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Rockford First Lutheran Church Records
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-083
Scope and Contents
The materials in this collection provide extensive documentation of the origins and growth of First Lutheran Church and of Rockford’s Swedish community from 1853 to 1970. The collection is arranged in six series which provide fairly complete information on all aspects of the history of the church. Researchers should note that although much of the pre-1930 material is in the Swedish language, translations of some of the core records are included.
The first series contains the church’s...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1853-2005; Other: Date acquired: 11/21/1979
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Thomas B. Fearer (Pine Creek, Ogle County)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-343
Scope and Contents
The Thomas Jenipher Fearer Diaries date from 1864 to 1910 and consists of family history, bookkeeping ledgers, diaries and their transcriptions. The diaries document Fearer’s travels in Pine Creek, Ogle County, Illinois. The financial records contain payment of dues and costs for outings and food. There is also a transcription of George W. Young diary who was Thomas J. Fearer neighbor. Mr. Young writes about life on the farm, church, his neighbors, and nearby towns. Copies of the CD files...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1864-1910; Other: Date acquired: 05/28/2015
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Vanderhoof Family Papers (Campton Township, Kane County)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-228
Scope and Contents
The Vanderhoof Family papers document the activities of several generations of the Vanderhoof Family from Campton Township, Kane County, Illinois. The papers are divided into four series: Diaries and Correspondence, School Papers, Farm and Business Records, and Photographs. The first series includes diaries written by Aurelia Hawley (1898), Robert Alexander (1902), Frank Vanderhoof (1872-1904), and Kate Vanderhoof (1899-1962). Diaries for Kate Vanderhoof are complete from 1899 to 1955...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1853-1962; Other: Date acquired: 06/20/1997
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Woodbury-Forsythe Diaries (Sandwich)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-008
Scope and Contents
The Woodbury-Forsythe Collection traces the daily events in the lives of two Sandwich, Illinois families, the Forsythes and the Woodburys, over two generations. The diaries span the period 1876 through 1921, each year contained in a separate volume: Frances (Coleman) Forsythe’s diaries, 1876-1919; Nellie (Forsythe) Woodbury’s diaries, 1893-1921; and William Walden Woodbury’s diaries, 1892-1902. Also included are speeches, correspondence, programs, photos, and family genealogy. Although this...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1876-1928; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1973
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
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