RHC/RC. Regional Collections
Record Group Term
Identifier: RHC/RC
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 4 Collections and/or Records:
Corey-Vesta-Cunningham Family
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-324
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of materials related to the Corey family, the Vesta family, and the Cunningham family from the DeKalb area. However, the majority of the materials are the personal and professional papers of Phylis Cunningham, a former employee of the Malta and DeKalb school districts, and Orville Cunningham, a former employee of the DeKalb General Electric plant. The records include correspondence, minutes, memos, newspapers and clippings, commencement invitations and programs,...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1906-2003; Other: Date acquired: 08/22/2012
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Frances Pesut Family
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-334
Scope and Contents
The Frances Pesut Family Collection consists of photographs, legal documents, funeral and financial registers, membership records, newspaper articles, and birth and death records, and handmade crafts and artifacts. The collection covers the span of 1908 to 2013. Arrangement is chronological. The beginning of the collection starts with the documentation of the Pesut family The beginning of the collection starts with the documentation of the Pesut family as a whole, and then is separated by...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1908-2013; Other: Date acquired: 10/28/2013
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
General Electric Company (DeKalb)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-341
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of the papers from the General Electric Company located in DeKalb, Illinois. The collection contains materials from 1891 to 2015, with the bulk of the material ranging from 1946 to 2015. The collection includes newsletters, club records, photographs, historical files, minutes, and artifacts. The material documents the activities and events of employees, the company, the DeKalb area. There are also records about the interior and exterior of the building as well as the...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1891-2015; Other: Majority of material found in 1946-2015; Other: Date acquired: 03/17/2015
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Johnson Family Records (DeKalb County)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-231
Scope and Contents
At present the collection contains information relating to Revere E. Johnson’s careers in farming (1917 - 1945), and at the General Electric Plant in DeKalb (1946-1964), Johnson family materials and photographs, documentation relating to World War II rationing, maps, and DeKalb County history articles.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1917-1969; Other: Date acquired: 02/00/1994
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
