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The Forest Preserve District of Cook County (FPD) was created in 1914 with a mandate to "protect and preserve" the forested lands in and around Chicago. The district quickly became known as one of the most extensive systems of wildlife reserves near a large metropolitan area. Throughout its history, the FPD has tried to balance the conflicting goals of preserving the natural beauty of the land and ensuring its accessibility. By 2011, the district has acquired nearly 68,000 acres and now entertains as many as 40 million visitors each year.
The commissioners of Cook County serve on the FPD's governing body, the Board of Forest Preserve Commissioners of Cook County. The FPD's general office handles most of the day-to-day administration of the district, and it houses the following departments, each with its own superintendent who works under the direction of the general superintendent: conservation, finance (purchasing), maintenance, planning and development, resource management, and permits and recreational activities. The district also has a legal department and a law enforcement department. The district's holdings are divided into nine roughly coherent geographic regions throughout the county.
The Creation of the Forest Preserve District of Cook County, 1901-1917:
The idea for the FPD came from the Progressive Era desire to make natural lands available to the citizenry. Reform-minded organizations, such as Chicago’s Municipal Science Club, believed that exposure to open spaces--city parks, "outer parks," and wildlife preserves--mitigated and healed the social problems created by industrialization and urbanization. To assess the possibilities for open spaces, Chicago-area municipalities created several park commissions. The reports of these commissions, including the influential 1905 report by the Special Park Commission "On the Subject of a Metropolitan Park System," urged the city and county to invest heavily in parks and to set aside forested land for "preserves, or designated wilderness areas," outside the city.
To put these recommendations into effect, reformers lobbied state lawmakers to authorize the creation of a forest preserve district, which would be a special taxing body that could acquire forested land. These reformers sometimes had contradictory goals. Some, such as Dwight Heald Perkins and Jens Jensen, two noted architects who served on the Special Park Commission, envisioned a system of open spaces that the county would maintain in near pristine beauty. Others preferred a system of "outer parks" that would be more extensively developed with a wide array of amenities for the general public. An example was the Outer Belt Park Commission of Cook County, headed by Henry Foreman, one-time president of the Board of Cook County Commissioners. This commission sought the construction of a special highway--or "outer belt"--that would run through the preserves and encircle Chicago. These competing visions, along with legal and political difficulties, hindered speedy agreement on a plan for a forest preserve district, and two statutes passed by the state legislature in 1905 and 1909 fell prey to partisan infighting and constitutional challenges.
Finally, however, the Illinois General Assembly enacted a law that survived a constitutional challenge and gained the support of most major forest preserve advocates. The Forest Preserve Act of 1913 set out a two-step process by which Illinois counties might establish forest preserve districts. First, the county commissioners would refer the question of establishing a district to the voters. Second, upon voter approval, the members of the county board would assume ex officio governance of the new district, which would operate as an independent taxing body with the authority to incur bonded debt and purchase or condemn land. In 1914, Cook County Commissioners referred a forest preserve measure to its voters, who approved it by a margin of over 100,000, and in 1915, the board officially organized the Forest Preserve District of Cook County. In 1916, the statute survived a constitutional court challenge in a "friendly suit" sponsored by Perkins, People v. Rinaker.
Growing Pains and Land Acquisition, 1915-1929:
The FPD’s most aggressive period of land acquisition was during its first thirteen years. This expansion aroused controversy because the new district implemented condemnation proceedings against landowners who declined to sell to the district. Yet by 1929, the FPD had acquired about 31,000 acres and had adopted a strategic plan to develop its holdings.
When the FPD was organized, its commissioners created a "Plan Commission" charged with overseeing land acquisition. This commission had eight members, of whom four were FPD commissioners and four were private citizens. The Plan Commission determined which land the district ought to acquire and negotiated with landowners for the purchase of these lands. By 1917, the Plan Commission had acquired enough acres to enable the district to dedicate its first preserve, the Dear Grove Forest near Palatine.
In their efforts to acquire land, the Plan Commission and the FPD sometimes used condemnation proceedings that were contested by two types of litigants. The first consisted of landowners who did not wish to sell their land and challenged the FPD’s right to condemn their land. The second consisted of speculators who, the district’s lawyers alleged, bought land merely in the hopes that they might resell it to the county at elevated prices; they challenged the prices that the district offered for their land. The district suffered some setbacks. In Washburn v. Forest Preserve District of Cook County (1927), for instance, the Illinois Supreme Court curtailed the FPD’s prerogative to acquire land that was not obviously linked to a particular forest. But in general, the district won most of its condemnation proceedings and took control of the land it desired.
The 1929 Advisory Committee Report and the New Deal Era, 1929-1941:
The expansion of the 1920s made it necessary for the FPD to devise a systematic plan for developing its thousands of acres. In 1926, it did away with the Plan Commission and set up an "Advisory Committee" to study the district's challenges and offer recommendations for its future management. Its 1929 tract, "Recommended Plans for the Forest Preserves of Cook County," set out a strategic vision that the district followed for the next forty years.
The 1929 report issued specific recommendations that its authors believed would ensure that the FPD be administered more systematically and more autonomously. Some of its specific recommendations were the construction of a highway that would link all the preserves but not go through any protected areas, the construction of amenities and recreational facilities for visitors, and a careful study of each tract of land to determine development on a case-by-case basis. Along with these suggestions, the report adopted more general recommendations: it argued that the district should be less beholden to what the Advisory Committee saw as the undue influence of politicians and private groups seeking special privileges or patronage employment. It also urged the FPD to pursue a program of massive restoration of lands that the Advisory Committee believed had been overused and damaged.
