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A Historical Biography of Peter J. Schmal by Patrick Baines, 2005
Collection
Identifier: RHC-GVFM-07-G7.13
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found in 2005
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Afton Community Club Records (Elva)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-095
Scope and Contents
The Afton Community Club Records consist of minute books dating 1934 to 1980. Included in the minutes are treasurer’s reports, committee lists, and membership information. A small amount of correspondence and newspaper clippings containing background information complete the collection.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1934-1980; Other: Date acquired: 01/23/1981
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
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
Farmer's Profit and Loss Book, Unidentified Farm northwest of Rochelle, Illinois, 1892
Collection
Identifier: RHC-VFM-04-4.138
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found in 1892
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Farming and Farm Families in DeKalb, no date
Collection
Identifier: RHC-VFM-04-4.70
Dates:
Other: Dummy Date
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Farming in Rutland Township from 1840 to 1860 by Thomas A. Damisch, 1985
Collection
Identifier: RHC-VFM-07-7.22
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found in 1985
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Garfield Farm Museum, Newsletters and Research Information, 1888
Collection
Identifier: RHC-VFM-07-7.20-
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found in 1888
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Harry A. Joslyn Collection (DeKalb County)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-183
Scope and Contents
The Harry A. Joslyn Collection (1860-1905) provides excellent documentation for the study of rural life in DeKalb County, Illinois during the second half of the nineteenth century. The bulk of the collection consists of a series of 39 diaries (1865-1905) written by Harry A. Joslyn of Cortland and Sycamore. Diaries for 1890 and 1891 are missing. Daily entries vary in length but generally include information on family life work activities, politics, weather, and social life.
Two additional...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1860-1905; Other: Date acquired: 08/08/1986
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
John Herbert Snell Farm Journal
Collection
Identifier: RHC-VFM-04-4.197
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: July 1, 1897- December 31, 1898; Other: Date acquired: 05/22/2017
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
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