This photograph from the period prior to 1976 and after ca. 1940-42, shows the relationship between the three main public spaces of the Ragdale house: the east side longitudinal gallery or hall, the living room facing south, and the dining room…
John J. Halsey, on the faculty from 1878 to 1919, was Lake Forest's first career faculty member and the institution's primary historian, serving also as acting president in 1896-97 and 1906-7.
A bookplate created for the Hamilton Club Library of Chicago, for the Rathbone Memorial.
This bookplate is also part of the special collections department in the Kent State University Library: http://speccoll.library.kent.edu/printing/wiechel.html
This standard 8 by 10 black and white portrait photograph of Hans Kmoch (1894-1973) was presented by him in an inscription (ink), upper left: "To Edwin N. Asmann / in rememberance to many hours / spent in his / charming / company. / New York, Jan 18…
This was a 2,300 acre development plan, to be made up of many smaller units, that was proposed and approved for annexation to Grayslake in 1974, with consideration going on for parts of the plan later, 1976, and subsequently. Sometiomes the newspaper…