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 13 Collections and/or Records:
David C. Shapiro Papers (Amboy)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-174
Scope and Contents
The David C. Shapiro Papers primarily document his career as a state legislator in the Illinois House of Representatives and Senate. Material in the collection dates from his first campaign in 1966 to his death in 1981. Some biographical information and personal correspondence are in Box One, Folder One. The collection is divided into six series: Campaigns and Party Affiliations, House and Senate Bills, Subject Files, Constituent Correspondence, Reports and Publications, Photos and...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1966-1981; Other: Date acquired: 05/24/1984
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb Streetscapes Collection
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-276
Scope and Contents
The images in this collection are a complement to the Embree Collection [RC 2] held by the Regional History Center. The Embree Collection offers approximately 10,000 images of life in DeKalb, Illinois from the mid 1890's through the 1965. Both the Embree and Streetscapes Collections are especially strong on documenting the built environment in the central city area. While virtually all of the Embree Collection is black and white, two thirds of the Streetscapes Collection is color: there...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 2006; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/2006
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb Township High School Collection
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-053
Scope and Contents
These records partially document the history of the DeKalb Township High School from 1864 to 1987, with the bulk of the collection dating from 1903 to 1950. Although there are no records documenting administrative activities, the materials do provide information on social functions and organizations and sports events. The majority of the collection consists of high school publications: The Barb; The Barblet; New Pennies; and the Kalibre, the annual...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1864-1982; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1965
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Ella Hume Taylor Collection (Geneseo)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-034
Scope and Contents
The Ella Hume Taylor Collection is made up of materials collected by Mrs. Taylor from the Henry County area.
The major portion of the collection is made up of letters, reminiscences, town and township histories obtained by Ella Hume Taylor in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Among these are autobiographical and biographical sketches of the ‘Old Settlers of Henry County’ Theodore Davenport, George Brandenburg, and others. Also included are programs and by-laws of the Old...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1881-1940
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Franklin Grove Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RHC-RC-115
Scope and Contents
The Franklin Grove Collection contains a variety of documents detailing several facets of the community's history. One series comprises minutes and treasurer's account books, (1932-1980) from the Cross Roads Community Club. This club organized in the early 1930's to provide social and recreational entertainment programs for Franklin Grove families. Another series partially documents the Franklin Grove Nursery from 1844 to 1884. A.R. Whitney, owner of the nursery, developed the famous...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1844-1995
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Hall Family Collection (Sycamore)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-117
Scope and Contents
The collection partially documents four generations of the Horace Hall family of Sycamore, Illinois from 1824 to 1946. Most of the correspondence provides detailed information on family lifestyles in the last half of the nineteenth century. Important to note are the letters that provide insight on family attitudes during the Civil War years. Genealogical charts, personal diaries, family legal documents, publications, photographs, and scrapbooks complete the collection. The original...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1824-1946; Other: Date acquired: 11/09/1980
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Mayfield Center School Records
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-203
Scope and Contents
The records in this collection document attendance records and patterns, curriculum, and reunions for Mayfield Center School, District 41. An address book lists the names and addresses of former Mayfield teachers and pupils, as well as holds the minutes of the first three reunions-1961, 1963, 1981. A scrapbook holds the mailing list, correspondence, minutes and register, and reunion photographs for 1963, 1981, 1984, 1987, 1990. Photographs from Mayfield Center School, Alms School, and...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1882-1990; Other: Date acquired: 06/26/1991
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Norris Family Collection (Kane County)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-074
Scope and Contents
The Norris family collection partially documents life on the Norris family farm in Blackberry Township, Kane County, Illinois, from 1864-1932. The earliest record contained in the collection is a copy of the diary of Hiram Norris’ wife and son, Hannah Marcella Norris and Frank Young Norris (1864). The bulk of the remaining manuscript material pertains to the last quarter of the nineteenth century; two printed books were published in the 1920’s and 1930’s.
In addition to the diary, there...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1864-1932; Other: Date acquired: 08/01/1979
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
People Who Care Records (Rockford)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-271
Scope and Contents
The materials in the People Who Care Records date from 1969 to 2007. Series I documents the case of People Who Care vs. the Rockford Board of Education from 1989 to 1999, and include reports and correspondence related to the lawsuit.
Series II, Rockford Schools, contains two subseries: Subseries A, History and Reports, contains a variety of documents dating from 1969 to 2001 dealing with Rockford’s Schools and includes information on Diversity, Controlled Choice, and Magnet Schools....
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1969-2007; Other: Date acquired: 06/08/2004
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
