Gertrude Fox Hoagland Manuscript Collection-Oak Park Public Library
Collection
Identifier: 2017-009
Scope and Contents
This collection contains the original manuscript for the 1937 WPA Historical Survey of Oak Park.
Dates
- Creation: undated
Biographical / Historical
Gertrude Fox Hoagland was a writer who worked under the Works Progress Administration. In 1934 she wrote an article in Oak Leaves about the founding and early history of the Scoville Institute and the Oak Park Public Library. In 1937 she published one of the earliest histories of Oak Park. The history of the village was published under the WPA’s Historical Survey.
Extent
1 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Gertrude Fox Hoagland wrote one of the earliest histories of Oak Park. The collection contains an original manuscript of the 1937 WPA Historical Survey of Oak Park.
Bibliography
Oak Leaves 4/19/34 p. 62
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Oak Park Public Library Special Collections Repository
Contact:
834 Lake Street
Oak Park IL 60301 USA
834 Lake Street
Oak Park IL 60301 USA
