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Oversize Drawer 1

 File — oversize_drawer: 1
Identifier: Oversize Drawer 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection: 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: created: 1881-1966; Other: Date acquired: 03/00/1967

Railroad Calendars: C & NW, (1937-1949)(8)

 File — oversize_drawer: 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: Folder 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection: 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: created: (1937-1949)(8)

Railroad Calendars: Milwaukee (1936-1959)(9), Union Pacific (1940-1957)(5)

 File — oversize_drawer: 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: Folder 2
Scope and Contents From the Collection: 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: created: 1881-1966; Other: Date acquired: 03/00/1967

Railroad Calendars: Chesapeake & Ohio (1943-1956)(4), Minneapolis & St. Louis (1939, 1949)(2), Burlington (1957)(1), C & EI (1945)(1), Rock Island (1945)(1), (1940-1957)(5)

 File — oversize_drawer: 1, Folder: 3
Identifier: Folder 3
Scope and Contents From the Collection: 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: created: (1940-1957)(5)

Railroad Posters (3): Express Train; Lightning Express Train; Morning on the Mohawk, New York Central Lines; Calendar, Locomotive views, 1962

 File — oversize_drawer: 1, Folder: 4
Identifier: Folder 4
Scope and Contents From the Collection: 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: created: 1962

Embree Collection, RC 2: DeKalb Business Calendars (7), 1900-1931, no date

 File — oversize_drawer: 1, Folder: 5
Identifier: Folder 5
Scope and Contents From the Collection: 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: created: 1900-1931, no date

DeKalb Business Calendars (8), 1896-1911

 File — oversize_drawer: 1, Folder: 6
Identifier: Folder 6
Scope and Contents From the Collection: 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: created: 1896-1911

DeKalb Business Calendars (14), 1900-1932

 File — oversize_drawer: 1, Folder: 7
Identifier: Folder 7
Scope and Contents From the Collection: 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: created: 1900-1932

DeKalb Business Calendars (10), 1907-1932

 File — oversize_drawer: 1, Folder: 8
Identifier: Folder 8
Scope and Contents From the Collection: 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: created: 1907-1932