Louis_Laflin

The Louis E. (Ells) Laflin, Jr. collection, was donated in 1976 and in the 1980s by Mrs. Laflin (June), Lake Forest, and the Laflin's daugher, Mary Jo Laflin (Mrs. Henry) Field, Chicago.

Louis Ellsworth (Ells) Laflin, Jr. biographical sketch

Playscripts, typewritten, by Ells Laflin, 4 boxes, approx. 2 linear ft. and see catalog for nine playscripts, 1920 to 1969 (1976)

Photos (loose). Lake Forest related photographic prints, mostly 8 x 10 b & w; .4 linear ft.

Photographs of Lake Forest people, groups, and events

Folder 1:

1.1 Event/dinner scene, Left-Right Helen Dick, _______Washburn, Betty Swift

1.2 Woman seated at piano (Helen Dick?)

1.3 Calvin Fentress, Jr. (Portrait photo)

1.4 Dressed up for an event/party, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Lamberton

1.5 Peter Roberts with his plague received from United States table tennis Assoc.

1.6 Peter Roberts with his plague received from United States table tennis Assoc.

1.7 Sarah Freeman with four balloons and two American flag

1.8 Two ladies shaking hands

1.9 Mrs. R. Douglas Stuart standing next to a portrait

1.10 B.B. Young pointing at an authentic cup

1.11 Left-Right Clymer, Bowen

1.12 Jack Williamson couple

1.13 Alexander Bells, Chartis Bells, and

1.14 Bates behind a bronco

1.15 Mrs. Starroselsky (Full body-shot)

1.16 Left-Right Elizabeth North and William S. North

1.17 Mr. and Mrs. Edward MacDougal

1.18 Mr. and Mrs. Boardman

1.19 The Smith Brothers, 1969

1.20 Beidler family

1.21 Solomon B. Smith, ,

1.22 Helen Farwell in the Lake Forest Horse Show

1.23 Left-Right Joan Kinney, Mary Jo Laflin, Eli Babcock, Phoebe Beatty

1.24 First National Bank anniversary dinner scene, Left-Right Mrs. Philip L. Speidel, Elliott Donnelley, Mrs. Hermon Dunlap Smith, R. Douglas Stuart, Mrs. Frank W. Read

1.25 First National Bank anniversary dinner scene, Left-Rightà R. Douglas Stuart, Mrs. Frank S. Read, Frank S. Reed (Bank President), Mrs. Douglas Stuart (Harriet McClure), Philip L. Speidel

1.26 50th Anniversary scene, Frank S. Read, President

1.27 Left-Right Mr. Allen C. Bell, Mrs. Albert B. Dick, Jr (Helen Aldrich)

1.28 Reception, Left-Right Mr. Allen C. Bell, Mrs. Edgar Stanton, Alfred Thomas Carton (trustee of Princeton University), ?? , Mrs. Alfred T. Carton, Miss Lilace Reid Bames, Mrs. Allen C. Bell

