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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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Camp Reinberg
1930
Camp Reinberg
1938
Camp Reinberg
1938
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Camp Reinberg
1938
Camp Reinberg
1930
Camp Reinberg
1930
Camp Reinberg
1930
Camp Reinberg band
Child band, one of the camper's activities held at Camp Reinberg in Deer Grove Forest Preserve near Palatine. The 10-day camps averaged 360 guests per group, with 6 groups visiting each summer. The camp was directed by the Cook County Bureau of Public Welfare
1938
Camp SP 38
1934
Camp Salt Creek
1935
Camp Salt Creek
1936
Camp Sullivan Pool
1936
Campsite SP 1
1933
Cantigny Farm, 1956
Memos covering issues associated with Cantigny Farm as a possible site for a University of Illinois campus.
1956
Cattle in grove forest on the east side of the Skokie that has been thinned back for pasturing
1903
Cermak Park Bath House, scale: 1/8 in. = 1 ft
Cermak Park; image 1
1930
Cermak Park, Lighting Fixtures, scale: full size
image 1, Billy Caldwell Golf Course
1933
Cermak Park, Lighting Fixtures, scale: full size
image 2, Billy Caldwell Golf Course
1933
Cermak Park, Schemes for Street Car Arrangement, scale: 1 in. = 50 ft
image 3, Billy Caldwell Golf Course
1933
Cermak Park, Schemes for Street Car Arrangement, scale: 1 in. = 50 ft
image 4, Billy Caldwell Golf Course
1933
Cermak Plant development--Sprinkling System, scale: 1 in. = 50 ft Horz.; 1 in. = 5 ft Vert.
Cermak Park; image 1
1930
Charles G. Sauers' copy of article about Dwight H. Perkins, ca. 1952.
1947
Chart on Banded Waterfowl
Ducks banded at McGinnes Slough
1943
Chart on Banded Waterfowl, page 2
1943
Chicago Heights, Find most everything that grows
1920
Chicago Plan Progress, Chicago Plan Commission, 1927.
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University of Illinois Chicago. Library. Special Collections and University Archives Department (Richard J. Daley Library)
Collection Type
Manuscript Collections
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Richard J. Daley Library
Theme
Natural & Built Environments
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Geographic Location
1577
Cook County (Ill.)
1577
Forest Preserve District of Cook County, Illinois (Ill.)
Subject--Name
606
Forest Preserve District of Cook County, Illinois (Ill.)
41
Skokie Lagoons (Ill.)
8
University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign campus)
7
Perkins, Dwight Heald, 1867-1941
2
Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.)
2
Paul Douglas Forest Preserve
1
American Institute of Architects. Chicago Chapter
1
Highland Woods Golf Course
1
Whistler, John, 1756?-1829
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Creator
226
Koster, E.P.
11
Mann, Roberts
4
Sauers, Charles G.
3
Chicago Plan Commission
3
Forest Preserve District of Cook County, Illinois (Ill.)
3
Hall, Eric
2
American Institute of Architects. Chicago Chapter
2
Forbush, Edward Howe, 1858-1929
2
Hayes, William P.
2
Illinois. Supreme Court
2
Morrill, John Barstow
1
Chicago (Ill.). City Council; Cook County (Ill.)
1
Chicago (Ill.). West Chicago Park Commissioners
1
Chicago Association of Commerce and Industry
1
Chicago Recreation Commission
1
Chicago Regional Planning Association
1
Chicago Tribune (Firm); Chicago Daily News, Inc.
1
Chicago Tribune (Firm); Morrill, John
1
Coburn, John; Busse, William
1
Cook County (Ill.). Forest Preserve Advisory Committee; Chicago Regional Planning Association; Illinois. Supreme Court
1
De Leuw, Cather & Company
1
Flanagan, Earl L.; Eisenbeis, Roland F.; Wiedemann, Glenn
1
Friends of Our Native Landscape (Ill.)
1
Garden Club of Illinois, Inc.
1
Harff, James
1
Hutchens, Lynn Henry
1
Keefe, Jim
1
Kiwanis Club of Chicago; Kiwanis Club of Edgebrook (Chicago, Ill.); Kiwanis Club of Garfield Park (Chicago, Ill.); Kiwanis Club of Northwest Chicago; Kiwanis Club of Lincoln Park (Chicago, Ill.); Kiwanis Club of West Central Chicago
1
Logsdon, James D.
