Elgin (Ill.)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:
Description of Meadow Brook Farm, Elgin, Illinois, 1871
Collection
Identifier: RHC-VFM-07-7.2
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found in 1871
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Elgin Community College Board Records
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-226
Scope and Contents
The records of the Elgin Community College Board date from 1974 to 1995 with the majority of the records dating 1979 to 1983. This period coincides with Mrs. Schock’s term on the Board of Trustees. The records include annual reports, board minutes, tape recordings of board meetings, one and five year plans for the Liberal Arts and Sciences and Vocational and Technical Education Colleges, policies and handbooks, class catalogs and schedules, the student newspapers, newspaper clippings,...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1974-1995; Other: Date acquired: 04/01/1996
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Elgin History plus 3 catalogs from Elgin Watch Company, no date
Collection
Identifier: RHC-VFM-07-7.3
Dates:
Other: Dummy Date
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Elgin League of Women Voters Records
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-137
Scope and Contents
The records for the League of Women Voters of Elgin date from 1929-2001 and contain meeting minutes, monthly bulletins, annual reports, correspondence, topical files, state and national files, and scrapbooks. The collection contains a wide variety of information on League programs and projects during the 1960's. In particular, topical files describe the League's work in welfare, housing discrimination, equal opportunity, the development of human resources, the Kane County food stamp...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1929-2001; Other: Date acquired: 09/21/1981
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Elgin Trades Council Records
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-153
Scope and Contents
This collection represents a small portion of the records generated by the Elgin Trades Council; records pre-dating 1965 have been lost. The materials are divided into five series. The first series contains the records of the Council -- constitutions, meeting minutes (1967-1979), and general correspondence (1968-1978). The remaining four series contain documentation on related organizations.
Series two and three contain records from the E1gin Association of Commerce, the Aurora Labor and...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1967-1979; Other: Date acquired: 06/23/1982
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Gordon John Read Papers (DeKalb)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-258
Scope and Contents
The majority of the materials in the Gordon John Read Papers date from 1949 to 1953. Included is correspondence from “Gordy” Read to his parents from January to September 1951 while serving in the Marine Corps. Researchers will find here a scrapbook of materials from Gordon’s boot camp days at Parris Island, South Carolina, and Camp Pendleton, California, photographs relating to Marine Corps activities, and the flag that draped his coffin at the Memorial Service held January 20, 1952. ...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1930-1994; Other: Date acquired: 10/22/2003
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Heath and Hayward Family, Elgin: Correspondence, Certificates, Photographs, and Newspaper Notices, 1847 - 1910
Collection
Identifier: RHC-GVFM-07-G7.9
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found in 1847-1910
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Hennessey-Dooley Land Records; Elgin, Illinois, no date
Collection
Identifier: RHC-VFM-07-7.11
Dates:
Other: Dummy Date
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Kane County Development Department Records
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-164
Scope and Contents
The material in this collection came from the background and informational files of two directors of the Kane County Development Department, Thornton “Tony” Ware and Frank Olson. In general, the material covers the years between 1960 and 1980. However, some of the files date as far back as 1957 and the creation of the department.
Department Administration deals with the business and staff workings in the Development Department. Such information as annual reports, budgets, and...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1950-1980; Other: Date acquired: 07/13/1983
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Northeastern Illinois Planning Commission Records
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-159
Scope and Contents
The Northeastern Illinois Planning Commission Records document efforts to solve major public problems in land, water, resource management, and economic development in the six county Chicago metropolitan area from 1960 to 1980. This collection presents a rich resource for geographic, demographic, public policy, and environmental research in region and complements other records collections the Center holds. This collection is especially strong in land use, water resources, and transportation...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1960-1980; Other: Date acquired: 12/08/1982
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
