Buxton National Historic Site and Museum: Introduction to Elgin
Printout from webpage of an introdcution to Elgin (also known as Buxtin), which was the last of four organized black settlements to come into existence in Canada. Some highlighting.
Buxton National Historic Site
Accessed 02/06/2002
English
DPL.0013.038
Local Historical Research
Printout of email from the Deerfield Public Library to the Buxton National Historic Site with an information request for Andrew Jackson; printouts from website for the Buxton National Historic Site with highlighting and handwritten notes related to Andrew Jackson.
Wargo, Cindy H.
Buxton National Historic Site
02/06/2002
English
DPL.0013.036
Lyman Wilmot House
Photocopy of book by a resident of the Wilmot House with historical information about the house and the owner's attempt to get the house registered as a National Historic Place. Handwritten note indicates that this copy was received from the Lake County Discovery Museum on 5 Feb 2002.
Hart, Richard
Hart, Richard
06/1995
English
DPL.0013.026
Narrative and Writing of Andrew Jackson of Kentucky
Photocopy of the Narrative and Writings of Andrew Jackson of Kentucky. Includes handwritten notes about how this story differs from other tellings of a slave who came to Deerfield and notes that this is probably a different Andrew Jackson.
Jackson, Andrew
Daily and Weekly Star Office
Mnemosyne Publishing Company
1847
English
DPL.0013.025
The Bicentennial Plus Three
Photocopy of pages from The Bicentennial Plus Three by Paul Pitt and edited by Norma Gavin with highlighted sections related to the Wilmot family.
Pitt, Paul
Gavin, Norma
Deerfield Bicentennial Commission
Deerfield Bicentennial Commission
1979
Hoyerman, William H.
Werner, Franklin A.
Patterson, Howard A.
Scarpone, Carol
Maher, Doryce L.
Redondo, Susan
McClarren, Robert R.
Wrobleski, Donald
Zobus, John
English
DPL.0013.017
Deerfield Centennial Pageant
Photocopy of pages from the Deerfield Cenntenial Pageant script that mentions Andrew Jackson, the runaway slave who supposedly stayed in Deerfield.
Deerfield Centennial Commission
1935
Kottrasch Brothers
Koebelin, WIlliam
Becker, Eugene
Engstrom, George
Knaak, Theodore J.
Rommel, Mrs. J.
Ziesing, August
McGarvie Brothers
English
DPL.0013.016
History of Deerfield Illinois
Photocopy of pages from The History of Deerfield by Marie Ward Reichelt pertaining to the Wilmot family.
Reichelt, Marie Ward
Glenview Press
08/1928
English
DPL.0013.015
Deerfield "Underground Railroad" Activities; The Underground Railroad: Northeastern Illinois and Southwestern Wisconsin
Photocopy of section of the book The Underground Railroad: Northeastern Illinois and Southwestern Wisconsin by James Dorsey related to escaped slaves who may have passed through the Deerfield area.
Dorsey, James
The Underground Railroad: Northeastern Illinois and Southwestern Wisconsin
North Chicago Public Library
Sons of Thunder Ministry
2000
English
DPL.0013.011
The Underground Railroad in Illinois
Photocopy of pages from the book The Underground Railroad in Illinois by Glennette Tilley Turner related to other resources that talked about the Underground Railroad.
Turner, Glennette Tilley
Newman Educational Publishing
Published 2001
Accessed 02/27/2002
English
DPL.0013.007
Fax Cover Sheet (Original)
Fax Cover Sheet from Cindy Wargo in the Reference Departement of the Deerfield Public Library to the Research and Access Department of the Chicago Historical Society asking for sources to be checked for information about Lyman Wilmot.
Wargo, Cindy
Deerfield Public Library
Deerfield Public Library
01/24/2002
English
DPL.0013.006