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:
Genesee Grange Records (Coleta)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-102
Scope and Contents
These records document the history of the Genesee Grange No. 1849 of Coleta, Illinois from 1934 through its dissolution in 1979. Although records detailing the first three years of the Grange’s existence are missing, minute books (1934-1974) relate the social orientation of Genesee Grange meetings toward relieving the isolation of farming life through group discussion and entertainment programs. A single treasurer’s account book (1938-1978) contains financial information on grange expenses...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1931-1979; Other: Date acquired: 07/01/1980
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Northern Illinois Granges Collection
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-262
Scope and Contents
The records for the Northern Illinois Granges consists of eleven series: Black Hawk Grange, Carroll County Pomona Grange, Galt Grange, Jordan Grange, Palmyra Grange, Rock Creek Grange, Rock River Grange, Whiteside County Pomona Grange, Illinois State Grange, National Grange, and Artifacts. Each series represents a different grange located in the northern Illinois region that is no longer in existence. The types of records vary from grange to grange depending on what has survived through...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1872-2004; Other: Date acquired: 05/14/2004
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Round Grove Grange Records (Round Grove)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-068
Scope and Contents
The materials in the collection partially document the activities of a subordinate grange in Round Grove, Illinois from 1941 to 1975. Included are letters, journals of proceedings, by-laws, rules of order, rosters, and manuals of ritual from 1872 to 1975. With the exception of business correspondence and certificates (1941-1975) from the Round Grove Grange, the bulk of the material describes state and national grange activities. The collection is incomplete in that most manuscript...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1872-1975; Other: Date acquired: 06/19/1979
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
