Lewis Elmer Sims Papers 1874-1977
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Northwestern University Preparatory School
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Evanston Academy, which closed in 1917, had a history that dates back to 1859, when the Preparatory Department of Northwestern University, or the Preparatory School, was opened. The creation of the department was proposed by the Faculty of the College of Liberal Arts and approved by the Trustees of the University in 1857. In the absence of many quality secondary schools in the Chicago area and Midwest, a preparatory department was felt essential in ensuring that Northwestern would r...
Northwestern university
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During World War II, Northwestern offered its facilities for use by the War Department. The Army, Navy, and Civil Aeronautics Administration operated eleven training programs at Northwestern in addition to the Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps (N.R.O.T.C.) established in 1926: the Navy V-7, Naval Reserve Midshipmen's School; the Navy V-5, Naval Aviation Prepatory Program; the Navy V-1, Accredited College Program; the Naval Training School (Radio); the Army Signal Corps Officers Training Scho...
Sims, Lewis Elmer, 1855-1937
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Lewis Elmer Sims was born in 1855 and grew up in the small town of Lawn Ridge (Marshall County) in central Illinois. Motivated by a minister's recommendation, he chose to attend Northwestern University, entering the Northwestern University Preparatory School in 1874 and matriculating to the University the following year. He joined the Northwestern's Adelphic Literary Society (see Series 31/6/9, Northwestern University Archives) and particularly enjoyed debating. During t...
