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DAAHA has a new YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/daahainc
We currently have 4 videos posted with much more to come. Subscribe to the channel to receive notifications of new videos.

DAAHA currently has the following videos posted:
Acres of Science Documentary
European Corn Borer Documentary
DeKalb Research "Tradition of Excellence"
The History of DeKalb Ag 

DAAHA Hosts Open House

Help us celebrate DAAHA's progress! DAAHA is hosting an Open House

Sunday, June 23, 2013

2:00 - 4:00 pm

in the DAAHA galleries at Nehring Center

111 South Second St, Ste. 204

DeKalb, IL 60115

Dedicated volunteers and staff have cataloged the extensive archive and photograph collections of the DeKalb Agricultural Association. These collections are now ready for use by researchers and museum visitors.

This is just a portion of the DeKalb Ag donation prior to cataloging and organizing it.



Today the collection is easily accessible and useable for programs, exhibits and research.



The Open House will include tours of the exhibit galleries, behind the scenes storage spaces, the archive and new reference library. 

Artifact in the Spotlight

     Instead of just one artifact in the spotlight, we are spotlighting 944.  DAAHA's DeKalb Agricultural Association photographic collection is live at

http://www.daaha.org/Collections/collections.htm. 

Click on Link to Virtual Museum to take you to the List of Exhibits page.

Choose the Photograph Collection from the list of exhibits. Click "View Exhibit Page" for the exhibit to open. The menu bar offers choices of seeing each photograph individually or as a listing in the Table of Contents. 

Each entry includes the photograph and a catalog description of the photograph. If you have any questions or comments about any of the photographs, please include the Object ID number so we can easily find the entry to address your comment!

DAAHA is extremely appreciative of its volunteers who described each image. Their dedication made this collection possible.


 

 

DAAHA Sponsors Speaker for National Agriculture Week


When:  Wednesday, March 20, 2013, 7:00 a.m.
Where: DeKalb County Farm Bureau
Cost: $10.00 per person for the Speaker Breakfast. Reservations required

John Fietsam of Monsanto will present "Drought Busting Genetics - How Breeding Innovations Helped Save the 2012 Corn Crop".

It is widely accepted that the yield reduction in the 2012 drought was not as severe as many expected it to be. It was also not as great as it would have been 15 years ago. The presentation will describe some of the recent innovations that helped make this possible.

Reservations are required for the program and are due by March 18th. Contact the DeKalb County Farm Bureau at 815-756-6361. Cost is $10.00 per person.

AGRICULTURAL HERITAGE PROGRAM PRESENTATION:: "DEKALB Story, Part I" presented by Rich Ryan

WHEN:   Wednesday, March 6 – NOON - 1:00
WHERE:  Ellwood House Visitor Center – 509 N. First Street, DeKalb
FOR MORE INFORMATION:  Contact DAAHA at 815-756-8737


The second “Brown Bag” lunch program of the Spring 2013 DeKalb Area Agricultural Heritage Association’s (DAAHA) Agricultural Heritage Programs will be presented this Wednesday, March 6, 2013 at the Ellwood House Visitor Center beginning at noon.  The audience is encouraged to bring a brown bag lunch. Rich Ryan will reprise his talk to the DeKalb Alumni Association in the first of two parts. Part I, "Making Genetic Concepts a Farming Reality", focuses on the beginning of the Dekalb Agricultural Association.

The story continues with Part II on Wednesday, March 13, 2013 at the Ellwood House Visitor Center, noon - 1:00 with "Achieving Success Via Furthering Innovations and Consolidations".

The Faivre Family: A Journey in Agriculture

On Wednesday, February 20th, Roger Steimel will be presenting the story of a family that emigrated from the French Alps to Illinois in search of opportunity and success. It is a story full of faith and fortitude.

The presentation will take place at the Ellwood Visitor Center, 509 N. First St. DeKalb, IL at 12:00 noon. At 2:30, Roger will be available in the Nehring Gallery at 111 South Second St. Ste. 204, DeKalb, IL for the opening of the Faivre family exhibit.

 ONE MILESTONE REACHED

DAAHA's dedicated volunteers have reached a milestone and a mixture of excitement and relief permeates the museum galleries. Mif and Paula along with new volunteer Tom have described over 1000 photographs in the museum original collection. These knowledgeable volunteers have recognized the types of plants growing in the fields and the various pieces of equipment used in agriculture. Many times, they were able to describe a process that was illustrated by the photograph.

Each photograph was described on a worksheet. This information will be entered into the collection software program and the photograph scanned to capture an electronic image. Once all of the images are scanned and the information checked for accuracy, it will be posted to the DAAHA website (www.daaha.org) under the collections tab. Anyone will be able to search the photographs by keyword to find certain subjects.


This is an exciting endeavor and the photograph segment of the collection is getting ever closer to being available to the public.