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Date

1871 - 2021
(decades)

Collection

  • American archives (28301) + -
  • Illinois during the Gilded Age (4385) + -
  • Mark Twain's Mississippi (2277) + -
  • Illinois during the Civil War, 1861-1865 (1962) + -
  • Ritzman Photo Collection (791) + -
  • W.W. Embree Collection (DeKalb), 1881-1966 (573) + -
  • Prairie Fire (415) + -
  • Postcard Collection (258) + -
  • Lee Schreiner Sheet Music Collection (244) + -
  • J. Ill. State Hist. Soc (153) + -
  • National Emergency Number Association, 1977 (128) + -
  • Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society (123) + -
  • World War I and II Posters (120) + -
  • Vanderhoof Family Papers (Campton Township, Kane County), 1853-1962 (105) + -
  • Student Publications (80) + -
  • Woodbury-Forsythe Diaries (Sandwich), 1876-1928 (56) + -
  • Illinois State Historical Society (55) + -
  • Spring Creek United Church of Christ (Rockford), 1960-2011 (53) + -
  • Grand Army of the Republic Records (Mendota), 1868-1933 (31) + -
  • Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society (1998) (30) + -
  • Taylor Farm Records (Franklin Grove), 1944-1977 (25) + -
  • 125th Anniversary Oral History Project (22) + -
  • Sons of Norway, Valhall Lodge No. 168 Records (Rockford), 1907-2004 (12) + -
  • LeRoy Community Grange No. 1873 Records (Boone County), 1933-2000 (10) + -
  • Vertical File Manuscript (2) + -
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Genre

  • documents (object genre) (28301) + -
  • pictures (two-dimensional representations) (3573) + -
  • photographs (3400) + -
  • articles (1408) + -
  • clippings (information artifacts) (1207) + -
  • books (867) + -
  • sheet music (658) + -
  • songs (document genre) (400) + -
  • postcards (276) + -
  • letters (correspondence) (256) + -
  • maps (211) + -
  • journals (periodicals) (208) + -
  • speeches (145) + -
  • diaries (138) + -
  • magazines (periodicals) (128) + -
  • posters (120) + -
  • video recordings (114) + -
  • guidebooks (112) + -
  • advertisements (108) + -
  • school yearbooks (80) + -
  • manuscripts (document genre) (71) + -
  • reports (41) + -
  • memoirs (34) + -
  • proceedings (34) + -
  • oral histories (literary works) (32) + -
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Creator

  • New-York, Congress (1079) + -
  • Massachusetts, Provincial Congress (771) + -
  • Massachusetts, House of Representatives (589) + -
  • Continental Congress (503) + -
  • Washington, George (477) + -
  • New-York Committee of Safety (439) + -
  • Pennsylvania, Committee of Safety (393) + -
  • Quincy Daily Whig and Republican (356) + -
  • House of Commons, Parliament of Great Britain (234) + -
  • Illinois Daily State Journal (234) + -
  • Massachusetts, Committee of Safety (218) + -
  • Schuyler, Philip, Major-General (216) + -
  • New Designs (212) + -
  • Pennsylvania Assembly (202) + -
  • South-Carolina Provincial Congress (189) + -
  • Virginia, Convention (182) + -
  • New-Jersey, Provincial Congress (167) + -
  • Maryland, Council of Safety (162) + -
  • New-York Committee (160) + -
  • Daily Illinois State Journal (150) + -
  • Massachusetts Council (149) + -
  • Gordon, Anna A (144) + -
  • New-Hampshire, Committee of Safety (139) + -
  • Maryland, Baltimore Committee of Correspondence (138) + -
  • Altgeld, John P (136) + -
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Author

  • Vanderhoof, Kate (55) + -
  • Forsythe, Frances Josephine (28) + -
  • Vanderhoof, Frank (23) + -
  • Forsythe, Nellie G. M. (16) + -
  • Sons of Norway (U.S.). Valhall Lodge No. 168 (Rockford, Ill.) (12) + -
  • Woodbury, William Walden (11) + -
  • Le Roy Community Grange No. 1873 (Le Roy, Ill.) (10) + -
  • Christiansen, Margaret (7) + -
  • Grand Army of the Republic. Department of Illinois (2) + -
  • Alexander, Robert (1) + -
  • Bartelt, Dorothy (1) + -
  • De Vere, Aubrey, 1814-1902 (1) + -
  • Frances Josephine Forsythe (1) + -
  • Gebelentz, Georg von der, 1840-1893 (1) + -
  • Grand Army of the Republic. National Encampment (1) + -
  • Gray-Lhevinne, Estelle (1) + -
  • Grief, Martin (1) + -
  • Hauptmann, Karl, 1880-1947 (1) + -
  • Hawley, Aurelia (1) + -
  • Illinois. Division of Marketing and Agricultural Services (1) + -
  • M. D. Jones & Co. (1) + -
  • Parker, W. C. (W. Coleman) (1) + -
  • Taylor, Maude (1) + -
  • United States. Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service (1) + -
  • United States. Bureau of Agricultural Economics (1) + -
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Composer