The district adopted the Advisory Committee’s report and, on the recommendation of that committee, hired Charles "Cap" Sauers as the General Superintendent of the Forest Preserve District of Cook County to implement the Advisory Committee's program. His tenure marked the beginning of a long period of administrative continuity, at least at the FPD's supervisory levels. Sauers served more than 30 years until his retirement in 1964, and his successor, longtime employee Arthur Janura, served until 1991. Other administrative employees, such as Charles "Chick" Estes, Chief Engineer, and Roberts Mann, Superintendent of Maintenance and, later, Superintendent of Conservation, served several decades as well.
The Great Depression posed challenges for the FPD. After 1931, for example, the county's tax receipts had shrunk so precipitously that the county and the district had trouble paying their bills. But the Depression also brought new opportunities. The district enjoyed an influx of state and federal funds from such federal and state bodies as the National Park Service, the Reconstruction Finance Corporation created under the auspices of President Herbert Hoover, and the Illinois Emergency Relief Commission. Above all, the programs of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal, especially the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), but also the Civil Works Administration, the Public Works Administration, and the Works Progress Administration, allowed the district to embark on large projects to develop the preserves. Among such projects were the construction and renovation of hiking trails, picnic and toilet facilities, swimming pools, toboggan slides, and golf courses. Most notably, perhaps, was the Civilian Conservation Corps’s work on the "Skokie Lagoons." The goal of this massive endeavor, which involved thousands of workers and may have been the largest single CCC project of the New Deal, was to build a series of seven lagoons to re-beautify the marsh areas around the Skokie River of northern Cook County.
By the time the United States entered World War II in 1941, the federal government had dismantled most of the New Deal programs that had aided the Forest Preserve District. But the large influx of federal funds had helped the FPD pursue many of the recommendations advanced by the 1929 report of the Advisory Committee.
New Expansion, 1940s-2000s:
After the war ended in 1945, the FPD embarked on a renewed land acquisition effort. From the 1940s onward, the district lobbied Illinois lawmakers for authority to take on more land. The legislature obliged with laws that incrementally advanced the maximum number of acres the district was permitted to require from the 37,000 acres permitted in the original 1913 Forest Preserve Act, to 60,000 acres by the 1960s, and to 75,000 acres by 2000. The legislature also empowered the FPD to take on different kinds of land. The original statute, as amended in 1921, allowed the district to purchase only land that already contained a forest, immediately adjoined a forest, or linked two or more forests. Under a law enacted in 1961, the district could now acquire any land, provided that it show the land was "capable of being reforested."
In addition to expanding its holdings, the FPD also expanded the scope of its operations. It oversaw and administered, with the help of the Chicago Horticultural Society, the Chicago Botanical Gardens in Glencoe, Illinois, that was opened to nature lovers in 1972. The district also opened "nature centers" on its property, with a mission to give young people and others a chance to experience nature. The FPD had opened the first of these, the Hal Tyrell Trailside Museum, in 1931, and opened five others after World War II. By 2002, the district operated several other amenities for its visitors. According to one study offered 190 major picnic areas, 74 miles of paved bicycle trails, 190 miles of other trails, 34 fishing lakes, 90 baseball fields, 10 golf courses, 18 sleds hills, 11 boat launches, and 8 model airplane fields.
Processing and encoding for this collection were made possible by a generous grant from the Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation (http://www.gddf.org).
This collection contains materials generated primarily by the Forest Preserve District of Cook County. These materials document the history of the district, the people who founded it, some of its day-to-day operations, and its planning, construction, and development. It includes correspondence, memoranda, reports, financial records, legal files, construction plans and blueprints, minutes of meetings of the Board of Forest Preserve Commissioners and of advisory bodies, and photographic prints, negatives, and glass "lantern slides."
This collection also contains materials generated elsewhere. Those materials are of two types. The first includes correspondence, memoranda, and reports from people who served on different park or government bodies while they worked for the district. The second includes pamphlets and reports from other park districts in Illinois, the United States, and other countries, and matters that deal with the years prior to the district's creation
The precise provenance and original order of much of this collection were difficult to ascertain, but they have been maintained wherever possible. The series have been organized thematically.
Series 1: Administration records, 1904-1996. This series pertains to the day-to-day operations of the district and includes materials that come mostly from the office of the General Superintendent. It has the following subseries:
Subseries 1: General Headquarters Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1929-1967
Subseries 2: General Headquarters Correspondence with Forest Preserve Commissioners and other County Officials, 1927-1967
Subseries 3: Correspondence with the Public, 1928-1944.
