Dixon (Ill)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 21 Collections and/or Records:
Green River Ordnance Plant Records (Amboy/Dixon)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-295
Scope and Contents
The records for the Green River Ordnance Plant (GROP) date from 1941 to 1946 and consist of the plant’s administrative office documents, plant and employee photographs, government documents, brochures, grounds passes. Of special interest is a DVD with recent GROP photographs (2007), scans of GROP artifacts, and Power Point Presentations created by the donor.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1941-1946; Other: Date acquired: 05/25/2008
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Henry Hicks, Undertaker, Dixon; Correspondence, Ledger Sheets, Price Lists, Catalogues and Photographs, 1927-1940
Collection
Identifier: RHC-VFM-11-11.3
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found in 1927-1940
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
John M. Batchelder
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-322
Scope and Contents
The Batchelder Collection documents the collected correspondence of John M. Batchelder and his son, John K. Batchelder from 1894 to 1951. The collection includes both business and personal correspondence. The business correspondence includes letters to business partners, business customers, sales staff and clients. Also contained in the papers are invoices, business receipts, business telegraphs, transport records and bills. There are several hundred oversized documents in the...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1894-1951; Other: Majority of material found in 1894-1951; Other: Date acquired: 05/21/2012
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Katherine Shaw Bethea School of Nursing, Dixon Public Hospital Course Catalog, 1962-1963
Collection
Identifier: RHC-VFM-11-11.22
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found in 1962-1963
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Malta Congregational Church Records
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-218
Scope and Contents
The Malta Congregational Church records date from its organization in 1858 to 1991. The administrative series contains a complete run of Church Record books from November 3, 1858 to January 31, 1965 and from October 27, 1983 to January 31, 1990. These records books include meeting minutes as well as baptismal records, confirmation class lists, deaths records, dismissal information from the church, membership and officer lists, and memorial listings.
The financial records series...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1858-1991; Other: Date acquired: 05/04/1994
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Postcard Collection
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-199
Abstract
The Regional History Center's postcard collection contains over 2,500 individual cards and provides a unique source for photographic and artistic documentation of people, places and events, the majority during the 1900-1940 period. A majority of the cards in this collection came from four manuscript collections held by the Center: W.W. Embree (RC 2); Sabin-Van Arsdale (RC 32); Kavadas (RC 50); Hall Family (RC 117).
Although most of the cards depict scenes or events from the Northern...
Dates:
Other: Dummy Date
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Public Land Grants, Dixon, 1850-1853
Collection
Identifier: RHC-VFM-11-11.9
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found in 1850-1853
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Report of the Citizen's Central Survey Committee for the Dixon Public Schools, District 170, 1954-1955
Collection
Identifier: RHC-VFM-11-11.17a-c
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found in 1954-1955
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Dixon; Anniversary and Dedication Booklets with History, 1893-1954
Collection
Identifier: RHC-VFM-11-11.5
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found in 1893-1954
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Survey of Historic Parks of Dixon, Illinois by Dean Sheaffer, no date
Collection
Identifier: RHC-VFM-11-11.19
Dates:
Other: Dummy Date
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
