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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 2 Collections and/or Records:

Etna Grange No. 1890 Records (Malta Township)

 Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-063
Scope and Contents These records document a substantial portion of the Etna Grange No. 1890 history. Materials in the collection include articles of incorporation and dispensation (1937), the original charter (l937), insurance items (1941-1947), minute books (1937-1955), Grange publications, and membership application/demit forms arranged alphabetically (1937-1961). Also included in the collection is a Grange chaff symbol. This collection is incomplete in that it does not contain any correspondence and...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1937-1961; Other: Date acquired: 05/22/1979

Silver Star Grange No. 1868 Records (DeKalb County

 Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-257
Scope and Contents The Silver Star Grange records date from 1932 to 1992 and consist of four series: Silver Star Grange Records, Other Illinois Granges Records, Illinois State Grange Record, and National Grange Records. Series I, Silver Star Grange, contains a complete run of meeting minutes from April 28, 1932 to July 7, 1944, treasurer’s book, correspondence, and quarterly reports. Information on the early activities of the Grange can be found in this series. However, minutes for the later years have not...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1932-1992; Other: Date acquired: 10/22/2003