Subseries 4: Charles Sauers Personal Correspondence, 1933-1964
Subseries 5: Concessions, Recreation, and Special Events, 1913-1996
Subseries 6: Employment records, 1929-1985
Subseries 7: Financial records, 1927-1993
Subseries 8: Reference Library, 1904-1962
Subseries 9: University of Illinois at Chicago Campus Controversy records, 1955-1960
Subseries 10: Public Information Office, circa 2001-2011
Series 2: Legal Department records, 1916-1991. This series contains files, reports, and condemnation proceedings, most of which come from the legal department directly or through correspondence with the office of the general superintendent. It has the following subseries:
Subseries 1: Legal Department Files and Correspondence, 1916-1970
Subseries 2: Accident and Incident Reports, 1930-1991
Subseries 3: Land Acquisition records, 1921-1965
Subseries 4: Condemnation Proceedings, 1916-1946
Series 3: Records from the Departments of Maintenance and Conservation, 1904- 2010. This series contains materials whose provenance appears to be from the Department of Maintenance, Department of Conservation, or both. It has the following subseries:
Subseries 1: Maintenance and Conservation Department records, 1914- circa 1998
Subseries 2: Roberts Mann papers, 1931-1969
Subseries 3: Nature Bulletins, 1945-1965
Subseries 4: Nature Centers, 2002-2010
Subseries 5: "Historical" files, circa 1909-1992
Subseries 6: Other Media, 1973- circa 1999
Series 4: Governance records, 1915-1999. This series contains the minutes and other records of the Board of Forest Preserve Commissioners, and it has other files relevant for the FPDCC's relations with other government bodies, other park districts, and citizens' groups. It has the following subseries:
Subseries 1: General Governance files, 1927-1966
Subseries 2: Other Parks and Other Park Organizations, 1929-1966
Subseries 3: National Park Service records, 1934-1964
Subseries 4: Annual Messages of the Forest Preserve District and Cook County Board President, 1921-1987
Subseries 5: Unbound Proceedings, 1920-1964 [These are stored at an offsite facility and boxes must be ordered at least ten business days in advance]
Subseries 6: Agendas for FPDCC Board Meetings, 1993-1996
Subseries 7: Bound Proceedings, 1915-1999 (with gaps)
Series 5: Planning, Development, and Construction records, circa 1911-2001. This series has the records of the advisory committee, of the department of engineering, and of the office of the landscape architect. It also contains records of some of the specific construction and development projects pursued under the district's authority. It has the following subseries:
Subseries 1: General Construction and Development records, 1918-1994
Subseries 2: Records from the Office of the Landscape Architect, 1948-2001
Subseries 3: Advisory Committee Records from the Office of the Landscape Architect, 1923-1984
Subseries 4: Advisory Committee records, 1929-1965
Subseries 5: Department of Engineering records, 1940-1997
Subseries 6: Blueprints and Bids, 1914-1967
Series 6: Construction Blueprints and Other Large Blueprints. This series contains blueprints, most of which are master plans or control plans or detailed construction projects undertaken on Forest Preserve property. A small number of these blueprints deal with other topics, including construction projects at state parks outside of Cook County and a historical map used by one of the district's founders, Dwight H. Perkins. It has the following subseries:
Subseries 1: Master Plans and Control Plans, circa 1930-1975
Subseries 2: Flood Control Project, Skokie Lagoons, circa 1920- circa 1940
Subseries 3: Miscellaneous Projects
Subseries 4: National Park Service and State of Illinois Projects, circa 1930 — circa 1940
Subseries 5: Unidentified blueprints
Series 7: Newspaper Clippings, circa 1950 - circa 2002. This series contains the clippings from local newspaper articles that mention the Forest Preserve District. These clippings have been digitized.
Series Zero (0): Photographs, Negatives, Glass Slides, and Illustrations. This series contains over 10,000 photographs, negatives, glass slides, and illustrations created by early advocates of the Forest Preserve District, employees of the district, or on behalf of the district. It has the following subseries:
Subseries 1: Glass Lantern Slides, circa 1900-1948
Subseries 2: Glass Negatives, 1903-1929
Subseries 3: Skokie Lagoons Project, circa 1930-circa 1940
Subseries 4: Skokie Lagoons Project, circa 1933-1942
Subseries 5: Encoded Prints and Negatives, first grouping, 1920s-1970s
Subseries 6: Encoded Prints and Negatives, second grouping
Subseries 7: Illinois and Michigan Canal Scrapbook, 1933-1935
Subseries 8: Miscellaneous Photographs, Slides, and Negatives, circa 1920 - circa 2005
Subseries 9: Oversized Photographs and Illustrations
Access restrictions -- Closed. Series I, subseries 6 has been restricted and is closed to researchers until 75 years past the date of creation.
Use Restrictions — Digitization. Some items in this collection contains currently inaccessible media. Digitization services may be available. Please email lib-spec@uic.libanswers.com.
Forest Preserve District of Cook County records, Special Collections and University Archives, University of Illinois at Chicago
Accession No. 2009.005.ms. Acquired 2009-01-01
This series contains the administrative records of the Forest Preserve District of Cook County. Most of these records appear to have come from the general headquarters and from the office of the general superintendent. Some items are restricted.
Released on 2019-12-09.
This sub-series consists of correspondence to and from the FPDCC general headquarters. The FPDCC labeled most of the folders in this sub-series as "miscellaneous" and organized them alphabetically by subject and correspondent.
This sub-series contains correspondence between the FPDCC general headquarters and county officials, primarily the members of the Board of Cook County Commissioners, who were also ex oficio the Forest Preserve Commissioners. The original order was impossible to determine, so this correspondence has been arranged chronologically.
This sub-series contains correspondence between the FPDCC general headquarters and members of the general public. Most of this correspondence involves compliments, complaints, suggestions, and requests for services from or information about the FPDCC.
Charles G. Sauers was the general superintendent from 1929 to 1964. This sub-series contains the correspondence that he marked as "personal."
