| Dates: | 1830-1988 |
| Size: | 2.5 linear feet in 6 boxes plus 2 photographs and 10 oversize folders |
| Repository: | Chicago Public Library, Harold Washington Library Center, Special Collections, 400 S. State St., Chicago, IL 60605 |
| Collection Number: | spe-nhrc-hyde |
| Immediate Source of Acquisition: | The initial accession was transferred from the Woodlawn Community Collection or the Historical Society of Woodlawn Records and the West Side Historical Society in 1989. The materials in Supplements 1-2 were transferred from the Woodlawn Community Collection in April and June of 1989. Supplements 3-7 were from various sources. Supplement 8 is comprised of 48 issues of the Hyde Park High School newsletter, The Hydeparker donated by Ross Harano in 2018. |
| Conditions Governing Access: | Materials are open without restrictions. |
| Conditions Governing Use: | Please consult staff to determine ability to reuse materials from collection. |
| Preferred Citation: | When quoting material from this collection the preferred citation is: Hyde Park Community Collection [Box #, Folder #], Special Collections, Chicago Public Library. |
| Finding Aid Author: | Original author unknown, 1989. Updated and ingested into ArchivesSpace by Michelle McCoy, 2021 |
Abstract
The Hyde Park Community Collection contains a selection of items related to Hyde Park businesses, club and organizations, municipal agencies, residences and schools. The documents include a range of documents brochures, historical sketches, municipal reports, newsletters and publications, with a selection that predates the 1889 annexation of the Village of Hyde Park into the City.
Biographical/Historical
The Hyde Park neighborhood is 6 miles southeast of the Loop. The neighborhood runs from 51st Street south to 60th Street and from the Lake west to Cottage Grove Avenue. The area was annexed into the city in 1889, along with most of what is now Chicago's South Side. Hyde Park is number 41 of the 77 official communities that make up Chicago.
Scope and Contents
The Hyde Park Community Collection contains a selection of items related to Hyde Park businesses, club and organizations, municipal agencies, residences and schools. The documents include a range of documents brochures, historical sketches, municipal reports, newsletters and publications, a selection of which (Box 1, Folders 7-11) predate the 1889 annexation of the Village of Hyde Park (also known as Hyde Park Township) into the City. The Board of Trustees minutes in Box 1, Folder 10 date to the village’s last independent meeting. The collection contains several Hyde Park high school publications and newspapers from between 1895 and 1960.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The initial accession was transferred from the Woodlawn Community Collection or the Historical Society of Woodlawn Records and the West Side Historical Society in 1989.
The contents in Box 1, Folders 1-3; Box 2, Folder 2 Folders 2, 5-7, 9; and Box 3 Folder 4 were originally cataloged as part of the Woodlawn Community Collection, having been in the collection of the Historical Society of Woodlawn. The printed material in Box 1, Folders 7-11 and Box 3, Folders 5-6 were received from the Historical Society of Woodlawn but never cataloged. The manuscript and printed material in Box 1, Folders 5-6, 12-14; Box 2, Folders 1, 3, 4, 8; and Box 3, Folders 1-3 were from a West Side Historical Society “miscellany” box. The material in folder Box 1, Folder 4 arrived by mail.
Supplement 1 (Box 3, Folders 7-9) was transferred from the Woodlawn Community Collection in April 1989 and contains two documents relating to the Village of Hyde Park sewage system, and a 1887 “abstract of record” and other testimony regarding Hyde Park’s annexation to the city of Chicago.
Supplement 2 was transferred in June 1989 from the Woodlawn Community Collection in April and June of 1989 and appear to have been originally part of the Historical Society of Woodlawn Collection. This supplement contains two examinations of titles for the same lot in Hyde Park, 1873 and 1891 and includes two small flat maps of a section of Hyde Park in the area of Washington Street and Elm Street.
Supplement 3 was donated in August 1989 and housing Oversize Folders 4, 5, 6, and 7. This material is of uncertain provenance.
Supplement 4 was added in February, 1990 and is housed in Box 4, Folders 1-7 and Oversize 8-10. The materials include deeds signed by Paul Cornell, founder of Hyde Park, and three pre-annexation maps of the water and sewer system.
Supplement 5 is housed in Box 4, Folder 8.
Supplement 6 is housed in Box 4, Folders 9-12.
Supplement 7 is housed in Box 4, Folder 13, and includes Photograph 1.2.
Supplement 8 was donated by Ross Harano in 2018 and contains 48 issues of the Hyde Park High School newsletter, The Hydeparker. The issues are housed in Box 5.
Supplement 9 is from various donors in Box 4, Folders 14, and Box 6.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged into alphabetically by topic and then alphabetically within topic.
Subject Headings
- Hyde Park (Chicago, Ill.)
- Hyde Park High School (Chicago, Ill.)
- Hyde Park Township (Chicago, Ill.)
