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Bertha G. Bradt Collection (DeKalb)
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RHC-RC-046
Scope and Contents
The Bertha Glidden Bradt Collection contains textual and pictorial records relating to Bradt family genealogy and history dating 1830-1954, the Glidden family manuscripts, and materials from S.E. Bradt’s role in the development of Illinois highways. More than 1,000 volumes are included with the collection and are located in the reading room. A complete listing of the volumes can be found in the Shelflist.
The Bradt family records contain personal items belonging to Mrs. S.E. Bradt and the...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1830-1954; Other: Date acquired: 10/19/1978
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Bond Resolution of the Illinois State Toll Highway Commission, 1955
Collection
Identifier: RHC-VFM-19-19.33c
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found in 1955
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb Township Records
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-158
Scope and Contents
There are four bound volumes in the collection covering the period 1851 to 1939 with some gaps. The volumes provide a record of township taxes collected, funds disbursed, election of supervisors, and development of roads. Minutes of meetings for the period 1886 to 1939 complete the collection.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1851-1939; Other: Date acquired: 11/02/1982
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Engineering Report: East-West Tollway Extension, September 1970
Collection
Identifier: RHC-VFM-19-19.33d
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found in September 1970
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Flora Grange No. 1762 Records (Boone County)
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RHC-RC-263
Scope and Contents
The records for the Flora Grange consists of meeting minutes, communications, membership records, and scrapbooks. The meeting minutes date from August 17, 1956 through November 2000 with the earliest records missing from the collection. The meeting minutes contains information on the activities of the Flora Grange, the Flora Junior Grange, and the Boone County Fair and fairgrounds. The scrapbooks give a great deal of information on the activities of the Flora Junior Grange during the...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1894-2002; Other: Date acquired: 05/26/2004
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Franklin Grove Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RHC-RC-115
Scope and Contents
The Franklin Grove Collection contains a variety of documents detailing several facets of the community's history. One series comprises minutes and treasurer's account books, (1932-1980) from the Cross Roads Community Club. This club organized in the early 1930's to provide social and recreational entertainment programs for Franklin Grove families. Another series partially documents the Franklin Grove Nursery from 1844 to 1884. A.R. Whitney, owner of the nursery, developed the famous...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1844-1995
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Good Roads Movement Collection
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-243
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of reports and publications concerning the Good Roads Movement. Contained in the collection are pamphlets on the Good Roads Movement, manuals on road and bridge laws, reports of the Illinois Highway Commission (1910-1912), and Reports of the Illinois State Highway Department (1913-1916). Also included are a few scattered issues of the Illinois Highways, National Good Roads Magazine, and Better Roads and Streets publications. Of special interest to researchers are...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1903-1923; Other: Date acquired: 07/27/1983
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Illinois Tollway - A Concise History, September 30, 1970
Collection
Identifier: RHC-VFM-19-19.33a
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found in 1970
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Illinois Tollway - Annual Report, 1970
Collection
Identifier: RHC-VFM-19-19.33f
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found in 1970
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Illinois Tollway - Annual Report, 1971
Collection
Identifier: RHC-VFM-19-19.33g
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found in 1971
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
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