Franklin Grove (Ill.)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
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
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
Rockford Mitten and Hosiery Company Records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RHC-RC-038
Scope and Contents
The Rockford Mitten and Hosiery Company records trace the corporate activities of a textile manufacturer from 1881 to its dissolution in 1957. The minute books (1881-1957) detail company policies, organizational changes, and financial conditions. An examination and analysis of the company’s financial statements and its relationship to subsidiary corporations are documented in the audit and annual reports (1918-1955). Additional financial information is available in the general ledgers...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1881-1957; Other: Date acquired: 10/16/1978
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Franklin Grove, 1865-1990
Collection
Identifier: RHC-VFM-11-11.18
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found in 1865-1990
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Whitney Family, Franklin Grove; Correspondence, 1838
Collection
Identifier: RHC-VFM-11-11.11
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found in 1838
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
