Travelers' writings
Subject
Subject Source: Lcnaf
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Bryant Family Collection (Princeton)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-027
Scope and Contents
The Bryant Family Collection is a three generation chronicle of the Bryant Family and their migration from Massachusetts to Illinois and Kansas. The materials collected document the family history from 1767-1912.
Boxes one and two contain photostat, microfilm, and typescript copies of Bryant family letters and diaries assembled from various sources. Box one, folder one contains the family genealogy chart, prepared in the archives based on information available in the collection. Also...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1767-1966; Other: Date acquired: 06/28/1967
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
California Journal of Amos Catlin Spafford, 1850 - 1851
Collection
Identifier: RHC-VFM-18-18.11
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found in 1850-1851
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
John Clark's "Reminiscences of My Journey from Old England to America," (finally to Rockford), no date
Collection
Identifier: RHC-VFM-18-18.2
Dates:
Other: Dummy Date
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Journal; Liverpool, England to Belvidere, Illinois, 1887
Collection
Identifier: RHC-VFM-01-1.10
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found in 1887
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Lovering Family Collection (Shabbona)
Collection — Volume 1
Identifier: RHC-RC-029
Scope and Contents
This collection partially documents three subjects: the George Lovering Lumber and Grain Company of Shabbona (1881-1912); William K. Lovering’s 1800 mile drive from Detroit, Michigan to Salt Lake City, Utah in a Scripps-Booth automobile (1916); and facets of Shabbona, Illinois’ history (1895-1940). Materials include financial account ledgers, business and personal correspondence, W. K. Lovering’s typed manuscripts under the pen name Bill Knell, photographs, catalogs, and programs. A very...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1876-1965; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1968
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Reminiscences of Edward E. Ayer's First Trip From Home in 1861, 1861-1864
Collection
Identifier: RHC-VFM-12-12.3
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found in 1861-1864
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
