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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 5 Collections and/or Records:

DeKalb County Building and Construction Trades Council Records

 Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-314
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of the records of the DeKalb County Building and Construction Trades Council from 1950 to 2001. The records include administrative files, minutes, correspondence, printed materials, legal documentation, and audio-visual materials. The records reflect the organization’s activities as a labor union. The correspondence includes letters from individuals, labor organizations, private companies, and public organisms. The minutes have many gaps, especially before 1980.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1949-2001; Other: Date acquired: 05/25/2011

DuPage Building & Construction Council Records

 Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-058
Scope and Contents The DuPage Building & Construction Trades Council records date from 1955 to 1984, though the bulk of the material covers the years 1968 to 1979.  A complete run of monthly Council meeting minutes (1966-1979) and of weekly Business Representatives meeting minutes (1970-1979) are in the collection.  The majority of the records are subject and correspondence files that deal with a variety of topics: politics and labor legislation, wage rates, jurisdiction disputes, pickets, and the...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1955-1984; Other: Date acquired: 02/12/1986

Elgin Trades Council Records

 Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-153
Scope and Contents This collection represents a small portion of the records generated by the Elgin Trades Council; records pre-dating 1965 have been lost. The materials are divided into five series. The first series contains the records of the Council -- constitutions, meeting minutes (1967-1979), and general correspondence (1968-1978). The remaining four series contain documentation on related organizations. Series two and three contain records from the E1gin Association of Commerce, the Aurora Labor and...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1967-1979; Other: Date acquired: 06/23/1982

Rockford Building and Construction Trades Council Records

 Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-138
Scope and Contents The Rockford Building and Construction Trades Council records (1937-1981) are arranged in the four series established by the R.B.C.T.C. office: minutes of meetings, topical correspondence files, wage scales and contracts, and financial records.  With some exceptions this collection is complete in tracing the history of the Council from its founding in 1937: records from 1968 to the present have been retained in the R.B.C.T.C. office and will be added to the collection when no longer needed...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1937-1981; Other: Date acquired: 10/06/1981

Will-Grundy Building Trades Council Records

 Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-152
Scope and Contents The Will-Grundy Building Trades Council records (1934-1979) are divided into three series: administrative records; pamphlets, brochures, publications, and manuals; and financial records. The administrative records comprise meeting minutes (1940-1977), annual directories, and pre-job information as well as a subseries composed of subject files. The subject files are alphabetically arranged and primarily consist of records on or about local labor unions and politics. None of the files are...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1934-1979; Other: Date acquired: 06/02/1982