DeKalb (Ill.)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 83 Collections and/or Records:
DeKalb Plat, 1853 (includes print out and jpg file on disk)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-VFM-04-4.175
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found in 1853
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb-Pond-Fisk Neighborhood Redevelopment Project Records
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-237
Scope and Contents
The DeKalb-Pond-Fisk Neighborhood Redevelopment Project records document the redevelopment of a deteriorated neighborhood through the cooperative efforts of the City Council, City staff, and the DeKalb/Pond/Fisk Block Group. The records are arranged chronologically and include proposals, maps, correspondence, memorandums, press releases, and histories of the development project.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1988-1993; Other: Date acquired: 04/05/1999
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb Post Office Records
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-021
Scope and Contents
These records partially document the history of the DeKalb Post Office from 1888-1960. There are no records available for the earliest years of the office's existence (1849-1887). Financial records comprise a major series of the collection including postal account books (1888-1943), domestic money order cash books (1888-1938), and international money order cash books (1893-1920). Four letterpress books document the construction and furnishing of the post office building completed in 1906...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1888-1960; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1967
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb Public Library Expansion Plans (brochure), 2013
Collection
Identifier: RHC-VFM-04-4.183
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found in 2013
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb Public Speaking and Discussion Club Records
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-030
Scope and Contents
The materials in the collection partially document the activities of the Public Speaking and Discussion Club from 1932 to 1966, with most records falling within the period 1938-1959. There are only scanty financial records. Minutes for the period 1938-1959 are nearly complete.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1932-1966; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1960
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb Radium Lawsuit Records
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-293
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1996-2001
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb Sanitary District, Brochure, 1998
Collection
Identifier: RHC-VFM-04-4.114
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found in 1998
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb Streetscapes Collection
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-276
Scope and Contents
The images in this collection are a complement to the Embree Collection [RC 2] held by the Regional History Center. The Embree Collection offers approximately 10,000 images of life in DeKalb, Illinois from the mid 1890's through the 1965. Both the Embree and Streetscapes Collections are especially strong on documenting the built environment in the central city area. While virtually all of the Embree Collection is black and white, two thirds of the Streetscapes Collection is color: there...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 2006; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/2006
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb Symphony Orchestra, Program, April 26, 1936
Collection
Identifier: RHC-VFM-04-4.116
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found in April 26, 1936
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb Women's Club Records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RHC-RC-211
Scope and Contents
The DeKalb Woman's Club records contain meeting minutes dating from May 29, 1896 to May 3, 1996 with the minutes for 1907 to 1910 and 1922 to 1933 missing. Minutes for the Club's earlier organization, The Young People's Literary Circle, are included in the records and date December 23, 1889 to May 20, 1891. The annual calendars (yearbooks) included in the collection contain the constitution and by-laws, a membership list, and a schedule of the club’s programs and projects. There is a...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1889+; Other: Date acquired: 06/20/1992
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
