Diaries-- 1910-1960
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 17 Collections and/or Records:
Philip B.Lundberg, World War I Diaries, 1917 - 1919
Collection
Identifier: RHC-VFM-04-4.151
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found in 1917-1919
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Sherret S. Chase Papers
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-346
Scope and Contents
Most of the records in this collection were generated by Dr. Sherret S. Chase, primarily from his time in various capacities as research geneticist, international maize breeder and international seed operations director for DeKalb Agriculture Association, Inc. (later DeKalb AgResearch). Included are also family papers and those of his wife.
Series I consists of biographical material related to Dr. Chase and his family, including Chase’s personal memoirs and the final draft of his...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1945+; Other: Majority of material found in 1960s-1980s; Other: Date acquired: 07/14/2015
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Thurow Family Records (Plano)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-010
Scope and Contents
The Thurow Family Collection contains materials collected by Walter M. Thurow tracing three generations of family history in Plano, Illinois from the late 1800s to 1965. Box 1 consists of fifteen folders of typescript World War I records, letters, diaries, and local histories of the American Legion in Kendall County, Illinois. Contained in box 2 are legal documents including deeds, certificates, land leases, contracts, and ten envelopes of family and geographic photographs. Of special...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1890-1965; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1972
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Vanderhoof Family Papers (Campton Township, Kane County)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-228
Scope and Contents
The Vanderhoof Family papers document the activities of several generations of the Vanderhoof Family from Campton Township, Kane County, Illinois. The papers are divided into four series: Diaries and Correspondence, School Papers, Farm and Business Records, and Photographs. The first series includes diaries written by Aurelia Hawley (1898), Robert Alexander (1902), Frank Vanderhoof (1872-1904), and Kate Vanderhoof (1899-1962). Diaries for Kate Vanderhoof are complete from 1899 to 1955...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1853-1962; Other: Date acquired: 06/20/1997
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Willard Motley Papers
Collection
Identifier: RBSC-SPX-004
Scope and Contents
The Willard Motley Collection of the Northern Illinois University Libraries is the most extensive collection anywhere of the diaries, manuscripts, photographs, notes, clippings, and books of the famous naturalist Chicago writer.
This collection contains manuscripts from his books "Knock On Any Door", "We Fished All Night", "Let Noon Be Fair", "My House is Your House", "You Lovely People", and "Let No Man Write My Epitaph." It also has sketches, notes, and diaries pertaining to his...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1922-1966; Other: Date acquired: 06/15/1978
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Woodbury-Forsythe Diaries (Sandwich)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-008
Scope and Contents
The Woodbury-Forsythe Collection traces the daily events in the lives of two Sandwich, Illinois families, the Forsythes and the Woodburys, over two generations. The diaries span the period 1876 through 1921, each year contained in a separate volume: Frances (Coleman) Forsythe’s diaries, 1876-1919; Nellie (Forsythe) Woodbury’s diaries, 1893-1921; and William Walden Woodbury’s diaries, 1892-1902. Also included are speeches, correspondence, programs, photos, and family genealogy. Although this...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1876-1928; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1973
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
W.W. Embree Collection (DeKalb)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-002
Scope and Contents
Waite W. Embree and his father, Elmer E. Embree, preserved most of the historical materials generated by the family’s business and social activities. Waite, especially, collected a large volume of printed materials and photographs that relate to his main interests--the history of DeKalb and the history of railroading. It is important to note that Embree was a collector: indeed, in the absence of an active county historical society, Waite Embree filled a void in DeKalb County with his keen...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1881-1966; Other: Date acquired: 03/00/1967
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
