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North Park (Chicago, Ill.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Dorothy Vann Oral History Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 23-1
Scope and Contents

The Dorothy Vann Oral History Collection contains audio recordings created by Dorothy Vann who recorded interviews with residents of Chicago North Park neighborhood. The bulk of these recordings are from the 1970s and 1980s and were interviews conducted with long time residents of the North Park neighborhood. They document the neighborhood, North Park College (now North Park University), North Park Covenant Church, and Swedish-American aspects of the neighborhood.

Dates: 1977 - 1996

Hegborn-Nelson Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SAAGC/039
Scope and Contents

The Hegborn-Nelson Family Collection contains the personal records of John P. Nelson and children.  It includes correspondence, official papers, personal papers, memoirs, photographs, and a variety of other materials.

Dates: 1870 - 1984

Henry Bengston Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SAAGC/002
Scope and Contents This collection contains materials pertaining to Bengston's involvement with the Scandinavian‑American socialist movement, materials about Bengston's printing firm, the System Press, Bengston's involvement with the Brynford Park Improvement Association, the original manuscript for and one copy of Bengston's book, Skandinaver på Vänsterflygeln i USA (1955), correspondence from Bengston during his 1963 trip to Sweden, and articles by Bengston for magazines and...
Dates: 1905 - 1971