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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
John P. Case Collection (Naperville)
Collection — Volume: 1-2
Identifier: RHC-RC-086
Scope and Contents
The collection partially documents John P. Case’s private farm practices and his participation in the organization of the Pure Milk Association from 1922 to 1965. Records include correspondence, minutes, reports, publications, and financial data.
The major portion of the collection contains financial record books used by Case to measure his farm productivity over a given year. Included are tabulations of crop, livestock, labor, and operating receipts and expenses dating from 1922 to...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1922-1965; Other: Date acquired: 01/12/1980
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Leonard J. Jacobs Collection (Cornhusking)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-193
Scope and Contents
The Leonard J. Jacobs Collection consists of research material used by Leonard Jacobs in the writing of his book, Corn Huskers' Battle of the Bangboards. The first twenty folders of the collection contains correspondence between Jacobs and the men who competed in the corn husking competitions and other general correspondence from people interested in corn husking. An article entitled, "King of the Hill: Illini Huskers, 1924-1941," written by Leonard J. Jacobs...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1922-1992; Other: Date acquired: 04/10/1989
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
North Corn Belt Seed Growers, Inc. Records (Naperville)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-090
Scope and Contents
The North Corn Belt Seed Growers, Incorporated records partially document the origin and development of a northern Illinois hybrid seed producers’ company in Naperville, Illinois from 1938 to 1967. Included in these records are articles of incorporation and amendments, by-laws, minutes of meetings, certificates of stock, financial statements, and membership lists. Researchers interested in the North Corn Belt Seed Growers Collection may also wish to consult two related Regional History...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1938-1967; Other: Date acquired: 03/19/1980
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Oak Knoll Farm--Breeder of Seed Corn, Promotional Brochure, 1925
Collection
Identifier: RHC-VFM-07-7.8
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found in 1925
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
Silver Star Grange No. 1868 Records (DeKalb County
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-257
Scope and Contents
The Silver Star Grange records date from 1932 to 1992 and consist of four series: Silver Star Grange Records, Other Illinois Granges Records, Illinois State Grange Record, and National Grange Records. Series I, Silver Star Grange, contains a complete run of meeting minutes from April 28, 1932 to July 7, 1944, treasurer’s book, correspondence, and quarterly reports. Information on the early activities of the Grange can be found in this series. However, minutes for the later years have not...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1932-1992; Other: Date acquired: 10/22/2003
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
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