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Camp Meeting Association

Number of Archive records

25

Number of Library records

0

Number of Object records

0

Number of Photo records

2

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124 Years and Still Going Strong - This issues highlights Lake Bluff's parade history through the years.
163 Years and Still Going Strong

Record Type: Archive
Advertisements for Events Around Lake Bluff - Advertisements for Events Around Lake Bluff (1) National Christian Temperance Camp-Meeting Association advert for Children's Day. Advert includes lyrics for two hymns "Have Courage, My Boy, To Say "No"" and "Dash It Down". (2) The Washington Life Insurance Co. of New York advert for a $5,000 policy of Life Insurance. (3) The Historical Society Advertising the Lake Bluff Annual (4) The Lake Bluff Camp Meeting advertising their programs, accommodations, and Epworth League
Doc 2015

Record Type: Archive
Camp Meeting Association - Several photos and documents pertaining to the Lake Bluff Camp Meeting Association. Multiple photos and articles about the massive Hotel Irving, which was built in 1883 and burned down in 1897. Scan of the entire 1877 Camp Meeting booklet.
Camp Meeting Association

Record Type: Archive
Camp Meeting Association Second Annual Report - Photo copy of cover of the Second Annual Report of the Camp Meeting Association. Cover reads "Head-quarters of the officers of the Association, or of superintendent in charge of meeting."
Photo 2037

Record Type: Photo
Camp Meeting Information - Notes from the June 30, 1877 Waukegan Gazette on the Camp Meeting. Information is on the Sunday School Assembly that was held on the grounds of the Lake Bluff Camp Meeting Association. Courses that were being taught were on the Chautauqua series (the first 13).
Doc 399

Record Type: Archive
Chautauqua Handouts - Chautauqua Institution Week Four Program Guide, July 29-25, 1988. Handout out detailing events and classes the Chautauqua Institution was hosting. Chautauquan Accommodations Directory and Program Calendar, dated 1991, gives names and address for accommodations in the area for those coming to Summer Programs. The Program Calendar lists all the envents for the Summer Program June 23-Aug 24. Included is the envelope the documents were sent in. Cobblestone: The History Magazine for Young People, July 1984. The Children's history magazine, this edition features the Chautauqua Story. Brief History of Martha's Vineyard, published by the Camp Meeting Association in April, 1956. A series of postcards of different locations around Martha's Vineyard Campground.
Doc 144

Record Type: Archive
Exhibit Relics of Early Days at Lake Bluff Article - Newspaper story in 1933 features exhibit at library of early historic materials concerning Camp Meeting Association
Doc 158

Record Type: Archive
Incendiaries at Work in Lake Bluff - Newspaper article from the Daily Tribune, accessed through ProQuest Historical Newspapers, titled "Incendiaries at Work in Lake Bluff" details the houses and barns belonging to opponents of Village Incorporation are burned.
Doc 3137

Record Type: Archive
July 4th Grand Patriotic Celebration - Copy of The Lake Bluff Herald - Programs of the Camp Meeting Association for the summer and information on the purchase of summer homes. Includes various articles about the History of Lake Bluff, a full schedule of the Summer Programs, information on the importance of Primary School Teachers, articles about the Lake Bluff Convocation, and the purchase of Summer Homes.
Doc 147

Record Type: Archive
Lake Bluff Camp Meeting Association - Notes from a Lake Bluff Camp Meeting Association meeting
Doc 2020

Record Type: Archive
Lake Bluff Camp Meeting Association Second Annual - Two original copies of the Lake Bluff Camp Meeting Association Second Annual and one xeroxed copy. Annual was compiled by Rev. Robert D. Sheppard, one of the original copies was owned by Elmer Vliet
Doc 385

Record Type: Archive
Lake Bluff News Article in the Lake Forester - Article of an exhibit of early Lake Bluff and Camp Meeting Association history that was displayed at the Lake Bluff Public Library, printed in the Lake Forester Xeroxed copy attached.
Doc 153

Record Type: Archive
Lake Bluffs Long Dry Spell - History of Lake Bluffs alcohol consumption before, after, and during the U.S Prohibition.
Lake Bluff's Long Dry Spell

Record Type: Archive
Lake Forester Article - Xeroxed copy of a Lake Forester article. The editor describes a trip on the Chicago and Milwaukee Electric Line between Lake Forest and Chicago; also, possible sale of the Lake Bluff Camp Meeting Association is discussed.
Doc 96

Record Type: Archive
Maps Through Time - Lake Bluff's early development history seen through decades of maps.
Maps through Time

