This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Oak Park River Forest High School centennial history
A new centennial history chronicles Oak Park River Forest High School from its 1880s roots to 1976. It highlights building changes, curricular shifts, traditions, and memories from teachers and students, including anecdotes about Hemingway and other notable graduates, with a scholarship fund to benefit future seniors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Park
River Forest
N. Scoville Ave
Oak Park River Forest High School
Jean Guarino
G. Alvin Wilson
James B. Herrick
Walter Gale
Herbert Whipple
Central School
Board of Education
Marcia Vastine
Wilson
Nina Grace Smith
Oak Park River Forest
Smith
Ernest Hemingway
Hemingway
George Farr
Lair Oaks Ave
Farr
Tom
William Jennings Bryan
Amos Alonzo Stagg
John Drinkwater
Preston Bradley
Chicago
Ernie
Kansas City Star
James Herrick
Otto Kerner
Illinois
Oak Park-River Forest High
Oak Park Trust and Savings Bank
Oak Park-River Forest
Historical Society of
Oak Park and River Forest
M.R. McDaniel