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Collection

We are busy working on putting our collection into a database which will be accessible and searchable online.
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The WHPS archive is made up of several collections (described, not completely itemized here):

Blatchford collection
Our most extensive private donation, it includes maps, books, letters and interviews, photo albums and slides, and Wayne memorabilia

Chipp family collection
Fabric and wallpaper, funeral cards from the Chipp family, family photos and photos of Wayne found under the steps of the Chipp house

Dunham Hunt Museum collection
Entire museum collection acquired from the Dunham Hunt Museum in 2010. Mostly
Dunham and Ward family artifacts and ephemera 


Corky Hamill
Papers regarding Oaklawn Farm, Dunham Woods Riding Club, Village of Wayne, Prairie Path, and Forest Preserve 

Oral History tapes of longtime residents
Recordings made by Historic Sites members in ?

Little Home Church
Photographs, programs, news articles

Marguerite Henry
Books, correspondence, photos, newsletters, news articles

Francis Peterson Papers
Binders of typewritten pages of Francis Peterson Wayne history 1916-1962, People, Places, Events, Obituaries, books of poems

Marching and Chowder scrapbooks Katie Lindsay collection
Two large scrapbooks with memorabilia from shows that funded CARE packages sent to German musicians after WW II

Ward collection
Actually a sub collection to the Dunham Hunt Museum collection. China, silver and other belongings of the Ward family 

Women’s Club of Wayne scrapbooks
Minutes, records, photos and news articles from 1921 through closure in 1993

Craig and Carol Stokely collection
Records regarding Forest Preserve, Garden Club, Prairie Path, development in Wayne, Conservation District​​

Also donations of memorabilia, photos and artifacts related to the community from:

Sue Abbott
Mary Alf
Barbara Arens
Noonie Barton
Ernie Bellack
David Bierman
Peter Booth
Betsy Bramsen 
Patti Burke
Jim Coleman
Pat Dennehey
Mike and Cathie Donahue
Joannie Dumas
Jeannie Fletcher
Wayne Hendrickson
Lori Hughes
Carrie Jenkins
John Jenkins
Jim and Cindy Judge
Lisa Koerner
Bill Kohanik
Melba Kuntz
Pat McArdle
Patty Owen
Peter Pratt
Pat and Jim Schiltz
Mary Jean Schless
Oscar Schreiker
Jane Schroeder
Maureen and Ken Shepro
Brett and Nancy Smith
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  • Collection
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  • Wayne History
  • Store