Chicago, Illinois -- The Eastland Disaster Historical Society (EDHS) is pleased to announce that a new hour-long documentary has premiered on YouTube. The Full Story of the Eastland Disaster (1915) was produced by HFX Studios and released as part of the Part-Time Explorer YouTube channel. Tom Lynskey narrates and tells the story of the Eastland […]
Chicago, Illinois -- The Eastland Disaster Historical Society (EDHS) is pleased to announce that a new 45-minute documentary has premiered on YouTube. The Forgotten Disaster of the SS Eastland was produced and released as part of the Ask A Mortician YouTube channel. Caitlin Doughty narrates and tells the story of the Eastland Disaster, introducing the […]
Chicago, Illinois -- The Eastland Disaster Historical Society (EDHS) is excited to announce a new project that will be of great value to researchers, genealogists, and family historians for generations to come. Ron Steinberg (pictured above), a friend and supporter of EDHS for more than twenty years, has graciously loaned his near-complete collection of Western […]
Chicago, Illinois -- Eastland: A New Musical, written by Andrew White, premiered in 2012 at the Lookingglass Theatre in Chicago. In 2015, the Renegade Theater Company in Duluth, Minnesota, re-staged it. Now, after five years of diligence and perseverance, the EDHS is nearing the day when it will promote and license the Eastland musical across the […]
Chicago, Illinois -- At EDHS, we get excited whenever there is news -- big or small -- about the Eastland Disaster in the media that reaches a mass audience. Today we have news to share that, while it may seem small on the surface, is really quite tremendous. The City of Chicago recently released its […]
Chicago, IL -- Back in 1999, Mr. Frank Sweeney became our first annual dues-paying member. What is interesting to note is that at the time that Frank began his membership, EDHS did not offer memberships. Frank, however, encouraged us to do so because of the value that he felt we provided to his family and […]
Chicago, IL -- Many of you had the opportunity to meet and listen to the 12 authors/artists that assembled during last year's 100th Anniversary Commemoration weekend. Today we are pleased to announce that author Deby Eisenberg (pictured left with EDHS co-founder Barbara Decker Wachholz) has now joined this list of talented writers who have created a work that […]
Chicago, Illinois -- EDHS recently received two photograph donations from two families that will help us preserve the legacies and share the stories of all involved in Chicago's greatest loss-of-life tragedy, the Eastland Disaster. On January 11, 2016, we received the above photograph of the U.S.S. Wilmette (formerly the S.S. Eastland), which was generously donated by Dick and Jan Merki […]
