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Elmer Vliet |
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1978 article in the Waukegan News-Sun with short biography of Elmer Vliet, including his career at Abbott Laboratories, his love of local history, and his involvement with the local community. Discusses both Elmer Vliet's and his wife Dorothy's love of Lake Bluff. 1970 article discussing Vliet's love of history, with short biography 1917 note to Vliet from the Dean of Men at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, congratulating him on having the second-highest average grade in the Junior class, and eleventh-highest in the entire school. Print of Vliet's speech at the Gazebo dedication, October 1976. Note from Vliet to "Balky" allowing changes to be made to the speech if it is ever going to be "used." Print of Vliet's speech on America's 200th birthday, July 4, 1976. Note from Vliet to "Balky" saying that the Lake Forest-Lake Bluff Historical Society is planning to print Vliet's gazebo speech. May 6,1977 article in the Suburban Tribune describing a party held for Vliet celebrating 48 years of his service to Lake Bluff. Note to Vliet from the Chicago Historical Society thanking him for donating a photocopy of a manuscript of Robert C. Wright's journal of an overland journey to California in 1850. Short article titled "Who Was Elmer Vliet?" briefly outlining his life and achievements. Advertisement for "Lake County During Three Centuries," a talk given by Vliet to the Abbott History Club, February 1960. Note to Vliet from the Union Church Couples Club, thanking him for giving a talk on Lake Bluff history, 1957. Advertisement for Couples Club meeting, including Vliet's talk as well as a talk to the Men's Club of Union Church, dated March 9 1949. Thank-you note to Vliet from the Couples Club for giving his talk. Article in the News-Sun from 1950 discussing an earlier talk Vliet gave to the Union Church Couples Club. 1963 article in the Lake Bluff Review discussing history talk by Vliet to raise funds for a student music scholarship. Another article about a presentation by Vliet. 1959 article in the Drug Trade News with biography of Vliet. 1982 article describing the new Student Center for Historical Research, with several historical items donated by Vliet. 1973 article describing a talk Vliet will give at the Lake Bluff Library as a fundraiser for the new Library building. Detailed family tree of the Vliet's and their ancestors. As a student at the University of Illinois, he visited Abbott Laboratories in 1917 and returned to work there in 1919 as a research chemist, where he held several positions. Vliet was also village trustee and later president of the Village during the period between 1930 to 1937; was president of the Park Board from 1937 to 1939 and of the Lake Forest High School Board from 1949 through 1952. He authored "Lake Bluff History: The First 100 Years: from 1836-1937. In 1981, two Lake Bluff elementary school teachers, Janet Nelson and Kathleen O'Hara, found a need to collect more data and artifacts for their classrooms. This led them to contact Elmer Vliet, one of the town’s highly respected residents. Over the years he presented history slide shows to school and adult groups. Vliet shared his photographs and documents with the two teachers while telling interesting and little-known facts about Lake Bluff’s history. After several visits and many discussions, he became enthused with the idea that his knowledge and his photographs could be made available to all school children and also be enjoyed by the community. As a result, in the summer of 1982, he donated his collection to the project and provided the school district with funds toward sustaining the project. Two large unused classrooms in the East School were provided to house the donated materials along with the items already assembled by the two teachers … thus creating a local "museum." In October 1982, the School Board held a formal dedication of the area and aptly named it "Vliet Center for Lake Bluff History." (LBHM Website) |
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Elmer Vliet |
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Vliet, Elmer Vliet, Dorothy Howard, John Edwards, Northa Bailey, Verna |
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Lake Forest-Lake Bluff Historical Society Chicago Historical Society Union Church Couple's Club Historian Abbott Laboratories Chemist Trustee Village President Park Board President Vliet Center History Museum Obituary University of Illinois Library Gazebo |
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Doc 1047 |