1.29 Picture of Dr. Theodore T. Proxmire

1.30 Winter Club Ice Carnival, Jane A. Laflin and Mary Josephine Laflin

1.31 Louisa Hill and [architect] Boyd Hill

1.32 Marian Warner Hodgkins, W. Press Hodgkins

1.33 Mr. and Mrs. Press Hodgkins in a church

1.34 Mr. and Mrs. Press Hodgkins, daughter Jane Dennehy and son W. P. Press Hodgkins

1.35 Frank H. Woods in front of US Air Force airplane

1.36 Mrs. Henry W. Meers and Mr. Edward H. Bennett, Jr. enter the German Beer Garden for “der April Festspiel”

1.37 Dr. Samuel G. Taylor with the book Miniature Tree and Landscape

1.38 Mrs. C. Howard Requa

1.39 Mrs. C. C. Whipple

1.40 Mrs. C. H. Requa

1.41 Kent Chandlers, Ralph Bard, Mrs. Rawleigh Warner

1.42 Picture of William with a horse

1.43 Mrs. Isham and Mrs. Sturtevant

1.44 From left, Lani Fariman, Ruth Young and Phoebe Huffner

1.45 Picture of Kings and Sudlers family

1.46 Carroll H. Sudler on right

1.47 Mrs. Potter with Radio Free Europe Operations Map at the back

1.48 Stuart French (Crusade of Mercy at the back)

1.49 From left, Anthony J. Mullaney, James F. Oates, Jr.

1.50 From left, Mrs. Telfer MacArthur and Clinton E. Frank

1.51 Mrs. George Poole shakes hand with Mrs. W. Douglas Gilpin. Mrs. Edward K. Welles in the middle

1.52 From left, Robert Ellis, Alan, Dr. Theodore Proxmire, and Katherine Lackie

1.53 Lex Bell and Tita Bell

1.54 Donald P. Welles receiving award from YMCA

1.55 Mrs. James A Cathcart, Mrs. Botsford Young

1.56 Mary Ward Landreth and 2 other people

1.57 From left, Semmelman, Albert Poole

1.58 Mrs. Robert Rothschild, Mr. Solomon Albert Smith, Mrs. W. Bosley Bank

1.59 John Marshall and 2 other people

1.60 William and Betsy North

1.61 From left, Carroll H. Sudler, Patricia Trish Sudler, Marion Roberts Sudler

1.62 Mary Lloyd and Mr. Allen A. Lloyd

1.63 Carol Hardin and Louis Hardin

1.64 Mr. Clarence Ross and Swen Ross

1.65 Ellen Holt and Jeannette Holt

1.66 Mrs. Samuel Mayo Rinaker with her painting

1.67 Mrs. Claude H. Requa

1.68 Mr. and Mrs. Frank H. Woods

1.69 Mrs. William Sweet Ill, Pat North, Lorain Percy, Nancy Brackert

1.70 Reception for Mr. and Mrs. Allen C. Bell

Mrs. Alfred Hamill, Mrs. Nelson Barnes, and Mrs. Edgar Stanton

1.71 The Bell School 50th Reunion

Mary Jo Lafliin, Allen C. Bell, Leola Armons, Robin Rowan

1.72 The Bell School formerly the Alcott School 50th reunion

Jane Kennedy, Allison Donald, Mr. Allen C. Bell, Sarah Barkhansen, and more people

1.73 The Bell School 50th Reunion

left to right: Coyla Flint Bell, Franklin A. Bell, Allen C. Bell, Lex Bell

1.74 Picture of De Lapp family

Folder 2. Community Fair

2.1 Lake Forest Community Fair, Refreshment Tent

2.2 William C. Gamble in the Lake Forest Community Fair with Mrs. Louis E. Laflin

2.3 William C. Gamble as “Aunt Jemina” in the Lake Forest Community Fair

Folder 3. Airplanes

3.1 Lloyd A. Laflin land his Loening Amphibian on Lake Michigan

3.2 William J. O’Neill and his Air Coup

3.3 Lloyd Alan Laflin flying with Grumman Widgeon on Fox Lake, IL (1950)

Folder 4. Centennial Exhibit, 1961

4.1 Map of the city of Lake Forest, 1960

4.2 Article in the Chicago Sun on June 1st 1942 with the picture of Clow family

4.3 Poster for Lake Forest County Fan painted by L. E. Laflin Jr. (16 sideshows 16)

4.4 Poster for Lake Forest County Fan painted by L. E. Laflin Jr. (fruit vegetables)

4.5 L. E. Laflin Jr.’s painting of pond at the home of Mr. And Mrs. Hobart Chatfield

4.6 Painting of the market square, Lake Forest

4.7 First Presbyterian Church in Lake Forest, IL (1959)

4.8 Painting of the J. Ogden Armons’ house (the water garden)

4.9 picture of Mrs. Richard Stevens and Ms. Jeanette Pauling driving Mrs. Austin Nilback to the horse show at Onwentsia with an old fashioned cab

