Brief Description: This collection partially documents three subjects: the George Lovering Lumber and Grain Company of Shabbona (1881-1912); William K. Lovering’s 1800 mile drive from Detroit, Michigan to Salt Lake City, Utah in a Scripps-Booth automobile (1916); and facets of Shabbona, Illinois’ history (1895-1940). Materials include financial account ledgers, business and personal correspondence, W. K. Lovering’s typed manuscripts under the pen name Bill Knell, photographs, catalogs, and programs. A very small amount of material discusses the automobile of the early 1900’s. Due to the wide variety of topics covered in the collection, research value in any one area is limited. Nevertheless, the records are of good quality for background information on agribusiness and rural area development.
Held at:
Northern Illinois University
Founders Memorial Library
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb, IL 60115
Phone: 815-753-1779
Email: rhcua [at] niu.edu
Record Series Number: RHC/RC/029
Volume: 2.0 Linear Feet
Acquired:
00/00/1968.
Arrangement: This collection partially documents three subjects: the George Lovering Lumber and Grain Company of Shabbona (1881-1912); William K. Lovering’s 1800 mile drive from Detroit, Michigan to Salt Lake City, Utah in a Scripps-Booth automobile (1916); and facets of Shabbona, Illinois’ history (1895-1940).
Access Restrictions: There are no restrictions on access to the collection.
Subject Index
Automobiles
Carriages & Coaches
Chautauquas
Coal trade
Family life--History
Grain
Lovering Family
Lumber trade.
Shabbona (Ill.)
Sleighs
Travelers' writings
Wagons
Languages of Materials
English [eng]
Rights/Use Restrictions: Property rights in the collection belong to the Regional History Center; literary rights are dedicated to the public.
Acquisition Notes:
Virginia Lovering Virginia Lovering donated the Lovering Family Collection to the University Archives in 1968. J. Joseph Bauxer, University Archivist, transferred the collected to the Northern Illinois Regional History Center in July 1978.
Related Materials:
Researchers should note the other agribusiness collections held by the Regional History Center: Embree Lumber Company (RC 7); Lindenwood Grain Co-op (RC 11); Uplinger Lumber, Grain, and Coal Company (RC 22); George Heyward Company (RC 69); Northern Corn Belt Seed Growers, Inc. (RC 90); Colehour Grain Elevator (RC 91); and Farmer’s Elevator Company (RC 109).