Embree Family

Family

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Embree Lumber Company Records (DeKalb)

Collection

Identifier: RHC-RC-007

Scope and Contents The records contained in the Embree Lumber Company collection document its history from 1902 to 1953. The collection contains the E.E. Embree and Son’s general business agreement, correspondence, financial records, and advertisements, including promotional pamphlets, directories, and information bulletins, arranged in alphabetical order, issued by various building supply companies affiliated with the Embree Company. The collection also contains materials on governmental administrative...

Dates: created: 1886-1953; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1967

Found in: Northern Illinois University

Oversize Collection - Maps, Posters, Photographs, Calendars, Drawings

Collection

Identifier: RHC-RC-200

Scope and Contents The Oversize Collection consists of unbound items from various Regional History Center collections which are too large to store in regular archival boxes. The Oversize Collection contains five major groups of documents: posters and broadsides, photographs and prints, maps, newspapers, and certificates. The Embree Collection's railroad calendars and posters show the locomotives of various railroads from the late 1930's through the mid-1950's. The war poster collection contains 629 posters...

Dates: Other: Dummy Date