DeKalb (Ill.)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 83 Collections and/or Records:
Pleasant Street Neighborhood Revitalization Plan, Draft Report, January 29, 2001
Collection
Identifier: RHC-VFM-04-4.150
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found in January 29, 2001
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
Railroad Wiregrams, DeKalb, 1936 - 1937
Collection
Identifier: RHC-VFM-04-4.21
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found in 1936-1937
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Raymond Rolfe Diaries (DeKalb)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-280
Scope and Contents
The eleven diaries written by Raymond Rolfe date from 1884 to 1909. The diaries are not a complete set but consist of volumes dating 1884-1886, 1889, 1891-1897, 1899, and 1905-1909. The diaries include information on the weather, deaths in the area, church services and prohibition conferences attended, the cost of food and supplies, bills paid, the jobs Rolfe worked, the length of time he worked them, and the money he earned. Also mentioned in the diaries are events that happened in the...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1884-1909; Other: Date acquired: 11/01/2006
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Realtor multiple listing service records fopr DeKalb, IL; Maple Park, IL; Somonauk, IL; Durand, IL; and Lake Summerset, IL
Collection
Identifier: RHC-VFM-19-19.80
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1970-1976; Other: Date acquired: 03/03/2016
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Reed and Delong Pharmacy Records (DeKalb)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-039
Scope and Contents
The Reed and Delong Records consist of 1 box of 8 ledger books. These books document the transactions of Hiram Delong and John Reed’s Pharmacy for the years from 1877 to 1893. These records document transactions for numerous dry goods items including matches, tobacco, plaster, coffee, pharmaceuticals and spices. Also included are prescriptions and cash books. Several ledgers identify customer’s and their purchases.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1877-1893; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1965
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Rockford League of Women Voters Records
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-178
Scope and Contents
This collection documents the activities of the Rockford League of Women Voters from its founding in 1922 to the present. Included in Series I, is historical materials, by-laws, minutes of meetings, correspondence, and newsletters. Among the broad range of topics covered in the Series II are nuclear power, China, education, ERA, flood control, housing, and the status of women. Most of the files fall within the 1960-1985 time period. Series III contains scrapbooks spanning the years from...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1922+; Other: Date acquired: 10/08/1985
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
School Record, District Number 2, Township Number 40, Range Number 4, DeKalb, Illinois, 1883 - 1901
Collection
Identifier: RHC-VFM-04-4.67
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found in 1883-1901
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Sherret S. Chase Papers
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-346
Scope and Contents
Most of the records in this collection were generated by Dr. Sherret S. Chase, primarily from his time in various capacities as research geneticist, international maize breeder and international seed operations director for DeKalb Agriculture Association, Inc. (later DeKalb AgResearch). Included are also family papers and those of his wife.
Series I consists of biographical material related to Dr. Chase and his family, including Chase’s personal memoirs and the final draft of his...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1945+; Other: Majority of material found in 1960s-1980s; Other: Date acquired: 07/14/2015
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Sigma Tau Delta
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-362
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of the records of the Sigma Tau Delta International English Honors Society from 1924 to 2015. These records are broken up into six series: Historical Records, Administrative and Financial Records, Publications, Awards and Scholarships, Correspondence and Mailings, and Conventions. See also: (UA 11) Sigma Tau Delta 2015 International Convention T-shirt for the “Borderlands and Enchantments” Convention in Albuquerque, NM
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1924-2015; Other: Date acquired: 09/05/2014
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
