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Amundsen High School Collection

 Collection
Identifier: nnhc-ahs

Scope and Contents

This collection consists mostly of student publications, including the school newspaper, The Amundsen Log, and the student yearbook,The Viking. It also contains Parent Teacher Association yearbooks and related material, newspaper clippings, a diploma, a few graduation programs, an alumni reunion program, and a small number of photographs.

Dates

  • Creation: 1931 - 1987

Conditions Governing Access

Materials are open without restrictions.

Conditions Governing Use

Please consult staff to determine ability to reuse materials from collection.

Biographical / Historical

Amundsen High School was constructed in 1930 and named for Roald Engebreth Gravning Amundsen, a Norwegian polar explorer who disappeared while on a rescue mission to the North Pole in 1928. The school is located on Damen Avenue at Foster Avenue in Winnemac Park on the North Side of Chicago and is part of the Chicago Public Schools district. For its first few years Amundsen served as a junior high school, but it was converted to a four-year high school in 1933 and has continued to serve as a high school since that time. In the 1960s, it also hosted junior college classes in the evenings.

Extent

2.5 Linear Feet (in 4 boxes and 7 photographs, plus 1 oversize folder)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

Amundsen High School was constructed in 1930 on Damen Avenue at Foster Avenue in Winnemac Park on the North Side of Chicago. Originally a junior high school, it was converted to a four-year high school in 1933 and has continued to serve as a high school since that time. The collection contains yearbooks, clippings, programs, the school newspaper, and photographs.

Arrangement

The collection is arranged in two series.

Series 1: General Historical Files, 1931-1987

This series contains Subseries A: Documents and Subseries B: Photographs. Each subseries is arranged alphabetically.

Subseries A consists primarily of Parent Teacher Association yearbooks and newspaper clippings from local papers about Amundsen High School. There are also a few graduation programs, a song booklet, an alumni reunion program, and a short story and song lyrics.

Subseries B contains one oversize class photograph from 1934 and six photographs of a 1949 Amundsen High School football game.

Series 2: Publications, 1933-1981

This series contains issues of the school newspaper, The Amundsen Log; volumes of the school yearbook,The Viking; and one issue ofThe Bullshevik Bugle, a humor magazine. It is arranged alphabetically.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Some of the folders in this collection were originally part of the Ravenswood-Lake View Community Collection and were processed and made available for researchers in 1982. In 1984, after a number of yearbooks were acquired, the Amundsen High School material was removed to create a separate collection. Additional material, such as yearbooks, were added in the following years.

Existence and Location of Copies

Select photographs from this collection are available in the Library's Northside High Schools Digital Collection.

Related Materials

Lake View High School Collection, 1874-2002; Lane Technical High School Collection, 1912-1988; Ravenswood Lake View Community Collection, Schools

Source

Title
Guide to the Amundsen High School Collection
Status
Completed
Author
Originally processed by Robert Marshall, 1984. Updated and ingested into ArchivesSpace by Allyson Smally, 2020-2021.
Date
1984
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
Finding Aid written in English.

Repository Details

Part of the Northside Neighborhood History Collection Repository

Contact:
Sulzer Regional Library
Chicago Public Library
4455 N. Lincoln Avenue
Chicago IL 60625 United States
(312) 742-4455