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 1 Collection or Record:
Wirtz and Wirtz Company Records (DeKalb)
Collection — Volume 1-7
Identifier: RHC-RC-060
Scope and Contents
The volumes in the Wirtz and Wirtz Company Collection partially document the financial activities of a small furniture and undertaking business in DeKalb, Illinois from 1920 to 1970. The collection contains nine volumes of books, journals, and ledgers and six volumes of purchase and sales records. Also included in the collection are WWII Office of Price Administration files. The documentation offered in this collection is modest, but does cover fifty of the eighty-five years the business...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1920-1970; Other: Date acquired: 05/02/1979
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