Related Collections
- Associated Clubs of Woodlawn
- Chicago Department of Urban Renewal Records
- Clarence S. Darrow Papers
- Historical Society of Woodlawn Records
- Lillian M. Campbell Memorial Collection
- United Woodlawn, Inc. Records
- Woodlawn Block Club Council Records
- Woodlawn Community Collection
- Woodlawn Women’s Club Records
Collection Inventory
| Box 4 | Folder 1 | Biographical - Cornell, Paul, Bond & Warranty deed to land in Hyde Park (2 pieces), 1874 |
| Box 6 | Folder 1 | Businesses - Hyde Park Booksellers Association, brochure, undated |
| nhrc Shared Photo Box 4 | Photograph 1.1 | Businesses - John Trainor Tavern, corner Lake Park Avenue and 56th Street, 1892 |
| Box 4 | Folder 9 | Businesses - Shoreland Hotel, The Bulletin, 1926 August |
| nhrc Shared Photo Box 4 | Photograph 1.2 | Clubs and Organizations - Hyde Park basketball team, undated |
| Box 4 | Folder 10 | Clubs and Organizations - Hyde Park-Kenwood Council of Jewish Organizations, “The Holocaust: Our Community Remembers,” 1979 April 23 |
| Box 1 | Folder 3 | Clubs and Organizations - Hyde Park Historical Society, 1939 September |
| Box 1 | Folder 4 | Clubs and Organizations - Hyde Park Historical Society, newsletters, 1982-1983 |
| Box 4 | Folder 2 | Clubs and Organizations - Hyde Park Lyceum, program flyer, 1878 March 2 |
| Box 4 | Folder 3 | Clubs and Organizations - Republican Party, ticket, [1888 or 1892] |
| Box 4 | Folder 4 | Clubs and Organizations - YMCA Hyde Park Department, Your Building, pamphlet, circa 1910 |
| Box 1 | Folder 5 | Historical Sketches - Clement, Ernest W., “Reminiscences of Oakland,” 1938 |
| Box 4 | Folder 14 | Historical Sketches - Examination of title, Lot 4, Block 5, Hyde Park, 1830-1904 |
| Box 3 | Folder 10 | Historical Sketches - Examination of title, Lot 4, Block 52, Hyde Park, 1873 |
| Box 3 | Folder 11 | Historical Sketches - Examination of title, Lot 4, Block 52, Hyde Park, 1891 |
| Oversize Folder 4 | Historical Sketches - Hyde Park Herald, vol. 1, no. 2, 1882 January 21 | |
| Oversize Folder 5 | Historical Sketches - Hyde Park Herald, vol. 1, no. 4, 1882 February 4 | |
| Box 3 | Folder 12 | Historical Sketches - Hyde Park Jubilee, newspaper editorial, 1939 September 21 |
| Box 6 | Folder 2 | Historical Sketches - News clippings, 1959-1960, undated |
| Box 1 | Folder 6 | Historical Sketches - Seavey, Edgar & Almena, quitclaim deed, 1874 |
| Oversize Folder 6 | Historical Sketches - The South Side Sayings, vol. 3, no. 10, 1896 April 4 | |
| Box 4 | Folder 8 | Municipal Agencies - Hyde Park Fire Department (Oakland Hose Co. No. 1), signed letter to John H. Trumbull from Frank Gillett, 1877 February 10 |
| Oversize Folder 9 | Municipal Agencies - Hyde Park Sewerage and Drainage, map by L.M. Snyder & Co., 1882-1883 | |
| Box 3 | Folder 8 | Municipal Agencies - sewage pumping system proposal by Deane Steam Pump Co., Holyoke, Massachusetts, 1888 October 17 |
| Box 1 | Folder 12 | Municipal Agencies - “Specifications for House Drains on Michigan Avenue,” circa 1890s? |
| Box 3 | Folder 9 | Municipal Agencies - Supreme Court of Illinois, Abstract of Record, Village of Hyde Park vs. Board of Commissioners, Cook Co., City of Chicago, 1887 |
| Box 1 | Folder 13 | Municipal Agencies - Tax receipt book for Garrit Admiral, 1875-1885 |
| Box 1 | Folder 7 | Municipal Agencies - [Village] Corporation of Hyde Park, Annual Message of the President, report, 1883 |
| Box 1 | Folder 8 | Municipal Agencies - Village of Hyde Park, Annual Message of the President, report, 1885 |
| Box 1 | Folder 9 | Municipal Agencies - Village of Hyde Park, Annual Message of the President, report, (2 copies), 1886 |
| Oversize Folder 7 | Municipal Agencies - Village of Hyde Park, Appointment to Claude B. King as oil inspector, signed by John J. Bennett, President and Martin J. Russell, Clerk, Board of Trustees, 1879 May 20 | |
| Box 1 | Folder 11 | Municipal Agencies - Village of Hyde Park, Ordinance Creating a Department of Public Works, undated |
| Box 1 | Folder 10 | Municipal Agencies - Village of Hyde Park, Proceedings of the Board of Trustees, 1889 April 16-July 13 |
