Rockford (Ill.)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 85 Collections and/or Records:
Veterans of World War I, Greater Rockford Barracks No. 48 and Ladies Auxiliary(Rockford)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-195
Scope and Contents
The Veterans of World War I Records date from 1953-1987 and document the activities of the Greater Rockford Barracks No. 48 and the Ladies Auxiliary. Each series contains constitutions and by-laws, correspondence, minutes, financial reports, membership lists, bulletins or general orders, annual convention material, and other documentation of the activities of the organizations. In many instances the minutes include a financial report and a roll call list. Contained in boxes 7, 8, and 9 are...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1953-1987; Other: Date acquired: 05/31/1989
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Westside Community Organization (WESCO), Rockford, 1968 - 1970
Collection
Identifier: RHC-VFM-18-18.26
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found in 1968-1970
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
W.F. and John Barnes Company Records (Rockford)
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RHC-RC-123
Scope and Contents
The W. F. and John Barnes Company records collection represents a small portion of the documents usually generated by a large industrial firm. Nevertheless, as the only surviving records of this important machine tool corporation, the collection is vitally important to the preservation of the industry’s history.
Records in the collection date from 1878 to 1963 with the bulk of the materials between 1940 and 1962. The first series contains company histories, legal agreements and leases,...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1878-1963; Other: Date acquired: 02/05/1981
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Winnebago County History, no date
Collection
Identifier: RHC-VFM-18-18.1
Dates:
Other: Dummy Date
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
World War II Scrapbook
Collection
Identifier: RHC-VFM-19-19.79
Scope and Contents
Scrapbook containing family photographs as well as newspaper articles from local newspapers in Lee and Winnebego counties, 1941-1945. Created by Neva Becker. Her husband, Clarence Becker, was in the Army during WWII in the 129th Infantry, Company A, 33rd Division (Camp Forrest, TN). Clippings are from the following newspapers are contained within: Rockford Morning Star, Dixon Telegram, Rochelle Leader, and Ashton Gazettee.
Electronic files of scanned scrapbook pages. These scans have been...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1941-1945; Other: Date acquired: 01/29/2016
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
