DeKalb AgResearch

DeKalb AgResearch Records

Collection

Identifier: RHC-RC-190

Scope and Contents This collection contains many of the records generated by the DeKalb Genetics Corporation. The materials, dating from 1910-2011, provide information for a basic history of the company; for ascertaining the role played by the industry in the DeKalb area, the United States, and around the world; for the research in the company's areas of expertise; and for analyzing marketing techniques and approaches. The collection is organized into 10 series: Historical Research and General Corporate...

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1910-2011; Other: Date acquired: 07/00/1988

Found in: Northern Illinois University

H.H. Parke Collection (Genoa-Sycamore)

Collection

Identifier: RHC-RC-043

Scope and Contents The H.H. Parke Collection documents the life of one of the foremost men in American agriculture. Included in this collection are letters from family and friends during his college years (1900-1910); congratulatory letters to Mr. Parke for achievements in the agricultural sphere; and programs and reports of the American Farm Bureau. Of particular interest are biographical and autobiographical material of Almon Ford Parke, H.H. Parke and related family members. Publications of various farm...

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1894-1973; Other: Date acquired: 11/06/1978

Found in: Northern Illinois University

Lanan Family Farm Records (Kingston)

Collection — Volume 1-2

Identifier: RHC-RC-111

Scope and Contents These records partially document the history of the Lanan Farm in Kingston, Illinois from 1848-1978. Although few records in this collection deal with the early history of the farm, several land indentures and grants provide details of farm land transfers in the mid-nineteenth century. The major series of the collection is a complete set of farm account books (1915-l978) detailing various business transactions of the Lanan farm. These volumes contain extensive information on annual...

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1848-2006; Other: Date acquired: 09/16/1980

Found in: Northern Illinois University

Sherret S. Chase Papers

Collection

Identifier: RHC-RC-346

Scope and Contents Most of the records in this collection were generated by Dr. Sherret S. Chase, primarily from his time in various capacities as research geneticist, international maize breeder and international seed operations director for DeKalb Agriculture Association, Inc. (later DeKalb AgResearch). Included are also family papers and those of his wife. Series I consists of biographical material related to Dr. Chase and his family, including Chase’s personal memoirs and the final draft of his...

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1945+; Other: Majority of material found in 1960s-1980s; Other: Date acquired: 07/14/2015

Found in: Northern Illinois University

William G. Eckhardt; Agreement for the Corn Belt Seed Co., Tributes to Eckhardt, Patent , Photographs, Certificate, and Genealogical Charts, 1924‑1925

Collection

Identifier: RHC-VFM-04-4.26

Dates: Other: Majority of material found in 1924-1925

Found in: Northern Illinois University

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