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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 3 Collections and/or Records:

DeKalb County Migrant Ministry Records

 Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-251
Scope and Contents This collection contains materials which document the efforts of the DeKalb County Migrant Ministry from 1964 to 1979, and other organizations which aided migrant and impoverished farm workers in the DeKalb County area from the mid-1970's to 1980. Joan Hallaron became involved in the migrant ministry in 1969 through her church, St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Sycamore, Illinois.  Her involvement as a board member and office holder throughout the 1970's with the DeKalb County Migrant Ministry...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1964-1980; Other: Date acquired: 11/13/1981

Delta Kappa Gamma Alpha Chapter Records (DeKalb County)

 Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-296
Scope and Contents The records for the Delta Kappa Gamma (ΔΚΓ), Alpha Chapter date from 1936 to 2009. Alpha Chapter records make up the bulk of this collection and include the society’s scrapbooks, yearbooks, meeting minutes, newsletters, programs from events, correspondence between members, treasurer and budget reports as well as reports from chairmen. The yearbooks range from 1936 to 2006.  The scrapbooks contain news clippings of various members, photographs, programs from events, newsletter clippings and...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1936+; Other: Date acquired: 01/25/2010

Yvonne Johnson Collection (Sycamore)

 Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-337
Scope and Contents The Yvonne Johnson Collection dates from 1874 to 2015, with materials dating predominately between 1930 and 2015, and includes personal and professional materials related to Yvonne Johnson’s fifty-one year career as a science teacher. The collection provides a snapshot into American education through the eyes of an admired and successful educator. Documents include family history information, photographs, correspodence with students, certificates, educational and instructional materials,...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1874-2015; Other: Majority of material found in 1930-2015; Other: Date acquired: 07/31/2014