Arrangement
Records in this collection are divided into five series. Series I, DeKalb County and DeKalb City Centennials, includes materials written on DeKalb County history and demographics as well as on the events to celebrate the centennials. The second series, DeKalb County Bicentennial Commission records, contains minutes, newsletters, correspondence, and financial reports completely documenting the organization and program implementation of the DeKalb County Bicentennial Commission. Series III, Illinois Bicentennial Commission, and IV, American Revolution Bicentennial Administration, contain pamphlets, brochures and other materials which provide background information on state and national Bicentennial celebrations. The materials in series five include program planning meeting minutes, newspaper articles, flyers, and a calendar to commemorate the DeKalb City Sesquicentennial in 2006. The records in this collection are of good quality for research on DeKalb County.
