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DeKalb (Ill.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 83 Collections and/or Records:

Judge A.G. Kennedy Papers (DeKalb)

 Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-124
Scope and Contents

The A. C. Kennedy Papers consist of a very small segment of the records maintained by Judge Kennedy. Included are correspondence from various clients (1941-1944) affidavits filed by Kennedy, and business and personal invoices (1941-1944). The records arrived with the Dennis J. Collins Papers and represent the years Kennedy and Collins were law partners.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1941-1944; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1973

Kavadas Family Collection (DeKalb)

 Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-050
Scope and Contents

The Kavadas Family Collection contains one box of printed materials, photographs, and scrapbooks which relate to the history of the family, especially Mrs. Kavadas. Most of these materials relate to Amboy and Lee Center, Illinois. Box one contains four folders of printed materials and photographs documenting the history of Amboy and Lee Center, Illinois. Also included in this box are two family photo albums and a scrapbook from the Ellwood School (DeKalb, Illinois) P.T.A., 1936-1937.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1908-1963; Other: Date acquired: 03/09/1979

King Family Photographs, 1901 and Correspondence, no date

 Collection
Identifier: RHC-VFM-04-4.65a-b
Dates: Other: Majority of material found in 1901

Kishwaukee Community Hospital Records

 Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-327
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of scrapbooks relating to the Kishwaukee Community Hospital from 1924 to 1975. The scrapbooks contain newspaper articles that detail the activities of both the DeKalb Public Hospital and the Sycamore Public Hospital, as well as their auxiliary groups. An additional box includes reports, meeting minutes, and memos documenting the creation of the hospital and its activities.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1924-1975; Other: Date acquired: 02/25/2009

Kishwaukee Kiwanis Club (DeKalb)

 Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-278
Scope and Contents These records partially document the history of the Kishwaukee Kiwanis Club since 1969, however most of the documentation for the 1970s is missing.  Although incomplete, included here are club newsletters and meeting minutes, correspondence and newspaper clippings, monthly reports, budget and treasurers reports.  There is a considerable amount of documentation on the creation of the Kishwaukee Kiwanis Pathway.  Also included are files on various committees and activities undertaken by the...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1969+; Other: Date acquired: 09/05/2006

Lehan Drugs and Home Medical Equipment, DeKalb, Illinois , 2012

 Collection
Identifier: RHC-VFM-04-4.163
Dates: Other: Majority of material found in 2012

Library Whist Club Records (DeKalb)

 Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-225
Scope and Contents

The records for the Library Whist Club date from 1898 to 2006 and include membership lists, minute books, correspondence, and whist game rules.  The minute books date from January 26, 1903 through November 3, 1930.  The early minutes are not included in the collection.  A history of the club can be gleaned from the constitution, minutes, and newspaper articles while the rules of the game can be found in the publications.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1898-1993; Other: Date acquired: 07/05/1995

Oversize Collection - Maps, Posters, Photographs, Calendars, Drawings

 Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-200
Scope and Contents The Oversize Collection consists of unbound items from various Regional History Center collections which are too large to store in regular archival boxes. The Oversize Collection contains five major groups of documents: posters and broadsides, photographs and prints, maps, newspapers, and certificates. The Embree Collection's railroad calendars and posters show the locomotives of various railroads from the late 1930's through the mid-1950's. The war poster collection contains 629 posters...
Dates: Other: Dummy Date

People for Public Access Incorporated Records (DeKalb)

 Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-147
Scope and Contents The records in this collection provide extensive documentation of the origins and development of People for Public Access, Incorporated, from 1973 to 1988. Included in the collection are articles of incorporation, minutes of meetings, annual reports, membership and budget records, correspondence, programming information and newsclippings. Financial records document the group’s fundraising drives and grant funds. Material related to local programming can be found in the grant files. A...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1973-1988; Other: Date acquired: 05/00/1984