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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 10 Collections and/or Records:

Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc., Blackhawk Chapter Records

 Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-255
Scope and Contents

The records for the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc., Blackhawk Chapter date from 1980 to 2000 .  The records contain the Blackhawk Chapter’s charter.  Included within the folders labeled minutes are  bylaws, agendas, meeting and board minutes, treasurer’s reports, meeting attendance sheets, correspondence, membership lists, newsletters, annual reports and program handouts.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1980-2000; Other: Date acquired: 05/02/2003
Found in: Northern Illinois University

DeKalb County Migrant Ministry Records

 Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-251
Scope and Contents This collection contains materials which document the efforts of the DeKalb County Migrant Ministry from 1964 to 1979, and other organizations which aided migrant and impoverished farm workers in the DeKalb County area from the mid-1970's to 1980. Joan Hallaron became involved in the migrant ministry in 1969 through her church, St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Sycamore, Illinois.  Her involvement as a board member and office holder throughout the 1970's with the DeKalb County Migrant Ministry...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1964-1980; Other: Date acquired: 11/13/1981
Found in: Northern Illinois University

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
Found in: Northern Illinois University

Dr. James Alba Johnston Collection (Byron)

 Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-181
Scope and Contents The Dr. James Alba Johnston Collection documents medical practice and theory from 1875 to1949. Little biographical information on Dr. Johnston is included in the collection. Material related to Dr. Johnston and his practice can be found in Series I: Business and Personal Papers. This material includes some correspondence, certificates appointing him company doctor for several firms, drug inventories, ledgers and cash books, and public health notices. Advertisements for medical products,...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1875-1949; Other: Date acquired: 05/29/1987
Found in: Northern Illinois University

Giles P. Ransom Family Collection (Roscoe)

 Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-275
Scope and Contents Records in the Dr. Giles Paddock Ransom Family collection date from 1789 to 2009 with the majority of the records from the 1850 through 1930 time period. They document the personal and business aspects of individuals living in Rockford and Roscoe, Illinois. There are four main families represented in the collection–Jenks, Sherman, Leland, and Ransom; the Ransom family is most predominant. The other families are associated by marriage or settled near the Ransoms or both. Documents include...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1839-2009; Other: Majority of material found in 1850s-1930s; Other: Date acquired: 06/22/2006
Found in: Northern Illinois University

Jacob Haish Memorial Hospital Corporation Records (DeKalb)

 Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-286
Scope and Contents

The records of the Jacob Haish Memorial Hospital Corporation include information pertaining to Jacob Haish’s will, the corporation’s funding of the building of a wing in the DeKalb Public Hospital and the building of newly opened (2007) Kishwaukee Community Hospital’s Emergency Room. The records include meeting minutes, special meeting minutes, annual meeting minutes, legal documents, correspondences, reports, and blueprints.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1944-2007; Other: Date acquired: 10/03/2007
Found in: Northern Illinois University

Joseph B. Ebbesen Papers (DeKalb)

 Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-168
Scope and Contents The Ebbesen Papers span the years 1975 to 1984 and primarily document his role as a legislator in the Illinois General Assembly. The materials are divided five series: the 79th G.A. (1975-1976); the 80th G.A. (1977-1978); the 81st G.A. (1979-1980); the 82nd G.A. (1981-1982); and a miscellaneous collection of papers (1975-1982). Within each series are subseries containing house and senate bills, subject files, constituent correspondence, publications, and press releases. The bills are...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1975-1984; Other: Date acquired: 03/13/1981
Found in: Northern Illinois University

Kishwaukee Community Hospital Records

 Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-327
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of scrapbooks relating to the Kishwaukee Community Hospital from 1924 to 1975. The scrapbooks contain newspaper articles that detail the activities of both the DeKalb Public Hospital and the Sycamore Public Hospital, as well as their auxiliary groups. An additional box includes reports, meeting minutes, and memos documenting the creation of the hospital and its activities.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1924-1975; Other: Date acquired: 02/25/2009
Found in: Northern Illinois University

Reed and Delong Pharmacy Records (DeKalb)

 Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-039
Scope and Contents

The Reed and Delong Records consist of 1 box of 8 ledger books.  These books document the transactions of Hiram Delong and John Reed’s Pharmacy for the years from 1877 to 1893.  These records document transactions for numerous dry goods items including matches, tobacco, plaster, coffee, pharmaceuticals and spices.  Also included are prescriptions and cash books.  Several ledgers identify customer’s and their purchases.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1877-1893; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1965
Found in: Northern Illinois University

Rockford Urban Ministries Records

 Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-266
Scope and Contents The records for the Rockford Urban Ministries date from 1962 to 2017 and consist of organization records and subject files.  The organization records include constitutions, meeting minutes, director reports, newsletters, correspondence and financial information.  Included within the meeting minutes files are agendas, reports, newsletters, correspondence, and financial information.  Following the organization records are alphabetically arranged files that include organizations within and...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1962+; Other: Date acquired: 01/12/2005
Found in: Northern Illinois University

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