Collections Spotlight: Uranium Glass

by Aurora Historical Society | Sep 4, 2021 | Articles & Exhibits, Featured

 This article originally appeared in the Aurora Historical Society e-news, March 2010 edition.By Jennifer Putzier, Former Curator Uranium Glass – pretty and only slightly radioactive!  Uranium, the same material that radium is derived from and makes nuclear...

Kane County History: John Rogers’ ‘Council of War’ at the Tanner House Museum

by Aurora Historical Society | Aug 3, 2021 | Articles & Exhibits, Featured

This post originally appeared on Kane County Connects Precisely at the midpoint of the 1800s, William and Anna Tanner packed up their household goods and growing family and moved from their farm on Deerpath Road to the city of Aurora. John Rogers, 1829-1904 At the...

Aurora Journalist Randy Shilts Helped Frame Debate About Gay Rights Movement

by Aurora Historical Society | Jun 22, 2021 | Articles & Exhibits, Featured

This article is part of a series on Kane County’s amazing history and originally appeared on Kane County Connects. This article was written by Aurora Historical Society President Mary Clark Ormond and Aurora Public Library District Genealogy and Community...

Chicago Meets Aurora: An Early Baseball Story

by Aurora Historical Society | Apr 19, 2021 | Articles & Exhibits, Featured

By John Jaros As the baseball season is underway, this month we look back 130 years, to April 1891, for a baseball story from that bygone era. That April, Chicago’s National League team (the team that would later become the “Cubs”), led by player-manager Adrian “Cap”...

Celebrating Black History Month in Aurora

by Aurora Historical Society | Feb 7, 2021 | Articles & Exhibits, Featured

In celebration of Black History Month, we present a glimpse of the early days of Aurora’s black community, which dates back over 150 years, to the Civil War era. By John Jaros, Executive Director, Aurora Historical Society Prior to the Civil War (1861-1865), only a...

Aurora’s worst January ever

by Aurora Historical Society | Jan 31, 2021 | Articles & Exhibits, Featured

By Mary Clark Ormond, President, Aurora Historical Society The next time an elderly person bends your ear about how much tougher Aurora winters were back in the day, you should listen respectfully. Because although winter is winter year after year, and you can always...