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King Family Photographs, 1901 and Correspondence, no date

 Collection
Identifier: RHC-VFM-04-4.65a-b
Dates: Other: Majority of material found in 1901

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

Sabin and Van Arsdale Collection (Aurora)

 Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-032
Scope and Contents The Sabin-Van Arsdale Collection consists of 845 photographs, a small amount of correspondence, diaries and school work, surveyor’s notebooks, tour books, and other printed material. The photographs depict western mining and manufacturing operations, landscape and scenery from Europe and the United States dating from the early twentieth century, and portraits and candid shots of relatives and friends of the Sabin and Van Arsdale families. Also found in the collection are souvenir and costume...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1856-1960; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1966

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