JTHS Archives

It is the purpose of the Joliet Township Archives Committee to conserve and celebrate the best and most influential of all that has historically given shape to the original Joliet Township High School campus and the schools that followed.

The Archives Committee is a group of dedicated volunteers who are preserving the history and traditions of Joliet Township High School. The committee started in 1978 as a group of teachers and alumni to inventory significant memorabilia. All members recalled items that had disappeared from view and wanted to prevent that from happening in the future. In the next few years, the committee gathered momentum and members worked to put JTHS on the National Register of Historic Places. In 1982, Dorothy Crombie, a founding member of the committee, made the presentation to the Illinois State Advisory meeting in Rockford, IL. There was overwhelming approval for this designation. On August 12, 1982, the Joliet Township High School Central Campus was placed on the National Register of Historic Places.