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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 2 Collections and/or Records:

Centennial United Methodist Church

 Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-333
Scope and Contents The Centennial United Methodist Church Records document the history of Methodism in Rockford, Illinois. The records are comprised of nine series:  (l) Historical Records (2) Administrative Records, (3) Financial Records, (4) Memberships, (5) Church Groups and Committees, (6) Audio-visual, (7) Publications, (8) Artifacts, and (9) Oversize. The records date back to1831, but are predominantly from the late nineteenth century through the present day. Arrangement is by series and then loosely by...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1831-2016; Other: Majority of material found in 1880+; Other: Date acquired: 10/29/2012

United Methodist Church of Batavia Records

 Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-160
Scope and Contents The records for the United Methodist Church of Batavia concern the operation of the church in Batavia.  Most of the documents in this collection date before 1950.  Coverage, in most series, is incomplete.  No other historical records are believed to exist.  The first two folders of the collection contain written histories of the church and researcher’s notes. The Quarterly Conference and Minutes series is the largest and most complete series in the collection.  Quarterly Conference Reports...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1844-2011; Other: Date acquired: 03/29/1983