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Kane County Soils, University of Illinois Agricultural Experiment Station, 1917
Collection
Identifier: RHC-VFM-07-7.6
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found in 1917
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Kendall County Farm Bureau Records
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-103
Scope and Contents
The Kendall County Farm Bureau Records, comprised of three distinct record groups, document the establishment and history of the Bureau and two affiliates from 1919 to 1970. The first record group contains the historical materials of the Farm Bureau. A complete set of meeting minutes (1919-1969) provide extensive information on the business concerns of the organization. Bureau members discussed and implemented agricultural programs such as cooperative marketing, crop development, tax...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1919-1970; Other: Date acquired: 07/18/1980
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Kendall-Grundy Farm Service Company Records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RHC-RC-105
Scope and Contents
These records document the three agricultural service companies, Kendall Farmers Oil, Grundy Grain and Supply, and Grundy Service, which merged to form the Kendall-Grundy FS, Inc. in 1971. The collection, comprised of meeting minutes, audit reports, purchase/sales journals, and general financial ledgers dating 1928 to 1970, details each company’s history. Of particular interest are materials dating in the 1930’s and 1940’s; these documents reveal the strain government rationing caused...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1928-1978; Other: Date acquired: 08/18/1980
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Lake County Soils, University of Illinois Agricultural Experiment Station, 1915
Collection
Identifier: RHC-VFM-09-9.1
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found in 1915
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
LaSalle County Soils, University of Illinois Agricultural Experiment Station, 1913
Collection
Identifier: RHC-VFM-10-10.6
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found in 1913
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Lee County Farm Bureau History, 1893-1954
Collection
Identifier: RHC-VFM-11-11.6
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found in 1893-1954
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Lee County Soils, University of Illinois Agricultural Experiment Station, 1927
Collection
Identifier: RHC-VFM-11-11.10
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found in 1927
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Leo B. Olson (DeKalb)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-338
Scope and Contents
The Leo B. Olson Collection consists of materials related to Leo Olson’s community involvement, professional activities, and military service from 1911 to 1990. The collection also includes a small amount of materials related to Olson’s family and the history of DeKalb County. His professional activities make up only a small portion of the collection. There is very little related to his time as communications director at DeKalb AgResearch. A digital image of Leo’s Bronze Medal display is...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1911-1990; Other: Date acquired: 07/31/2014
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