What Makes Us Different?
Our collection includes but is not limited to:
- The PULLMAN COLLECTION of employee records
- Cemetery Master Index of 93 area cemeteries, containing over 62,500 names
- Chicago City Directories 1871-1917, 1923, 1928-1929
- Oak Forest Hospital Cemetery records 1910-1971
- Blue Island Sun Obituaries Index 1919-1969
- Calumet City Naturalization records 1906-1954
- Calumet City Burial Permit records c. 1925-1941
- Acme Steel Newsletters 1926-32, 1935-50, 1954-61
- Hammond City Directories 1943-1974
- 600+ family histories
- Selected funeral homes’ records
- County Histories
- Church histories and records
- High School yearbooks
- Regional telephone directories
- Local area information files
- Microform and CD materials
The SSGHS Library is a non-profit 501(c)3, non-circulating reference and research library which is open to the public. There is a fee for non-members. The Library contains over 14,000 books for the United States as well as many other countries. Our card catalog is online.
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