This sub-series contains bids, memoranda, correspondence, and other administrative items that deal with the FPDCCs management of its concession stands, recreation facilities, and special events. This sub-series is organized by theme--"concession," "recreation," and "special events"--and is organized alphabetically within each theme.
This sub-series contains items that deal with FPDCC employment policies. Most of these items address hiring practices, employee evaluations, and disciplinary decisions. Some are letters from people who sought jobs with the district. A few files have documents about in-service training for employees and general announcements intended for employees. Finally, this sub-series has an almost complete run, from 1945 to 1974, of the "Forest Way," which was a bulletin the district published monthly for its employees.
The provenance of these files is uncertain, but most of them appear to come from the office of the general superintendent or from the FPDCC’s personnel office.
Some items in this collection are restricted until seventy-five (75) years after the date of creation. These items are found in Series I, sub-series 6, "Employment records." Please see the complete finding aid for information on which specific folders the "closed for 75 years" restriction applies to.
This folder is closed to researchers until until seventy-five (75) years after the date of creation.
This folder is closed to researchers until until seventy-five (75) years after the date of creation.
This folder is closed to researchers until until seventy-five (75) years after the date of creation.
This folder is closed to researchers until until seventy-five (75) years after the date of creation.
This folder is closed to researchers until until seventy-five (75) years after the date of creation.
This folder is closed to researchers until until seventy-five (75) years after the date of creation.
This folder is closed to researchers until until seventy-five (75) years after the date of creation.
This folder is closed to researchers until until seventy-five (75) years after the date of creation.
The items in this sub-series deal with the financial matters of the FPDCC, such as appropriations bills, tax levies, budgets, comptroller reports, and day-to-day expenditures.
The files in this sub-series come from what the FPDCC appears to have used as a reference library. The files are arranged in the order in the which the FPDCC kept them.
During the 1950s, the University of Illinois sought to develop a permanent cmapus for its "Chicago Undergraduate Division," then quartered at Navy Pier in Chicago. Selection committees investigated numerous sites for the proposed campus. Among these sites was an area known as Miller Meadow, located within the holdings of the FPDCC. The district was strongly opposed to ceding any land to the University of Illinois for the campus, and it allied itself with citizens and other parties who opposed the possible cession.
This sub-series contains memoranda,correspondence,and other materials concerning this controversy.
According to website of the Forest Preserve District of Cook County, the Public Information Office of the Forest Preserve District of Cook County "works with the news media regarding Forest Preserve District programs, special events and news stories. By using news releases, news conferences and meetings with Editorial Boards, information about the Forest Preserve District is disseminated to the general public. News Media includes, newspapers, magazines, TV, radio, and cable." [citation: http://fpdcc.com/about/departments/general-office/ (accessed July 3, 2012)].
This sub-series includes items and files produced by or on behalf of the Public Information Office of the Forest Preserve District of Cook County, including DVD's, audio cassettes, and VHS videocassettes. It also includes reports and other items collected by the Office of Public Information.
Some items in this sub-series are audio cassettes, DVD's or CD-ROM's, or VHS video cassettes. The library may not have the equipment necessary to view these items. Patrons interested in viewing them should call ahead to find out whether or how they might view them.
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This series contains records that deal with the legal matters of the Forest Preserve District of Cook County. Most of these records come from the district's legal department or from the general headquarters' correspondence with the legal deparrtment.
Released on 2019-12-09.
This sub-series contains the files of the FPDCC’s legal department. Most of these folders contain letters and memoranda, but also included are records about special assessments, about court cases in which the FPDCC had an interest, and about the district's land acquisition efforts. When possible, folders have been organized according to file number and chronologically when no file number was available.
This sub-series contains reports of accidents and other “incidents” on FPDCC property.
Files in Subseries 2, "Accident and Incident Reports," are closed until 75 years after the date of creation.
This sub-series contains the records that the FPDCC kept to keep track of the properties it acquired or considered acquiring. Most of these records are appraisals or other correspondence or memoranda that relate to the land acquisition process.
A small number of these files contain verbatim reports of condemnation proceedings. Researchers who are interested in studying condemnation proceedings might also wish to consult Series II, sub-series 4, "Condemnation Proceedings," in this collection.
When the FPDCC tried to purchase land, sometimes the landowners did not wish to sell, or they wanted a higher price than the district offered. The district then used condemnation proceedings, which are court trials to determine whether the government may acquire land and how much a fair price would be. This sub-series contains the typewritten, verbatim accounts of the district’s condemnation proceedings, organized chronologically, from 1916 through 1946.
This series contains files kept by staff in the Department of Maintenance and the Department of Conservation of the Forest Preserve District of Cook County.
Released on 2019-12-09.
This sub-series contains the papers collected and stored by the Department of Maintenance and Department of Conservation. They include correspondence, internal memoranda, speeches, items published by FPDCC personnel, and items kept for reference. The files that the Department of Maintenance marked by Roman numerals and that are found in boxes III-1, III-2, III-3, and III-4 of this sub-series are in their original order. The original order for the remainder of the files was impossible to determine. Those folders have been arranged thematically and alphabetically.
Released on 2020-02-14.
