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DeKalb Township High School

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

DeKalb Township High School Collection

 Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-053
Scope and Contents These records partially document the history of the DeKalb Township High School from 1864 to 1987, with the bulk of the collection dating from 1903 to 1950.  Although there are no records documenting administrative activities, the materials do provide information on social functions and organizations and sports events.  The majority of the collection consists of high school publications: The Barb; The Barblet; New Pennies; and the Kalibre, the annual...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1864-1982; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1965

DeKalb/Northern Illinois State Normal School, Photographs and Related Articles, circa 1910 - 1917

 Collection
Identifier: RHC-VFM-04-4.107
Dates: Other: Majority of material found in 1910-1917

Eli B. Gilbert Family Collection (DeKalb)

 Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-277
Scope and Contents The Eli B. Gilbert Family Collection spans five generations, all of whom have resided at 210 N. 1st Street in DeKalb.  Materials in this collection date from the 1830's to the 1990's, although the bulk of the collection dates from the 1860's through the mid-1940's. About half the collection consists of photographic materials including ambrotypes, cartes-de-visite, and glass plate negatives.  Scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, correspondence, a large number of legal documents, and genealogical...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1844-1996; Other: Date acquired: 01/25/2007

Gordon John Read Papers (DeKalb)

 Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-258
Scope and Contents The majority of the materials in the Gordon John Read Papers date from 1949 to 1953. Included is correspondence from “Gordy” Read to his parents from January to September 1951 while serving in the Marine Corps. Researchers will find here a scrapbook of materials from Gordon’s boot camp days at Parris Island, South Carolina, and Camp Pendleton, California, photographs relating to Marine Corps activities, and the flag that draped his coffin at the Memorial Service held January 20, 1952. ...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1930-1994; Other: Date acquired: 10/22/2003

Joseph Llewellyn Company Collection

 Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-202
Scope and Contents The Joseph C. Llewellyn Company Collection consists of linen drawings for the DeKalb County Infirmary, DeKalb County Jail and Sheriff's Residence in Sycamore, DeKalb Township High School including a 1921 addition, Ellwood School, and the club house for the Kishwaukee Country Club.   Included in the collection are specifications, receipts, contractual agreements, correspondence, and photographs for the six sets of drawings. Researchers should note that the Llewellyn Company Collection does...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1903-1923; Other: Date acquired: 09/19/1990

Zelnis/Smith Family

 Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-342
Scope and Contents

Records in the Zelnis/Smith Family Collection date from 1909 to 2005. Mr. G.B. Smith and Mrs. Valaria Zelnis Smith of DeKalb, Illinois are primary family members featured in the collection.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1909-2005; Other: Date acquired: 05/20/2015