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Ella Hume Taylor Collection (Geneseo)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-034
Scope and Contents
The Ella Hume Taylor Collection is made up of materials collected by Mrs. Taylor from the Henry County area.
The major portion of the collection is made up of letters, reminiscences, town and township histories obtained by Ella Hume Taylor in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Among these are autobiographical and biographical sketches of the ‘Old Settlers of Henry County’ Theodore Davenport, George Brandenburg, and others. Also included are programs and by-laws of the Old...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1881-1940
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Westfield Sunday School; Attendance, Minutes, Visitors Records, and School Reports, 1860 - 1902
Collection
Identifier: RHC-VFM-18-18.8
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1860 - 1902
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Wheatland-Salem United Methodist Church Records
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-119
Scope and Contents
A church fire in November 1927 destroyed a portion of this organization’s historical manuscripts. Nevertheless, the remaining records provide sufficient documentation for a thorough study of the Wheatland Salem United Methodist Church’s history. Of primary importance are the church minutes dating from 1860 to 1963 (1916-1947 are missing.) describing organizational changes, building or expansion problems, and general church business. In addition, quarterly conference records (1920-1967)...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1860-1981
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