Roberts Mann, Superintendent of Maintenance and later Superintendent of Conservation for the FPDCC, produced numerous writings during his tenure. This sub-series contains those papers Mann himself elected to keep together, but it in no way represents the totality of Mann’s written output. His voluminous writings and correspondence permeate the entire collection. Mann’s writings cover nearly every imaginable aspect of FPDCC and park operations--he commented on everything from budgeting and policy to the proper design for toilet seats. Many of the documents in this sub-series were papers presented to various organizational gatherings. Still others were published in magazines, newspapers, or professional journals. Most of these folders include a final document, numerous drafts, research materials, and correspondence germane to the topic at hand. Documents are arranged here alphabetically, as the original order was impossible to discern. Descriptive information is included where appropriate.
An important note: the document titled “Archives: Publications in Bob Mann’s Home Library” includes a letter-key index. Those letters were then hand-written on the top of the corresponding document. It appears that these were the documents that Mann considered his most important. Document titles are consistent between Mann’s index and this listing.
From 1945 until 1964 the Conservation Department of the FPDCC sent these one-page bulletins to schools and other interested parties, more or less weekly during the school year. Most were written by Roberts Mann, David Thompson, or Roland Eisenbeis. They are arranged here chronologically (as issued). Some of them contain manuscripts and other materials and sources the authors used for reference. From time-to-time, a nature bulletin generated correspondence from readers. When available, that correspondence is included. Topics are wide-ranging and include general natural and political history, flora, fauna, the development of the FPDCC, and occasional policy statements. From 1964 until 1980 many of the bulletins were re-dated and reprinted, some with minor revisions. Where available, both “editions” are included in each folder.
Nature Bulletin #645 is missing from the collection.
Note to researchers: Almost all of the Nature Bulletins from 1945 to 1964 have been reproduced online by the Division of Educational Programs (DEP) on his “NewtonDLAsk a Scientist” website. The url for this site is
http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/natbltn/natbltn.htm
The FPDCC operates six "nature centers" as part of the district's educational mission to work with teachers in and near Cook County. Their mission is to introduce their students to the flora and fauna of the forest preserves. This sub-series contains only one folder provided specifically by one of the nature centers, the Hal Tyrell Trailside Museum.
This sub-series contains those files that the maintenance and conservation departments labeled "historical" or that they kept together because they believed them to be of historical interest. Most of these files pertain to the FPDCC's founding and early years.
This subs-series contains 32 floppy disks and zip drives of undetermined format and quality. These disks have been organized chronologically according to the date notated on the disk, and alphabetically when no date was listed. Three disks have no title.
The sub-series also includes five (5) films created by the Forest Preserve District. These films have been converted to DVD format for easier viewing and for preservation purposes. Please call ahead to verify they are are available to be viewed.
Finally, the subs-series includes a small piece of correspondence between the band "Me, John, and Dave," and Joe Mollica of the FPDCC. This correspondence concerns the band's wish to perform at a Forest Preserve District function, and contains 1 letter with a photocopy of a newspaper clipping, one large envelope, 1 VHS cassette, 1 audio cassette.
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Patrons must use the "use copy," FPDCC DVD III-1B."
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The contents of this movie reel have been recorded onto a DVD, FPDCC DVD III-1. Patrons must use the "use copy" of this DVD, which is FPDCC DVD III-1B.
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The records in this series deal with the relationship between the Forest Preserve District of Cook County (FPDCC) and citizens groups, park organizations and certain governmental agencies, including the Board of the Forest Preserve Commissioners of Cook County.
Released on 2019-12-09.
This sub-series contains the FPDCC's records of its interactions with local, state, and federal government agencies and with citizens groups. Most of the files are correspondence between the district officers and the agencies or citizens groups in question.
This sub-series contains the FPDCC's records on other park organizations and its officers' correspondence with officials of these park organizations.
This sub-series contains documents and correspondence relating to National Park Service activities within the FPDCC. During the 1930s, the NPS administered or assisted in the administration of various New Deal agencies and their work on FPDCC projects. Charles Sauers, General Superintendent of the FPDCC, served as chairman of the Advisory Board on National Parks, Historic Sites, Buildings and Monuments, and this subseries also includes documents that relate to his activities with that organization.
This sub-series contains the annual messages of the president of the Board of Cook County Commissioners, who also serves as president of the Board of Forest Preserve Commissioners of Cook County. These messages outlined the accomplishments of the county board, the board of forest preserve commissioners, or both. Most messages from 1926 to 1987 are included, except for 1931 and 1978 through 1986. This sub-series also has a 1921 report sponsored by the FPDCC that highlights the accomplishments of the district during its first five years.
This sub-series contains the "unbound" proceedings of the Board of Commissioners of the Forest Preserve District of Cook County from 1920 through 1964. These proceedings are "unbound," that is, they are the loose-leaf versions of the proceedings that the FPDCC eventually published in bound volumes.
These proceedings are organized chronologically. Many of the later years have indexes. Some of the folders in this sub-series contain records of bid tenders for contract work with the district.
SPECIAL NOTE: These proceedings are stored at an off-site facility, and researchers who wish to consult them are advised to request them at least ten (10) business days before they plan to visit the reading room. Researchers might also wish to consult the more comprehensive set of bound proceedings, Series V, sub-series 7, "Bound Proceedings." The bound proceedings are available onsite and may be requested and paged the same day of a visit.
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Patrons interested in looking at proceedings might also wish to consult sub-series 7, "Bound Proceedings." The items in that sub-series are available upon request in the reading room.
