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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:

David C. Shapiro Papers (Amboy)

 Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-174
Scope and Contents The David C. Shapiro Papers primarily document his career as a state legislator in the Illinois House of Representatives and Senate. Material in the collection dates from his first campaign in 1966 to his death in 1981. Some biographical information and personal correspondence are in Box One, Folder One. The collection is divided into six series: Campaigns and Party Affiliations, House and Senate Bills, Subject Files, Constituent Correspondence, Reports and Publications, Photos and...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1966-1981; Other: Date acquired: 05/24/1984
Found in: Northern Illinois University

Green River Ordnance Plant Records (Amboy/Dixon)

 Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-295
Scope and Contents

The records for the Green River Ordnance Plant (GROP) date from 1941 to 1946 and consist of the plant’s administrative office documents, plant and employee photographs, government documents, brochures, grounds passes.  Of special interest is a DVD with recent  GROP photographs (2007), scans of GROP artifacts, and Power Point Presentations created by the donor.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1941-1946; Other: Date acquired: 05/25/2008
Found in: Northern Illinois University

Kavadas Family Collection (DeKalb)

 Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-050
Scope and Contents

The Kavadas Family Collection contains one box of printed materials, photographs, and scrapbooks which relate to the history of the family, especially Mrs. Kavadas. Most of these materials relate to Amboy and Lee Center, Illinois. Box one contains four folders of printed materials and photographs documenting the history of Amboy and Lee Center, Illinois. Also included in this box are two family photo albums and a scrapbook from the Ellwood School (DeKalb, Illinois) P.T.A., 1936-1937.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1908-1963; Other: Date acquired: 03/09/1979
Found in: Northern Illinois University

Postcard Collection

 Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-199
Abstract The Regional History Center's postcard collection contains over 2,500 individual cards and provides a unique source for photographic and artistic documentation of people, places and events, the majority during the 1900-1940 period. A majority of the cards in this collection came from four manuscript collections held by the Center: W.W. Embree (RC 2); Sabin-Van Arsdale (RC 32); Kavadas (RC 50); Hall Family (RC 117). Although most of the cards depict scenes or events from the Northern...
Dates: Other: Dummy Date
Found in: Northern Illinois University

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