Freeport (Ill.)

Scope and Contents Records in the Central Labor Union of Freeport collection date 1901-1983, with the bulk of the records dating from the 1930’s to the late 1970’s. The Central Labor Union’s activities, from 1934-1981, are documented through its constitution, minutes, financial records, correspondence, delegate’s credentials, and lists of affiliated unions. Records from several affiliated unions are included in the collection. Among these are documents from the local, district, state, and national...

Scope and Contents The Platte River Development Association Collection contains material documenting the activities of an unincorporated oil company dating 1920 to 1926 and a privately owned supply company dating 1911-1919. It contains the general business records of the old Platte River Development Association and the new Platte River Drilling Association. It contains the general business records of the old Platte River Development Association and the new Platte River Drilling Association. Included are both...

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...

Scope and Contents The materials in the Stephenson County Pure Milk Association collection document the entire existence, 1928-1957, of a dairy cooperative based in Freeport, Illinois. Included in the collection are articles of incorporation, by-laws, minutes, 1931-1953; correspondence, 1944-1958. There are also legal contracts and membership agreements which span almost all the cooperative’s lifetime as a separate entity. Business records, ledgers, annual reports, production records, marketing agreements...