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Title:

DuPage roots : then and now / Robert Pruter, editor ; Richard A. Thompson, editor and contributors.

Edition:

Second edition.

Publisher:

DuPage County Historical Society,

Copyright Date:

2022

Description:

xvi, 435 pages : illustrations (some color), maps, portraits ; 27 cm

Other Authors:

Pruter, Robert, 1944- editor.
Thompson, Richard A. (Richard Austin), 1933- writer of supplementary textual content. writer of supplementary textual content.
Du Page County Historical Society, issuing body.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 379-407) and index.

Contents:

Part Two. Joel and Laurie Kagann ; updated by Jojo Galvan-Mora. Preface / by Robert Pruter -- Preface for 1985 edition / by Richard A. Thompson -- Part One. Woodridge / Earth making--natural history to 10,000 BC ; The planting--the pioneer epoch to 1850 ; The uprooting--the Civil War era 1850-1870 ; The tap root--into the modern era 1870-1920 ; The transplants--post World Wars 1920-1950 ; Succession community--1950-1985 / by Richard A. Thompson -- Maturity--since 1985 / by William C. Barnett & Ann Durkin Keating -- Part Two. Community histories. Addison / Pearl Morris & Vivian Krentz ; updated by Christopher K. Pudelek -- Bartlett / Bryan J. Ogg & Pamela Rohleder -- Bensenville / Kenneth Ritzert ; updated by Jonathan W. Sebastian -- Bloomingdale / Thomas J. Perkins Jr. & Patti Lee Perkins ; updated by Ashley Downing -- Burr Ridge / Bryan J. Ogg -- Carol Stream / Jean Moore ; updated by Nicole L. Cyrier -- Clarendon Hills / Celia Perry Shockey ; updated by Ashley Downing, Jan Cummings, & Diane Perry Hiller -- Darien / Darien Historical Society -- Downers Grove / Virginia A. Stehney ; updated by Zachary Bishop -- Elmhurst / Margaret Franson Pruter -- Glen Ellyn / Janice Perkins ; updated by Bryan J. Ogg & Karen Hall -- Glendale Heights / Amy E. Crisler ; updated by Jojo Galvan-Mora -- Hinsdale / Shirley Stitt ; updated by Robert Pruter -- Itasca / Joyce M. Usher ; updated by Jojo Galvan-Mora -- Lisle / Marilyn W. Cawiezel ; updated by Brian Failing -- Lombard / Morgot Fruehe ; updated by Jean Crockett -- Naperville / Helen Fraser ; updated by Bryan J. Ogg -- Oak Brook / Etta Susan Chapek ; updated by Jojo Galvan-Mora & Kathy Maher -- Oakbrook Terrace / Ashley Downing -- Roselle / Charles Southern ; updated by Bryan J. Ogg -- Villa Park / Irene S. Martin ; updated by Carol Marcus -- Warrenville / Mary Curtis ; updated by Sara Phelan -- Wayne / Tannisse T. Blatchford ; updated by Nicole L. Cyrier & Karen Armbrust -- West Chicago / Jerry Musich ; updated by Sara Phalen -- Westmont / Sharon Heidena ; updated by Maggie South -- Wheaton / Edith E. Back ; updated by Glennette Tilley Turner -- Willowbrook / Zachary Bishop -- Winfield / Adrienne Rose ; updated by Nicole L. Cyrier -- Wood Dale / Mary Lou Mittel ; updated by Jojo Galvan-Mora -- Woodridge / Joel and Laurie Kagann ; updated by Jojo Galvan-Mora.

Summary:

"DuPage roots, edited by Richard A. Thompson, was published by the DuPage County Historical Society in 1985. It has subsequently been updated for 2023. It features a new chapter on DuPage County history since 1985, as well as new histories for Burr Ridge, Bartlett, Oakbrook Terrace, and Willowbrook, and updated histories for all other municipalities. DuPage roots : then and now represents a full historical record of DuPage County, its history and growth." -- https://dupagehistory.org viewed 3/28/2023.

ISBN:

9798218052355

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1374138397

LCCN:

2022914723

Locations:

TDPH826 -- Davenport Public Library (Davenport)