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 12 Collections and/or Records:
DeKalb Milk Consumers Association Records
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-015
Scope and Contents
The records contained in this collection document the activities of the Milk Consumers Association Incorporated, of DeKalb, Illinois. The materials reflect on Association business from 1922 through its 1966 dissolution, with the bulk of the materials covering the years 1950-1966.
Types of records include minutes (1950-1965), correspondence, bills, payroll records, I.R.S. materials, banking records, monthly balance sheets, hauling routes, stock inventories, stock certificates, and final...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1922-1971; Other: Date acquired: 04/06/1978
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
DuPage County Farm Bureau Records
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-087
Scope and Contents
The records in this collection document a substantial portion of the DuPage County Farm Bureau history from its inception in 1913 through 1970. Records include incorporation certificates, minutes from the board of directors, membership reports, financial accounts, photographs, publications, and scrapbooks of the DuPage County Farm Bureau Women’s Committee. Also included in the collection are records describing national and state farm bureau policy developments and activities from 1950 to...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1913-1976; Other: Date acquired: 01/23/1980
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Gurler Family Papers (DeKalb)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-025
Scope and Contents
The Gurler Family Papers contain 4 boxes of family letters and business transactions (1879-1932) which document a substantial portion of the Gurler brothers' private life and their professional associations (1894-1906). Also included in the collection is Gurler family genealogical material (1729-1968) and biographical accounts (1840-1940).
Box 1 contains 12 file folders including genealogical charts, biographical sketches, family letters, a copy of G.H. Gurler's publication, his army...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1840-1990; Other: Date acquired: 09/15/1977
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
John K. Morris Papers (Chadwick)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-161
Scope and Contents
The John K. Morris Papers contain documents related to Mr. Morris’ career as a State Representative, chairman of the State Property Tax Appeal Board and farmer. The collection is arranged into three series, one for each aspect of his career. Papers in the collection date from 1919 to 1982. The collection contains biographical sketches of Morris’ life. There are also some papers from his grade school and college days.
The first series contains material from Morris’ career as a State...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1919-1989
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
John P. Case Collection (Naperville)
Collection — Volume 1-2
Identifier: RHC-RC-086
Scope and Contents
The collection partially documents John P. Case’s private farm practices and his participation in the organization of the Pure Milk Association from 1922 to 1965. Records include correspondence, minutes, reports, publications, and financial data.
The major portion of the collection contains financial record books used by Case to measure his farm productivity over a given year. Included are tabulations of crop, livestock, labor, and operating receipts and expenses dating from 1922 to...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1922-1965; Other: Date acquired: 01/12/1980
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Kendall County Farm Bureau Records
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-103
Scope and Contents
The Kendall County Farm Bureau Records, comprised of three distinct record groups, document the establishment and history of the Bureau and two affiliates from 1919 to 1970. The first record group contains the historical materials of the Farm Bureau. A complete set of meeting minutes (1919-1969) provide extensive information on the business concerns of the organization. Bureau members discussed and implemented agricultural programs such as cooperative marketing, crop development, tax...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1919-1970; Other: Date acquired: 07/18/1980
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Mid-West Dairymen's Company Records (Rockford)
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RHC-RC-081
Scope and Contents
The records of Mid-West Dairymen’s Company document the origin and development of a northern Illinois non-profit milk producers’ cooperative during the period 1924-1980. The collection contains corporate record books (1924-1963) which include articles of incorporation, by-laws, minutes of the meetings of the board of directors and special committees, resolutions, and bills. This valuable source furnishes essential legal, financial, production, and marketing information from the...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1924+; Other: Date acquired: 10/12/1979
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Pure Milk Association Records (Chicago)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-062
Scope and Contents
The Pure Milk Association records document the origin and development of a northern Illinois milk producers’ cooperative during the period 1924 to 1969. The collection contains eleven boxes of materials including the articles of incorporation and amendments (1926-1961), by-laws (1962-1969), minutes and proceedings from board of directors and special committees (1924-1969), membership agreement forms (1926-1950) official records (1936) business manuals (1945), and publications (1951-1964). ...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1924-1969; Other: Date acquired: 05/14/1979
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Putnam Family Collection (Harvard)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-071
Scope and Contents
The Putnam Family Collection is a partial documentation of the breeding of Jersey cattle on the Russel E. Putman dairy farm in the 1940’s in Harvard, Illinois. Herd records, registration, awards, individual cow histories reveal important breeding data for these years. Included in the collection are related printed materials, an undated account ledger, and 4-H project records. Especially valuable in this regard is the Dairy Herd Improvement Association Herd Record Book. The researcher...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1940-1952; Other: Date acquired: 06/28/1979
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Rockford Small Business Collection
Collection — Volume 1
Identifier: RHC-RC-057
Scope and Contents
The records in this collection partially document the operations of eleven small businesses in Rockford, Illinois during the period 1906 to 1961: John Anderson Coal Company (1944-1950); Joseph Behr and Sons (1954-1958); David Goldman (1920-1958); Industrial Gages, Incorporated (1955-1960); Kettlewell Milk Company (1929-1930); Midway Amusement Company (1927-1938); Rockford Dairy, Incorporated (1929-1930); Royal Mantel and Furniture (1913-1938); The Tagit Company (1916-1961); Union Furniture...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1906-1961; Other: Date acquired: 03/30/1979
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
