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The program for the first graduation for students of St. Ignatius College
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This is an obituary for John W. E. Thomas, the first African-American elected to the Illinois General Assembly. The obituary also features a sketch of Thomas' portrait.
The obituary text reads: "Hon. John W.E. Thomas, a well-known politician, died at 12:10 Monday afternoon of kidney trouble at his home, 3308 Indiana avenue. He had been ill for a number of months and for the last three weeks was confined to his bed. Thomas was reputed to be one of the wealthiest Afro-Americans in Chicago. He went to that city in 1870 from Alabama, and for twenty-nine years had taken part in Republican politics, having been a member of the legislature three terms. When a member in 1885, he succeeded in having passed the first equal rights bill, which prohibited discrimination against people on account of color in Illinois. Dr. L. A. McCluskey, of Mobile, Ala., raised Thomas, who was born in Alabama in 1847. Dr. McCluskey gave him an education in Mobile, employing tutors for the purpose, and he taught school in Mobile and other towns in Alabama. He studied law in the office of Judge Hawes. He was admitted to the bar in 1880.
By his first wife he had one child, a girl, now Mrs. Edward Morrison, and by the second wife, who survives him, four children, all of whom are living. He was a member of Olivet church."
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This engraving by William Baker depicts the Holy Family Church on the left and St. Ignatius College on the right. The words "A.D. 1867 St. Ignatius College" can be seen on the depiction of St. Ignatius College. A horse-drawn carriage can be seen passing by on the street in front of the curving staircase leading to the college. This engraving appeared in the first St. Ignatius College Course Catalog 1870-1871 and can be seen in several of the subsequent catalogs.
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This patent drawing illustrates the placement of rivets in Jacob W. Davis' patent for riveted pants.
Creator(s): Department of the Interior. Patent Office. (1849 - 1925) (Most Recent)
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This is a course catalog for St. Ignatius College, which contains information on the courses offered, students organizations, and various awards given to students. The St. Cecilia Society was a choral society founded in 1879. Its members appear to have performed at literary and religious festivals. [image cropped]
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35mm slide
- Source: Pedroli, Pete
- Cotton denim with copper buttons, ca. 1957
- Maker: Blue Bell Wrangler
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The natural history museum at St. Ignatius College contained taxidermy animals mounted on the floor as well as within the glass cabinets on the second floor. According to Ellen Skerrett, author of Born in Chicago: A History of Chicago's Jesuit University , the glass cases were made by J. M. Brunswick Company and the specimens were collected by missionary Francis X. Schulak, S.J.. The Natural History Museum was built with money donated by Bishop Foley, who had done so to thank the Jesuits for sheltering him in the aftermath of the Great Chicago Fire.
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1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 8 in.
Attached caption: "10. First Bell Telephone, June 1875."
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Dry plate negatives; glass ; 8 x 10 in.
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To the laboring interests of the United States of America., which makes up four-fifths of the population of this country. August 1st, 1877. [n. p. 1877].
Broadside; 1 p.; 28 x 22 cm.
- Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. [image cropped]
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The Custer fight / C.M. Russell 1903.
The Battle of the Little Bighorn, showing Native Americans on horseback in foreground.
1903, c1905.
1 photomechanical print
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[Four-stroke gasoline-powered internal-combustion engine designed by Nicolaus A. Otto]
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The Great fire at Chicago Oct. 9th 1871. View from the west side / Gibson & Co.'s Steam Press, Cin. O.
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2 negatives : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
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The Great fire at Chicago Oct. 9th 1871. View from the west side / Gibson & Co.'s Steam Press, Cin. O.
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newspaper article about the ratification of the 15th amendment
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This second part of the diary entry dated Oct 8, 1971 in the St. Ignatius College Vice President's Diary, mentions the Great Chicago Fire and its impacts on the school. The first part of the diary entry is on page 61.
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This first part of the diary entry dated Oct 8, 1971 in the St. Ignatius College Vice President's Diary, mentions the Great Chicago Fire and its impacts on the school. The second part of the diary entry is on page 62.
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This diary entry dated September 10, 1870 mentions the first meeting of the Men's Sodality, an important lay society for religious and charitable purposes, at St. Ignatius College.
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This is a course catalog for St. Ignatius College, which contains information on the courses offered, students organizations, and various awards given to students. The St. Cecilia Society was a choral society founded in 1879. Its members appear to have performed at literary and religious festivals.
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St. Ignatius College was build on the corner of Twelfth and May Streets fulfilling Father Arnold Damen's goal of creating an institution that would educate the immigrants of Chicago. The school that would later become Loyola University Chicago opened on September 5, 1870 with a class of 37 students.
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Father Arnold Damen, S.J. (1815-1890) was the founder and first president of St. Ignatius College, the predecessor of Loyola University Chicago. The college was an integral part of Father Damen's goal of bringing education for all ages to the children of the recently relocated immigrants of Chicago.
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The Chrysostomian Debating Society was formed in 1875. Debating and elocution contests were an extremely valued part of academic life at St. Ignatius during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The debating society is now Loyola's oldest student organization.
