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:
Ellwood Family Collection (DeKalb)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-001
Scope and Contents
Series one, family papers, holds published and unpublished histories of the family, genealogical charts and research files, a wide range of legal documents, memorabilia, and personal correspondence of family members. This series provides a detailed record of family relationships and activities, especially during the 1835-1915 period. It is the largest extant collection of Ellwood family documents available to researchers.
The I. L. Ellwood manufacturing business, series two, represent only...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1820-1978; Other: Date acquired: 10/00/1965
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Lovering Family Collection (Shabbona)
Collection — Volume 1
Identifier: RHC-RC-029
Scope and Contents
This collection partially documents three subjects: the George Lovering Lumber and Grain Company of Shabbona (1881-1912); William K. Lovering’s 1800 mile drive from Detroit, Michigan to Salt Lake City, Utah in a Scripps-Booth automobile (1916); and facets of Shabbona, Illinois’ history (1895-1940). Materials include financial account ledgers, business and personal correspondence, W. K. Lovering’s typed manuscripts under the pen name Bill Knell, photographs, catalogs, and programs. A very...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1876-1965; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1968
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Oversize Collection - Maps, Posters, Photographs, Calendars, Drawings
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-200
Scope and Contents
The Oversize Collection consists of unbound items from various Regional History Center collections which are too large to store in regular archival boxes.
The Oversize Collection contains five major groups of documents: posters and broadsides, photographs and prints, maps, newspapers, and certificates.
The Embree Collection's railroad calendars and posters show the locomotives of various railroads from the late 1930's through the mid-1950's. The war poster collection contains 629 posters...
Dates:
Other: Dummy Date
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Smith Oil and Refining Company Records (Rockford)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-048
Scope and Contents
The records in the Smith Oil and Refining Company Records document the business activities of an independent oil company and its subsidiaries from 1918 to 1970.
The collection consists of two series: Smith Oil and Refining Company and Subsidiaries. Series one contains the parent company’s articles of incorporation and amendments, bylaws, minutes (1918-1967), audit reports, and company publications. Oversized ledgers (1918-1949) and check registers are housed separately on the shelf. One...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1918-1970; Other: Date acquired: 10/31/1978
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
