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:
Embree Lumber Company Records (DeKalb)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-007
Scope and Contents
The records contained in the Embree Lumber Company collection document its history from 1902 to 1953. The collection contains the E.E. Embree and Son’s general business agreement, correspondence, financial records, and advertisements, including promotional pamphlets, directories, and information bulletins, arranged in alphabetical order, issued by various building supply companies affiliated with the Embree Company. The collection also contains materials on governmental administrative...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1886-1953; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1967
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Experimental Aircraft Association Chapter 241
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-345
Scope and Contents
The Experimental Aircraft Association Chapter 241 records consists of information pertaining to the Dekalb Illinois based Chapter 241 of the Experimental Aircraft Association. The collection includes flyers, newspaper articles, email correspondence, newsletters as well as financial and insurance records from 1969-2015. This information provides an overview of the events in which the chapter participates.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1969-2015; Other: Date acquired: 02/16/1999
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Fairview Park Cemetery Association Records (DeKalb)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-049
Scope and Contents
The materials in this collection partially document the business activities of the Fairview Park Cemetery Association from 1903 to 1959.
Box one contains cemetery business correspondences arranged in alphabetical order and within that chronological, dating from 1911 to 1953. Also included are the cemetery’s local land records, bank statements, bills, receipts, and the employee’s tax returns, all dating 1903-1952 and burial permits arranged chronologically dating 1902-1918. Also included...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1903-1982; Other: Date acquired: 10/19/1978
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Fairway Oaks Homeowners Association Records (DeKalb)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-307
Scope and Contents
Records from the Fairway Oaks Homeowners Association including Annual Board Meeting Agendas, Meeting Minutes, Financial Records, By-Laws, Directories, and publications created by the Association Board to inform homeowners of events within and guidelines for living in the Fairway Oaks subdivision.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1988-2014; Other: Date acquired: 03/15/2011
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
First Congregational Church Records (DeKalb)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-017
Scope and Contents
The records in this collection document the growth and development of the First Congregational Church of DeKalb from 1856-1991.
The first series, Administrative Records, includes historical information, constitutions and annual reports, church meeting minutes and correspondence, bulletins and the church newsletter. The nearly complete span of weekly church bulletins documents day-to-day activities and concerns.
Series two, Membership, contains church directories, membership lists, and...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1856-2002; Other: Date acquired: 03/00/1973
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Frances Pesut Family
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-334
Scope and Contents
The Frances Pesut Family Collection consists of photographs, legal documents, funeral and financial registers, membership records, newspaper articles, and birth and death records, and handmade crafts and artifacts. The collection covers the span of 1908 to 2013. Arrangement is chronological. The beginning of the collection starts with the documentation of the Pesut family The beginning of the collection starts with the documentation of the Pesut family as a whole, and then is separated by...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1908-2013; Other: Date acquired: 10/28/2013
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
General Electric Company (DeKalb)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-341
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of the papers from the General Electric Company located in DeKalb, Illinois. The collection contains materials from 1891 to 2015, with the bulk of the material ranging from 1946 to 2015. The collection includes newsletters, club records, photographs, historical files, minutes, and artifacts. The material documents the activities and events of employees, the company, the DeKalb area. There are also records about the interior and exterior of the building as well as the...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1891-2015; Other: Majority of material found in 1946-2015; Other: Date acquired: 03/17/2015
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
George H. Wilson Papers (DeKalb)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-206
Scope and Contents
The George H. Wilson Papers contain sermons written by Reverend Wilson dating from 1881 to 1919. The George H. Wilson Papers contain sermons written by Reverend Wilson dating from 1881 to 1919. The collection also contains many undated sermons. Several pocket record books of Reverend Wilson's dating from 1912 through 1920, two letters to Reverend Wilson, miscellaneous printed materials, and notes are also included in the collection. George H. Wilson was pastor of the First...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1881-1932; Other: Date acquired: 10/14/1991
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Grand Army of the Republic Records (DeKalb)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-126
Scope and Contents
A descriptive book of members (1887-1918), journal of financial accounts (1892-1923), and a cash statement book (1900-1914) partially document the history of the Merritt Simonds Post of the Grand Army of the Republic. Records from the Malta G.A.R. the Soldiers Memorial Association, and the Women’s Relief Corps complete the collection. The historical information in Box 1 details the organization of the national G.A.R. and affiliated groups such as the Daughters and Sons of Veterans.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1881-1941; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1965
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
