Showing Collections: 21 - 30 of 34
"I For One Am Ready to Do My Part": The Initial Motivations That Inspired Men from Northern Illinois to Enlist in the U.S. Army , 1861 - 1862
Collection
Identifier: RHC-VFM-19-19.74
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found in 1861-1862
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
James R. Bottorf Civil War Correspondence, Company F, 38th Indiana Volunteers, 1861 - 1863
Collection
Identifier: RHC-VFM-19-19.63
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: -; Other: Majority of material found in 1861-1863
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Leander Schooley, Civil War Correspondence and Transcriptions, July 29, 1862 - May 1, 1865
Collection
Identifier: RHC-VFM-19-19.43a-b
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found in July 29, 1862 - May 1, 1865
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Margaret "Peggy" Stuntz
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-297
Scope and Contents
The Margaret Stuntz Papers contain research, photographs and plays from Margaret Stuntz who writes and directs historical plays for the McHenry County Historical Society. Stuntz began writing historical plays for the McHenry County Historical Society in 2003. She strives for historical accuracy, and draws inspiration from letters, diary entries, journals and newspapers to write the plays.
The first play by Stuntz at the McHenry County Historical Society was “The George Washington Bennett...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 2003-2009; Other: Date acquired: 02/22/2010
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Merritt J. Simonds; Letters and Diary written during the Civil War, 1863 - 1867
Collection
Identifier: RHC-VFM-04-4.14
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: -; Other: Majority of material found in 1863-1867
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Mitigating the Sins of Humanity: A Union Soldier's Experience in the Civil War by Gregory Benshoff, no date
Collection
Identifier: RHC-VFM-04-4.104
Dates:
Other: Dummy Date
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
N.B. Forrest Cavalry Corps., October 17, 1906
Collection
Identifier: RHC-VFM-19-19.56
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found in October 17, 1906
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Nineteenth Century Political Cartoons Collection
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-249
Scope and Contents
The political cartoons in this collection date from 1808 through 1869. There are seventy-four different cartoons, with a number of duplicates for a total of nintey-two. Several of the cartoons have been hand colored. Also included is one folder containing background material on some of the artists and cartoons represented here, taken from various sources. These cartoons were drawn by a number of prominent artists of the period including: William Charles (1803-1820), David Claypool...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1808-1869
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Reminiscences of Edward E. Ayer's First Trip From Home in 1861, 1861-1864
Collection
Identifier: RHC-VFM-12-12.3
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found in 1861-1864
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Rockford First Lutheran Church Records
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-083
Scope and Contents
The materials in this collection provide extensive documentation of the origins and growth of First Lutheran Church and of Rockford’s Swedish community from 1853 to 1970. The collection is arranged in six series which provide fairly complete information on all aspects of the history of the church. Researchers should note that although much of the pre-1930 material is in the Swedish language, translations of some of the core records are included.
The first series contains the church’s...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1853-2005; Other: Date acquired: 11/21/1979
Found in:
Northern Illinois University