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 7 Collections and/or Records:
F.E. Griffith Family Correspondence (Sandwich)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-089
Scope and Contents
The Griffith Family Papers collection is a three generation chronicle of the Frank E. Griffith family containing letters, photographs, and legal documents dating from the late 1700's to 1938. The major series of this collection consists of letters Frank Griffith sent home during his military service in the Civil War (1862-1865), and several letters from other family members. These letters are a unique primary source providing insights on the Union Army attitudes and revealing the struggles...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1794-1938; Other: Date acquired: 03/14/1980
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Latham Castle Papers (Sandwich)
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RHC-RC-073
Scope and Contents
The Latham Castle collection primarily documents the career of Latham Castle as Attorney General for the State of Illinois, 1953-1959. Supplementary but sparse material concerns his subsequent appointment as Federal Judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. An oral history interview dated February 23, 1976, spans his lifetime and career.
The materials are arranged both topically and chronologically whenever possible. Box 1 contains file folders of printed material, ...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1952-1976; Other: Date acquired: 07/30/1979
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Postcard Collection
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-199
Abstract
The Regional History Center's postcard collection contains over 2,500 individual cards and provides a unique source for photographic and artistic documentation of people, places and events, the majority during the 1900-1940 period. A majority of the cards in this collection came from four manuscript collections held by the Center: W.W. Embree (RC 2); Sabin-Van Arsdale (RC 32); Kavadas (RC 50); Hall Family (RC 117).
Although most of the cards depict scenes or events from the Northern...
Dates:
Other: Dummy Date
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Salem Lutheran Church Records (Sandwich)
Collection — Volume 1
Identifier: RHC-RC-084
Scope and Contents
The records in this collection document the history of the Salem Evangelical Lutheran Church from 1904 to 1978.
The collection contains official church records describing the congregation’s origin, growth, and service organizations. Documents include the original constitution and official advisory board minutes, correspondence, annual reports, membership records, and financial accounts dating from 1904 to 1976. Also included are records from committees and organizations charged with...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1904-1978; Other: Date acquired: 11/26/1979
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Sandwich State Bank Records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RHC-RC-070
Scope and Contents
The materials in this collection partially document the financial records of the Sandwich State Bank from 1918-1928. Box one contains a history of the Sandwich State Bank, file folders of accounts, by name and by type, 1919-1928, and a general daily ledger, 1919-1926. The accounts by type include such information as interest received, individual deposits, real estate loans, expenses, and savings account. A separate daily cashbook covers March 21, 1918 to March 31, 1919 and is housed with...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1866-1956; Other: Date acquired: 06/25/1979
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
The Griffith Letters Collection (Sandwich)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-270
Scope and Contents
The Griffith Letters collection consists of research files created by the author, Joan Metzger, while writing her book entitled, The Griffith Letters: The Story of Frank Griffith and the 116th New York Volunteer Infantry in the Civil War. The records consist of nine series created by the author: Book and Drafts, Griffith Family Research, 116th NYSV Research, New York Research, Louisiana Research, Washington D.C. Research, Correspondence, Miscellaneous Research, and...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1861-2004; Other: Date acquired: 01/25/2005
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Woodbury-Forsythe Diaries (Sandwich)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-008
Scope and Contents
The Woodbury-Forsythe Collection traces the daily events in the lives of two Sandwich, Illinois families, the Forsythes and the Woodburys, over two generations. The diaries span the period 1876 through 1921, each year contained in a separate volume: Frances (Coleman) Forsythe’s diaries, 1876-1919; Nellie (Forsythe) Woodbury’s diaries, 1893-1921; and William Walden Woodbury’s diaries, 1892-1902. Also included are speeches, correspondence, programs, photos, and family genealogy. Although this...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1876-1928; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1973
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
