Dixon (Ill)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 21 Collections and/or Records:
American Wagon Company (later American Body and Cab Company), Dixon; Cash Balance Blotter, Catalogues, and Advertisements, 1920-1935
Collection
Identifier: RHC-VFM-11-11.1
Dennis J. Collins Papers (DeKalb)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-005
Scope and Contents
The materials in the collection partially document three areas of Collins’ professional activities. The collection contains general correspondence concerning Collin’s personal business dealings from 1931 to 1974, correspondence and topical literature related to Collins’ duties as State Representative (1931-1943) and State Senator (1943-1973), and correspondence from Collins’ legal practice with most materials involving specific legal cases.
This collection represents a modest portion of...
Dates:
created: 1931-1974; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1973
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Dixon Business College; Correspondence, History and Newspapers including John M. McIndoo Oversize Photographs, 1876-1914
Collection
Identifier: RHC-VFM-11-11.2a-c OV
Dixon Chamber of Commerce Records
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-173
Scope and Contents
The Dixon Chamber of Commerce records are organized into three series: Minutes & Committees, Programs & Events, and Subject Files & Publications. The collection documents the Chamber’s activities from 1920-1980, although two earlier documents are included in Box one, folder one: a copy of the original incorporation papers (1887) and the resolution that changed the organization’s name (1915).
The first series, Minutes & Committees, contains Board of Directors Minutes...
Dates:
created: 1887-1980; Other: Date acquired: 04/25/1984
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Dixon Histories, no date
Collection
Identifier: RHC-VFM-11-11.12
Dixon Parks - Lowell and Assembly Parks, 1909, 1932
Collection
Identifier: RHC-VFM-11-11.13
Examining Surgeon's Pension Certificates, Dixon, 1867-1871
Collection
Identifier: RHC-VFM-11-11.7
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:
created: 1844-1995
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Green River News, 1943-1944
Collection
Identifier: RHC-VFM-11-11.16a
Green River News, 1944-1945
Collection
Identifier: RHC-VFM-11-11.16b OV
