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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 4 Collections and/or Records:

District Two Illinois Nurses' Association Records

 Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-144
Scope and Contents The district includes nurses from DeKalb, Grundy, Kane, Kendall, and Will Counties. Administrative records comprise the largest series and contain constitutions and by-laws, regular and board meeting minutes, annual reports, correspondence, committee and section records, and histories of the association and hospitals and nursing education programs within the district. The section records document specific nursing divisions within the association such as general duty or mental health...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1914-2004; Other: Date acquired: 08/28/1973

Geneva-St. Charles League of Women Voters Records

 Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-149
Scope and Contents The Geneva-St. Charles League of Women Voters (LWV) records date from 1947 to 1979.  Included are by-laws, meeting minutes, annual reports, treasurer’s records, correspondence, subject files, and scrapbooks.  A separate series contains records from the Kane County Council LWV (1921-1972) and surveys and reports dealing with different aspects of Kane County.  Since the League began as the Geneva LWV in 1947, combined with St. Charles in 1949, split into two Leagues in 1960, and recombined...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1921-1980; Other: Date acquired: 05/11/1982

Kane County Development Department Records

 Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-164
Scope and Contents The material in this collection came from the background and informational files of two directors of the Kane County Development Department, Thornton “Tony” Ware and Frank Olson. In general, the material covers the years between 1960 and 1980. However, some of the files date as far back as 1957 and the creation of the department. Department Administration deals with the business and staff workings in the Development Department. Such information as annual reports, budgets, and...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1950-1980; Other: Date acquired: 07/13/1983

Northeastern Illinois Planning Commission Records

 Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-159
Scope and Contents The Northeastern Illinois Planning Commission Records document efforts to solve major public problems in land, water, resource management, and economic development in the six county Chicago metropolitan area from 1960 to 1980. This collection presents a rich resource for geographic, demographic, public policy, and environmental research in region and complements other records collections the Center holds. This collection is especially strong in land use, water resources, and transportation...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1960-1980; Other: Date acquired: 12/08/1982