.  Monaco, L.  Moses, J. J.  Motel, W.  Murphy, R. B.  Nash, C.B.  Nelson, J. A.  O'Conner, D.  O'Connor, J. W.  Okner, H. B.  Olson, S. W.  O'Neill, P. J.  Palumbo, C. F.  Reifler, R. M.  Remich, A. C.  Reynolds, J. S.  Ricewasser, H  Robbins, J. B.  Rosenberg, R.  Rosenberg, W.  Rothenberg, H. J.  Rudens M. C.  Rushakoff O.  Sax, D. D.  Schiff, J. H.  Schwartz, W. W.

Seigel, R. E.  Serritella, R. V.  Shulruff, H.  Skolnick, F. F.  Sorosky, S.  Sosson, E.  Spencer, R. A.  Spinka, J.  Stein, A. F.  Stein, P.  Sullivan, W. B.  Tannehill, E.  Telser, S.  Tepper, S. M.  Todd, M. C.  Udesky, H. L.  Ury, G. A.  VonAsch, G. F  Walters, C. C.  Weissman, L. H.  Wendt, A.  Wienman, G. J.  Wilkey, J. L.  Yanoff, Z. A.  Yemm, W. A.  Zaslavsky, M. L.  Zeldes, M.

Submitted by: Kathy Huish

1954 Silver Jubilee of Little Company of Mary Hospital

Located in Evergreen Park at 95th and S. California Ave

Archdiocese of Chicago Director of Hospitals--RT. REV MONSIGNOR J. BARRETT

REV. WILLIAM ZINK--Chaplin
S. M. BERNARD--Mother General
MOTHER MARY GENEVIEVE--Mother Provincial
MOTHER MARY JOHN--Assistant Superior
MOTHER MARY MAGDALEN--Superior and Administrator
MARY STANISLAUS--Mother
MARY DOROTHEA--Mother
MARY DUNSTAN--Mother

Executive Board--

DR. WAREN W. FUREY--Chairman DR. JAMES W. WEST--Secretary DR. JEROME M. BROSMAN DR. EARL D. HUNTINGTON

DR. EDMUND G. LAWLER DR. PATRICK H. MCNULTY DR. WILLIAM W. SOMERVILLE

Medical Staff Officiers--

DR. CLIFFORD W. SULLVAN--President DR. ANNA I. ROBINSON--Vice President

DR. CHARLESS R. ZEISS--Secretary DR. RALPH SPAETH--Treasurer

Staff Doctors--

THOMAS F. AHEARN HERMAN P. BARR FREDERICK R. BENNETT RICHARD J. BENNETT THOMAS J. BENTON GEORGE J. BLOUGH LEONARD P. BRODT EDWARD J. BROPHY JOHN J. BROSNAN MATTHEW J. BULFIN THEODORE M. BURKHOLDER MICHAEL J. CAMBELL WILLIAM T. CARLISLE PAUL J. CELLA EDWARD J. CLANCY CHARLES E. CORCORAN CYRIL V. CRANE ROBERT J. CRAVEN LOUIS T. CURRY JACK R. DAVIS LOUIS W. DES PREZ MARTIN A. DOLAN EUGENE F. DOLEHIDE FRANK J. DOYLE ROBERT F. DRESSEL JOHN J. DWYER DELORES (LULINSKI) DYBALSKI EDWIN L. FALLON DONALD F. FARMER LEONARD F. FARRELL WILLIAM J. FARRELL GEROGE T. FITZGERALD KENNETH J. FITZGERALD JAMES B. FLANAGAN ARTHUR W. FLEMING THEODORE H. GASTEYER JOHN R. GREEN MARK C. GUINAN ROBERT K. HAGAN WILLIAM J. HAGSTROM CECIL F. HASBROUCK

MARSHALL D. HAYES GEORGE A. HELLMUTH ELIZABETH S. HEMMENS RICHARD J. HOGAN JAMES T. HOULIHAN FRANCIS J. HULTGEN MICHAEL D. IHNCHAK ROYAL IHRKE ARTHUR T. JANECKE EDWARD L. JANSEN RALPH E. JONES JAMES F. KEARNEY JAMES F. KEEHAN JOHN H. KEEHAN JOHN J. KLABACHA THADDEUS B. KLABACHA THOMAS J. KING NORBERTA. KLUCIKOWSKI WILLIAM B. KNAPP JOSEPH L. KOCZUR IRENE KURAS ROY N. LANGDON FRANK C. LAWLER PAUL E. LAWLER RICHARD H. LAWLER ROBERT E. LEE FRANK C. LEEMING DONALD J. MADDEN JOHN L. MAIER WILFRED A. MALONE MARCUS L. MANLEY MARTIN J. MCCARTHY STEWART J. MCCORMICK ROBERT.B. MCCREADY HAROLD F. MCGRATH ROBERT P. MEANEY JOHN A. MELYN MICHAEL A. MELYN NORMAN C. MEYER CLEMENT J. MICHET JOSEPH N. MITRICK

THADDEUS F. MIZERA FRANKLIN J. MOORE JOSIAH J. NOORE THOMAS A. MORRISON C. EDWARD MURPHY EDWARD M. MURPHY LAMBERT J. NEJDL JOHN B. O'DONOGHUE HENRY T. OLECK DANIEL W. OLIVIERI JAMES B. O'NEILL CLARENCE J. O'REILLY JOSEPH M.A. PAPE NICHOLAS B. PAULETIC ROBERT C. RANQUIST ARTHUR G. RINK A. LOUIS ROSI RENO ROSI RALPH C. RUDDER STANLEY E. RUZICH MARIN O. SACKS SALVATORE N. SLETTA GEORGE E. SCULLY WILLIAM G. SHURTZ FRANCI J. SOLTES DONALD G. SULLIVAN RALPH D. SULLIVAN WILLIM B. SULLIVAN LEO P. SWEENEY JOHN H. UHRICH MICHAEL VANECHO ALEXANDER VICTOR CHARLES S. VIL EARL L. VONDRASEK EMANUE C. WILHELM ARTHUR W. WOODS FRANCIS J. YOUNG FRANCIS W. YOUNG FRED R. ZEISS

Memorial Service for Deceased Members--

RUSSELL ROBINSON--1936 THEODORE BERTHOLD--1936 LEONARD CHARPIER--1946 GEORGE INGRISH--1947 RICHARD ROACH--1948

PAUL HEADLAND--1949 JOHN CAIN--1950 WILLIAM GUINEA--1952 ROBERT E. CUMMINGS--1953 JAMES P. RYNNE—1954

Contributed 24 Apr 2003 by Joe and Carol

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