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      • Woman’s Club of Evanston’s Spring Benefit 2025
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    • Media
    • Journals
    • Finding Aids
    • Voice
    • Digital Exhibits
      • Maria Murray Robinson
      • Honoring Liethe Hill Thompson
      • Gatherings: The History of the Emerson Street 
Branch YMCA in Evanston, Illinois
      • Remembering Delores Ann Petway Holmes (1937-2024)
      • Honoring Kathryn Ogletree
      • Honoring Schonella Stewart and Schenita Stewart
      • Dr. Gwendoline Young Fortune
  • Intergenerational Interview Project
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Tradesmen
February 15, 2016

Tradesmen

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A Family History Remembered
December 7, 2015

A Family History Remembered

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BESSIE M. RHODES: A LEGEND IN HER OWN TIME
June 29, 2015

BESSIE M. RHODES: A LEGEND IN HER OWN TIME

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Ebony Barbershop: GiGi Giles, A Second Generation
June 16, 2014

Ebony Barbershop: GiGi Giles, A Second Generation

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October 18, 2013

William H. Twiggs: Early Pioneer

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Henry Butler and The American Dream
September 5, 2013

Henry Butler and The American Dream

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Caring For the Future: The History of the Child Care Center of Evanston
May 6, 2013

Caring For the Future: The History of the Child Care Center of Evanston

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This Is Your Hospital: Brief History of Community Hospital
April 15, 2013

This Is Your Hospital: Brief History of Community Hospital

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Charles Harrison: A Life’s Design
April 8, 2013

Charles Harrison: A Life’s Design

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Lake Forest: An Early North Shore African American Community
March 18, 2013

Lake Forest: An Early North Shore African American Community

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