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:
Robert Borden Papers (Rockford)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-186
Scope and Contents
These records partially document the history of Thomas Jefferson Junior High School, Rockford, Illinois, 1956-1969 which became Thomas Jefferson High School in 1970. The collection is comprised of material received and generated by Robert Borden during his twenty-eight year tenure at Thomas Jefferson School, 1958-1986.
The first record series covers the policies and administrative decisions, daily life of both teachers and students, special events at Jefferson, and Robert Borden's classroom...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1944-1991; Other: Date acquired: 11/00/1987
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Wheatland-Salem United Methodist Church Records
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-119
Scope and Contents
A church fire in November 1927 destroyed a portion of this organization’s historical manuscripts. Nevertheless, the remaining records provide sufficient documentation for a thorough study of the Wheatland Salem United Methodist Church’s history. Of primary importance are the church minutes dating from 1860 to 1963 (1916-1947 are missing.) describing organizational changes, building or expansion problems, and general church business. In addition, quarterly conference records (1920-1967)...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1860-1981
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
