Scope and Contents:
W. S. Angus gathered the materials for this "Rural Community Scrapbook" while he was a student at Eastern Illinois State Teachers College, Charleston, Ill. The volume contains correspondence, a handwritten essay on Byron Township, Ogle County, a preface, and several topically arranged chapters. The scrapbook contains clippings, photographs, and maps.
The scrapbook was donated by Mary Josephine Booth, Librarian at Eastern in 1938, and transferred to the Illinois Historical Survey in 1974.