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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 20 Collections and/or Records:

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

Kavadas Family Collection (DeKalb)

 Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-050
Scope and Contents

The Kavadas Family Collection contains one box of printed materials, photographs, and scrapbooks which relate to the history of the family, especially Mrs. Kavadas. Most of these materials relate to Amboy and Lee Center, Illinois. Box one contains four folders of printed materials and photographs documenting the history of Amboy and Lee Center, Illinois. Also included in this box are two family photo albums and a scrapbook from the Ellwood School (DeKalb, Illinois) P.T.A., 1936-1937.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1908-1963; Other: Date acquired: 03/09/1979
Found in: Northern Illinois University

Lahti Family Collection (Sycamore)

 Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-189
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1913-1997; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1987
Found in: Northern Illinois University

Leo B. Olson (DeKalb)

 Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-338
Scope and Contents The Leo B. Olson Collection consists of materials related to Leo Olson’s community involvement, professional activities, and military service from 1911 to 1990. The collection also includes a small amount of materials related to Olson’s family and the history of DeKalb County. His professional activities make up only a small portion of the collection. There is very little related to his time as communications director at DeKalb AgResearch. A digital image of Leo’s Bronze Medal display is...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1911-1990; Other: Date acquired: 07/31/2014
Found in: Northern Illinois University

Lutheran Campus Ministry Records (DeKalb)

 Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-222
Scope and Contents

These records offer excellent coverage of the history the Lutheran Campus Ministry from its beginnings in the mid-1950’s until the opening of the new facility in 1975. There are additional meeting minutes, reports and articles from 1995 and 1996, and articles from 2005 to 2008. Also contained here are photographs from the mid-1950's thru 1975, plus additional photographs from 1990 and 2005. The LCM staff will be adding to this collection as their records become inactive.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1955-1996
Found in: Northern Illinois University

Oversize Collection - Maps, Posters, Photographs, Calendars, Drawings

 Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-200
Scope and Contents The Oversize Collection consists of unbound items from various Regional History Center collections which are too large to store in regular archival boxes. The Oversize Collection contains five major groups of documents: posters and broadsides, photographs and prints, maps, newspapers, and certificates. The Embree Collection's railroad calendars and posters show the locomotives of various railroads from the late 1930's through the mid-1950's. The war poster collection contains 629 posters...
Dates: Other: Dummy Date
Found in: Northern Illinois University

Sigma Tau Delta

 Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-362
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of the records of the Sigma Tau Delta International English Honors Society from 1924 to 2015. These records are broken up into six series: Historical Records, Administrative and Financial Records, Publications, Awards and Scholarships, Correspondence and Mailings, and Conventions. See also: (UA 11) Sigma Tau Delta 2015 International Convention T-shirt for the “Borderlands and Enchantments” Convention in Albuquerque, NM

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1924-2015; Other: Date acquired: 09/05/2014
Found in: Northern Illinois University

Vanderhoof Family Papers (Campton Township, Kane County)

 Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-228
Scope and Contents The Vanderhoof Family papers document the activities of several generations of the Vanderhoof Family from Campton Township, Kane County, Illinois. The papers are divided into four series: Diaries and Correspondence, School Papers, Farm and Business Records, and Photographs. The first series includes diaries written by Aurelia Hawley (1898), Robert Alexander (1902), Frank Vanderhoof (1872-1904), and Kate Vanderhoof (1899-1962). Diaries for Kate Vanderhoof are complete from 1899 to 1955...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1853-1962; Other: Date acquired: 06/20/1997
Found in: Northern Illinois University

Yvonne Johnson Collection (Sycamore)

 Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-337
Scope and Contents The Yvonne Johnson Collection dates from 1874 to 2015, with materials dating predominately between 1930 and 2015, and includes personal and professional materials related to Yvonne Johnson’s fifty-one year career as a science teacher. The collection provides a snapshot into American education through the eyes of an admired and successful educator. Documents include family history information, photographs, correspodence with students, certificates, educational and instructional materials,...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1874-2015; Other: Majority of material found in 1930-2015; Other: Date acquired: 07/31/2014
Found in: Northern Illinois University

Zelnis/Smith Family

 Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-342
Scope and Contents

Records in the Zelnis/Smith Family Collection date from 1909 to 2005. Mr. G.B. Smith and Mrs. Valaria Zelnis Smith of DeKalb, Illinois are primary family members featured in the collection.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1909-2005; Other: Date acquired: 05/20/2015
Found in: Northern Illinois University

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