Frontier and pioneer life
Subject
Subject Source: Lcnaf
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Big Woods Congregational Church
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-311
Scope and Contents
The Big Woods Congregational Church (BWCC) collection represents a modest portion of the historical records pertaining to the church’s establishment in 1835 and growth throughout the years. Types of records include church histories, membership and pastor lists, building renovations plans, land purchases, and Big Woods’ withdrawal from the United Church of Christ (UCC) and joining the National Association of Congregational Christ Churches (NACCC) in 1975. There are numerous church histories...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1836-2006; Other: Majority of material found in 1920-1996; Other: Date acquired: 05/17/2011
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
The Adventure of Making the Past Serve the Present:A History of the Gurler Heritage Assoc by Valerie Quinney:The Gurler Chronicles No.1,no date
Collection
Identifier: RHC-VFM-04-4.95
Dates:
Other: Dummy Date
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
"The Prairie Bandits: A Tale of the Rock River Valley" by Edward Bonney, no date
Collection
Identifier: RHC-VFM-19-19.62
Dates:
Other: Dummy Date
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
