Special Collections at the library include items reflecting the architecture, creativity, and diversity of Oak Park from the late 19th through the 20th Centuries. Core curated historical collections include the Hemingway Archives, Frank Lloyd Wright Collection, Local Authors Collection, Open Housing Movement Archives, and the Scoville Institute Collection.  In addition, the Oak Park Local History Collection includes books, oral histories, and the beloved Philander Barclay Photograph Collection: a local bicycling photographer who captured the turn of the last century at the time the Hemingways and Wrights strolled the avenues. 

Oak Park Public Library’s social and cultural heritage holdings include photographs, oral histories in audio and video, negatives and slides, drawings, blueprints, architectural renderings, rare books, transcriptions, minutes, and numerous ephemera.  The collections are accessible in-person in Oak Park by appointment; with a growing number of items being made available online. 
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