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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.
California Steamin': Southern Pacific at Mid-Century: an Exhibition by Steve VanDenburgh
This scanned-from-hardcopycatalog provides a listing for an exhibition of Carson City, Nevada resident Steve VanDenburgh's photographs, as printed by Jeff Brouws and Wendy Burton(NY), and held at Glen Rowan House, Lake Forest College on Saturday,…
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 Alumni Bulletinand related varying titles for this maagazine function, 1919-1972: a Listing
this is a listing of the generic alumni news and publica relations periodical created in 1919, when the alumni assumed leadership of the College from local families. This listing covers the period to 1972, when the pulbication went from a magazine…
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…
Lake Forest Papers, 1992, Lake Forest College student award-winning writing
These expository essays by Lake Forest College undergraduate students, 1991-92, were published by the College's Writing Center and edited by the director, Alan Devenish. The center had been organized in the later 1970s, and this series, published…
Lake Forest Papers, 1995, award winning student essays
See 1992 issue entry for general information. This issue is edited by Bernice Gallagher (Howard), director of the College's Writing Center. The cover design is by Professor of Art Michael Croydon. The winning essays are by Heather A. Brown and Eric…
Lake Forest's Classic Architectural Character, Established 1893-1942
This three-page summary of the history of classic Beaux-Arts planning in the Lake Forest area (estates region extending today north to North Chicago, west to Vernon Hills and Libertyville, and south to Riverwoods and the Ryerson Woods Conservation…