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DeKalb County Centennial/Bicentennial Records
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-009
Scope and Contents
The materials in this collection document the preparations, financial arrangements, and special programs planned and celebrated at the DeKalb County Centennial (1934), DeKalb City Centennial (1956), DeKalb County’s celebration of the U.S. Bicentennial (1974-1977), and the DeKalb City Sesquicentennial (2006).
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1903-2006; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1965
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
"DeKalb, Illinois: A City Developed on History" by Michelle Spires, 1987
Collection
Identifier: RHC-VFM-04-4.127
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found in 1987
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Ellwood Family Collection (DeKalb)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-001
Scope and Contents
Series one, family papers, holds published and unpublished histories of the family, genealogical charts and research files, a wide range of legal documents, memorabilia, and personal correspondence of family members. This series provides a detailed record of family relationships and activities, especially during the 1835-1915 period. It is the largest extant collection of Ellwood family documents available to researchers.
The I. L. Ellwood manufacturing business, series two, represent only...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1820-1978; Other: Date acquired: 10/00/1965
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Jacob Haish and Barbed Wire, no date
Collection
Identifier: RHC-VFM-04-4.50
Dates:
Other: Dummy Date
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
J.F. Glidden Papers (DeKalb)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-006
Scope and Contents
The papers of J.F. Glidden primarily document the personal and business activities of Joseph Farwell Glidden during the years 1882-1906, and to a lesser degree, other Glidden family members, relatives and friends from 1885-1954. Additionally, there are small quantities of records from the Henderson and Olson Company, Lee, Illinois, which have as yet an undetermined relationship with J.F. Glidden and are included herewith. This collection does not contain any significant amount of material...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1869-1955; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1967
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Johnson Family Records (DeKalb County)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-231
Scope and Contents
At present the collection contains information relating to Revere E. Johnson’s careers in farming (1917 - 1945), and at the General Electric Plant in DeKalb (1946-1964), Johnson family materials and photographs, documentation relating to World War II rationing, maps, and DeKalb County history articles.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1917-1969; Other: Date acquired: 02/00/1994
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
The Adventure of Making the Past Serve the Present:A History of the Gurler Heritage Assoc by Valerie Quinney:The Gurler Chronicles No.1,no date
Collection
Identifier: RHC-VFM-04-4.95
Dates:
Other: Dummy Date
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
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