Entrepreneurship -- Illinois -- Rock Island
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Collection on the Huber family
Collection
Identifier: MSS 167
Abstract
The Huber family, a prominent family in Rock Island, Illinois in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, included Ignatz, Catherine, Otto, Amelia, and Lilile Huber. Ignatz and Otto were instrumental in the founding and management of the ROck Island Brewing Company and People's National Bank in Rock Island, as well as several other businesses and organizations in the Midwest, primarily related to brewing. The collection on the Huber family, 1897-1986, contains scrapbooks, biographical...
Dates:
1897-1986
Found in:
Augustana College Special Collections
West family papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 335
Abstract
Lewis Edgar (L.E.) West was born 13 April 1854 in St. Louis, Missouri, to Harmon E. and Mary E. West. The family settled in Rock Island, Illinois, in 1861. On 10 October 1888, L.E. West married Ella C. Clarkson of Galesburg, Illinois. The West family papers, 1885-1928 and undated, consists of correspondence (1894-1915 and undated), financial records (1913-1928), advertisements (undated), and other papers (1885-1921 and undated).
Dates:
1885-1928 and undated
Found in:
Augustana College Special Collections