World War II
Subject
Subject Source: Lcnaf
Found in 46 Collections and/or Records:
Silver Star Grange No. 1868 Records (DeKalb County
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-257
Scope and Contents
The Silver Star Grange records date from 1932 to 1992 and consist of four series: Silver Star Grange Records, Other Illinois Granges Records, Illinois State Grange Record, and National Grange Records. Series I, Silver Star Grange, contains a complete run of meeting minutes from April 28, 1932 to July 7, 1944, treasurer’s book, correspondence, and quarterly reports. Information on the early activities of the Grange can be found in this series. However, minutes for the later years have not...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1932-1992; Other: Date acquired: 10/22/2003
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
War Department Manuals, 1940, 1943
Collection
Identifier: RHC-VFM-19-19.51
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found in 1940, 1943
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Westclox Incorporated Records (LaSalle)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-116
Scope and Contents
A valuable source for the study of late nineteenth and twentieth century industrial firms, the Westclox, Incorporated Records document the establishment and history of this clock manufacturer from 1885 to 1971. The collection comprises six major record series: minutes; correspondence; financial records; department reports; company newsmagazines; and visual material.
Board of Directors minutes, resolutions, and reports (1887-1937) constitute the first series in the collection. These...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1885-1971; Other: Date acquired: 11/03/1980
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Win G. Knoch Papers (Naperville)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-179
Scope and Contents
The Win G. Knoch Papers contain three series that partially document the public and private activities of Win G. Knoch of Naperville, Illinois.
The first series, Biographical, contains extensive information on Knoch and his family’s history, 1893-1983. Also included is information on honors, awards, civic, professional, and charitable activities of Judge Knoch.
Series II, Correspondence Files, is the largest and most complex series in the collection. The series spans the years 1936-1983....
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1893-1983; Other: Date acquired: 10/01/1987
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Wiring the Way to Victory: Anaconda Wire and Cable Company During World War II by Dawn Bassett, 2001
Collection
Identifier: RHC-VFM-04-4.52
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found in 2001
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Wirtz and Wirtz Company Records (DeKalb)
Collection — Volume 1-7
Identifier: RHC-RC-060
Scope and Contents
The volumes in the Wirtz and Wirtz Company Collection partially document the financial activities of a small furniture and undertaking business in DeKalb, Illinois from 1920 to 1970. The collection contains nine volumes of books, journals, and ledgers and six volumes of purchase and sales records. Also included in the collection are WWII Office of Price Administration files. The documentation offered in this collection is modest, but does cover fifty of the eighty-five years the business...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1920-1970; Other: Date acquired: 05/02/1979
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Workers at Wurlitzer during World War II, no date
Collection
Identifier: RHC-VFM-04-4.46
Dates:
Other: Dummy Date
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
World War I and II Poster Reproductions, no date
Collection
Identifier: RHC-VFM-19-19.57
Dates:
Other: Dummy Date
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
"World War II as I Saw It!" by Donald Schoo and DeKalb Police Department , 1947
Collection
Identifier: RHC-VFM-04-4.132
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found in 1947
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
World War II German Prisoners of War, Sycamore, Illinois, no date
Collection
Identifier: RHC-VFM-04-4.77
Dates:
Other: Dummy Date
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
