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...The Work of Bertram A. Weber, A. I. A., Architect, Chicago, Illinois.... Architecture and Designv. IV, no. 9 (April 1940).
This is the first of twoArchitecture and Designnumbers devoted to Weber's architectural design work. On the title page, it continues by noting that much of the work dates from the partnership of White & Weber, ending with White's death in 1936…
A Handbook for Implementing School Improvement, eds. Edie Holcombe and Lydia L. McCue (Madison, WI: National Center for Effective Schools Research and Development, 1991).
This collection of essays on effective schools was created around the time that the Center for Effective Schools, then at the U. of Wisconsin--Madison, was also finalizing its large trainer and participant manuals or kits for implementing change in…
Alice Home: Lake Forest Hospital
This is an unpaginated twenty-four-page booklet, published in 1910, for the "Alice Home, Lake Forest Hospital," on the grounds of Lake Forest University (Lake Forest College, Middle Campus), demolished 1965 after serving as a College residence hall.…
Annals of Onwentsia, Being a Brief Sketch of the Genesis of the Club by Slason Thompson, 1929?
This text is a "Paper read by Slason Thompson at the opening dinner in the Wigwam, November 3, 1928...," p. 5, the original 1890s frame building having been replaced by the the current masonry structure designed by Harrie T. Lindeberg, architect.…
Bibliography for Participants, School Improvement Summer Institute 1988: Selected Topics Related to the Implementation of School Improvement planning when useing the Effective Schhols Research. Okemos, MI: National Center for Effective Schools, 1988, 14 pp.
This short, early bibliography for those working to introduce Effective Schools action research into their situations captures some of the initial conviction and enthusiasm for the process of making change in schools, working to implement through…
Byron Laflin Smith, 1853-1914: a Biographical Sketch
This is a short or th¨mbnail sketch of the life of B. L. Smith, founder of the Northern Trust Company, and a one-time trustee of Lake Forest Unversity, 1896-1902. It provides reerences to several online and printed sources for more information.
For Old Onwentsia
In the form of a letter to members of the "Onwentsia Club," this is an argument against a proposed alteration of the 1896 laid out golf course. It begins with a considerably detailed rehearsal of the history of the club, beginning with "a miniature…
Jerome Robert Cerny (1901?-1970), Architect : Chronology by Arthur H. Miller
This three-page chronology of events in the life of Jerome Robert Cerny, a nationally-known architect based in Lake Forest in the middle of the 20th c., was prepared for a program on him ca. 2003 and his work by Arthur H. Miller, in part from…
Lake Forest College Bulletin, etc. (alumni magazine), 1919-1972
This is a listing or finding aid to issues.
Lake Forest College World War II Military Records, ed. Francis Beidler II (Lake Forest: the College,ca. 1950), 199 pp.
This 200 pp. volume created by the College in 1950 was published the same year, apparently, as was completed the Alumni Memorial Fieldhouse, South Campus. The introductory portion of the book lists and shows photographs of those who died in World War…