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 30 Collections and/or Records:
Leonard J. Jacobs Collection (Cornhusking)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-193
Scope and Contents
The Leonard J. Jacobs Collection consists of research material used by Leonard Jacobs in the writing of his book, Corn Huskers' Battle of the Bangboards. The first twenty folders of the collection contains correspondence between Jacobs and the men who competed in the corn husking competitions and other general correspondence from people interested in corn husking. An article entitled, "King of the Hill: Illini Huskers, 1924-1941," written by Leonard J. Jacobs...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1922-1992; Other: Date acquired: 04/10/1989
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Lindenwood Grain Co-Op Records
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-011
Scope and Contents
The Lindenwood Collection traces the economic development of an agricultural co-operative from 1919 to 1956. The materials are arranged in a series of three record groups all providing a comprehensive account of the co-op’s fiscal operations.
The first series consists of the co-operative’s general business files, 1921-1947; included in this series are correspondence, receipts, tax returns, and annual reports. Also included are several folders of material concerned with the implementation of...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1919-1956; Other: Date acquired: 06/23/1978
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Lyford-Davis Family Collection
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-356
Scope and Contents
The core collection consists of the records of the Lyford-Davis Family from 1858 to 1951. It contains family diaries, ledgers, calendars, card games, photographs, and books. The collection documents the Lyford-Davis family life in their Midwestern farming community. The diaries document daily events and are mostly complete. Also in the collection are research notes and working papers for Carrie Meyer’s books about the family; the 2005 and 2007 publications are included in the collection.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1858-2007; Other: Majority of material found in 1858-1951; Other: Date acquired: 10/21/2016
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
North Corn Belt Seed Growers, Inc. Records (Naperville)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-090
Scope and Contents
The North Corn Belt Seed Growers, Incorporated records partially document the origin and development of a northern Illinois hybrid seed producers’ company in Naperville, Illinois from 1938 to 1967. Included in these records are articles of incorporation and amendments, by-laws, minutes of meetings, certificates of stock, financial statements, and membership lists. Researchers interested in the North Corn Belt Seed Growers Collection may also wish to consult two related Regional History...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1938-1967; Other: Date acquired: 03/19/1980
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Starline Inc. Records (Harvard)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-114
Scope and Contents
A rich resource for the study of industrial development and corporate policies, the Starline, Inc. Records document the company’s history from 1902 to 1973. The collection is divided into three record series groups: (1) Starline, Inc. records; (2) Federal Malleable Company Records; (3) other related companies’ records. Series one is the most comprehensive.
The records of the Starline corporation, series one, comprise articles of incorporation and amendments, minutes, president’s reports,...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1902-1973; Other: Date acquired: 11/18/1980
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Thomas Corcoran Papers (Ottawa)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-234
Scope and Contents
The Thomas Corcoran Congressional Papers document his career as an U.S. Representative. The material in the collection spans his four terms in Congress, beginning in January 1977 and ending in the fall of 1984. The collection is divided into eight series: Personal Files, Legislative/Bill Files, Subject Files, Committee Files, Constituent Correspondence, County Grants and Projects, News Secretary Files, and District Office Files.
The first series, Personal Files, is divided into five...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1977-1984; Other: Date acquired: 12/18/1984
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Uplinger Lumber, Grain, and Coal Company Records (Kingston)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-016
Scope and Contents
The records contained in this collection document the history of the Uplinger Lumber, Grain and Coal Company from its first year of operation, 1882, until 1920, just before the business ceased to exist. Daily sales records for this period are almost complete and a series of ledgers recording accounts receivable (1884-1916) complements the sales records. Scale (load weight) records are available for most years between 1906 and 1916. All of these records are in bound form and in poor physical...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1882-1920; Other: Date acquired: 07/00/1972
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Wheatland Plow Match Association Records
Collection — Volume 1
Identifier: RHC-RC-110
Scope and Contents
The records in this collection partially document the history of the Wheatland Plow Match Association from 1898-1978. Complete materials from the first fifty-five years at the organization’s existence, 1877-1921, are missing. Nevertheless, the surviving records, particularly the meeting minutes, provide information on the Association’s discussions about each match program, the possibility of changing plow rules, decisions on the amount of prize money to be awarded, and nominations and...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1898-2012; Other: Date acquired: 09/25/1980
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Will-DuPage Service Company Records
Collection — Volume 1
Identifier: RHC-RC-094
Scope and Contents
These records partially document the business activities of the Will-DuPage Service Company in Joliet, Illinois from 1927 to 1973. Included are minutes of the Board of Directors (1927-1970), auditor’s reports (1966-1972), balance books (1943-1967), a journal of purchases (1969-1970), and photographic documentation of company activities and membership (1955-1973). Of special note are records relating to the short-lived subsidiary of the Service Company, Will Du Enterprises, Incorporated. ...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1927-1973; Other: Date acquired: 04/15/1980
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Winnebago County Farm Bureau Co-op Records
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-079
Scope and Contents
The collection partially documents the business activities of two now defunct cooperatives of the Winnebago County Farm Bureau in Rockford, Illinois from 1946 to 1974. Included are minutes of the Board of Directors, by-laws, articles of incorporation, patronage records, and financial accounts. Documents dated before 1960 describe the Winnebago Producers Supplies. Included are minutes of the Board of Directors. The bulk of materials describes the Winnebago County Farm Bureau Cooperative,...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1946-1974; Other: Date acquired: 10/03/1979
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
