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Name	Cody, Sherwin
Othernames	Alpheus Sherwin Cody
Born	Nov. 30, 1868
Birthplace	Cody Mills, Michigan
Places of residence	Moved to Lake Bluff in 1897 Lived at 420 Simpson Ave. Moved to New York by 1920; then to Dobbs Ferry, Westchester County, N.Y
Nationality	American
Education	Amerherst College, MA
Occupation	Author and Linguistics Expert Began writing and publishing essays, articles and short stories in 1893 and continued through the 1950s. Worked for the Chicago Tribune in 1896 and was assigned to write a home study course on written English. By 1903, Cody was running a business selling correspondence courses on speaking and writing English out of his Lake Bluff home and from an office at 1607 Marquette Blvd., Chicago. - Offered patented correspondence courses or classes in his Chicago office
Role	Academic
Publications	"The Art of Writing and Speaking the English Language" (1903) "The Sherwin Cody 100% Self-Correcting Course the English Language" (1918) - published until 1959 Nutshell Library (1927), a collection of pocket books excerpting works of great writers
Relationships	William Frederick Cody (Buffalo Bill) - First Cousin
Spouse	Marian Hurley - m. Sept. 5, 1896 (Southwark, England)
Children	Edward Morrill - served in the U.S. Foreign Service and Radio Liberty
Notes	First Chair of the Lake Bluff Park Commission in 1911. Chaired the " Lake Bluff Beautiful' " campaign in 1913 to "preserve the beauty of Lake Bluff" (Lake Bluff Chat, Sept. 20, 1913)

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1. 420 Simpson Avenue - An Architectural and Historic Survey of the Camp Meeting Area of Lake Bluff that was completed in 1998. Additional information about the property is available at the Lake Bluff History Museum. 420 Simpson Avenue The Cody House, built for Sherwin Cody, a cousin of Buffalo Bill Cody. Sherwin Cody was an author and a professor of linguistics. He was quite well known in the 1900s. Sherwin's son Morrill Cody, also an author, wrote about Lake Bluff and Margaret Anderson in a book The Women of Montparnasse: Americans in Paris. Also included are Multiple Listing Sheets (MLS)

   420 Simpson Avenue

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2. Cruising Through The Years - Promotion of the annual Auto Show including facts of the communities early acquisition of automobiles. Description of the 2015 Arts Festival.

   Crusing through the years

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3. Influencers: A Legacy of Creative Spirit - Panel in Exhibit titled, Influencers: A Legacy of Creative Spirit Panel 1: Discusses the origins of the Lake Bluff Artist Colony and the prominent figures that were connected to the Chicago Literary Renaissance Panel 2: Discusses The Artists Colony (aka Editor's Row) in which during the turn of the 20th Century artists moved into Lake Bluff.

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4. Lord Alfred Tennyson: Songs and Lyrics - Cody, Sherwin

   1907

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5. Sherwin Cody - Arriving to Lake Bluff in 1897, Sherwin Cody lived on 420 Simpson with his wife, Marian, and son, Morrill. He served as the first chairman of the Park Commission when it was created in 1911. He strongly supported the "Lake Bluff Beautiful" campaign. Cody worked as an editor and author of books and pamphlets. He is also Buffalo Bills 5th cousin. 1) A brief biography of Sherwin Cody. 2) Copy of a 1913 Lake Bluff Chat article written by Sherwin Cody expressing ways to keep Lake Bluff beautiful, including front yard landscaping rules. 3) Copy of a book written by Sherwin Cody's son, Morrill, titled " The Women of Montparnasse, the American in Paris", which includes memories of growing up in the Artist Colony. 4) Letter written August 13, 1991 from Catherin Shively to Caroline Metzenberg Morrill. 5) 1912 History of Lake County biographic blurb about Sherwin Cody. 6) A letter written on June 24, 1991 with information about Cody. 7) Notes on Cody's life. 8) Chronological biography of Buffalo Bill. 9) Scouts Best Ranch brochure. 10) Article regarding information about Morrill Cody. 11) A book titled, "The Art of Writing and Speaking the English Language," written and edited by Sherwin Cody published in 1905. (Book 334) 12) A letter regarding information on Simpson St. 13) Postcard from Carole Morrill to Mrs. Shively 14) Msc Letter

   Sherwin Cody

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6. The Art of Writing and Speaking the English Language Vol III Composition - Sherwin Cody

   1905

   Record Type: Library

   
7. The Women of Montparnasse 1920-1940 - Cody, Morrill Hugh Ford

   1984

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8. Vera Haines Flach Album - This series of seven photo pages (not bound) compiled by Vera Flach for her mother, to remind her of our dear old town. A black and white photo of the Matthew Parkhurst house and Sherwin Cody's lot. The Parkhurst house is at 404 Sunrise Avenue and the Cody lot at 420 Simpson Avenue. The caption reads Well, well, the Parkhurst house with a new porch and Mrs. Cody's lot where maybe she will build some day. Vera Haines Flach is the granddaughter of Dr. Jervice Evans, president of Hedding College who also headed the Lake Bluff Camp Meeting's cultural programs and owned part of the summer home at 456 Sunrise Avenue. The Honeywell's owned the other half of the home.

   Parkhurst House

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