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 24 Collections and/or Records:
Laura Cooper Collection (Byron)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-044
Scope and Contents
Laura Cooper’s diaries, located in box one, date from 1892 to 1893, 1938 to 1942, 1944 to 1948, and 1954 to 1965. The diaries offer a chronicle of one woman’s day-to-day activities over a number of years including comments on family, deaths of relatives and town members, church activities, and other common situations such as meals and weather.
Box two of the collection contains reminiscences of Mrs. Cooper about Byron’s Congregational Church (1897-1924); weekly bulletins, programs,...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1892-1965; Other: Date acquired: 11/06/1978
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
LeRoy Community Grange No. 1873 Records (Boone County)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-260
Scope and Contents
The LeRoy Community Grange records date from 1933 to 2000 and include secretary’s books, a treasurer’s account book, cash/day books, and dues account books. A complete run of meeting minutes from January 20, 1939 to December 5, 1941 and January 28, 1944 to December 11, 1993 comprise a majority of the records. Unfortunately the secretary’s books that contain the meeting minutes from 1933 to 1938 and from 1942 to 1943 are missing. The information contained in the secretary’s books vary from...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1933-2000; Other: Date acquired: 01/11/2004
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Maple Grove Grange No.1746 Collection (Winnebago County)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-209
Scope and Contents
The Maple Grove Grange Collection dates from 1872 to 1982 with the majority of the collection consisting of meeting minutes. The remainder of the collection includes a rollbook, manuals and songbooks, a group photograph of the grange, and a constitution and by-laws for the Winnebago County Grange.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1872-1982; Other: Date acquired: 05/01/1992
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Marengo Grange Records
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-135
Scope and Contents
The records from the Marengo Grange No. 1922 include a complete set of monthly meeting minutes (1951-1979) describing local farmers efforts to serve the community and improve their agricultural conditions. In addition to the local grange records the collection also contains journals of proceedings, programs, and rosters (1950-1980) belonging to the Illinois State and National Grange organizations.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1950-1980; Other: Date acquired: 07/01/1981
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
McHenry County Pomona Grange Records
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-128
Scope and Contents
The collection primary comprises monthly meeting minutes of the McHenry County Pomona Grange from its organization in 1952 to 1977. Included in the minutes are reports from the six subordinate Granges in the county-Alden-Hebron, Harvard, Marengo, Ridgefield, Riley, and Seneca. Projects, programs, fund raising plans, financial records, and nomination and election results are the basic topics discussed in the minutes. Articles of Incorporation, correspondence, a program, certificates, and...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1952-1977; Other: Date acquired: 02/12/1981
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Milledgeville Grange Records
Collection — Volume 1-2
Identifier: RHC-RC-101
Scope and Contents
These records document the establishment and history of the Milledgeville Grange No. 1883, Carroll County, Illinois from its origin in 1936 through 1976. A complete set of minute books comprise the major series of the collection and contain information on meeting activities dealing with various farming problems and their solutions. Dues and grange expenses for hall rental, social functions, and supplies are detailed in the treasurer’s account books (1936-1972). Committee lists, community...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1936-1996; 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
Ohio Grove Grange No. 1842 Records (DeKalb County)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-227
Scope and Contents
The materials in this collection document the history of the Ohio Grove Grange #1842 from 1928 to 1967, with some scattered materials from the 1970's and 1980's. Minutes from the 1930's through the 1950's make up the first part of the collection, detailing projects, fundraisers, activities, officer elections and social affairs. Dues Account books and a Roll Book span the years 1928-1967 and provide information about Grange members. Juvenile Grange meeting minutes from 1945-1947 provide...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1928-1991; Other: Date acquired: 11/04/1996
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Prairie View Grange Records (Pecatonica)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-014
Scope and Contents
The Prairie View Grange No. 1786 Collection documents the establishment and history of a farming organization in Pecatonica, Illinois from 1915 to its dissolution in 1970. The main series of the collection consists of a partial set of minute books (1931-1970) containing information about the members’ concern with agricultural problems. These books also relate how social events relieved the loneliness and isolation typical of the farming life. A major weakness in the collection is the lack...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1915-1970; Other: Date acquired: 08/25/1980
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
