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:
Corey-Vesta-Cunningham Family
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-324
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of materials related to the Corey family, the Vesta family, and the Cunningham family from the DeKalb area. However, the majority of the materials are the personal and professional papers of Phylis Cunningham, a former employee of the Malta and DeKalb school districts, and Orville Cunningham, a former employee of the DeKalb General Electric plant. The records include correspondence, minutes, memos, newspapers and clippings, commencement invitations and programs,...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1906-2003; Other: Date acquired: 08/22/2012
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Grand Army of the Republic Records (DeKalb)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-126
Scope and Contents
A descriptive book of members (1887-1918), journal of financial accounts (1892-1923), and a cash statement book (1900-1914) partially document the history of the Merritt Simonds Post of the Grand Army of the Republic. Records from the Malta G.A.R. the Soldiers Memorial Association, and the Women’s Relief Corps complete the collection. The historical information in Box 1 details the organization of the national G.A.R. and affiliated groups such as the Daughters and Sons of Veterans.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1881-1941; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1965
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Postcard Collection
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-199
Abstract
The Regional History Center's postcard collection contains over 2,500 individual cards and provides a unique source for photographic and artistic documentation of people, places and events, the majority during the 1900-1940 period. A majority of the cards in this collection came from four manuscript collections held by the Center: W.W. Embree (RC 2); Sabin-Van Arsdale (RC 32); Kavadas (RC 50); Hall Family (RC 117).
Although most of the cards depict scenes or events from the Northern...
Dates:
Other: Dummy Date
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
