North Center (Chicago, Ill.)
Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:
John Drury Collection
North Center/Lincoln Square Neighborhood Association Collection
John O'Shea Scrapbook
John O'Shea was known as the "Father of River Park." This scrapbook documents O’Shea’s life, the development of the North Center area from farms and prairies to urban neighborhood, the development of the River Park District and its parks and the Irish Catholic community on Chicago’s northwest side in the 1930s and 1940s, especially the Queen of Angels Parish and its clergymen.
Ravenswood-Lake View Community Collection
John B. Turner Collection
The John B. Turner Collection contains a small number of miscellaneous historical files related to John B. Turner and his family.
Wermich-Northcenter News Collection
The Wermich-North Center News Collection contains records from the Clarence and Marie Wermich, who published the neighborhood newspaper the Northcenter News. Items in the collection include issues of the newspaper from the 1940s - 1960s; minutes, correspondence and newspaper clippings about the North Center Commercial Association; miscellaneous files about other neighborhood organizations, and photographs.