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Eliza Wright West (1839-1933) Uncovering a Remarkable Life

February 18, 2016
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Eliza Wright West (1839-1933) Uncovering a Remarkable Life Jenny Thompson, Director of Education, Evanston History Center In 1925, as Charles Dawes took office as U.S. Vice President, the American press’ longstanding interest in all the details of his life continued, often resulting in stories that unearthed fascinating connections between the Dawes family and the larger…

Help Preserve Evanston History!

February 12, 2016
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Eden Juron Pearlman is the Executive Director of the Evanston History Center. In her spare time she volunteers for Evanston Swims!, a partnership between YWCA Evanston/North Shore, McGaw YMCA, and District 65 to provide second-grade children in Evanston with free water safety instruction and swim lessons. The Evanston History Center is entering the 21st century…

The Sudbury Connection

September 27, 2015
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The Sudbury Connection Written by Jacob Slutsky, EHC Intern. “Thus from Sudbury stock descended one of America’s leading citizens, a man who has made his mark in the world, and who is striving strenuously for world peace.” – “U.S. Ambassador’s Visit to Ancestral Home Town,” East Anglia Daily Times, October 2, 1929. It’s no secret around…

“We Shall Take No Golf Clubs”: Charles Gates Dawes and the Dominican Mission, 1929

August 4, 2015
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“We Shall Take No Golf Clubs”: Charles Gates Dawes and the Dominican Mission, 1929 Written by Jacob Slutsky, EHC Intern. As I have continued my work researching unlabeled items in the Evanston History Center’s artifact collection, I came across a curious artifact from 1929. Primarily made of fine wood in a square, almost book-like shape,…

Charles Gates Dawes: A Reexamination of an American Citizen

July 22, 2015
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“I’m through talking,” Charles Gates Dawes (1865-1951) once told reporters upon returning home from his stint as Budget Director in the Harding administration in 1922. Many times throughout his career Dawes said he wished to “be silent in private life, having ‘talked plenty’ in office,” [1] only to reemerge on the public stage in an ever more…

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