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Wurlitzer Company Records (DeKalb)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-169
Scope and Contents
A portion of the Wurlitzer Company records was microfilmed by the Regional History Center and the original collection was donated to the Smithsonian Institution (Museum of American History) on November 11, 1992. The microfilm was retained by the Center along with folders containing histories, photographs, and the Wurlitzer Centennial Edition of the DeKalb Chronicle. The six volumes contained in Box 2 and 4 folders in Box 3, and a CD of theatre organ music, were donated after the transfer of...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1860-1986; Other: Date acquired: 03/12/1984
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
W.W. Embree Collection (DeKalb)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-002
Scope and Contents
Waite W. Embree and his father, Elmer E. Embree, preserved most of the historical materials generated by the family’s business and social activities. Waite, especially, collected a large volume of printed materials and photographs that relate to his main interests--the history of DeKalb and the history of railroading. It is important to note that Embree was a collector: indeed, in the absence of an active county historical society, Waite Embree filled a void in DeKalb County with his keen...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1881-1966; Other: Date acquired: 03/00/1967
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
York Township Combined Name List and Index (microfiche), no date
Collection
Identifier: RHC-GVFM-05-G5.13
Dates:
Other: Dummy Date
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Yvonne Johnson Collection (Sycamore)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-337
Scope and Contents
The Yvonne Johnson Collection dates from 1874 to 2015, with materials dating predominately between 1930 and 2015, and includes personal and professional materials related to Yvonne Johnson’s fifty-one year career as a science teacher. The collection provides a snapshot into American education through the eyes of an admired and successful educator. Documents include family history information, photographs, correspodence with students, certificates, educational and instructional materials,...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1874-2015; Other: Majority of material found in 1930-2015; Other: Date acquired: 07/31/2014
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Zelnis/Smith Family
Collection
Identifier: ##uej
Scope and Contents
Records for the Malaria Zelnis Smith and the G.B. Smith family, including G.B. Smith's veterans records. Also conatins and hats and two hat boxes from Consumers Millinery Stores, Inc. and Verta hat Shop.
Dates:
Other: Date acquired: 05/20/2015
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Zelnis/Smith Family
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-342
Scope and Contents
Records in the Zelnis/Smith Family Collection date from 1909 to 2005. Mr. G.B. Smith and Mrs. Valaria Zelnis Smith of DeKalb, Illinois are primary family members featured in the collection.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1909-2005; Other: Date acquired: 05/20/2015
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery and Burial Records, 1837-1988 and Souls Register, 1988
Collection
Identifier: RHC-GVFM-05-G5.6
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found in 1837-1988
Found in:
Northern Illinois University