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Colehour Grain Elevator Records (Mt. Carroll)

 Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-091
Scope and Contents These records partially document the origin, growth, and business activities of Colehour Elevator, Incorporated of Mt. Carroll, Illinois during its first eighty years.  Although many of the records of the first century of its operation appear to have been lost, this collection documents the financial development of the elevator quite well, especially during the 1895-1945 period.  Of special note are the files relating to the impact of World Wars I and II on local grain dealers through...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1864-1950; Other: Date acquired: 03/26/1980
Found in: Northern Illinois University

Farmers Elevator Company Records (Yorkville)

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RHC-RC-109
Scope and Contents Primarily a collection documenting financial history, the Farmers Elevator Company Records trace the development of a large agribusiness in Kendall County, Illinois. Records date from 1908 to 1985 and include an incomplete set of meeting minutes containing the articles of incorporation and lists of stockholders, the constitution and by-laws, audit reports (1930-1975), correspondence, legal agreements, court claims, and financial ledgers. The financial ledgers document grain sales,...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1908-1985; Other: Date acquired: 08/27/1980
Found in: Northern Illinois University

Franklin Grove Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RHC-RC-115
Scope and Contents The Franklin Grove Collection contains a variety of documents detailing several facets of the community's history.  One series comprises minutes and treasurer's account books, (1932-1980) from the Cross Roads Community Club.  This club organized in the early 1930's to provide social and recreational entertainment programs for Franklin Grove families.  Another series partially documents the Franklin Grove Nursery from 1844 to 1884.  A.R. Whitney, owner of the nursery, developed the famous...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1844-1995
Found in: Northern Illinois University

H.W. Colwill Collection (Creston)

 Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-047
Scope and Contents The H.W. Colwill Collection documents the business activity of the Creston Grain Elevator (1932-1977) and Leader Oil Company (l944-l967) in Creston, Illinois. Series 1 consists of materials related to the personal activities of H.W. Colwill during the years 1930-1977. Included are correspondences, tax records, estate settlement records and grain speculation records (e.g., files under Rice, Lamson, Schulenburg). Also included are catalogs and advertisements. Included in series two are...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1926-1977; Other: Date acquired: 11/10/1978
Found in: Northern Illinois University

Lovering Family Collection (Shabbona)

 Collection — Volume: 1
Identifier: RHC-RC-029
Scope and Contents This collection partially documents three subjects: the George Lovering Lumber and Grain Company of Shabbona (1881-1912); William K. Lovering’s 1800 mile drive from Detroit, Michigan to Salt Lake City, Utah in a Scripps-Booth automobile (1916); and facets of Shabbona, Illinois’ history (1895-1940). Materials include financial account ledgers, business and personal correspondence, W. K. Lovering’s typed manuscripts under the pen name Bill Knell, photographs, catalogs, and programs. A very...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1876-1965; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1968
Found in: Northern Illinois University

Mighell & Wakefield Smithy, Grain, and Coal Company Records (Waterman)

 Collection — Volume: 1
Identifier: RHC-RC-022
Scope and Contents The records contained in this collection document the Mighell and Wakefield Company’s financial accounts from the warehouse’s first year of operation, 1872, until 1911, when Wakefield reorganized the business into the Wakefield Grain Company. A series of eleven bound volumes contains entries made by T.G. Mighell before his partnership with George Wakefield (1851-1872); business ledgers of the Mighell and Wakefield Smithy, Grain, and Coal Company (1875-1890); and records from the Wakefield...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1851-1943; Other: Date acquired: 01/00/1966
Found in: Northern Illinois University

Uplinger Lumber, Grain, and Coal Company Records (Kingston)

 Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-016
Scope and Contents The records contained in this collection document the history of the Uplinger Lumber, Grain and Coal Company from its first year of operation, 1882, until 1920, just before the business ceased to exist. Daily sales records for this period are almost complete and a series of ledgers recording accounts receivable (1884-1916) complements the sales records. Scale (load weight) records are available for most years between 1906 and 1916. All of these records are in bound form and in poor physical...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1882-1920; Other: Date acquired: 07/00/1972
Found in: Northern Illinois University

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