Sterling (Ill.)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
100 Years of Progress, 1879-1979 - Northwestern Steel and Wire Company, Sterling, Illinois, no date
Collection
Identifier: RHC-VFM-16-16.5
Dates:
Other: Dummy Date
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
First Congregational Church Records (Sterling)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-155
Scope and Contents
This collection documents the history of the First Congregational Church from its founding in 1857 through 1982. The records are organized into six series covering different facets of church operation. Series one, administrative records, comprises historical information, constitutions and by-laws, church record books containing meeting minutes (1857-1961), trustee meeting minutes (1949-1955), annual reports (1940-1981), resolutions and legal agreements, and correspondence (1949-1965). ...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1857-1982; Other: Date acquired: 08/19/1982
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Lori Souloff, "History of Emerson" (1978); Brian P. Edmonds, "Mexican- American Immigration in Sterling" (1980); Sue Wolber, "History of Como" (1977)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-VFM-16-16.3
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found in 1978-1980
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
Sterling Chamber of Commerce Records
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-171
Scope and Contents
The Sterling Chamber of Commerce records, dating 1910-1982, are arranged into two series: Administrative Files and Subject Files. The Administrative Files include by-laws, membership information, financial records and a set of minutes from the Chamber’s predecessor (1910) to the present organization (1978). Also included in this series are files on certain programs, committees, and events, such as the annual All-levels Management Dinner and the Consumer Affairs Committee, which handled...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1910-1982; Other: Date acquired: 04/10/1984
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Sterling Manufacturing Company Glass Plate Negatives, no date
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RHC-VFM-16-16.4a-n
Dates:
Other: Dummy Date
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Sterling-Rock Falls Ministerial Association Records
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-130
Scope and Contents
The Sterling Rock Falls Ministerial Association Records primarily comprise meeting minutes (1948-l978) detailing the organization’s concerns, financial situation, and projects. Organized to promote cooperation among Christian ministers from the greater Sterling-Rock Falls area, the records detail the group’s projects designed to educate citizens on local churches and their programs. Membership lists and lists of Chaplains working at the Colonial Acres Nursing Home and the Sterling Community...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1948-1978; Other: Date acquired: 03/02/1981
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
