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RHC/RC. Regional Collections

 Record Group Term
Identifier: RHC/RC

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The Regional Collections include original manuscripts and records generated by private individuals, institutions, and organizations from throughout the eighteen northern Illinois counties. The collections span the period from 1800 to the present and focus on several major themes in the region's history: agriculture, politics, ethnic heritage, commerce and industry, the role of women, and urban expansion. To provide documentation in these areas of interest the Center actively collects the historical records of farmers and their organizations, businesses and retail stores, state and local politicians, churches, cemeteries, civic agencies, individuals, women's organizations, and labor unions. In addition, the Center holds vertical file manuscripts, county and local histories, atlases and plat books, city directories, maps, broadsides, posters, photographs, oral histories, genealogical journals, and core reference printed materials on the history of northern Illinois that complement the manuscript collections.

Found in 355 Collections and/or Records:

DeKalb County Home Economists Records (DeKalb County)

 Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-300
Scope and Contents

The records of the DeKalb County Home Economists date from January 1983 to June 1999 and contains bylaws, membership lists, meeting minutes and organization mailings.

Dates: created: 1983-1999; Other: Date acquired: 05/26/2010
Found in: Northern Illinois University

E.C.Schweitzer Company Records (Leland)

 Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-301
Scope and Contents

The records of the E.C. Schweitzer business consist primarily of day books and account ledgers.  The day books date from 1907 to 1938, and the accounts books range from 1887 to 1912, with some gaps in between.  Also included are bills and a single correspondence.  Of special interest is a paper sign for E. Erickson’s Sons Company.  There is also a bill from E. Erickson’s and Son dated 1911 in this collection.

Dates: created: 1877-1938; Other: Date acquired: 06/17/2010
Found in: Northern Illinois University

Rockford Chapter of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Records (Rockford)

 Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-302
Scope and Contents Series one contains organizational records, founding documents, constitution and by-laws, papers of board members and committees such as chapter regent, register, recording secretary, librarian and historian.  It also contains records about the Rockford chapter, including awards, certifications and correspondence.  This series also contains board meeting minutes; including general membership minutes, regular, executive, and special minutes. The financial papers, series two, consist mostly...
Dates: created: 1894-2011; Other: Date acquired: 06/00/2010
Found in: Northern Illinois University

World War II Scrapbooks

 Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-303
Scope and Contents The World War II Scrapbooks contain six scrapbooks of newspaper articles concerning World War II spanning 1940 to 1946.  The articles originate from various newspapers both local and national, most of which are unidentifiable. Known source publications include Chicago Tribune, Life, and the Rockford Register Republic.  Articles often reference individuals, organizations, or events relating to the Northern Illinois region.  The...
Dates: Other: Dummy Date
Found in: Northern Illinois University

InVironments Magazine (DeKalb County)

 Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-304
Scope and Contents

This collection includes a complete run of the InVironments Magazine, published in Sycamore, Illinois, from November 2008 until the present.

Dates: created: 2008+; Other: Date acquired: 09/20/2010
Found in: Northern Illinois University

Johnson Family Diaries (Stephenson County)

 Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-305
Scope and Contents The Johnson Family Diaries consist of five diaries and one typed transcript of the first four diaries.  The 1843 diary of William Wright recounts the journey from Union County, Pennsylvania to Freeport, Stephenson County, Illinois.  The 1882-1909 Margaret Heise Wright Johnson diaries chronicle the life of then 16 year-old Margaret as she comes of age in Illinois at the end of the 19th century.  A photograph of Margaret (undated) was found behind the cover of the first diary volume along with...
Dates: created: 1842-1990; Other: Date acquired: 10/20/2010
Found in: Northern Illinois University

DeKalb Taylor Municipal Airport Advisory Board Records (DeKalb)

 Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-306
Scope and Contents

The DeKalb Taylor Municipal Airport Advisory Board collection consists of board meeting notes, official minutes, agendas, financial records, airport expansion impact studies, official memorandums from various city offices, airplane hanger expansion efforts, DeKalb Taylor Municipal Airport and general aviation newspaper articles all documenting the changes to the Airport from the late 1970s until 2010.

Dates: created: 1975-2010; Other: Date acquired: 05/25/2010
Found in: Northern Illinois University

Fairway Oaks Homeowners Association Records (DeKalb)

 Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-307
Scope and Contents

Records from the Fairway Oaks Homeowners Association including Annual Board Meeting Agendas, Meeting Minutes, Financial Records, By-Laws, Directories, and publications created by the Association Board to inform homeowners of events within and guidelines for living in the Fairway Oaks subdivision.

Dates: created: 1988-2014; Other: Date acquired: 03/15/2011
Found in: Northern Illinois University

National Emergency Number Association

 Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-308
Abstract

The records in this collection document the growth and development of the National Emergency Number Association (NENA).

Dates: created: 1977+; Other: Date acquired: 04/20/2011
Found in: Northern Illinois University

Illinois National Guard, 3rd Regiment 129th United States Infantry

 Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-204
Scope and Contents This collection consists of two volumes of Descriptive Books for Company A, 3rd Regiment of the Illinois National Guard, dating from 1898-1916. These books include the name, age, description, birth place, occupation, enlistment information, and term of the soldier. The two volumes also contains a remarks column that lists discharge information. Indexes to these two volumes are located in the Inventory folder. Rosters and roll calls for Company A, from 1906 to 1913 are found in the five...
Dates: created: 1898-1916; Other: Majority of material found in 1898-1916; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1967
Found in: Northern Illinois University

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