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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

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

H.W. Fay Portrait Collection

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Identifier: RHC-RC-026
Scope and Contents The Herbert W. Fay Collection contains 9 boxes of material directly related to and including Fay’s portrait collection.  Box 1, housing material dated between 1864-1945, contains several file folders of general and personal correspondence and portrait loan agency clippings, all reflective of Fay s occupation as an historical portrait collector. Also included in this group are printed materials (broadsides leaflets, etc) related to Fay’s social and political interests and his participation in...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1864-1945; Other: Date acquired: 02/16/1966

Leo B. Olson (DeKalb)

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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

Photo Album by Florence Kent, Kane County, 1910-1960

 Collection
Identifier: RHC-VFM-07-7.19
Dates: Other: Majority of material found in 1910-1960

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

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