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Beta Sigma Phi Records (DeKalb/Sycamore)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-350
Abstract
The Beta Omega Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi held their first meeting in April 1938 and was chartered in March 1939. Beta Sigma Phi was first organized in DeKalb in October 1945. The DeKalb/Sycamore Chapters of Beta Sigma Phi been composed of one or more chapters since its founding in the area in 1938, including chapters Beta Omega (Sycamore, est. 1939), Xi Gamma Upsilon (Sycamore, est. 1956), Xi Zeta Alpha Exemplar (DeKalb, est. 1963), Preceptor Gamma Epsilon (DeKalb), and Illinois Epsilon Phi...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1939-2012; Other: Date acquired: 05/27/2016
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Biplane aerial and panaromic photographs, DeKalb, Illinois by Rodney Neace, 2010 - 2011
Collection
Identifier: RHC-VFM-04-4.170a-d
Scope and Contents
The collection that was donated was solely comprised of digital images. Prints of digital images have been made and can be found in the VFM folder.
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found in 2010-2011
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb AgResearch Records
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-190
Scope and Contents
This collection contains many of the records generated by the DeKalb Genetics Corporation. The materials, dating from 1910-2011, provide information for a basic history of the company; for ascertaining the role played by the industry in the DeKalb area, the United States, and around the world; for the research in the company's areas of expertise; and for analyzing marketing techniques and approaches. The collection is organized into 10 series: Historical Research and General Corporate...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1910-2011; Other: Date acquired: 07/00/1988
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb Streetscapes Collection
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-276
Scope and Contents
The images in this collection are a complement to the Embree Collection [RC 2] held by the Regional History Center. The Embree Collection offers approximately 10,000 images of life in DeKalb, Illinois from the mid 1890's through the 1965. Both the Embree and Streetscapes Collections are especially strong on documenting the built environment in the central city area. While virtually all of the Embree Collection is black and white, two thirds of the Streetscapes Collection is color: there...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 2006; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/2006
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb/Northern Illinois State Normal School, Photographs and Related Articles, circa 1910 - 1917
Collection
Identifier: RHC-VFM-04-4.107
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found in 1910-1917
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Eli B. Gilbert Family Collection (DeKalb)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-277
Scope and Contents
The Eli B. Gilbert Family Collection spans five generations, all of whom have resided at 210 N. 1st Street in DeKalb. Materials in this collection date from the 1830's to the 1990's, although the bulk of the collection dates from the 1860's through the mid-1940's. About half the collection consists of photographic materials including ambrotypes, cartes-de-visite, and glass plate negatives. Scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, correspondence, a large number of legal documents, and genealogical...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1844-1996; Other: Date acquired: 01/25/2007
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
King Family Photographs, 1901 and Correspondence, no date
Collection
Identifier: RHC-VFM-04-4.65a-b
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found in 1901
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
Zelnis/Smith Family
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-342
Scope and Contents
Records in the Zelnis/Smith Family Collection date from 1909 to 2005. Mr. G.B. Smith and Mrs. Valaria Zelnis Smith of DeKalb, Illinois are primary family members featured in the collection.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1909-2005; Other: Date acquired: 05/20/2015
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
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