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CRA007 -- Lake County Collection
  

Inventory

2.75 Linear Feet
March 1990
Revised August 1991
Revised June 1992
Revised March 1993
Revised 1994 (July, September)
Revised 1995 (January, April)
Revised 1996 (May, September)
Revised October 1998
Revised June 1999
Revised April 2000
Revised June 2001
Revised 2002 (February, June, July, September)
Revised February 2004, February 2007; February 2018


Series: Lake County, General
Box Folder Description
1 1 Plat Book, Lake County, n.d.
  2 Historical Notes, Lake County, n.d.
  3 Booklet, First Marriage Records of Lake County, Indiana: From 1837 to 1850, 1976

4

Report, "Lake County, Indiana," A revision of a report prepared in April 1954 by Lake Mortgage Company, 1960.

5

Report, Lake County Public Library Community Study [Cedar Lake, Dyer, Griffith, Highland, Munster, Schererville, St. John], ca. 1963

6

Directory, Lake County, 1967 (government, recreation, service)

7

Pamphlet, "Your Lake County Heritage," August 1974,May 1975

  7a Report, History of Lake County, n.d.

8

Pamphlet, "Lake County, Indiana," 1976

9

Pamphlet, "Historical Facts and Legends of Lake County, Indiana," 1981

10

Profile, Lake County, ca. 1982

11

Brochures, Lake County, ca. 1984-1986, 1990, 1992

12

Pamphlet, "Lake County Calendar," 1986

13

Pamphlet, The Old Court House Review, 1987

14

Paper, “The Dynamics of Ghettoization: The Case of Gary, Indiana,” (a demographic survey of Lake County), 1987

15

Programs, Solon Robinson Reinterment (sic), 1993

16

Interim Report, Lake County, Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana, 1996

17

Booklet, Lake County Communities, Past and Present, by Elin B. Christiansen, 2001

18

Print-out, “Interesting Lake County Firsts”, February 28, 2003

19

Booklet, Lake County, Indiana: Infobook & Relocation Guide, 2004-2005 edition

20

Report, A Proposal For A Northwestern Indiana Development Foundation and Local Area Foundations n.d.

21

Historical Pamphlet, Lake County, n.d.

  21a Pamphlet, Lake County Indiana Info Book and Relocation Guide, 4th Edition, 2006-2007.
  21b Studies, (2), Various Studies of Inmates at the Lake County Jail, Calumet College of St. Joseph, (2005, 2007)
  21c Calendar, Northwest Indiana Clean Water, 2009-2010

Series: Agriculture
Box Folder Description

1

22

Annual Report, "50th Anniversary Lake County Cooperative Extension Service," 1964

23

Report, The Cooperative Extension Service Of Lake County, Indiana - Presents Its Plans For 1964 and The Goals Of Its Long Range Program, 1964

24

Report, The Cooperative Extension Service of Lake County, Indiana -Presents Its Plans For 1965 And The Goals Of Its Long Range Program,1965

25

Soil Survey, Lake County, Indiana, 1972

26

Booklet, "Eavesdropping on the Past," 1989 (early farming)


Series: Education
Box Folder Description

1

27

Booklet, Educational Report, Lake County Schools, 1913

28

Report, A Comprehensive Plan For The Reorganization Of School Corporations Lake County, Indiana Volume I, October, 1961

29

Report, 1970 Population Pyramids for Lake County School Districts, 1970

30

Board Meeting Agenda, Lake County Committee for the Reorganization of School Corporations, December 14, 1974

31

Directory, Lake County Retired Teachers Association, 1980-1983

32

Report, "Adult Basic Education in Lake County," 1983

  32a Book, Restoring the Past for the Future, Budd Ballou, 2015
  32b Various, Grade Schools in Lake County that sent students to Lowell High School, n.d.

