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 67 Collections and/or Records:
American Legion Post No. 66 - DeKalb Records
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-154
Scope and Contents
The records in this collection partially document the activities of the DeKalb American Legion Post #66 from 1919 to 1979. Types of records include: meeting minutes (1969-1971), membership records (1929-1942), newsletters, certificates, cemetery maps, and photographs. Due to the extensive gaps in the documentation, the research value of the collection is limited.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1919-1979; Other: Date acquired: 08/02/1982
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Baldwin Family Papers (DeKalb)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-041
Scope and Contents
The Baldwin Family Papers consist of the private and business papers of Edwin S. Baldwin, his brother George W. Baldwin and their families. Box one contains one file folder of family letters, a diary, and numerous bills and tax receipts dating from the 1890’s to the mid twentieth century. Printed material documenting Masonic and Shriner activity during this period are also included in Box one. Box two includes dance programs, calling cards, glass plate negatives, photographs and various...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1853-1954; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1965
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Bertha G. Bradt Collection (DeKalb)
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RHC-RC-046
Scope and Contents
The Bertha Glidden Bradt Collection contains textual and pictorial records relating to Bradt family genealogy and history dating 1830-1954, the Glidden family manuscripts, and materials from S.E. Bradt’s role in the development of Illinois highways. More than 1,000 volumes are included with the collection and are located in the reading room. A complete listing of the volumes can be found in the Shelflist.
The Bradt family records contain personal items belonging to Mrs. S.E. Bradt and the...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1830-1954; Other: Date acquired: 10/19/1978
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Beta Sigma Phi Records (DeKalb/Sycamore)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-350
Abstract
The Beta Omega Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi held their first meeting in April 1938 and was chartered in March 1939. Beta Sigma Phi was first organized in DeKalb in October 1945. The DeKalb/Sycamore Chapters of Beta Sigma Phi been composed of one or more chapters since its founding in the area in 1938, including chapters Beta Omega (Sycamore, est. 1939), Xi Gamma Upsilon (Sycamore, est. 1956), Xi Zeta Alpha Exemplar (DeKalb, est. 1963), Preceptor Gamma Epsilon (DeKalb), and Illinois Epsilon Phi...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1939-2012; Other: Date acquired: 05/27/2016
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
City of DeKalb Collection
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-139
Scope and Contents
The City of DeKalb Collection is organized into two record series. The first series, City Records, consists of budgets, comprehensive development plans, revised ordinances, and committee records. Documentation on the urban renewal project in 1968-1969 can be found in the Urban Renewal Study Committee records. Demographic and economic information on the area is available in the development plans and in a survey done in 1947.
Records from the DeKalb Chamber of Commerce comprise series two....
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1913+; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1965
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Clark C. Cryor Collection
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-279
Scope and Contents
The Clark C. Cryor Audiovisual Collection contains 16mm film-reels from the 1950s through the 1970s. Several of the 16mm films were transferred to DVD and/or VHS tape by the DeKalb Public Library and donated to the Center. The DeKalb Public Library also has copies of the DVD and VHS tape reproductions. Included in the collection are histories of the DeKalb Daily Chronicle Newspaper, the Jacob Haish Memorial Library, and the Automatic Electric Company of Genoa, Illinois. Other films include...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1950-1989; Other: Date acquired: 09/09/2006
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Corey-Vesta-Cunningham Family
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-324
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of materials related to the Corey family, the Vesta family, and the Cunningham family from the DeKalb area. However, the majority of the materials are the personal and professional papers of Phylis Cunningham, a former employee of the Malta and DeKalb school districts, and Orville Cunningham, a former employee of the DeKalb General Electric plant. The records include correspondence, minutes, memos, newspapers and clippings, commencement invitations and programs,...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1906-2003; Other: Date acquired: 08/22/2012
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
DAARE/SAFE Collection (DeKalb/Rockford)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-212
Scope and Contents
The DAARE/SAFE records date from 1969 to 2008 and consists of material created, researched, and collected by the two organizations during their legal battle with Commonwealth Edison and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Staff contesting the issuing of an NRC operating license for the Byron Nuclear Plant. The collection is divided into eleven series.
Series 1, the Early DAARE/SAFE Records, is comprised of information created and collected by the two organizations. These records...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1969-2008; Other: Date acquired: 11/18/1992
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
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
DeKalb AgResearch Records
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-190
Scope and Contents
This collection contains many of the records generated by the DeKalb Genetics Corporation. The materials, dating from 1910-2011, provide information for a basic history of the company; for ascertaining the role played by the industry in the DeKalb area, the United States, and around the world; for the research in the company's areas of expertise; and for analyzing marketing techniques and approaches. The collection is organized into 10 series: Historical Research and General Corporate...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1910-2011; Other: Date acquired: 07/00/1988
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
