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 5 Collections and/or Records:
Lutheran Campus Ministry Records (DeKalb)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-222
Scope and Contents
These records offer excellent coverage of the history the Lutheran Campus Ministry from its beginnings in the mid-1950’s until the opening of the new facility in 1975. There are additional meeting minutes, reports and articles from 1995 and 1996, and articles from 2005 to 2008. Also contained here are photographs from the mid-1950's thru 1975, plus additional photographs from 1990 and 2005. The LCM staff will be adding to this collection as their records become inactive.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1955-1996
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Rockford First Lutheran Church Records
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-083
Scope and Contents
The materials in this collection provide extensive documentation of the origins and growth of First Lutheran Church and of Rockford’s Swedish community from 1853 to 1970. The collection is arranged in six series which provide fairly complete information on all aspects of the history of the church. Researchers should note that although much of the pre-1930 material is in the Swedish language, translations of some of the core records are included.
The first series contains the church’s...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1853-2005; Other: Date acquired: 11/21/1979
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Salem Lutheran Church Records (Sandwich)
Collection — Volume 1
Identifier: RHC-RC-084
Scope and Contents
The records in this collection document the history of the Salem Evangelical Lutheran Church from 1904 to 1978.
The collection contains official church records describing the congregation’s origin, growth, and service organizations. Documents include the original constitution and official advisory board minutes, correspondence, annual reports, membership records, and financial accounts dating from 1904 to 1976. Also included are records from committees and organizations charged with...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1904-1978; Other: Date acquired: 11/26/1979
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Salem Lutheran Church Records (Sycamore)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-321
Scope and Contents
Records from the Salem Lutheran Church date from its organization in 1870 to the present, although the bulk of the material dates from 1967 to 2000.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1870-2013
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Trinity Lutheran Church Records (Mt. Morris)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-104
Scope and Contents
A valuable addition to the history of Lutheranism in Illinois, the Trinity Lutheran Church Records document the growth and history of perhaps the oldest German Lutheran Church in the state. The collection is divided into eleven series: minutes; annual reports; correspondence; financial records; building records; office files; membership records; newsletters and bulletins; church organization records; Illinois Synod and other churches; and photographs, scrapbooks, and drawings.
Series I...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1857-2008; Other: Date acquired: 07/14/0980
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