Series: Government
Box Folder Description

1

33

Record Book, Lake County Commissioners, 1837 (copy)

34

Officials Directory, Lake County, 1972

35

Report, Analysis of Lake County Budget, 1972

36

Report, Local Option Tax, Lake County, 1976

37

Statistical Report, County Government, 1981

38

Report, An Analysis of Full-Time Employment in Lake County Government, 1970-2003, July, 2004

39

Report, A Comparative Analysis of County Government Per Capita General Fund Appropriations, 2001-2002, August, 2004

40-42

Annual Reports, Lake County Auditor,1920,(1956-1970)

43

Report, “Intergovernmental Communication Cooperation and Coordination," a report for the Lake County Community Development Committee, 1969

44

Report, "Metropolitan Cooperation and its Performance" Part II Regional Councils Lake County Community Development Committee, September 1974

2

1

Annual Report, Lake County Council, 1988

  1a Directory, Lake County Council, 1995
  1b Program, Lake County Council Spring Luncheon, 1995

2

Report, Hazardous Materials Response Annex, Lake County Emergency Response Agency, 1988

3

Annual Reports, Lake County Plan Commission, 1955, 1976-1977

4-5

Annual Reports, Lake County Plan Commission and Board of Zoning Appeals, 1959, 1961

6

Zoning Ordinance, Lake County, Indiana, Lake County Plan Commission, 1957 (through 1971)

7

Report, "Subdivision Regulations for Lake County, Indiana" Lake County Plan Commission, October 28, 1963

8

Information pamphlet, Lake County Sheriff, n.d.

  8a Various, Lillian Holley and Women in Law Enforcement Memorial, 2010

9

Statistical/Annual Report, Superior Court of Lake County, Juvenile Division, 1983, 1986, 1989, 1990

  9a Article, “A History of the Courts in Lake County, n.d.
  9b Annual Report, (2), Lake County Soil and Water Conservation District, 2016
  9c Report and CD, Lake County Government Finance Study Manual,2005 (2).

Series: Health
Box Folder Description

2

10

Report, "A Hospital Plan" Lake County, Indiana October 28, 1960

11

Minutes, Health Education and Manpower Task Force, 1969-1970

12

Report, "Data Systems Management" Phase I Study-Northwest Indiana Comprehensive Health Planning Council, Inc. and Lake Area United Way, November, 1973

13

Memoranda and Report, Lake County Medical Center Development Agency, 1980-1984

14

Annual Report, Lake County Health Department, 1984


Series: Housing
Box Folder Description
2 15 Report, Population and Housing Profile, Lake County, Indiana, 1973
  15a Brochure, Lake shore Area Regional Recovery of Indiana: Restoring Homes- Restoring Hope, n.d.

Series: Labor
Box Folder Description
2 16 Report, Highlights: Lake County, Indiana Department of Workforce Development, 1995

Series: Organizations
Box Folder Description

2

17

Correspondence, Lake County Bar Assn., 1953, 1959, 1978

  17a Minutes Book, Lake County Republican Women Club, (1933-)

Series: Politics
Box Folder Description

2

18

Program, Lake County Central Democratic Committee Inaugural Ball, 1962

19-23

Precinct Returns, Lake County Primary and General Elections, 1964-1968

24-28

Precinct Returns, Lake County Primary and General Elections, 1968-1974

29

Canvasser's Sheets, Lake County, General Election, 1978

3 1 Book, Goverment of Lake County Indiana, John R. Ban, 1967

Series: Public Welfare
Box Folder Description

3

1a

Report, Know Your Welfare Department, 1949-1951

2

Report, An Administrative Study of the Lake County,Indiana Department of Public Welfare, 1965

3

Report, Supplemental Report on an Administrative Study of the Lake County, Indiana Department of Public Welfare - Part II, 1965

4

Report, Socio-Cultural Characteristics of AFDC Recipients Department of Public Welfare Lake County, Indiana, 1965

 

5

Report, Northwest Indiana Regional Human Services Directory 1971, Lake, Porter, LaPorte, June 1971

6

Survey Report, Child Social and Health Services of Lake County, Indiana, 1981

  6a Annual Reports, Lake County Department of Public Welfar, 1937, 1939
  6b Report, To Governor’s Task Force on Welfare and Poor Relief in Lake County from Lake County Department of Public Welfare, 1984

7

Annual Reports, Lake County Job Training Corporation, 1987-1988, 1989-1990

8

History/Report, Lake County Economic Opportunity Council (LCEOC), 1990-1991

  8a Pamphlet, Calumet Regional Progress, Lake County Community Development Center, 1975

Series: Recreation
Box Folder Description

3

9

Report, The Story of Wicker Park, 1927 (photocopy)

10

Programs, Lake County Fair, 1954-1955

11

Report, Lake County Needs Parks, March, 1965

12

Annual Report, Lake County Parks and Recreation Department, 1976, 1991, n.d.

