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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 2 Collections and/or Records:

Florence Houghton Marshall Collection (DeKalb County)

 Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-261
Scope and Contents The materials in this collection primarily deal with subjects of interest to genealogists, and date from the mid-1800’s to 1990’s.  A sizeable portion of the collection relates to materials on DeKalb County, especially cemetery records. There are also a number of publications dealing with genealogical and historical subjects in greater Illinois.  In addition there are materials of general interest to local historians.  Florence Marshall’s correspondence with others seeking help with their...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1800s-1990s; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/2003

North Central Illinois Genealogical Society Collection (Winnebago County)

 Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-188
Scope and Contents The North Central Illinois Genealogical Society records consist of 10 volumes of cemetery inscriptions from 8 different townships within Winnebago County, Illinois, 1 volume of surnames which appeared in the Pecatonica News from 1872-1917, and a 1986 directory of members of the Society. Within the volumes of township cemetery inscriptions, each cemetery is named, inventoried and indexed separately. The location of each cemetery is given at the beginning of its listing....
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1986-1988; Other: Date acquired: 01/20/1989