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Florence Houghton Marshall Collection (DeKalb County)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-261
Scope and Contents
The materials in this collection primarily deal with subjects of interest to genealogists, and date from the mid-1800’s to 1990’s. A sizeable portion of the collection relates to materials on DeKalb County, especially cemetery records. There are also a number of publications dealing with genealogical and historical subjects in greater Illinois. In addition there are materials of general interest to local historians. Florence Marshall’s correspondence with others seeking help with their...
Dates:
created: 1800s-1990s; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/2003
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Footsteps Through Time by Irene M. Planinsek Odorizzi (Slovenian Immigrants), 1978
Collection
Identifier: RHC-VFM-17-17.1
Fordtran Family Collection
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-330
Scope and Contents
The Fordtran Family Collection contains materials of the Fordtran/Wherley/Barkley family. The items were among the personal effects of Lola Belle (Barkley) and Eugene Fordtran. Material related to Rockford High School is a large part of the collection and includes student published periodicals and newsletters when Fred and Marie Barkley (1908-09) and Dorthy Wherley (1945) attended the school. The collection also contains records related to Lola Belle (Barkley) Fordtran’s attendance at...
Dates:
created: 1908-circa 1965; Other: Majority of material found in 1930s and 1940s; Other: Date acquired: 01/30/2013
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Forest City Wholesale Grocery Company Records (Rockford)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-132
Scope and Contents
The Forest City Wholesale Grocery Company Records partially document the history of a regional grocery wholesaler from 1907 to 1974. Although the collection lacks materials describing the company’s organization in 1902, a nearly complete set of Directors’/ Stockholders’ meeting minutes (1907-1974) reveal corporate policy throughout most of the company’s existence. The minutes contain information on elections of officers, stock issues, dividend payments, and the annual financial condition...
Dates:
created: 1907-1974; Other: Date acquired: 02/15/1981
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Forrest Hare Papers (Algonquin Township)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-207
Scope and Contents
The Forest Hare Papers date from 1960 to 1982 with the majority of the papers dealing with Forrest Hare's two terms as the Algonquin Township Tax Assessor. Records include information on assessment and property taxes in the McHenry County area, political candidates election brochures, Hare's testimonies on several house bills, and newspaper clippings.
Dates:
created: 1960-1982; Other: Date acquired: 10/23/1991
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Församlingens Nytta, First Lutheran Church, DeKalb, April 15, 1907-April 1912
Collection
Identifier: RHC-VFM-04-4.190 OV
Dates:
created: 1907 - 1912; Other: Majority of material found in April 15, 1907-April 1912
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Fox Valley Champions, basketball, 1936-1937
Collection
Identifier: RHC-VFM-07-7.32
Frances Pesut Family
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-334
Scope and Contents
The Frances Pesut Family Collection consists of photographs, legal documents, funeral and financial registers, membership records, newspaper articles, and birth and death records, and handmade crafts and artifacts. The collection covers the span of 1908 to 2013. Arrangement is chronological. The beginning of the collection starts with the documentation of the Pesut family The beginning of the collection starts with the documentation of the Pesut family as a whole, and then is separated by...
Dates:
created: 1908-2013; Other: Date acquired: 10/28/2013
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Frances Pierce's Student Notebooks, (5), no date
Collection
Identifier: RHC-VFM-19-19.15
Frances W. Shimer College Collection (Mt. Carroll)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-077
Scope and Contents
The Shimer College Collection documents the founding and development of an important higher educational institution in Mt. Carroll, Illinois. Materials in this collection range from original manuscripts pre-dating Shimer's origin in 1853 to publications printed in 1978. There are six major record series in the Shimer College Collection: (1) original documents, historical, and biographical files; (2) files from the Office of the President; (3) alumnae and public relations records; (4)...
Dates:
created: 1838-1980; Other: Date acquired: 10/10/1979
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
