Evanston History Center History

The Evanston History Center (EHC) was founded in 1898 as the Evanston Historical Society (EHS). There are lots of materials on the founding and history of the Evanston History Center. Some can be found here, many more can be seen in our archives. 

If you are interested in visiting the research room to see some of our archival collections, please contact our archivist at glehner@evanstonhistorycenter.org.

Recent DH Items
Category
Histories
Summary
This document is a timeline of the history of the Evanston Historical Society from 1897-2009.
Chicago Ave looking south from campus ca 1887.jpg
Category
Histories
Summary
Photograph of Chicago Ave. looking south from Northwestern's campus and a document that shares the history of the first 30 years of the Evanston History Center.