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This sub-series contains the printed agendas for meetings of the Board of Commissioners of the Forest Preserve District of Cook County for 1993 through 1996.
This sub-series contains the official, annual reports of proceedings of the FPDCC from the board's first meeting in 1915 up to and including 1999, with some gaps. These reports are bound and indexed. The volumes for the years 1982, 1983, and 1985 through 1990, inclusive, are missing.
The records in this series deal with the strategic planning and construction projects for the Forest Preserve District of Cook County. They include the records of the office of the landscape architect, of the office of the engineer, and of the district's advisory committee. They also include general files on construction and development projects.
Researchers interested in construction and development projects might also wish to consult Series VI, "Construction Blueprints and Other Large Blueprints," and Series 0 (zero), "Photographs and Illustrations."
Released on 2019-12-09.
The records of this sub-series concern construction projects and the development of FPDCC land.
A large number of the files in this sub-series date from before World War II (1939-1945), and most of those deal with the emergency relief efforts of the Illinois and Federal governments during the Great Depression, and in particular with the development of the Skokie Lagoons. The Skokie Lagoons project began in the late 1920s, and with the influx of money and personnel from President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal programs, especially the Civilian Conservation Corps, it quickly became one of the largest relief projects in the 1930s.
This sub-series also includes a smaller number of files on projects from the late into the mid-1990s.
The provenance of most of these items is uncertain and the original order was impossible to determine. The files have been organized alphabetically and thematically.
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This sub-series contains files from the Office of the Landscape Architect of the FPDCC.
The records in this series come from the office of the landscape architect and deal specifically with the FPDCC Advisory Committee. First established in 1926 to replace the district's "Plan Committee," the Advisory Committee was responsible for formulating the district's strategic vision, which involved determining what land to acquire and how and for what purpose to develop that land.
The records in this sub-series include minutes, plans, reports, memoranda and correspondence of the Advisory Committee and the office of the landscape architect.
Researchers who are interested in studying the Advisory Committee might also wish to consult the Advisory Committee records in this collection. These are found in Series V, sub-series 4.
The records in this sub-series deal specifically with the district's Advisory Committee. First established in 1926 to replace the "Plan Committee," the Advisory Committee was responsible for formulating the district's strategic vision, which involved determining what land to acquire and how and for what purpose to develop that land.
The records in this sub-series include minutes, plans, reports, memoranda and correspondence of the Advisory Committee.
Researchers who are interested in studying the Advisory Committee might also wish to consult the "Advisory Committee Records from the Office of the Landscape ARchitect." These records can be found in Series V, sub-series 3 of this collection.
This sub-series contains files from or relating to the FPDCC's Department of Engineering. The files from the first four (4) boxes, box numbers V-63 through V-66, inclusive, pertain to municipalities in Cook County. These have been organized alphabetically by the name o the municipality. The remainder of the files have been organized alphabetically.
This sub-series contains a selection of blueprints, plans, bid specifications, and instructions to bidders for some of the FPDCC’s many construction projects. Most of these projects concern the building of facilities, such as bathhouses and buildings located on FPDCC property, and structures, such as well platforms or lighting fixtures. A smaller number of the items in this series deal with much larger projects, such as the construction of the Northwestern Golf Course or sketch plans for the project to develop what later became known as the “Skokie Lagoons.” For larger projects, especially, researchers are advised to also consult Series VI, "Large Blueprints."
Some of the projects included in this sub-series were done in counties other than Cook County.
The provenance appears to have been the FPDCC’s engineering department. The original order, however, was impossible to determine, and almost all the items in this sub-series are now organized into one of three broad categories: bid specifications, blueprints, and instructions to bidders. Items within those categories are organized alphabetically.
Some items in this sub-series are currently being digitized to ensure broader access and may not be immediately available. Patrons are advised to call ahead to ensure that the boxes they would like to consult will be available.
This series contains over one thousand (1,000) blueprints generated by the Forest Preserve District of Cook County (FPDCC), by other entities on the district's behalf, or by the National Park Service or other organizations. Researchers interested in building and construction projects might also wish to consult Series V, "Planning, Construction, and Development records," and Series 0 (zero), "Photographs and Illustrations."
Released on 2019-12-09.
This sub-series contains a large collection of the FPDCC's Master Plans and Control Plans. Most of these plans were drawn and dated in 1941, although some are dated as early as 1937 and one is dated as late as 1975.
The Skokie Lagoons project was a massive endeavor to develop the marsh areas around the Skokie River of northern Cook County, on FPDCC land. During the 1930s, the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), one of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal programs, cooperated with the Forest Preserve District to employ thousands of young men to work on this project, which involved creating seven lagoons to re-beautify the landscape and alleviate seasonal flooding.
This sub-series includes nine (9) sketches done of the Skokie Lagoons Project. The size of these sketches ranges from 44 inches by 12 inches to 56 inches by 12 inches.
Researchers interested in other blueprints that deal with the Skokie Lagoons Project might wish to consult other sub-series in this collection, especially Series V, sub-series 6, "Bids and Blueprints"; Series VI, sub-series 1, "Master Plans and Control Plans"; and Series VI, sub-series 3, "Projects."
These images are part of an ongoing (as of July, 2012) project to digitize and upload to Content-DM images from the Forest Preserve District of Cook County records.
This sub-series contains blueprints of several projects undertaken on FPDCC property. They have been organized according to the named location of the project, when available, or by kind of project. The range of blueprints for most of the projects is incomplete, and most of the projects are missing one or more blueprints.
