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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
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
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