Research Catalog
Rockford
- Title
- Rockford / compiled by workers of the Writers' program of the Work projects administration in the state of Illinois ; illustrations by the Illinois art project, sponsored by the city of Rockford, Illinois.
- Author
- Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of Illinois.
- Publication
- Rockford, Illinois : Graphic Arts Corp., [©1941]
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Not available - Please for assistance. | Text | Restricted use | Rare Books 23-199 | Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328 |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | IVF (Rockford) (U.S. Works progress administration. Illinois. Rockford) | Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121 |
Details
- Description
- 4 preliminary leaves, 7-144 pages : illustrations, plates; 24 cm.
- Series Statement
- American guide series
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History.
- History – Illinois – Rockford – 1941.
- Binding (note)
- Copy in Rare Books 23-199 staple bound in publisher's color printed stiff wrappers.
- Contents
- General information -- The forest city -- The settling of the Rock Ford -- The water power -- Birth of a city -- Ellsworth's Zouaves -- Beginnings of industry -- Of swedes and industry -- City aware of itself -- Forest city nine -- Politics and personages -- "On wings of song ascending" -- Horsecars and "Hello Girls" -- Naive nineties -- Wheels under Rockford -- Camp grant days -- Dizzy decade -- Crisis and change -- Points of interest -- Chronology.
- Call Number
- IVF (Rockford) (U.S. Works progress administration. Illinois. Rockford)
- LCCN
- 42018201
- OCLC
- 5054433
- Author
- Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of Illinois.
- Title
- Rockford / compiled by workers of the Writers' program of the Work projects administration in the state of Illinois ; illustrations by the Illinois art project, sponsored by the city of Rockford, Illinois.
- Imprint
- Rockford, Illinois : Graphic Arts Corp., [©1941]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- American guide series
- Binding
- Copy in Rare Books 23-199 staple bound in publisher's color printed stiff wrappers. NN
- Added Author
- Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of Illinois.
- Other Form:
- Online version: Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of Illinois. Rockford. Rockford, Ill., Graphic arts Corp. [©1941] (OCoLC)692139178
- Research Call Number
- Rare Books 23-199IVF (Rockford) (U.S. Works progress administration. Illinois. Rockford)