Some items in this sub-series are currently being digitized to ensure broader access and may not be immediately available. Patrons are advised to call ahead to ensure that the boxes they would like to consult will be available.
This sub-series contains several blueprints from projects done under the auspices of the National Park Service, in cooperation with the State of Illinois. Almost none of these projects deals directly with the FPDCC, and most of them are for the development of state parks in Illinois counties other than Cook County.
Some items in this sub-series are currently being digitized to ensure broader access and may not be immediately available. Patrons are advised to call ahead to ensure that the boxes they would like to consult will be available.
This sub-series contains blueprints that were unidentified either because they had been separated from the original project they belonged to or because they had not been numbered or otherwise named. The blueprints of this sub-series are of two types. The first has some notation concerning the approximate area the blueprint was designed to cover; these are the "Unidentified Blueprints with Known Locations." The second type lacks such a notation; these are the "Unidentified Blueprints without Known Locations."
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During the last half of the twentieth century and the first years of the twenty-first century, the Forest Preserve District of Cook County hired a news clipping service. This service reviewed most local newspapers and cut out all articles it found that mentioned the Cook County Forest Preserves. It then pasted most of these clippings onto large scrapbooks.
Two strategies were used to preserve these items. First, some newspaper clippings were photocopied onto acid-free paper. Second, some newspaper clippings were digitized.
Released on 2019-12-09.
This series contains print photographs, negatives, glass negatives, and glass slides. These were taken by early advocates of the FPDCC, by its officials or employees, or on its behalf. This series also contains a small number of oversized photographic displays, illustrations, and artwork prepared by or for the FPDCC.
Released on 2019-12-09.
This sub-series contains over 700 glass lantern slides, which are photographs developed onto glass plates that can then be projected onto a screen.
Boxes one (1) through four (4) (items #0-1-1-1 through 0-1-4-44) are the "Perkins slides." Dwight H. Perkins and other early advocates used these slides in the public lectures they gave to win support for the creation of a forest preserve district.
Digital copies of all of the slides in the first four boxes (the "Perkins Slides") and of most of the slides in the other boxes can be found online at http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm4/browse.php?CISOROOT=/uic ccfp
Each box is labeled by the series number (0), followed by sub-series number (1), followed by the box number.
Each item is labled by series number (0), followed by sub-series number (1), followed by box number, followed by the item number.
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This sub-series contains glass negatives taken of areas that were part of, or would become part of, the Forest Preserve District of Cook county. The negatives in Boxes 0-2-1 and 0-2-2 are 10" by 8", the negatives in Boxes 0-2-3 and 0-2-4 are 5" by 7", and the negatives in box 0-2-5 are 4" by 6".
Digital copies of the photographs from many of these negatives can be found at http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm4/browse.php?CISOROOT=/uic ccfp
Each box is labeled by the series number (0), followed by sub-series number (2), followed by the box number.
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The Skokie Lagoons project was a massive endeavor to develop the marsh areas around the Skokie River of northern Cook County, on FPDCC land. During the 1930s, the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), one of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal programs, cooperated with the Forest Preserve District to employ thousands of young men to work on this project, which involved creating seven lagoons to re-beautify the landscape and alleviate seasonal flooding.
This sub-series contains over 2,000 negatives that the FPDCC organized by “group” numbers. The groups are numbered chronologically from 1 to 291, with group number 1 being the earliest (1933) and group number 291 being the latest, about 1937. Each group contains an average of about 8 negatives, which the FPDCC numbered as “items.” Twenty-two (22) negatives have no group or item number. A few negatives have duplicate group and item numbers, and some negatives are missing from the collection.
Of the over 2,000 negatives, about 1,400 were developed into print photographs. Some of these prints were placed into one of two scrapbooks the district kept to document the progress of the CCC companies that worked on the project. Some prints were placed into folders that the FPDCC organized by topic and, sometimes, by group and item number.
This finding aid provides the box numbers in which each negative can be found, the location of the prints organized into folders, and the location of the scrapbooks. The first five boxes contain the negatives. The next two boxes contain the folders. The final two boxes contain the scrapbooks.
Each box is labeled by the series number (0), followed by sub-series number (3), followed by the box number.
Each folder is labeled by series number (0), followed by sub-series number (3), followed by box number, followed by the folder number.
The first five boxes (boxes 0-3-1 through 0-3-5) have no folders, but contain individually-labeled negatives organized by group number. The sixth and seventh boxes (0-3-6 and 0-3-7) contain the folders into which the FPDCC organized about 500 print photographs. The eighth, ninth, and tenth boxes (0-3-8, 0-3-9, and 0-3-10) contain the photographs and descriptions of the two scrapbooks.
Patrons interested in photographs of the Skokie Lagoons project might also wish to consult series Zero (0), sub-series 4, Skokie Lagoons Project #2.
The Skokie Lagoons project was a massive endeavor to develop the marsh areas around the Skokie River of northern Cook County, on FPDCC land. During the 1930s, the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), one of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal programs, cooperated with the Forest Preserve District to employ thousands of young men to work on this project, which involved creating seven lagoons to re-beautify the landscape and alleviate seasonal flooding.
This sub-series contains negatives and photographs of various aspects of the Skokie Lagoons project.
Each box is labeled by the series number (0), followed by sub-series number (4), followed by the box number.