Record Type: Archive
Msc Notes and Letters - Msc Notes and Letters (1) Notes on Summer Sundays, Hotel Irving, Bluff Lodge Hotel, and Artesian Lake (2) Notes on Tabernacle enlargement, Camp Meeting opening, and the Hotel Irving (3) Elmer Vliet notes on Lake Bluff Camp Meeting Association, consists of list of names and dates. (4) Letter from Jennifer Kenny to Janet Nelson about finding a citation in the Economist that said "The Epworth League National Summer Assembly at Lake Bluff Bought Hotel Irving and Lake Bluff House" (5) Letter from Janice C. Hack to Janet Nelson thanking her for the materials on the Lake Bluff Camp Meeting Association and the Chautauqua movement.
Doc 2021

Record Type: Archive
National Chrisitian Temporance Camp-Meeting Association - Photo copy of the National Chrisitian Temporance Camp-Meeting Association Children's Day Flyer
Photo 2039

Record Type: Photo
Newspaper Articles Accessed Through ProQuest Historical Newspapers - Newspaper articles from the Daily Tribune, accessed through ProQuest Historical Newspapers, titled: 1) "Politics in Lake Bluff" detailing a scheme to incorporate the Camp Meeting Resort is Opposed 2) "Battle is Waging at Lake Bluff" details the winter and summer resident lock horns over Incorporation 3) "There is No War in Lake Bluff" details the movement to incorporate
Doc 3138

Record Type: Archive
Newspaper Pictures of Members of the Kelly Club and Methodist Clergymen - Newspaper pictures of (A) Members of the Kelly Club, young men's social club of Lake Bluff in the 1890s and (B) Methodist clergymen, officers and leader of the Camp Meeting Association of 1895.
Doc 157

Record Type: Archive
Notes from the Lake Forester - Notes from the Lake Forester (1) Notes from a Lake Forester article about the annual Camp Meeting Program times. Give the daily program times for August 3rd, 1899. (2) Notes from a Lake Forester article about how the grounds of the Camp Meeting may move. Steps had been taken to sell the grounds of the Lake Bluff Camp Meeting Association and the removal of the camp to a more satisfactory location. (3) Notes from a Lake Forester article about the Camp Meetings are no longer happening and that a syndicate of real estate men had joined hands with the Association and had taken over their property rights. The Camp Meeting, which consisted of around 15 acres, was razed. The land was then sold. This was mainly due to a lack of interest in the Camp Meetings and an increase of taxation.
Doc 2012

Record Type: Archive
Prohibition Party - Correspondence between Elmer Vliet and Congressman Robert McClory. Vliet is asking McClory for information on whether the Prohibition Party ever held it's national convention in Lake Bluff. Vliet provides a brief summary of Lake Bluff Camp Meeting Association's early beginnings. Frances Willard was one of the founders of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union WCTU and served as it's national president from 1879 - 1898. She also helped to organize the Prohibitionist Party. Willard was also a close friend of Clara Thatcher, Solomon Thatcher's wife, and a regular visitor to Lake Bluff Camp Meetings. the cottage at 710 East Scranton Avenue (structure has been replaced) was her home during her visits.
Prohibition Party

Record Type: Archive
Report from the Committe on Water and Water Supply to the President and Board of Trustees of Lake Bluff - Report from the Committe on Water and Water Supply to the President and Board of Trustees of Lake Bluff about the Lake Bluff Camp Meeting Association selling the Artesian Well for a sum of $1500.
Doc 2872

Record Type: Archive
Report of Committee on Water and Water Supply - Report of Committee on Water and Water Supply in which the report proposes the Camp Meeting Association sells the Artesian Well to the Village for a sum of $1500.
Doc 3225

Record Type: Archive
Tabernacle Song Books - Tabernacle Song Books at Marthas Vineyard, put together by the Camp Meeting Association of Oak Bluff, Mass.
Doc 368

Record Type: Archive
Temperance Movement - Booklet containing the lyrics to temperance movement hymns to be sung during the National Christian Temperance Movement Camp-Meeting in Lake Bluff, July 10-15, 1877. Several copies of a pledge stating that the person signing it will never drink an alcoholic beverage. Book containing an address made to Temperance workers in Lake Bluff in 1881. Poem about temperance written by Miss Grace Cloes. A 3 x 5 wood hatchet.
Temperance Movement

Record Type: Archive
Tennis Tournament Results - Lake Bluff Camp Meeting Association - Tennis Club Results of Ladies Singles, Ladies Doubles, and Mixed Doubles
Doc 380

Record Type: Archive
Unfinished letter to the President and Trustees of Lake Bluff - Unfinished letter to the President and Trustees of Lake Bluff regarding the Camp Meeting Association proposing to sell to the Village Corporation all of its right, title and interest in and to the Artesian Well for the sum of $1500.
Doc 2873

Record Type: Archive