The Evanston Public Library is digitizing the 1917 Plan of Evanston as part of its Digital Past Local History collection.
The Plan of Evanston was commissioned in 1916 by the Evanston Small Parks and Playgrounds Association, some of whose officers and directors were notable Evanston women.
Here are a few pages from the digitized Plan of Evanston:
Archive for the ‘Digitized Documents’ Category
Plan of Evanston
Posted in Digitized Documents, tagged digital past, evanston small parks and playgrounds association, plan of evanston on January 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Miss Wright and the Public Library
Posted in Digitized Documents, Women of Note, tagged evanston public library, ida faye wright on November 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Miss Ida Faye Wright served as Chief Librarian of the Evanston Public Library from January 1920 until November 1, 1944. The Evanston City Council adopted a resolution entitled “Resolution Upon the Occasion of the Retirement of Miss Ida Faye Wright” on October 2, 1944.
Miss Wright moved to Evanston at the age of three and began [...]
An earlier attempt to document significant women in Evanston
Posted in Digitized Documents, Women of Note on July 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
We aren’t sure of the exact date of this article, but believe it is from sometime in the early 1930s. The newspaper had asked readers to send in their suggestions for a list of important women in Evanston’s history.
Local woman Estelle Frances Ward, herself a woman-of-note, submitted a list of eight women she thought fit [...]
Project Calendar
Categories
The Evanston Women's History Project offices are housed in the Evanston History Center.
Address:
225 Greenwood Street
Evanston, IL 60201Phone Number:
(847) 475-3410Email: ewhp@evanstonhistorycenter.org
Books about Evanston History