13

Guide, Lake County Parks and Recreation Dept.,ca. 1983, 1990

  13a Pamphlet, “Deep River Grinders of Deep River Indiana” 20th Season, 2011

14-15

Master Plan Update, Lake County Parks and Recreation Open Space, 1988, 1998-2002, 1999

16

Program, Rededication of Wicker Park, 1993


Series: Transportation
Box Folder Description

3

17

Report, Request for a - "Defense Access Road" in Lake County, Indiana, March 28, 1961

18

Report, "Needs and Finance for County Roads and City Streets in Lake County" Guidelines for Progress Indiana Highways-Roads-Streets 1966-1985, March, 1967


Series: Articles, Various
Box Folder Description

3

19

Newsclipping, "Historical Society Dedicates Markers," 1964 (McGwinn's Village)

20

Article, "The Case of the Singing Sheriff," Chicago Tribune Magazine, November 13, 1988

21

Article, "Panaceas from Duneland: Bruce Calvert and The Open Road" By Robert M. Taylor, Jr., Traces of Indiana and Midwestern History, Winter 1989

22

Newsarticle, "The Town That Was" (Klaasville), Post-Tribune, June 16, 1991

23

Newsarticle, "Old County Courthouse has a Long, Rich History," Post-Tribune, February 11, 1990

24-26

Newsarticles, Juvenile Crime, 1957-1963, 1971, n.d

27

Newsarticle, “First Physician Settled When Wagon Broke Down,” Post-Tribune, July 11, 1968

28

Newsarticle, “New Lake County Complex a Real Space Odyssey,” Post-Tribune, July 8, 1974

29

Newsarticles, Lake County Fair, The Times, May 28, 2002

30

Newsarticle, “Old Mill Future Park for County”, Post-Tribune, January 28, 1973

31

Newsarticle, “Palmer: ‘Just the Way We Like It”, The Times, July 7, 2003

32

Newsarticle, “Centered on a Three-Way Stop” (Brunswick), The Times, October 12, 2003

33

Newsarticles, General, Lake County, 1995–

34

Various, Dillinger, (1990- )

  35 Newsarticle, "Victim of Mostalgia",(Ainsworth and Nob Hill.)Post Tribune August 9, 2006.
4   Poster, Venereal Disease Testing, Lake County Medical Society, n.d.
    Minute Book, Lake County Principals' Association, 1910-1937
5   Lake County Star Centennial Edition, Fred Y. Wheeler, Editor, Friday, August 17, 1934
    Crown Point Register, Thursday, August 23, 1934
    The Lake County Star, Friday, January 7, 1881; August 24, 1934
    Lake County Banner, 1972
    Insert, "Lake County 125 Years Old This Year," Post-Tribune, 1962
    Newsletter, Pathfinder, Lake County Parks and Recreation Department, 1991--

Box Folder Description

6

Visual Materials

3

Booklet, Lake County in Maps, 1971


Oversized (Shelved With Collection)
Description

Article, "Microcosm of the Politics of Fear", LIFE, September 20, 1968 (George Wallace Campaign)



Subject Tracings

  • Agriculture
  • Architecture--Lake County
  • Brunswick
  • Calumet Township
  • Cedar Lake, Indiana
  • Cooperative Extension Service of Lake County
  • Crime
  • Demographic surveys
  • Dillinger, John
  • Dyer, Indiana
  • Education
  • Elections
  • Griffith
  • Hazardous substances
  • Health Facilities
  • Highland
  • Human services
  • Klaasville
  • Lake County (Indiana)
  • Lake County Auditor
  • Lake County Commissioners
  • Lake County Community Development Committee
  • Lake County Council
  • Lake County Courthouse
  • Lake County Economic Opportunity Council
  • Lake County Fair
  • Lake County Health Department
  • Lake County Historical Society
  • Lake County Job Training Corporation
  • Lake County Parks and Recreation Department
  • Lake County Plan Commission
  • Lake County--Politics and government
  • Lake County Sheriff
  • Lake County--Statistics
  • Lake County Superior Court Juvenile Division
  • Lowell
  • Munster
  • Northwestern Indiana Development Foundation
  • Palmer
  • Parks
  • Politicians
  • Public Welfare
  • Recreation
  • Roads
  • Robinson, Solon
  • Ross Township
  • Schererville
  • Schools, Lake County
  • Shelby, Indiana
  • St. John
  • Transportation--Calumet Region