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DeKalb County Historical Society Records
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-003
Scope and Contents
The records in this collection document the activities of the DeKalb County Historical Society from 1972 to 1986.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1865+; Other: Date acquired: 03/17/1978
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
"World War II as I Saw It!" by Donald Schoo and DeKalb Police Department , 1947
Collection
Identifier: RHC-VFM-04-4.132
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found in 1947
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
W.W. Embree Collection (DeKalb)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-002
Scope and Contents
Waite W. Embree and his father, Elmer E. Embree, preserved most of the historical materials generated by the family’s business and social activities. Waite, especially, collected a large volume of printed materials and photographs that relate to his main interests--the history of DeKalb and the history of railroading. It is important to note that Embree was a collector: indeed, in the absence of an active county historical society, Waite Embree filled a void in DeKalb County with his keen...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1881-1966; Other: Date acquired: 03/00/1967
Found in:
Northern Illinois University