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A Historical Biography of Peter J. Schmal by Patrick Baines, 2005
Collection
Identifier: RHC-GVFM-07-G7.13
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found in 2005
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Farmer's Profit and Loss Book, Unidentified Farm northwest of Rochelle, Illinois, 1892
Collection
Identifier: RHC-VFM-04-4.138
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found in 1892
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Farming in Rutland Township from 1840 to 1860 by Thomas A. Damisch, 1985
Collection
Identifier: RHC-VFM-07-7.22
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found in 1985
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Garfield Farm Museum, Newsletters and Research Information, 1888
Collection
Identifier: RHC-VFM-07-7.20-
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found in 1888
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
J.W. Sandrock Farm Records (Reynolds Township, Lee County)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-233
Scope and Contents
The J.W. Sandrock Farm records date from 1937 to 1990 and contain reports for the farm located in Reynolds Township, Lee County, Illinois. There is a gap in the records from 1975 to 1988. The Farm Account Books include inventories, summaries, purchases, and sales of land, farm improvements, machinery and equipment, crops, and livestock. The Illinois Farm Business Records located in boxes 2 and 3 may also contain farm business analysis and annual reports of the Illinois Farm Bureau Farm...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1937-1992; Other: Date acquired: 07/09/1998
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Lanan Family Farm Records (Kingston)
Collection — Volume: 1-2
Identifier: RHC-RC-111
Scope and Contents
These records partially document the history of the Lanan Farm in Kingston, Illinois from 1848-1978. Although few records in this collection deal with the early history of the farm, several land indentures and grants provide details of farm land transfers in the mid-nineteenth century. The major series of the collection is a complete set of farm account books (1915-l978) detailing various business transactions of the Lanan farm. These volumes contain extensive information on annual...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1848-2006; Other: Date acquired: 09/16/1980
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Lyford-Davis Family Collection
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-356
Scope and Contents
The core collection consists of the records of the Lyford-Davis Family from 1858 to 1951. It contains family diaries, ledgers, calendars, card games, photographs, and books. The collection documents the Lyford-Davis family life in their Midwestern farming community. The diaries document daily events and are mostly complete. Also in the collection are research notes and working papers for Carrie Meyer’s books about the family; the 2005 and 2007 publications are included in the collection.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1858-2007; Other: Majority of material found in 1858-1951; Other: Date acquired: 10/21/2016
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Northern Illinois Farm Life, January 1948 - Fall 1957
Collection
Identifier: RHC-VFM-19-19.59
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found in January 1948-Fall 1957
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Wheatland Plow Match Association Records
Collection — Volume: 1
Identifier: RHC-RC-110
Scope and Contents
The records in this collection partially document the history of the Wheatland Plow Match Association from 1898-1978. Complete materials from the first fifty-five years at the organization’s existence, 1877-1921, are missing. Nevertheless, the surviving records, particularly the meeting minutes, provide information on the Association’s discussions about each match program, the possibility of changing plow rules, decisions on the amount of prize money to be awarded, and nominations and...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1898-2012; Other: Date acquired: 09/25/1980
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
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