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John Lake (1837-1907), Early Settler and Citizen of Rockford, Illinois by Tom Lake, 2008

 Collection
Identifier: RHC-GVFM-18-G18.18
Dates: Other: Majority of material found in 2008

Joyce Holmberg Papers

 Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-294
Scope and Contents

The Joyce Holmberg Papers date from 1982 to 2002. The records include documents, news articles, copies of Senate bills, and photographs.  Of special interest are the information on the legislation sponsored by Holmberg  and her radio commentaries for WNIU, a radio station at Northern Illinois University.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1983-2002; Other: Date acquired: 03/20/2009

Judy Nelson Mills Papers (Rockford)

 Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-298
Scope and Contents The Judy Nelson Mills Papers consists of two series: soldiers’ correspondence and book research. The first series includes letters written to Mills by Vietnam soldiers. The second series consists of research materials gathered by Mills in the late 1990s and early 2000s when thinking of writing a book using the correspondence. This series includes three subseries: Soldiers, Book, and Cassettes. Both series contain photos from soldiers, some from during the war and some from after. The...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1965-2001; Other: Date acquired: 04/13/2010

Mattison Methods: A Bulletin of Efficiency, Spring 1920, Machine Works, Rockford, Illinois, 1920

 Collection
Identifier: RHC-VFM-18-18.44
Dates: Other: Majority of material found in 1920

Mid-West Dairymen's Company Records (Rockford)

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RHC-RC-081
Scope and Contents The records of Mid-West Dairymen’s Company document the origin and development of a northern Illinois non-profit milk producers’ cooperative during the period 1924-1980.  The collection contains corporate record books (1924-1963) which include articles of incorporation, by-laws, minutes of the meetings of the board of directors and special committees, resolutions, and bills.  This valuable source furnishes essential legal, financial, production, and marketing information from the...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1924+; Other: Date acquired: 10/12/1979

National Chair Company Records (Rockford)

 Collection — Volume: 1-4
Identifier: RHC-RC-059
Scope and Contents The records in this collection are business correspondence files, financial records, and legal documents falling in the period 1927 to 1954.  These documents were found mingled with the records of another defunct Rockford business, the Rockford Chair and Furniture Company.  There appears, however, to have been no formal connection between Rockford Chair and National Chair.  These records, used in concert with other Center manuscript material collections and printed sources, offer a value and...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1927-1954; Other: Date acquired: 10/24/1978

National Lock Company Catalog and Drawings, Rockford, 1924 - 1952

 Collection
Identifier: RHC-VFM-18-18.19
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1924 - 1952

North Central Illinois Genealogical Society Collection (Winnebago County)

 Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-188
Scope and Contents The North Central Illinois Genealogical Society records consist of 10 volumes of cemetery inscriptions from 8 different townships within Winnebago County, Illinois, 1 volume of surnames which appeared in the Pecatonica News from 1872-1917, and a 1986 directory of members of the Society. Within the volumes of township cemetery inscriptions, each cemetery is named, inventoried and indexed separately. The location of each cemetery is given at the beginning of its listing....
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1986-1988; Other: Date acquired: 01/20/1989

Ohave Sholom Synagogue

 Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-332
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of materials from the Ohave Sholom Synagogue, Rockford, Illinois, from 1941-2013, with the bulk of the collection dating from 1980-2005. The materials document the functioning of the synagogue and reflect its spiritual, educational, and social mission. Records dealing with the history of the synagogue prior to the 1970s are few. Also archived are 211 digital images of the synagogue and the artifacts within it.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1941-2013; Other: Majority of material found in 1980-2005; Other: Date acquired: 06/27/2013

Oversize Collection - Maps, Posters, Photographs, Calendars, Drawings

 Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-200
Scope and Contents The Oversize Collection consists of unbound items from various Regional History Center collections which are too large to store in regular archival boxes. The Oversize Collection contains five major groups of documents: posters and broadsides, photographs and prints, maps, newspapers, and certificates. The Embree Collection's railroad calendars and posters show the locomotives of various railroads from the late 1930's through the mid-1950's. The war poster collection contains 629 posters...
Dates: Other: Dummy Date

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