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:
Jordan Hardware Company Records (Ottawa)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-166
Scope and Contents
Records in the Jordan Hardware Company collection date from 1852 to 1981.
Centennial Records document the hardware company's 100th anniversary in 1940. They include letters of congratulation and information on a commemorative plaque. Also in this series is a written history of the company, a set of receipts and invoices that trace the name and ownership of the company, and articles written about Jordan Hardware.
Financial Records date from 1852 to 1981 and are the largest part of the...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1852-1983; Other: Date acquired: 03/15/1984
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Piper Business Collection (Byron)
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RHC-RC-078
Scope and Contents
These records document the financial history of the Piper family hardware business from 1882 to 1972. The records are arranged chronologically by the type of document. There are business accounts, day and cash book registers for the years 1891-1960 (1916-1935 are missing), account ledgers and check registers for 1919-1963, and payroll and weekly time books for 1937 to 1970. The Oregon store is noticeably documented only for the years 1950-1952 in the form of a check register, monthly...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1882-1972; Other: Date acquired: 05/15/1980
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