4.10 Queen of Hearts operetta (benefit for a hospital for contagious diseases)

4.11 Picture of Lolita Armons, Mrs. J. Ogden Armons, and Bobbie Pine

4.12 Charles Garfield Kings Advertisement Party

Ms. Edith Cummings and Ellsworth Laflin

Folder 5. Lake Forestinana

5.1 Lake Forest College Centennial Exhibition (Lake Forestiana)

5.2 Picture of case II (Trails to Rails)

5.3 Case III (Lake Forest Becomes a City)

5.4 Case IV (The Civil War)

5.5 Case VI (Center of Culture)

5.6 Case VII (World War1)

5.7 Case VIII (The Roaring Twenties)

5.8 Case IX (The Tragic Years)

5.9 Case X (New Horizons)

Folder 6. Lake Forest Day

6.1 The First Lake Forest Day in 1908 (Mrs. Louis E. Laflin)

6.2 Keith Carpenter, Ellsworth Laflin, Lloyd Laflin, Alice Carpenter (First Lake Forest Day)

6.3 Lake Forest Day Parade (YWCA)

6.4 Lake Forest Day Parade (children)

6.5 Lake Forest Day Parade (banner on the truck saying by the Sloan Family Orchestra)

6.6 Nurses in the Lake Forest Day parade in 1944

June Kennedy Laflin 4th from right

6.7 Nurses parade in 1942

6.8 picture of nurses

6.9 Nurses parade

6.10 Nurses parade in 1944

6.11 Military parade

6.12 Parade for food supply aid

6.13 Military parade for women

6.14 Bike parade

6.15 Lake Forest Day 1956

6.16 Lake Forest Day (baby carriages in the picture)

6.17 Lake forest Day 1941 (holding pots and jugs)

6.18 Picture of military men holding guns and girls holding pots

6.19 Picture of a woman taking shower on a truck during parade

6.20 Picture of Lake Forest Auto Sales by Ford in the parade

6.21 Lake Forest Day 1942, A man selling balloons

6.22 Man selling balloons

6.23 A boy driving a cultivator with a girl at the back with a poster saying queen of harvest

6.24 Picture of nurses holding pots

6.25 Nurses parade

Folder 7. First Presbyterian Church Centennial Dinner, Durand Commons, LF College, 1959

7.1 From left: David Dangler Jr., Mrs. Kingman Douglas Sr., Mrs. Chester H. Lawrence, Stanley D. Anderson, Mrs. Anderson, Mrs. David Dangler, Chester H. Lawrence

7.2 From left: Mr. H. Earl Muzzy, Mrs. Muzzy, and Douglas Stuart

7.3 Presbyterian Church Centennial Dinner

Front from left: Miss Gertrude Bechtel, Miss Long, Miles Beatly, Mr. Frederic Stripo, and Mrs. Stripo

Backside from left: Mr. Mulder, Mr. Brorkway, Mrs. Ward, Mrs. Brorkway, Major Mania Ward

7.4 From left: Mrs. John Howard, Mrs. Robert G. Andrus, Dr. Andrus

7.5 front table from right: Ed Arpe, Bill Logan, Mrs. Logan, Miss Roth, Jas Gillette, Prof. Roth, Mrs. Tomlinson, and Mr. Tomlinson

back table: Mrs. Kingman Douglas Jr.

7.6 From left to right: Ed Ayre, Bill Logan, Mrs. Logan, Mrs. Jas Gillette, Miss Roth, Mr. Tomlinson

Kenneth J. Ward showing at the back

7.7 Presbyterian Church, Centennial Dinner

front table from left: Miss Albert Cvoh, Albert Cvoh, Mr. and Mrs. Everett Sentman, Sentman, Mrs. Roger Mellem, Robert E. Hahm, Miss Althea Speelman

back table from left: Mrs. Ellswrth Laflin, Mrs. Vernon, Mr. McCully, Mrs. McCully

