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Clarence E. Drayer Papers

Clarence E. Drayer (1880-1948), moved to Wilmette in 1918. He was a civil engineer who worked for the railroad from 1902-1918, and then served as executive secretary of the American Engineers Association from 1918-1924. From 1924-1927, he ran an advertising agency, and then in 1928, he became a real-estate broker, founding North Shore Realty which was carried on by his wife and daughter after his death.

Box #1

• Biographical information and iventory
• Miscellaneous papers
• City mnager form of government
• Municipal bonds
• Municipal Yard and Garbage Disposal Plant and methods
• Police Department, crime
• Railroads, elevated; grade crossing
• Recreation
• Streets, signs, traffic control, parking
• Tree Commission, landscaping, mosquito abatement
• Water
• Zoning, Building Ordinance, Plan Commission
• Miscellaneous clippings
• Restricted materials