1
Mann, Roberts; Morrill, John Barstow; O'Gara, Caroline
1
Moulton, Frank J.
1
Northcenter Lions Club (Chicago, Ill.); Auburn-Highland Lions Club (Chicago, Ill.)
1
Perkins, Dwight Heald, 1867-1941
1
Presecky, William
1
Real Estate Research Corporation
1
Swink, Floyd A.
1
United States. National Park Service
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Form
842
Architectural drawing
645
Photographs
86
Business correspondence
2
Newsletters
1
Maps
1
Pamphlets
Medium
842
blueprints (reprographic copies)
395
negatives
185
lantern slides
44
drawings
3
illustrations
Topic
615
Building
237
Roads
206
Trails
191
Forests and forestry
190
Cycling
148
Forest reserves
114
Parking facilities
111
Dams
99
Dams--Design and construction
99
Reservoirs
63
Parks
51
Picnic grounds
51
Sewerage
44
Public toilets
40
Horsemanship
38
Meadows
30
Lakes
30
Rivers
29
Fishing
29
Ponds
28
Camp sites, facilities, etc.
27
Buildings
25
Strategic planning
24
Land use
23
Golf
23
Golf courses
22
Trees
21
Universities and colleges
20
Building sites
19
Aerial views
18
Birds
18
People
17
Bodies of water
16
Driveways
13
City planning
11
Graphs
11
Parking facilities lots
11
Sidewalks
11
Wetlands
10
Children
10
History
9
Editorials
9
Expenditures, Public
9
Parking lots
9
Public shelters
8
Camps
8
Forests
8
Hydraulic structures
8
Railroad tracks
8
Recreation
7
Boats and boating
7
Petitions
7
Winter sports
6
Animals
6
Campus planning
6
Wildlife conservation
5
Cemeteries
5
College campuses
5
Education
5
Outdoor recreation
5
Park facilities
5
Trails & paths
4
Biography
4
Bridges
4
Canals
4
Forest conservation
4
Maps
4
Streams
4
Swimming
4
Winter
3
Activities
3
Architecture
3
Athletic fields
3
Charts
3
Dedications
3
Flowers
3
Girls
3
Historic sites
3
Legal documents
3
Monuments & memorials
3
Playgrounds
3
Schools
3
Springs
3
Swimming pools
3
Vehicles
2
Actions and defenses
2
Bathhouses
2
Bonds
2
Clubs
2
Courts
2
Elections
2
Historical markers
2
Indians
2
Meetings
2
Outdoor education
2
Planning drawings
2
Reclamation of land
2
Recreation centers
2
Referendum
2
Skis and skiing
2
Winter Sports
2
Wrecking
2
swimming
1
Boats
1
Borrow pits
1
Boys
1
Carp
1
Century of Progress International Exposition (1933-1934 : Chicago, Ill.)
1
Channels (Hydraulic engineering)
1
Cities and towns--Growth
1
Civil service
1
Directories
1
Downsizing of organizations
1
Ducks
1
Ecology
1
Exhibitions
1
Farms
1
Fences
1
Finance
1
Fires
1
Fishes
1
Forest reserves--Employees
1
Galleries & museums
1
Ice Skating
1
Illinois
1
Indexes
1
Labor
1
Lakes & ponds
1
Landscape architecture
1
Landscaping industry
1
Leadership
1
Legal briefs
1
Legislators
1
Lobbying
1
Log Buildings
1
Log cabins
1
Manholes
1
Monuments
1
Museums
1
Natural monuments--Conservation and restoration
1
Natural resources--Conservation and restoration
1
Nature conservation
1
Occupational training
1
Owls
1
Photograph collections
1
Picnics
1
Plants
1
Portraits, Group
1
Potawatomi Indians
1
Predatory animals
1
Programs
1
Railroads
1
Sanitation
1
Schools--Design and construction
1
Skating rinks
1
Speeches, addresses, etc.
1
Sports facilities
1
Squirrels
1
Starlings
1
Statistics
1
Steamboats
1
Telephones
1
Toboggans
1
Tourism
1
Tourist camps, hostels, etc.
1
Tourists
1
Traffic accident investigation
1
Traffic accidents
1
Valleys
1
Villages
1
Voluntarism
1
Wells
1
World War, 1939-1945
1
Zoology
1
Zoos
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