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Forest Preserve District of Cook County records

The Forest Preserve District of Cook County was created in 1914 with a mandate to “protect and preserve” the forests of Cook County. By 2004, the district had acquired more than 67,000 acres of forest lands. This collection contains the records of the district and other records and photographs that are relevant for the district’s history.

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"Contact Your Legislator", 1957

Memo regarding efforts to protect Miller Meadow from purchase by the University of Illinois

1905

"Dear Citizen," 1956

Memo regarding the attempted purchase of Miller Meadow by the University of Illinois

1956

"Dear Citizen," 1957

Memo on the University of Illinois's failed attempt to seize Miller Meadow

1957

"Dear Citizen," Letter, September 1956

Memo on the attempt to seize Miller Meadow by the University of Illinois

1956

"Dear Citizen," March 1957

Memo on the withdrawal by the University of Illinois to of a proposal to seize Miller Meadow

1957

"Development of the Forest Preserve District of Cook County, Illinois" MA Thesis, 1949

Thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master's of Arts, Department of History, De Paul University, Chicago

1949

"For Release"

1951

"Garden Clubs Miller Meadow"

1956

"Izaak Walton Leagues Miller Meadow"

1956

"Kiwanis Clubs Miller Meadow"

1905

"Landscape Engineering in the Forest Preserve District of Cook County," Roberts Mann, 1943

Conference paper presented before the Western Society of Engineers

1943

"Letters to Citizens," 1957

Memo on the withdrawal by the University of Illinois of an attempt to seize Miller Meadow.

1957

"Lions Clubs Miller Meadow"

1905

"Mimeographer Material 1"

1905

"Mimeographer Material 2"

1956

"Mimeographer Material 3"

1956

"Outdoor Education in Metropolitan Areas," Roberts Mann, 1949

Conference paper presented before the American Institute of Park Executives

1949

"People in the Out-of-Doors," Roberts Mann, 1946

Conference paper presented before the Central Association of Science and Mathematics Teachers

1946

"Planning Real Estate Activities in Preparation for the World's Fair," 1929

Address delivered at the sixth annual meeting of the Chicago Regional Planning Association

1929

"Recreation on Public Lands," Roberts Mann, 1944

Conference paper presented before the ninth North American Wildlife Conference

1944

"Streamlined Maintenance," Roberts Mann, ca. 1940s

Memo on the impact of World War II and park maintenance activities

1940

"The Medical Center District--Planning Analysis and Recommendations"

1956

"UIC Campus Controversy" American Legion, Miller Meadows, 1957

1952

"What the School System Expects of the Park System," James D. Logsdon, 1960

Article outlining how parks contribute to national welfare

1905

A Historical Review of Some Native Animal Resources of Illinois,' Lynn Henry Hutchens, B.A. thesis, 1938

Bachelor's thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Arts in Zoology at the University of Illinois.

1905

Activities, Picnic, Highway Dept.

Large group at picnic posed in front of trees.

1903

Activities, Picnic, Highway Dept.

1903

Activities, Picnic, Large

1903

Activities, Picnic, Large

1903

Activities, Picnic, Large

1903

Activities, Picnic, Old Ladies of Oak Forest

1903

Airport Plan

Map showing locations of major, secondary, and minor airports in the Chicago region, including northwest Indiana and southeast Wisconsin.

1941

Allison Woods and River Trail Nature Center, Nature Center Building and Caretaker fts Cottage, scale: not noted

[Plans]; sheet 2 of 2 sheets

1952

Analysis of Sites for the Campus of the Chicago Undergraduate Division, 1958

1958

Another View on Thorn Creek

1920

Apple-bobbing at Camp Reinberg, Deer Grove Forest Preserve near Palatine

The outing camps are directed by the Cook County Bureau of Public Welfare. Campers are selected from among clients of the Chicago Relief Administration and from among Juvenile Court Wards. Photo taken in 1938. (Info supplied by Trailside Museum of Natural History, FPDCC.)

1938