The Chicago Historical Society has an extensive collection, not all on their website but I would check there first. I know they just changed their name but I bet that they have a pointer from the old name to the new name. Google also should find it. And the Daily News (am not sure about the period covered) is on the Library of Congress website -- images only) and worth the effort to check. Good to see you posting, Molly. Hope all is well with you. I will be checking in with you soon about possibly finding some documents for me. Best, Elaine On Monday, May 21, 2007, you wrote > HI all - > I recently learned that my Mom (almost 88) was a competitor in the > typing/transcription contests (events?) at the > Worlds' Fair in Chicago - > Mom was only 15 when she graduated high school in 1935 - - > She immediately to work for an attorney in > Charleston IL -- but he (and > everybody else) urged her to enter the > typing/transcription competion. > Mom said that while she was in Chicago, she > stayed with her aunt & cousin > (who lived in Chicago); her cousin was 26... > and this "event" was the first > time my Mom ever knowingly lied.. > Her cousin Virginia, while escorting 15/16-year > old Mary Agnes Sullivan > around Chicago - - turned to my Mom and said > "I'm 26 years old... I'd bet > you think that's REALLY old, don't you?" > My Mom - then a teenager -- emphatically shook > her head & lied "NO, OH NO, > That's not old at ALL!" > What I would love to do - if anybody can help me with advice or > resources/referrals - is to find a photo of the > typing and/or transcription > contest during that World's Fair in Chicago, in > which my Mom was a teenage > contestant. > Even if the young Mary Agnes Sullivan is NOT in > the photo - it would still > help me bring back another proud moment in her > life, of which she spoke so > little in the past. > Any suggestions - Please?? > and Thank you!! > molly > Molly Kennedy > P O Box 5785 > Springfield, IL 62705 > www.mollx.com > Genealogy - Confusing the dead, and annoying the living.

The Chicago Historical Society is now known as The Chicago History Museum. Dave B --- ETM <etm1935@yahoo.com> wrote: > The Chicago Historical Society has an extensive > collection, not all on their website but I would > check there first. I know they just changed their > name but I bet that they have a pointer from the > old name to the new name. Google also should find > it. > > And the Daily News (am not sure about the period > covered) is on the Library of Congress website -- > images only) and worth the effort to check. > > Good to see you posting, Molly. Hope all is well > with you. I will be checking in with you soon > about possibly finding some documents for me. > > Best, > > Elaine > > On Monday, May 21, 2007, you wrote > > > HI all - > > > I recently learned that my Mom (almost 88) was a > competitor in the > > typing/transcription contests (events?) at the > > Worlds' Fair in Chicago - > > > Mom was only 15 when she graduated high school in > 1935 - - > > > She immediately to work for an attorney in > > Charleston IL -- but he (and > > everybody else) urged her to enter the > > typing/transcription competion. > > > Mom said that while she was in Chicago, she > > stayed with her aunt & cousin > > (who lived in Chicago); her cousin was 26... > > and this "event" was the first > > time my Mom ever knowingly lied.. > > > Her cousin Virginia, while escorting 15/16-year > > old Mary Agnes Sullivan > > around Chicago - - turned to my Mom and said > > "I'm 26 years old... I'd bet > > you think that's REALLY old, don't you?" > > > My Mom - then a teenager -- emphatically shook > > her head & lied "NO, OH NO, > > That's not old at ALL!" > > > What I would love to do - if anybody can help me > with advice or > > resources/referrals - is to find a photo of the > > typing and/or transcription > > contest during that World's Fair in Chicago, in > > which my Mom was a teenage > > contestant. > > > Even if the young Mary Agnes Sullivan is NOT in > > the photo - it would still > > help me bring back another proud moment in her > > life, of which she spoke so > > little in the past. > > > Any suggestions - Please?? > > > and Thank you!! > > > molly > > Molly Kennedy > > P O Box 5785 > > Springfield, IL 62705 > > www.mollx.com > > Genealogy - Confusing the dead, and annoying the > living. > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email > to COOK-CO-IL-request@rootsweb.com with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message > David T Buzzek <www.gensearch.net> You cannot soar with the eagles during the day if you hoot with the owls at night! ____________________________________________________________________________________ Park yourself in front of a world of choices in alternative vehicles. Visit the Yahoo! Auto Green Center. http://autos.yahoo.com/green_center/