This image shows the June 1941 Commencement of Lake Forest College, where Dr. Hu Shih, Ambassador to the U.S. from China, gave the address of the day on "Intellectual Preparedness," a talk later printed in pamphlet form and distributed by the…
This view east of Lake Forest University's campus is from an album of photographs from William H. Humiston. Its significance is in showing several key landscape features: the apparently 1870-vintage arbors at the south end of the C. B. Farwell…
Historical images of Lake Forest University and its surrounding from ca. 1887-1897 make up this collection of photographic prints. William Henry Humiston after his graduation went on or continued to be a chruch organist in the Chicago area, studied…
The delegate from Lake Forest University was F. M. Skinner. The first place oration went to A. W. Bartlett of Illinois College for "The School and the State." Printed by L. B. Patterson, Printer, Monmouth, Ill.
This albumen print photograph is part of series, "Le Nouveau Paris," by photographer "J. D." This view looking east from above the Arc de Triomphe prior to the May 23, 1871 destruction by fire of the Tuileries Palace shows Baron Haussmann's new…