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:
Denton Family Papers (Maple Park)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-191
Scope and Contents
The Denton Family Papers document the Denton Family from 1895 to 1965. The majority of the collection consists of correspondence between family members, ledgers, school work, and family and military photographs. Also contained in the papers is Mrs. Elfie Denton's 1935-1936 daybook, a 1936 calendar she used as a daybook, and a notebook of poems and stories collected by Dorothea Denton entitled, “My Crazy Book.” A short family tree, newspaper clippings, and legal documents help in...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1895-1965; Other: Date acquired: 04/10/1989
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
