Photo of charring at 645 Osterman
Picture of the damaged ceiling at the Deerfield Village Music Store, formerly the home of the Lemmon Family. Damage is presumed to be from the Molotov cocktail thrown at the family home during the Fight to Integrate Deerfield in the 1950s.
Gand, Gale
Gale Gand
12/15/2019
JPG
Photograph
Deerfield Reflection Vigil
Audio recording
Moore, Natalie
WBEZ
Moore, Natalie
WBEZ
04/11/2019
WAV File
English
DPL.0001.033.003
Renaming Mitchell Park Position Paper
Deerfield Park Commissioners Meeting Minutes August 20, 2015
A position paper by a senior at Deerfield High School and the meeting minutes of the Park Board where he presented the paper.
Lopata, Alec
Julison, Rick
Alec Lopata
08/20/2015
Antokal, Gil
Caron, Jan
Lapin, Gregory
Patinkin, Rick
English
DPL.0001.037.002
Civil Rights Fight Not Over for Black Resident
Copy
Lewis, Jan
Pioneer Press
Pioneer Press
02/27/1992
English
DPL.0001.037.001
Village Board of Trustees Meeting Minutes -- June 24, 1959
Price, Catherine B.
Deerfield Village Board of Trustees
Accessed through the Deerfield Village Public Document Portal on 03/01/2019
Village of Deerfield
06/24/1959
Holmquist, G. Eldon
Peterson, Harold L.
Petesch, Maurice C.
Wehle, Arno D.
English
DPL.0001.036.001
Northwoods Road House Deed
Copy.
Racial Restrictions -- Page 1
"(4) Said lot shall not, nor shall any interest therein, be conveyed or leased to, or be acquired by, any person other than one of the Caucasian race."
"(5) No person other than one of the Caucasian race shall be permitted to occupy any portion of said lot, or of any buildings at any time thereon, except a domestic servant actually employed by the occupant of such building."
Note stamp on first page stating "Racial Restrictions Invalid as per Civil Rights Act of 1968"
Ralph Adams
Chicago Title & Trust Company
10/13/1923
Shared with the Deerfield Public Library
A. Tansley
Frieda Tow
English
DPL.0001.034.002
Goldman's North Shore Golf Links Subdivision (Poet's Corner) Developer Covenants and Restrictions
Copy.
Racial Restrictions
"The premises herein shall not be sold, leased or conveyed to any person who is not a Caucasian, and neither the premises herein, nor any improvements thereon, shall be occupied by any person who is not a Caucasian, except domestic servants actually in the employ of the occupant of the premises."
Percy Wilson & Company
06/07/1924
Shared with the Deerfield Public Library by Jean Spagnoli
English
DPL.0001.034.001
But Not Next Door: The Attempt to Integrate Deerfield, 1959
The panel discussion held at Caruso Middle School in the auditorium to reflect on the events of 1959 and beyond on the 50th anniversary of the beginning of the case.
Digitized by Bryan Simpson, 2018
Deerfield Public Library
12/3/2009
MP4
English
DPL.0001.032.001
40th Anniversary Panel Discussion
The panel discussion put on by the Deerfield Public Library to reflect on the events of 1959 and beyond on the 40th anniversary of the beginning of the case.
Digitized by Bryan Simpson, 2018
Deerfield Public Library
Deerfield Public Library
Deerfield Public Library
11/07/1999
Gash, Lauren Beth
Rosen, David H.
McMahon, Franklin
Repsholdt, Theodor P.
MP4
English
DPL.0001.031.022
Decades Ago, Deerfield Had Different Debate
Sadin, Steve
Deerfield Review
Pioneer Press
08/16/2018
English
DPL.0001.033.001