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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 49 Collections and/or Records:

First Presbyterian Church of Rockford

 Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-325
Abstract

The First Presbyterian Church of Rockford Records contain five series of records:  (l) Historical and Administrative Records, (2) Membership Information, (3) Financial Records, (4) Church Groups and Committees, (5) Audio-Visual.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1854-2010; Other: Majority of material found in 1854-2010; Other: Date acquired: 09/17/2012

Forest City Wholesale Grocery Company Records (Rockford)

 Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-132
Scope and Contents The Forest City Wholesale Grocery Company Records partially document the history of a regional grocery wholesaler from 1907 to 1974. Although the collection lacks materials describing the company’s organization in 1902, a nearly complete set of Directors’/ Stockholders’ meeting minutes (1907-1974) reveal corporate policy throughout most of the company’s existence. The minutes contain information on elections of officers, stock issues, dividend payments, and the annual financial condition...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1907-1974; Other: Date acquired: 02/15/1981

Fred C. Soderboom Papers (Rockford)

 Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-033
Scope and Contents The Fred C. Soderboom Papers represent a modest portion of historical records belonging to Swedish immigrant Klas Fredrick Soderboom, dating 1901 to 1957. Legal documents, business agreements, sale receipts and personal papers such as a marriage license, mortgages and private notes are included. Exceptional records in the collection are the indispensable documents needed for settlement in the United States--a passport, leaving certificate, a baptismal form and immigration papers. Also...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1901-1957; Other: Date acquired: 07/05/1978

Giles P. Ransom Family Collection (Roscoe)

 Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-275
Scope and Contents Records in the Dr. Giles Paddock Ransom Family collection date from 1789 to 2009 with the majority of the records from the 1850 through 1930 time period. They document the personal and business aspects of individuals living in Rockford and Roscoe, Illinois. There are four main families represented in the collection–Jenks, Sherman, Leland, and Ransom; the Ransom family is most predominant. The other families are associated by marriage or settled near the Ransoms or both. Documents include...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1839-2009; Other: Majority of material found in 1850s-1930s; Other: Date acquired: 06/22/2006

Hilmer Borggren Collection (Rockford)

 Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-012
Scope and Contents The Hilmer Borggren Collection contains a variety of materials collected by Borggren between 1932 and 1977. Borggren's role in the Scandinavian Fraternity of America, the Vasa Order of America, along with his experiences during World War II are revealed through the scrapbooks, the correspondence, programs, convention materials, songbooks, and photographs. Since Rockford comprises a large Scandinavian population, these records partially reveal the important social function of American...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1905-1977; Other: Date acquired: 08/08/1981

Howard Center for the Family, Religion, and Society Records (Rockford)

 Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-238
Scope and Contents The Howard Center for Family, Religion and Society records date from 1956 to present and are divided into nine series: General Administrative Records, Ingersoll Prize Records, Publications, Conferences, Public Relations Records, The Center on Religion and Society Records, John Howard Papers, Allan Carlson Papers, and Michael Warder Papers.  A majority of the records document the history of The Rockford Institute rather than The Howard Center. The General Administrative Records series...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1911+; Other: Date acquired: 04/13/1999

International Organization of Good Templars Collection

 Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-066
Scope and Contents This collection documents the activities of various organizational levels found within the International Organization of Good Templars (I.O.G.T).  The records date from 1865 to 1979.  The materials are arranged in five series: International Lodge; National Lodge; Central States Lodge (Scandinavian Grand Lodge); Local Lodges; and Books and Memorabilia.  All materials related to the same lodge within the organization are housed together.  Included in these materials are constitution/by-laws,...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1865-2003; Other: Date acquired: 06/07/1979

Joyce Holmberg Papers

 Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-294
Scope and Contents

The Joyce Holmberg Papers date from 1982 to 2002. The records include documents, news articles, copies of Senate bills, and photographs.  Of special interest are the information on the legislation sponsored by Holmberg  and her radio commentaries for WNIU, a radio station at Northern Illinois University.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1983-2002; Other: Date acquired: 03/20/2009

Judy Nelson Mills Papers (Rockford)

 Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-298
Scope and Contents The Judy Nelson Mills Papers consists of two series: soldiers’ correspondence and book research. The first series includes letters written to Mills by Vietnam soldiers. The second series consists of research materials gathered by Mills in the late 1990s and early 2000s when thinking of writing a book using the correspondence. This series includes three subseries: Soldiers, Book, and Cassettes. Both series contain photos from soldiers, some from during the war and some from after. The...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1965-2001; Other: Date acquired: 04/13/2010

Mid-West Dairymen's Company Records (Rockford)

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RHC-RC-081
Scope and Contents The records of Mid-West Dairymen’s Company document the origin and development of a northern Illinois non-profit milk producers’ cooperative during the period 1924-1980.  The collection contains corporate record books (1924-1963) which include articles of incorporation, by-laws, minutes of the meetings of the board of directors and special committees, resolutions, and bills.  This valuable source furnishes essential legal, financial, production, and marketing information from the...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1924+; Other: Date acquired: 10/12/1979