Kavadas Family Collection (DeKalb)

Collection

Identifier: RHC-RC-050

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The Kavadas Family Collection contains one box of printed materials, photographs, and scrapbooks which relate to the history of the family, especially Mrs. Kavadas. Most of these materials relate to Amboy and Lee Center, Illinois. Box one contains four folders of printed materials and photographs documenting the history of Amboy and Lee Center, Illinois. Also included in this box are two family photo albums and a scrapbook from the Ellwood School (DeKalb, Illinois) P.T.A., 1936-1937.

Dates

created: 1908-1963
Other: Date acquired: 03/09/1979

Conditions Governing Access

There are no restrictions on access to the collection.

Conditions Governing Use

Property rights in the collection are held by the Regional History Center; such literary rights as Mr. Kavadas held in the collection are dedicated to the public. There are copyright restrictions on some of the phonograph recordings in the collection.

Extent

1.00 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Source of Acquisition

Mr. Paul Kavadas

Method of Acquisition

Mr. Paul Kavadas donated the Kavadas Family Collection to the Northern Illinois Regional History Center on March 9, 1979.

Related Materials

Also donated with the collection is 1,810 postcards which provide a photographic and travel descriptive of various states and foreign countries as well as cities and villages throughout Illinois: most date from 1910 to 1950. The postcard subjects include general, seasonal, nature, patriotic, Illinois (Amboy, Chicago, DeKalb, Dixon, Lee Center, Oregon, and other small towns), states (except Illinois), and foreign countries (Canada, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Japan, and Mexico). The collection of postcards were transferred to the Postcard Collection (RC 199).

Separated Materials

This collection also contained approximately 500 phonograph records dating from 1904 through the 1950’s including both popular and classical music. In 1985, these recordings were donated to the Center for Archival Collections at Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio.