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Giles P. Ransom Family Collection (Roscoe)

 Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-275
Scope and Contents Records in the Dr. Giles Paddock Ransom Family collection date from 1789 to 2009 with the majority of the records from the 1850 through 1930 time period. They document the personal and business aspects of individuals living in Rockford and Roscoe, Illinois. There are four main families represented in the collection–Jenks, Sherman, Leland, and Ransom; the Ransom family is most predominant. The other families are associated by marriage or settled near the Ransoms or both. Documents include...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1839-2009; Other: Majority of material found in 1850s-1930s; Other: Date acquired: 06/22/2006

Green River Ordnance Plant Records (Amboy/Dixon)

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Identifier: RHC-RC-295
Scope and Contents

The records for the Green River Ordnance Plant (GROP) date from 1941 to 1946 and consist of the plant’s administrative office documents, plant and employee photographs, government documents, brochures, grounds passes.  Of special interest is a DVD with recent  GROP photographs (2007), scans of GROP artifacts, and Power Point Presentations created by the donor.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1941-1946; Other: Date acquired: 05/25/2008

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

John M. Batchelder

 Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-322
Scope and Contents The Batchelder Collection documents the collected correspondence of John M. Batchelder and his son, John K. Batchelder from 1894 to 1951. The collection includes both business and personal correspondence. The business correspondence includes letters to business partners, business customers, sales staff and clients. Also contained in the papers are invoices, business receipts, business telegraphs, transport records and bills. There are several hundred oversized documents in the...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1894-1951; Other: Majority of material found in 1894-1951; Other: Date acquired: 05/21/2012

King Family Photographs, 1901 and Correspondence, no date

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

Leo B. Olson (DeKalb)

 Collection
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

Photographs; Camping and Lake Scenes, 1890s (22)

 Collection
Identifier: RHC-VFM-01-1.5
Dates: Other: Majority of material found in 1890s

Rockford Area Chamber of Commerce Records

 Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-180
Scope and Contents The records in this collection document the activities of the Rockford Area Chamber of Commerce from 1910 to the present.  The original collection is arranged in seven series.  The  addendum donated in April 2006 adds an eighth series, Council of 100 Records. Series I and its five subseries contains many of the core organizational records of the Rockford Chamber including Board of Directors' records, Executive Committee records, Financial Statements, Annual Meeting Records and Annual...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1910+; Other: Date acquired: 01/00/1986

Rockford Photo Services Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-282
Scope and Contents

The Rockford Photo Services Audiovisual Collection dates circa the 1950s and includes postcards, photographs, and negatives for various communities throughout the state of Illinois. The numbers listed in the collection inventory that follows the names of the cities designate the number of postcards, then photographs, then negatives in that particular folder.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1950s; Other: Date acquired: 11/16/2006

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