  • Von Tilzer, Harry, 1872-1946 (4) + -
  • Huntington, E. S. S. (3) + -
  • Ball, Ernest R., 1878-1927 (2) + -
  • Daly, Jos. M. (Joseph M.) (2) + -
  • De Costa, Harry, 1885-1964 (2) + -
  • Flanagan, T. Jay (Thomas Jay) (2) + -
  • Huffer, Fred (2) + -
  • Jentes, Harry, 1887-1958 (2) + -
  • Klickmann, F. Henri (Frank Henri), 1885-1966 (2) + -
  • Muir, Lewis F., 1884-1950 (2) + -
  • Nelson, Ed G., 1885-1969 (2) + -
  • O'Hara, Geoffrey, 1882-1967 (2) + -
  • Osborne, Nat, 1878-1954 (2) + -
  • Pond, Walter J. (2) + -
  • Porter, Lew, 1892-1956 (2) + -
  • Smith, Clay (Composer) (2) + -
  • Thompson, Gordon V. (Gordon Vincent), 1888-1965 (2) + -
  • Abbott, Edwin B., 1881 or 1882-1956 (1) + -
  • Abrahams, Maurice, 1883-1931 (1) + -
  • Ahlert, Fred E., 1892-1953 (1) + -
  • Albright, Frank (1) + -
  • Allen, Thos. S., 1876-1919 (1) + -
  • Appleton, Lloyd Elliott (1) + -
  • Ayre, Ivor E. (1) + -
  • Bacon, F. J. (1) + -
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Publisher

  • Jerome H. Remick & Co. (7) + -
  • M. Witmark & Sons (6) + -
  • Illinois Litho. Co. (5) + -
  • Leo Feist, Inc. (5) + -
  • Joe Morris Music Co. (4) + -
  • Jos. W. Stern & Co. (4) + -
  • Waterson, Berlin & Snyder Co. (4) + -
  • F.B. Haviland Pub. Co. (3) + -
  • Frank K. Root & Co. (3) + -
  • Harry Von Tilzer Music Pub. Co. (3) + -
  • Musgrave Bros. (3) + -
  • Shapiro, Bernstein & Co. (3) + -
  • A. J. Stasny Music Co. (2) + -
  • Al. Piantadosi & Co. (2) + -
  • American Lithographic Co. (2) + -
  • Benjamin, Anton J. (2) + -
  • Broadway Music Corp. (2) + -
  • F. A. Mills (Firm) (2) + -
  • Francis, Day & Hunter (2) + -
  • Gordon, Hamilton S. (2) + -
  • T.B. Harms & Co. (2) + -
  • Thompson Publishing Co. (Toronto Ont.) (2) + -
  • Thomsen-Ellis Company (2) + -
  • United States. Army. Engineer Reproduction Plant (2) + -
  • Universal Music Co. (2) + -
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Subject

  • World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.) (2157) + -
  • World War, 1914-1918--Songs and music (224) + -
  • Illinois--History--Periodicals (208) + -
  • Popular music--United States--1911-1920 (206) + -
  • Assistance in emergencies--United States--Periodicals (128) + -
  • Emergency communication systems--United States--Periodicals (128) + -
  • Police communication systems--United States--Periodicals (128) + -
  • Populism--United States (123) + -
  • Populist Party (U.S.) (123) + -
  • World War, 1914-1918--Posters (120) + -
  • Songs with piano (111) + -
  • Haymarket Square Riot, Chicago, Ill., 1886 (81) + -
  • College yearbooks--Illinois--De Kalb (80) + -
  • NENA (Association)--Periodicals (80) + -
  • Telephone--United States--Emergency reporting systems--Periodicals (80) + -
  • Marches (Voice with piano) (63) + -
  • Wasco (Ill.)--Kane County (Ill.)--History--Diaries (61) + -
  • Great Fire, Chicago, Ill., 1871 (56) + -
  • Sandwich (Ill.)--History--Diaries (54) + -
  • Rockford (Ill.)--History (53) + -
  • Pullman Strike, 1894 (37) + -
  • Strikes and lockouts--Railroads--United States (37) + -
  • Spring Creek United Church of Christ (Rockford, Ill.) --History (35) + -
  • Northern Illinois State Teachers College--Students--Periodicals (35) + -
  • Marches (Piano) (31) + -
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  • (-) ≠ Marsh, J. B. T
  • (-) ≠ Mann, Geo. B.
  • (-) ≠ McKinley Music Co.
  • (-) ≠ Wilson, Douglas L., ed.
  • (-) ≠ Abraham Lincoln historical digitization project

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Zinc Works at Carondelet Park.
Title
Zinc Works at Carondelet Park.
Genre
pictures (two-dimensional representations)
Collection
Mark Twain's Mississippi
Yucatan Ruins at 1893 World's Fair, The Columbian Exposition, Chicago
Title
Yucatan Ruins at 1893 World's Fair, The Columbian Exposition, Chicago
Genre
photographs, photographs
Date
1893
Collection
Illinois during the Gilded Age
ysoupmaster
Title
ysoupmaster
Yours for Home Protection Frances E.  Willard
Title
Yours for Home Protection Frances E. Willard
Genre
photographs, photographs
Date
1889
Collection
Illinois during the Gilded Age
Your + The American Red Cross, by its congressional charter, is officially designated ...
Title
Your + The American Red Cross, by its congressional charter, is officially designated ...
Genre
posters
Date
1917-1918
Collection
World War I and II Posters
Youngs
Title
Youngs
Genre
documents (object genre)
Date
1776-06-10
Collection
American archives
Document ID
S4-V6-P02-sp21-D0122
Young men in military service allowed to make their wills at sixteen years of age
Title
Young men in military service allowed to make their wills at sixteen years of age
Genre
documents (object genre)
Date
1776-10-26
Collection
American archives
Document ID
S5-V3-P01-sp02-D0119
York County, Pennsylvania, Committee, restore James Rankin to his liberty, and the confidence of his countrymen
Title
York County, Pennsylvania, Committee, restore James Rankin to his liberty, and the confidence of his countrymen
Genre
documents (object genre)
Date
1776-07-12
Collection