Agriculture
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 54 Collections and/or Records:
Kane County Soils, University of Illinois Agricultural Experiment Station, 1917
Collection
Identifier: RHC-VFM-07-7.6
Kendall County Farm Bureau Records
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-103
Scope and Contents
The Kendall County Farm Bureau Records, comprised of three distinct record groups, document the establishment and history of the Bureau and two affiliates from 1919 to 1970. The first record group contains the historical materials of the Farm Bureau. A complete set of meeting minutes (1919-1969) provide extensive information on the business concerns of the organization. Bureau members discussed and implemented agricultural programs such as cooperative marketing, crop development, tax...
Dates:
created: 1919-1970; Other: Date acquired: 07/18/1980
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Kendall-Grundy Farm Service Company Records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RHC-RC-105
Scope and Contents
These records document the three agricultural service companies, Kendall Farmers Oil, Grundy Grain and Supply, and Grundy Service, which merged to form the Kendall-Grundy FS, Inc. in 1971. The collection, comprised of meeting minutes, audit reports, purchase/sales journals, and general financial ledgers dating 1928 to 1970, details each company’s history. Of particular interest are materials dating in the 1930’s and 1940’s; these documents reveal the strain government rationing caused...
Dates:
created: 1928-1978; Other: Date acquired: 08/18/1980
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Lake County Soils, University of Illinois Agricultural Experiment Station, 1915
Collection
Identifier: RHC-VFM-09-9.1
Lanan Family Farm Records (Kingston)
Collection — Volume 1-2
Identifier: RHC-RC-111
Scope and Contents
These records partially document the history of the Lanan Farm in Kingston, Illinois from 1848-1978. Although few records in this collection deal with the early history of the farm, several land indentures and grants provide details of farm land transfers in the mid-nineteenth century. The major series of the collection is a complete set of farm account books (1915-l978) detailing various business transactions of the Lanan farm. These volumes contain extensive information on annual...
Dates:
created: 1848-2006; Other: Date acquired: 09/16/1980
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
LaSalle County Soils, University of Illinois Agricultural Experiment Station, 1913
Collection
Identifier: RHC-VFM-10-10.6
Lee County Farm Bureau History, 1893-1954
Collection
Identifier: RHC-VFM-11-11.6
Lee County Soils, University of Illinois Agricultural Experiment Station, 1927
Collection
Identifier: RHC-VFM-11-11.10
Leonard J. Jacobs Collection (Cornhusking)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-193
Scope and Contents
The Leonard J. Jacobs Collection consists of research material used by Leonard Jacobs in the writing of his book, Corn Huskers' Battle of the Bangboards. The first twenty folders of the collection contains correspondence between Jacobs and the men who competed in the corn husking competitions and other general correspondence from people interested in corn husking. An article entitled, "King of the Hill: Illini Huskers, 1924-1941," written by Leonard J. Jacobs...
Dates:
created: 1922-1992; Other: Date acquired: 04/10/1989
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Lyford-Davis Family Collection
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-356
Scope and Contents
The core collection consists of the records of the Lyford-Davis Family from 1858 to 1951. It contains family diaries, ledgers, calendars, card games, photographs, and books. The collection documents the Lyford-Davis family life in their Midwestern farming community. The diaries document daily events and are mostly complete. Also in the collection are research notes and working papers for Carrie Meyer’s books about the family; the 2005 and 2007 publications are included in the collection.
Dates:
created: 1858-2007; Other: Majority of material found in 1858-1951; Other: Date acquired: 10/21/2016
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