7.8 From left: Mrs. Waldo M. Allen, Charles Henry Brorm, Mrs. C. H. Brown, John Stuart

7.9 Presbyterian Church Centennial Dinner

Reverend Willard Mellin, Mrs. Mellin and Mizzy

7.10 From left: Mrs. Frank Rearl, Phil Speidel, Mrs. Speidel

Showing Mrs. William T. Schrosder at the back

7.11 From right: Reverend Don Smucker, Mrs. Smucker, Miss Ellen Knox, Mrs. Elliot Donnelley

7.12 From left: Mrs. Robert Lundeen, Mrs. and Mr. Waldo Graham, Mrs. Donald McGren, Miss Gertrude Bechtel (Director of Religion/Education)

back table: Lauren Fren, Mr. and Mrs. Robien

7.13 from right without including the first lady’s name Mrs. Roberton, Gen Robertson, Mrs. Lackey, Melville Lackey, Mrs. Anna Douglas, Mrs. Jamieson, Mrs. Smith, and Nack Smith

back side from right: Mrs. Frances Whedon, Miss Elsa Lindermayes

7.14 from left: McPherson Holt, Jack Clarkson, Miss Minnie May Rumsy, Mrs. McPherson Holt

7.15 Shareholders’ Dinner, 50th Anniversary of First National Bank, Lake Forest, IL

Back row from left: George Jenkin, Mrs. N. R. Bensinger, Mrs. George Jenkin, Harmon Smith, John A. Chapman

Front row from left: Mrs. Frank S. Read, Frank S. Read

7.16 from left: Mrs. Arpee, Ed Arpee, Bill Logan, Russell Tomlinson, Mrs. Logan, Mrs. Gillette, Unity Tomlinson

7.17 From left: Mrs. Arthur McKay, Mr. John Howard

back: Mrs. Morrison Wand

7.18 From left: Joan McAlvin, Ellsworth Laflin, Jim McAlvin

at the back right: McPherson Holt and Mrs. Holt

at the back left: Mrs. Edison Deck

7.19 front table from left: Mrs. Larry E. Hill, Mrs. Amaden, Bob Amaden

back table: Bertha Brown, Chen Brown, Ed Shamway, Louise Pope

7.20 Presbyterian Church Centennial Dinner

front table from left: Mrs. Vernon, Mr. Vernon, Mr. Jas McAlvin, Mrs. Ruth Henderson, Mrs. Paul McCully, Mr. Paul McCully, Mrs. Ellsworth Laflin, Richard L. Kennedy, Mrs. Jas Mcalvin

back table on the right: Mrs. Roger Mellem and Roger Mellem

left table: Frank Spulding

Nicolas van Houten, Alexander Keller, John Nagel, Mrs. Nagel, Mrs. Van Houten, Mrs. Kelley, Miss van Houten

Folder 8. Laflin Family

8.1 Group picture with numbers on the picture (1-11)

Feb 20-25, 1915

8.2 2 Plays, Adam’s Dream and The Firmament, Aug 28, 1912

Mathild Kreutzbry, Joseph C. Belden, Mathild McCormick, Claire Childs, Angela Johnston, Mary Meeker, Lydia Hubbard, Virginia Fitz Hugh

8.3 Josephine K. and Louis E. Laflin in front of a car

8.4 Gerhard Gads, Mary Landon Baker, Alice Gads, L. Ellsworth Laflin Jr.

Folder 9. Mayors, City of Lake Forest, Mayors

Photos of the portraits displayed in the City Council Chambers, City Hall; apparently gathered at the time of the City centennial, 1961.

9.1 William S. Johnston, Mayor of Lake Forest (1865-1866)

9.2 David J. Lake, Mayor of Lake Forest (1866-1867)

9.3 Samuel Ezra Barnum, Mayor of Lake Forest (1870-71, 1872-74, 1879-81)

9.4 Amzi, Benedict, Mayor of Lake Forest (1877-78, 1884-85)

9.5 Joseph B. Durand, Mayor of Lake Forest (1886-88)

9.6 Moses L. Scudder, Mayor of Lake Forest (1888-89)

9.7 Mark Morton, Mayor of Lake Forest (1902-03)

9.8 Calvin Durand, Mayor of Lake Forest (1891-95)

9.9 Edward P. Gorton, Mayor of Lake Forest (1895-1902)

9.10 Fredrik Herman Gads, Mayor of Lake Forest (1903-06, 1909-10)

9.11 David H. Jackson, Mayor of Lake Forest (1906-09)

9.12 C. Frederick Childs, Mayor of Lake Forest (1910-11)

9.13 John T. Pirie, Jr., Mayor of Lake Forest (1911-14)

9.14 Leverett Thompson, Mayor of Lake Forest (1914-15)

9.15 Keene H. Addington, Mayor of Lake Forest (1917-19)

9.16 Farewell Winston, Mayor of Lake Forest (1925-28)

9.17 Albert Blake Dick, Jr., Mayor of Lake Forest (1928-31)

9.18 Albert D. Farwell, Mayor of Lake Forest (1931-34)

9.19 Francis E. Manniere, Mayor of Lake Forest (1934-37)

9.20 Kent Chandler, Mayor of Lake Forest (1937-40)

9.21 Richard H. Mabbatt, Mayor of Lake Forest (1940-43)

9.22 Charles F. Clarke, Mayor of Lake Forest (1943-46)

9.23 Edward Kenneth Welles, Mayor of Lake Forest (1946-48)

9.24 John O. Giles, Mayor of Lake Forest (1948-51)

9.25 W. Paul McBride, Mayor of Lake Forest (1951-54)

9.26 Elliot Donnelley, Mayor of Lake Forest (1954-57)

9.27 Morrison Waud, Mayor of Lake Forest (1957-60)

Folder 10. Lake Forest Townspeople

10.1 Group picture of local men (Young Men's club?) in Lake Forest, early twentieth century

10.2 Lake Forest Day 1956

A child with his bike

10.3 James Swanton of Lake Forest in Civil War uniform at left and his wife, Katherine Miller Swanton, at the right (1863)

10.4 Group picture of Lake Forest Public School

10.5 Professor Walter Ray Bridgman of Lake Forest College in 1912

10.6 Rev. Hutchinson, 1959

10.7 Rev. William Mellin, 1959

10.8 James R. Gillette with his plants (composer and organist of First Presbyterian Church)

10.9 Herman Jahnke

10.10 Mary Kerwin and Charles C. Kaury at Barat graduation

10.11 Madeline Rose

Folder 11. Booker T. Washington

11.1 Booker T. Washington giving speech, 10-14-1912

11.2 Booker T. Washington with Los Angeles Times in his hand, 10-14-1912

11.3 Portrait picture of Booker T. Washington, 10-14-1912

Folder 12. Playreaders

12.1

Folder/book 13. 70th Birthday party, Ellslloyd (Laflins' on Hawthorne Lane), John Fennelley and Ronald Boardman, July 18, 1969: "A Great Skit to Celebrate the Men on the Moon..." (twenty-four 5 x 7 color images, mounted in a binder).

13. 1 June and Ells Laflin, Elliott Donnelley

13.2 ____, Carroll Sudler, ___, ____.

13.3 serving person with tray, two women (center, long skirt and right short skirt).

13.4 couple

13.5 serving person, Edison Dick and Jane Warner Dick

13.6 Howard Shank and ______.

13.7 bird'seye view of party, with uniformed serving persons with canapes and a drink

13.8

13.9

13.10

13.11 tent

13.12 party seated in tent

13.13 couple seated in tent

13.14 Ells Laflin

13.15 ___ and Carroll Sudler at podium, terrace, Ellslloyd

13.16 same scene, another speaker

13.17 group with Laflin, backs to camera, near fountain in tent

13.18 group watching presentation

13.19 another group watching presentation

13.20 antique car, and one of the guests of honor donning space helmet

13.21 in car

13.22 rocket ship in front of house

13.23 moon at second story level, with two honorees poking heads through paper moon

12.24 two honorees with wearing space helmets

Arthur H. Miller, based on earlier work

by student assistants, edited and expanded,

October 23,2009