Each folder is labeled by series number (0), followed by sub-series number (4), followed by box number, followed by the folder number.
Patrons interested in photographs from the Skokie Lagoons project might also wish to consult Series Zero (0), sub-series 3, “Skokie Lagoons Project #1.”
Released on 2021-10-11.
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This sub-series is the first of two sub-series of negatives and print photographs that the FPDCC marked with a series of codes. These codes included an alphabetical notation that describes the general class of what was photographed, followed by a numerical notation that described the photograph in more detail.
The FPDCC had as many as three (3) indexes that served as guides to what these codes meant. These indexes can be found in folder 0-5-1-4 and in folder 0-5-1-5, and they can also be found online, as a PDF document that forms part of the digital exhibit at the following URL:
http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm4/index uic ccfpdoc.php?CISOROOT=/uic ccfpdoc
Each index differs slightly from the others, and it is not clear which index matches up with which photographs. However, the alphabetical notations general observed the following format:
C: Planning, Design and Construction, Engineering and Landscape
CE: Conservation and Education
F: Forestry and Nursery Activities
H: Historical Markers
M: Maintenance
P/Per: Personnel or People
R: Recreation
S: Scenic Views
W: County Activities, outside of the F.P.D.C.C.
Boxes are listed in the following format: series number (0), sub-series number (5), box number. For example, the first box in the sub-series is Box 0-5-1.
Folders are listed in the followig format: series number (0), sub-series number (5), box number, and folder number. For example, the fifth folder is Folder 0-5-1-5.
Box 0-5-2 through 0-5-11 contain negatives and have no folders. Box 0-5-11 has negatives that are damaged by "vinegar syndrome" and may not be available for public consultation.
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This sub-series is the second of two sub-series of negatives and print photographs that the FPDCC marked with a series of codes. These codes included an alphabetical notation that describes the general class of what was photographed, followed by a numerical notation that described the photograph in more detail.
The FPDCC had as many as three (3) indexes that served as guides to what these codes meant. These indexes can be found in folder 0-5-1-4 and in folder 0-5-1-5 (a part of sub-series 5), and they can also be found online, as a PDF document that forms part of the digital exhibit at the following URL:
http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm4/index uic ccfpdoc.php?CISOROOT=/uic ccfpdoc
Each index differs slightly from the others, and it is not clear which index matches up with which photographs. However, the alphabetical notations general observed the following format:
C: Planning, Design and Construction, Engineering and Landscape
CE: Conservation and Education
F: Forestry and Nursery Activities
H: Historical Markers
M: Maintenance
P/Per: Personnel or People
R: Recreation
S: Scenic Views
W: County Activities, outside of the F.P.D.C.C.
Boxes are listed in the following format: series number (0), sub-series number (6), box number. For example, the first box in the sub-series is Box 0-6-1.
Folders are listed in the followig format: series number (0), sub-series number (5), box number, and folder number. For example, the fifth folder is Folder 0-6-1-5.
Box 0-6-6 through 0-6-13 contain negatives and have no folders. Box 0-6-13 has negatives that are damaged by "vinegar syndrome" and may not be available for public consultation.
These items might not be available for public consultation because they are damaged with "vinegar syndrome." Please call ahead to inquire on their availability before visiting the reading room.
The Illinois and Michigan Canal links the Chicago River with the Illinois River. In the 1930s, the Civilian Conservation Corps, an organization that was part of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal program, did construction work to improve the canal. This sub-series consists of photographs from a small scrapbook taken to document the CCC work.
This sub-series consists of miscellaneous photographs and negatives received from the Forest Preserve District of Cook County.
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This sub-series consists of over 200 large photographs, illustrations, maps, and artwork. These images were produced by the FPDCC, on behalf of the district, or by early proponents of the forest preserves.
Because of this item's fragility, it might not be available for public viewing. Please call ahead to inquire on its availability before coming to the reading room.
Because of this item's fragility, it might not be available for public consultation. Please call ahead to inquire on its availability before coming to the reading room.
Because of this item's fragility, it might not be available for public consultation. Please call ahead to inquire on its availability before coming to the reading room.
Released on 2021-10-11.
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This sub-series contains slides taken by or on behalf of the Forest Preserve District of Cook County. It also includes a small number of print photographs, negatives, and written material.
Among the written material is a set of index cards. These index cards are organized by subject, such as a form of wildlife, and the cards assign a letter or number to each type of subject. On some of the slides in this sub-series, it appears that this code system was used to identify what was being photographed.
The slides in this sub-series have been organized, when possible, according to topic. In some cases, the original topic was easy to discern. For example, some containers of slides state specifically that they are part of a slide show, and some "slide shows" also come with corresponding written text or a descriptive list of the slides. In other cases, some boxes of slides were combined because they each dealt with a broad, obvious topic, like "Birds" or "Cicadas." In still other cases, the FPD had placed slides into a total of six large binder folders. Three of these folders had titles to indicate the folder contents, and three folders did not.
Finally, a large number of slides, about half the slides in the sub-series, had no discernable order. These have been placed into folders called "Miscellaneous." Some of these "miscellaneous" slides do have identifying information on the slide cover, but a majority of the slides have no identifying information.
Patrons should keep in mind that the Special Collections Department does not have a slide projector. However, it is possible a "light table," which makes it easier to view slides against a lighted backdrop, might be available. Interested patrons should call ahead before viewing the collection.