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Cortland (Ill.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Catherine Cox's Diary, Cortland, 1891 - 1892

 Collection
Identifier: RHC-VFM-04-4.23
Dates: Other: Majority of material found in 1891-1892

Harry A. Joslyn Collection (DeKalb County)

 Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-183
Scope and Contents The Harry A. Joslyn Collection (1860-1905) provides excellent documentation for the study of rural life in DeKalb County, Illinois during the second half of the nineteenth century. The bulk of the collection consists of a series of 39 diaries (1865-1905) written by Harry A. Joslyn of Cortland and Sycamore. Diaries for 1890 and 1891 are missing. Daily entries vary in length but generally include information on family life work activities, politics, weather, and social life. Two additional...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1860-1905; Other: Date acquired: 08/08/1986

Johnson Seat & Canvas, Cortland, Illinois, no date

 Collection
Identifier: RHC-VFM-04-4.169
Dates: Other: Dummy Date

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