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:
Stage Coach Players Records (DeKalb)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-184
Scope and Contents
The Stage Coach Players Records, dating from 1953-2000, document the group's activities through minutes, treasurer's reports, correspondence, and programs. The minutes date from 1959-1981 and include general, membership, special, and board meetings. The nearly complete set of programs date from 1960-2000 and give information about the casts and productions during these years. The collection also contains the constitution, by-laws, membership lists, correspondence, and newspaper supplements...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1953-2000; Other: Date acquired: 10/14/1986
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Sycamore-DeKalb Panhellenic
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-285
Scope and Contents
The Sycamore-DeKalb Panhellenic records date from 1990 to 2003. They consist of member made scrapbooks which document Panhellenic events, activities and accomplishments. The scrapbooks contain memorabilia, newsletters, announcements, photographs, news clippings and programs. Included within the scrapbooks are annual announcement booklets which provide member and office lists, the constitution and bylaws, and featured programs.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1995-2005; Other: Date acquired: 07/00/2007
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Taylor Family Genealogy Records (DeKalb County)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-289
Scope and Contents
The records of the Taylor Family Genealogy Papers contain the research materials on the family’s genealogy compiled by Ethel L. Taylor, including items such as birth certificates, marriage licences, death certificates, obituaries, newspaper clippings, and genealogy society newsletters. She spent decades researching her family’s history and her research dates from 1969 to 2004. Her research results include ancestors dating to the 1700s and copies of records from several states in the U.S.,...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1969-2004; Other: Date acquired: 04/22/2008
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
United Rubber, Cork, Linoleum, & Plastic Workers of America (Local 704)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-313
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of the records of the United Rubber, Cork, Linoleum, & Plastic Workers of America (URW), Local 704, from 1964 to 2002. The records include administrative files, contracts, grievances and arbitrations, publication, financial records, and some ephemera. The collection documents the role of the Local 704 at the Richardson Company later renamed Spaulding Company; DeKalb, Illinois. The collection documents very little of the start of the Local 704, but contains much of...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1964-2002; Other: Date acquired: 06/00/2011
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
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
W.W. Embree Collection (DeKalb)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-002
Scope and Contents
Waite W. Embree and his father, Elmer E. Embree, preserved most of the historical materials generated by the family’s business and social activities. Waite, especially, collected a large volume of printed materials and photographs that relate to his main interests--the history of DeKalb and the history of railroading. It is important to note that Embree was a collector: indeed, in the absence of an active county historical society, Waite Embree filled a void in DeKalb County with his keen...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1881-1966; Other: Date acquired: 03/00/1967
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Zelnis/Smith Family
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-342
Scope and Contents
Records in the Zelnis/Smith Family Collection date from 1909 to 2005. Mr. G.B. Smith and Mrs. Valaria Zelnis Smith of DeKalb, Illinois are primary family members featured in the collection.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1909-2005; Other: Date acquired: 05/20/2015
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
