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Box 1

 File — Box: 1
Identifier: Box 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Prairie View Grange No. 1786 Collection documents the establishment and history of a farming organization in Pecatonica, Illinois from 1915 to its dissolution in 1970. The main series of the collection consists of a partial set of minute books (1931-1970) containing information about the members’ concern with agricultural problems. These books also relate how social events relieved the loneliness and isolation typical of the farming life. A major weakness in the collection is the lack...
Dates: created: 1915-1970; Other: Date acquired: 08/25/1980

Minute Book, 1931-1934, 1939-1962

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1-6
Identifier: Folder 1-6
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Prairie View Grange No. 1786 Collection documents the establishment and history of a farming organization in Pecatonica, Illinois from 1915 to its dissolution in 1970. The main series of the collection consists of a partial set of minute books (1931-1970) containing information about the members’ concern with agricultural problems. These books also relate how social events relieved the loneliness and isolation typical of the farming life. A major weakness in the collection is the lack...
Dates: created: 1931-1934, 1939-1962