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 3 Collections and/or Records:
Fordtran Family Collection
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-330
Scope and Contents
The Fordtran Family Collection contains materials of the Fordtran/Wherley/Barkley family. The items were among the personal effects of Lola Belle (Barkley) and Eugene Fordtran. Material related to Rockford High School is a large part of the collection and includes student published periodicals and newsletters when Fred and Marie Barkley (1908-09) and Dorthy Wherley (1945) attended the school. The collection also contains records related to Lola Belle (Barkley) Fordtran’s attendance at...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1908-circa 1965; Other: Majority of material found in 1930s and 1940s; Other: Date acquired: 01/30/2013
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Yvonne Johnson Collection (Sycamore)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-337
Scope and Contents
The Yvonne Johnson Collection dates from 1874 to 2015, with materials dating predominately between 1930 and 2015, and includes personal and professional materials related to Yvonne Johnson’s fifty-one year career as a science teacher. The collection provides a snapshot into American education through the eyes of an admired and successful educator. Documents include family history information, photographs, correspodence with students, certificates, educational and instructional materials,...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1874-2015; Other: Majority of material found in 1930-2015; Other: Date acquired: 07/31/2014
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Zelnis/Smith Family
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-342
Scope and Contents
Records in the Zelnis/Smith Family Collection date from 1909 to 2005. Mr. G.B. Smith and Mrs. Valaria Zelnis Smith of DeKalb, Illinois are primary family members featured in the collection.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1909-2005; Other: Date acquired: 05/20/2015
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
