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Collection: History of Bensenville
Description: Save Bensenville Local History website created by Janis Arquette sometime in the 1990s, covering the history of Bensenville from the 1880s to the 1970s. At the time of capture, website is outdated and some links on the site are broken.
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Subject: Transportation, Schools, Business, Emergency services, Quilting, O'Hare, Settlers, Religion, Railroads, Community, Government
Creator: Janis Arquette
Publisher: Bensenville Community Public Library
Language: English
Coverage: United States (country), Illinois (state), DuPage (county), Bensenville (inhabited place)
Format: WARC
Type: Website
Date: circa 1990
Collector: Bensenville Community Public Library
Contributor: Martha Kirker Jones
Rights: For fair use/educational reproduction. This image may be used with attribution for research, study and educational purposes. For permission to publish, distribute, or use this image for any other purpose, please contact the Local History Center in Bensenville Community Public Library, 200 S. Church Rd. Bensenville, IL 60106. Phone:(630) 766-4642; email: archives@benlib.org
Identifier: BCPL_BH_HISTORY_001
Collection: History of Bensenville
Description: A brief history of Bensenville's evolution from a farming community to an industrial suburb next to O'Hare International Airport, 1833-1969. Article includes census information.
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Subject: Population growth, Transportation, O'Hare, Community, Settlers, Immigration
Creator: The Chicago Historical Society
Publisher: The Chicago Historical Society
Language: English
Coverage: United States (country), Illinois (state), DuPage (county), Bensenville (inhabited place)
Format: WARC
Type: Website
Collector: Bensenville Community Public Library
Contributor: Kenneth Ritzert. “Bensenville.” In DuPage Roots, ed. Richard Thompson, 1985., Knowing Our History, Learning Our Culture. Videotape. Bensenville Community Library, 1993. 42 min., Martha Kirker Jones. Bensenville. 1976.
Rights: The Electronic Encyclopedia of Chicago © 2005 Chicago Historical Society. The Encyclopedia of Chicago © 2004 The Newberry Library. All Rights Reserved. Portions are copyrighted by other institutions and individuals.
Identifier: BCPL_BH_HISTORY_002
Collection: History of Bensenville
Description: A collection of posts tagged "Bensenville" on the Chicago Area Fire website.
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Subject: Government, Resources, Emergency services, Fire
Creator: Chicago Area Fire
Publisher: Chicago Area Fire
Language: English
Coverage: United States (country), Illinois (state), DuPage (county), Bensenville (inhabited place)
Format: WARC
Type: Website
Rights: ©ChicagoAreaFire.com
Identifier: BCPL_BH_HISTORY_009
Collector: Bensenville Community Public Library
Collection: History of Bensenville
Description: A collection of posts tagged "Bensenville Fire Department history" on the Chicago Area Fire website.
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Subject: Government, Resources, Emergency services, Fire
Creator: Chicago Area Fire
Publisher: Chicago Area Fire
Language: English
Coverage: United States (country), Illinois (state), DuPage (county), Bensenville (inhabited place), Wyoming (state), Newcastle (inhabited place), Wood Dale (inhabited place), Elmhurst (inhabited place), Leyden (township), Mount Prospect (inhabited place), Morton Grove (inhabited place), Elk Grove (inhabited place)
Format: WARC
Type: Website
Date: 2022
Contributor: Steve Redick, Danny Nelms
Collector: Bensenville Community Public Library
Rights: ©ChicagoAreaFire.com
Identifier: BCPL_BH_HISTORY_008
Collection: History of Bensenville
Description: A collection of posts tagged "Bensenville Fire Protection District" on the Chicago Area Fire website.
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Subject: Government, Resources, Emergency services, Fire
Creator: Chicago Area Fire
Publisher: Chicago Area Fire
Language: English
Coverage: United States (country), Illinois (state), DuPage (county), Bensenville (inhabited place)
Format: WARC
Type: Website
Rights: ©ChicagoAreaFire.com
Identifier: BCPL_BH_HISTORY_010
Collector: Bensenville Community Public Library
Collection: History of Bensenville
Description: Kenneth Ritzert writes about the five periods of Bensenville history, addressing the Indian period, the early settlers, the railroads, the transition, and the O'Hare challenge.
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Subject: Indian removal, Settlers, Churches, Transportation, Industry, Agriculture, Incorporation, Railroads, Schools, VFW, O'Hare
Creator: Kenneth Ritzert
Publisher: The DuPage County Historical Society
Language: English
Coverage: United States (country), Illinois (state), DuPage (county), Bensenville (inhabited place)
Format: WARC
Type: Website
Rights: ©Kenneth Ritzert
Identifier: BCPL_BH_HISTORY_003
Collector: Bensenville Community Public Library
Collection: History of Bensenville
Description: Timeline of the history of Embrace Living Communities, which began as the German Evangelical Orphanage & Old Peoples Home Society of Northern Illinois in 1895. The organization was known as the Bensenville Home Society between 1945 and 1987.
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Subject: Nonprofits, Community, Seniors, Youth, Evangelicalism, Social services
Creator: Embrace Living Communities
Publisher: Embrace Living Communities
Language: English
Coverage: United States (country), Illinois (state), DuPage (county), Bensenville (inhabited place)
Format: WARC
Type: Website
Rights: ©2021 Embrace Living Communities. All rights Reserved.
Identifier: BCPL_BH_HISTORY_004
Collector: Bensenville Community Public Library
Collection: History of Bensenville
Description: A short history of the Bensenville Community High School, located in Bensenville.
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Subject: Schools, Education, Sports, Recreation, Youth, Teenagers
Creator: Illinois High School Glory Days
Publisher: Illinois High School Glory Days
Language: English
Coverage: United States (country), Illinois (state), DuPage (county), Bensenville (inhabited place)
Format: WARC
Type: Website
Identifier: BCPL_BH_HISTORY_011
Collector: Bensenville Community Public Library
Collection: History of Bensenville
Description: A short history of gang activity in Bensenville from the early 1900's to the 2010's, with most modern gang activity beginning in the 1980's.
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Subject: Crime, Gangs, Immigration, Youth, O'Hare
Creator: Chicago Gang History
Publisher: Chicago Gang History
Language: English
Coverage: United States (country), Illinois (state), DuPage (county), Bensenville (inhabited place)
Format: WARC
Type: Website
Rights: ©2022 Chicago Gang History. All rights Reserved.
Identifier: BCPL_BH_HISTORY_005
Collector: Bensenville Community Public Library
Collection: History of Bensenville
Description: Website dedicated to the relocation of graves from St. Johannes Cemetery to other cemeteries by the Chicago Department of Aviation Family Assistance Office between 2010 and 2013.
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Subject: Churches, Transportation, O'Hare, Religion, Cemeteries
Creator: Chicago Department of Aviation Family Assistance Office
Publisher: Chicago Department of Aviation Family Assistance Office
Language: English
Coverage: United States (country), Illinois (state), DuPage (county), Cook (county), Bensenville (inhabited place)
Format: WARC
Type: Website
Date: 2010-2013
Identifier: BCPL_BH_HISTORY_006
Collector: Bensenville Community Public Library
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