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 7 Collections and/or Records:
Carroll County Farm Bureau Records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RHC-RC-096
Scope and Contents
These records document a major portion of the Carroll County Farm Bureau’s history from its first annual meeting in 1921 through 1965. A complete run of meeting minutes (1921-1965) relate information on the various services promoted and supported by the Farm Bureau. Membership records, agreements, and accounts provide data on every person involved in the Carroll County Farm Bureau since its inception. Finally, financial ledgers and the audit reports (1952-1969) relate valuable data on the...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1921-1973; Other: Date acquired: 04/18/1980
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Farmers Elevator Company Records (Yorkville)
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RHC-RC-109
Scope and Contents
Primarily a collection documenting financial history, the Farmers Elevator Company Records trace the development of a large agribusiness in Kendall County, Illinois. Records date from 1908 to 1985 and include an incomplete set of meeting minutes containing the articles of incorporation and lists of stockholders, the constitution and by-laws, audit reports (1930-1975), correspondence, legal agreements, court claims, and financial ledgers. The financial ledgers document grain sales,...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1908-1985; Other: Date acquired: 08/27/1980
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Grundy County Farm Bureau Records
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-106
Scope and Contents
The Grundy County Farm Bureau Records document a substantial portion of its history from its inception in 1914 to 1970. A complete set of meeting minutes (1914-1970) details the business concerns of Bureau members providing advice and services to farmers in planning and organizing their farm businesses. Topics discussed at these meetings ranged from improved crop-raising techniques and disease control to farm legislation being considered at the state and national levels. Audit reports...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1853-1989; Other: Date acquired: 08/28/1980
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Kendall County Farm Bureau Records
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-103
Scope and Contents
The Kendall County Farm Bureau Records, comprised of three distinct record groups, document the establishment and history of the Bureau and two affiliates from 1919 to 1970. The first record group contains the historical materials of the Farm Bureau. A complete set of meeting minutes (1919-1969) provide extensive information on the business concerns of the organization. Bureau members discussed and implemented agricultural programs such as cooperative marketing, crop development, tax...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1919-1970; Other: Date acquired: 07/18/1980
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Kendall-Grundy Farm Service Company Records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RHC-RC-105
Scope and Contents
These records document the three agricultural service companies, Kendall Farmers Oil, Grundy Grain and Supply, and Grundy Service, which merged to form the Kendall-Grundy FS, Inc. in 1971. The collection, comprised of meeting minutes, audit reports, purchase/sales journals, and general financial ledgers dating 1928 to 1970, details each company’s history. Of particular interest are materials dating in the 1930’s and 1940’s; these documents reveal the strain government rationing caused...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1928-1978; Other: Date acquired: 08/18/1980
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Mighell & Wakefield Smithy, Grain, and Coal Company Records (Waterman)
Collection — Volume 1
Identifier: RHC-RC-022
Scope and Contents
The records contained in this collection document the Mighell and Wakefield Company’s financial accounts from the warehouse’s first year of operation, 1872, until 1911, when Wakefield reorganized the business into the Wakefield Grain Company. A series of eleven bound volumes contains entries made by T.G. Mighell before his partnership with George Wakefield (1851-1872); business ledgers of the Mighell and Wakefield Smithy, Grain, and Coal Company (1875-1890); and records from the Wakefield...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1851-1943; Other: Date acquired: 01/00/1966
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Will-DuPage Service Company Records
Collection — Volume 1
Identifier: RHC-RC-094
Scope and Contents
These records partially document the business activities of the Will-DuPage Service Company in Joliet, Illinois from 1927 to 1973. Included are minutes of the Board of Directors (1927-1970), auditor’s reports (1966-1972), balance books (1943-1967), a journal of purchases (1969-1970), and photographic documentation of company activities and membership (1955-1973). Of special note are records relating to the short-lived subsidiary of the Service Company, Will Du Enterprises, Incorporated. ...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1927-1973; Other: Date acquired: 04/15/1980
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