| Box 3 | Folder 7 | Municipal Agencies - Village of Hyde Park, “Specifications for Pumping Machinery and Boilers, for the Village of Hyde Park, Cook County, Ill.”, 1888 July 17 |
| Oversize Folder 10 | Municipal Agencies - Village of Hyde Park, Village of Hyde Park, Map Showing Water Mains, and Improved Streets, Hyde Park, map by L.M. Snyder & Co., 1888 March 31 | |
| Box 1 | Folder 14 | Municipal Agencies - Village of Hyde Park, Water Department, water usage, 1880s |
| Oversize Folder 8 | Municipal Agencies - Hyde Park Waterworks, map by G. Howard-Ellers, L.M. Snyder & Co., 1882-1883 | |
| Box 2 | Folder 1 | Residences - Commission on Chicago Historical and Architectural Landmarks, Kenwood District, pamphlet, 1978 |
| Box 4 | Folder 11 | Residences - Hyde Park-Kenwood Community Conference, “Segments of the Past,” brochure, 1962 |
| Box 6 | Folder 3 | Residences - New Hyde Park Information Center, brochure, circa 1960 |
| Box 4 | Folder 12 | Residences - Robie House, 5757 Woodlawn Avenue, history, 1940s? |
| Box 4 | Folder 5 | Residences - Whitton home, 4570 S. Woodlawn, advertisement for guest house accommodations; undated |
| Box 1 | Folder 1 | Religious Institutions - Hyde Park Baptist Church, 1949 |
| Box 1 | Folder 2 | Religious Institutions - Rockefeller Memorial Chapel, 1945 |
| Box 6 | Folder 4 | Schools - George Williams College, newsletter, 1956 May 1 |
| Oversize Folder 1 | Schools - Hyde Park High School Certificate of admission for Alice Emily Wadsworth [See also Woodlawn Community Collection, Biography, Wadsworth, Alice, Box 2, Folder 8], 1886 June 24 | |
| Box 4 | Folder 6 | Schools - Hyde Park High School, commencement program, 1899 |
| Box 3 | Folder 4 | Schools - Hyde Park High School, Community Coordinating Council/P.T.A., 1961 |
| Oversize Folder 3 | Schools - Hyde Park High School, diploma for Marion Langton Bragdon, 1900 June 22 | |
| Box 2 | Folder 2 | Schools - Hyde Park High School, opening day program, 1939 |
| Oversize Folder 2 | Schools - Hyde Park High School, transcript for Marion Langton Bragdon [See also Woodlawn Community Collection, Bragdon, Marion, Box 1, folder 9], 1900 June 22 | |
| Box 2 | Folder 7 | Schools - Hyde Park High School publications, Aitchpe, 1914 |
| Box 2 | Folder 8 | Schools - Hyde Park High School publications, Aitchpe, 1915 |
| Box 2 | Folder 9 | Schools - Hyde Park High School publications, Aitchpe, 1917 |
| Box 6 | Folder 5 | Schools - Hyde Park High School publications, Aitchpe, 1927 |
| Box 3 | Folder 1 | Schools - Hyde Park High School publications, Aitchpe, 1929 |
| Box 6 | Folder 6 | Schools - Hyde Park High School publications, Aitchpe, 1931 |
| Box 6 | Folder 7 | Schools - Hyde Park High School publications, Aitchpe, with commencement program attached to inside back cover, 1934 |
| Box 3 | Folder 2 | Schools - Hyde Park High School publications, Aitchpe, 1935 |
| Box 3 | Folder 3 | Schools - Hyde Park High School publications, Aitchpe, 1936 |
| Box 6 | Folder 8 | Schools - Hyde Park High School publications, Aitchpe, 1943 |
| Box 4 | Folder 13 | Schools - Hyde Park High School publications, Hyde Park Weekly, 1914 February |
| Box 5 | Folder 1 | Schools - Hyde Park High School publications, The Hydeparker, 1956 |
| Box 5 | Folder 2 | Schools - Hyde Park High School publications, The Hydeparker, 1957 |
| Box 5 | Folder 3 | Schools - Hyde Park High School publications, The Hydeparker, 1958 |
| Box 5 | Folder 4 | Schools - Hyde Park High School publications, The Hydeparker, 1959-1960 |
| Box 4 | Folder 7 | Schools - Hyde Park High School publications, Libethrian, 1895 |
| Box 2 | Folder 4 | Schools - Hyde Park High School publications, Libethrian, 1896 |
| Box 2 | Folder 5 | Schools - Hyde Park High School publications, Libethrian, 1897 |
| Box 2 | Folder 6 | Schools - Hyde Park High School publications, Oracle, 1913 |
| Box 2 | Folder 3 | Schools - Hyde Park High School publications, “The Oski Wow-Wow: History of HPHS Athletics” (2 copies), 1924 |
| Box 3 | Folder 5 | Transportation - Improvement of the Harbors of Chicago & Calumet, report with maps, Washington DC, 1883 |
| Box 3 | Folder 6 | Transportation - Improvement of the Harbors of Chicago & Calumet, report with maps, Washington DC, 1887 |
