Rockford (Ill.)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 85 Collections and/or Records:
Friends of Memorial Hall, Brochure, no date
Collection
Identifier: RHC-VFM-18-18.41
Dates:
Other: Dummy Date
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Giles P. Ransom Family Collection (Roscoe)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-275
Scope and Contents
Records in the Dr. Giles Paddock Ransom Family collection date from 1789 to 2009 with the majority of the records from the 1850 through 1930 time period. They document the personal and business aspects of individuals living in Rockford and Roscoe, Illinois. There are four main families represented in the collection–Jenks, Sherman, Leland, and Ransom; the Ransom family is most predominant. The other families are associated by marriage or settled near the Ransoms or both. Documents include...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1839-2009; Other: Majority of material found in 1850s-1930s; Other: Date acquired: 06/22/2006
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
"Guide Book for the Coronado Theater Tours," Land of Lincoln Theater Organ Society, 2008
Collection
Identifier: RHC-VFM-18-18.46
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found in 2008
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Hilmer Borggren Collection (Rockford)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-012
Scope and Contents
The Hilmer Borggren Collection contains a variety of materials collected by Borggren between 1932 and 1977. Borggren's role in the Scandinavian Fraternity of America, the Vasa Order of America, along with his experiences during World War II are revealed through the scrapbooks, the correspondence, programs, convention materials, songbooks, and photographs. Since Rockford comprises a large Scandinavian population, these records partially reveal the important social function of American...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1905-1977; Other: Date acquired: 08/08/1981
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Howard Center for the Family, Religion, and Society Records (Rockford)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-238
Scope and Contents
The Howard Center for Family, Religion and Society records date from 1956 to present and are divided into nine series: General Administrative Records, Ingersoll Prize Records, Publications, Conferences, Public Relations Records, The Center on Religion and Society Records, John Howard Papers, Allan Carlson Papers, and Michael Warder Papers. A majority of the records document the history of The Rockford Institute rather than The Howard Center.
The General Administrative Records series...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1911+; Other: Date acquired: 04/13/1999
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
International Organization of Good Templars Collection
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-066
Scope and Contents
This collection documents the activities of various organizational levels found within the International Organization of Good Templars (I.O.G.T). The records date from 1865 to 1979. The materials are arranged in five series: International Lodge; National Lodge; Central States Lodge (Scandinavian Grand Lodge); Local Lodges; and Books and Memorabilia. All materials related to the same lodge within the organization are housed together. Included in these materials are constitution/by-laws,...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1865-2003; Other: Date acquired: 06/07/1979
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Interview with Mr. Fred Bachelder of Rockford, 1964
Collection
Identifier: RHC-VFM-18-18.4
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found in 1964
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
John B. Anderson, 1962 - 1982
Collection
Identifier: RHC-VFM-18-18.38a, b
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found in 1962-1982
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
John Clark's "Reminiscences of My Journey from Old England to America," (finally to Rockford), no date
Collection
Identifier: RHC-VFM-18-18.2
Dates:
Other: Dummy Date
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
John Descourouez's Camp Grant Photographs, Rockford, Illinois (8), 1918
Collection
Identifier: RHC-VFM-18-18.32
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found in 1918
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
