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William Bross--a biographical memoir and transcriptions of his diary (1875-1888) and of his correspondence with Mark Hopkins, Williams College, 1850s
This pdf document is of the carbon copy of a tpescript, apparently prepared by presidential assistant La Tourette Stockwell in the late 1930s for Dr. Herbert McC. Moore, president of Lake Forest College. It may have bee nthe basis for a biography…
"Freedom or Planned Economy--There is No Middle Road" by Lewis H. Brown, Commencement address for Lake Forest College, 1945
Iowa born and educated, Lewis Herold Brown (1894-1951) led for two decades until his death in 1951 Johns-Manville Corporation, New York. He also founded in that city in 1943 the forerunner of today's American Enterprise Institute of Washington, DC, a…
Bookplate for the Fine Arts Library (Gift of T.E. Hanley), by R. Brown
This is a bookplate for the Fine Arts Library (Gift of T.E. Hanley), engraved by R. Brown. It is part of the Asmann-Anthony collection.
Bookplate for William J. And Mary B. Bryan, by Mrs. William Jennings Bryan
This is a bookplate for William J. And Mary B. Bryan, designed by Mrs. William Jennings Bryan. It was given to this collection by the owner on January 29, 1925.
Green Bay Road National Register Historic District Nomination Form, 1995
This NR nomination form, 1995, for Lake Forest's National Register Green Bay Road Historic District is presented here in five parts.
Part 1. Registraton form: Introductory (4pp.)
Part 2. Section 7: Description of the District and List of…
Bookplate for Daniel Burne Jones, by Daniel Burne Jones
This is a bookplate for Daniel Burne Jones, designed by himself. This bookplate is part of the Asmann-Anthony collection.
Bookplate for Edwin Gruener, by Daniel Burne-Jones
This is a bookplate for Edwin Gruener, engraved by Daniel Burne-Jones. It is part of the Asmann-Anthony collection.
Letter from Daniel Burnham urging Edward Bennett to return to Chicago
This letter was written by Daniel Burnham to Edward Bennett around the end of the planning for San Francisco. Burnham had just accepted the commission on the Plan of Chicago.