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 16 Collections and/or Records:
Altrusa Club Records (DeKalb-Sycamore)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-165
Scope and Contents
The records of the Altrusa Club of DeKalb-Sycamore date from the club's founding in 1960 to 2001. A history of Altrusa International, Incorporated is in folder one. The minutes for May 1972, contain a brief history of the local club.
Series I, the DeKalb-Sycamore Records, contains a complete set of yearbooks and a nearly complete set of minutes. Yearbooks are put together annually and contain lists of officers, members and committees. The minutes begin in August 1961 and continue until...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1960+; Other: Date acquired: 02/06/1984
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Beta Sigma Phi Records (DeKalb/Sycamore)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-350
Abstract
The Beta Omega Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi held their first meeting in April 1938 and was chartered in March 1939. Beta Sigma Phi was first organized in DeKalb in October 1945. The DeKalb/Sycamore Chapters of Beta Sigma Phi been composed of one or more chapters since its founding in the area in 1938, including chapters Beta Omega (Sycamore, est. 1939), Xi Gamma Upsilon (Sycamore, est. 1956), Xi Zeta Alpha Exemplar (DeKalb, est. 1963), Preceptor Gamma Epsilon (DeKalb), and Illinois Epsilon Phi...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1939-2012; Other: Date acquired: 05/27/2016
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb County Historical Society Records
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-003
Scope and Contents
The records in this collection document the activities of the DeKalb County Historical Society from 1972 to 1986.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1865+; Other: Date acquired: 03/17/1978
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb County Migrant Ministry Records
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-251
Scope and Contents
This collection contains materials which document the efforts of the DeKalb County Migrant Ministry from 1964 to 1979, and other organizations which aided migrant and impoverished farm workers in the DeKalb County area from the mid-1970's to 1980.
Joan Hallaron became involved in the migrant ministry in 1969 through her church, St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Sycamore, Illinois. Her involvement as a board member and office holder throughout the 1970's with the DeKalb County Migrant Ministry...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1964-1980; Other: Date acquired: 11/13/1981
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Finch-Marshall Railway Collection
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-054
Scope and Contents
The railway collection falls into two logical series of record groups assembled by Mr. C.W. Finch and Mrs. James B. Marshall. The first series, Chicago Great Western and Chicago and North Western Railroads, reflects the collecting interests of Finch and Marshall as it contains the specific information originating from these particular railroad companies. Included in this series are research papers and correspondence, railway agreements, contract and lease abstracts, manuals, newsletters,...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1887-1999; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1976
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
Harry A. Joslyn Collection (DeKalb County)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-183
Scope and Contents
The Harry A. Joslyn Collection (1860-1905) provides excellent documentation for the study of rural life in DeKalb County, Illinois during the second half of the nineteenth century. The bulk of the collection consists of a series of 39 diaries (1865-1905) written by Harry A. Joslyn of Cortland and Sycamore. Diaries for 1890 and 1891 are missing. Daily entries vary in length but generally include information on family life work activities, politics, weather, and social life.
Two additional...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1860-1905; Other: Date acquired: 08/08/1986
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Hauswald Family Account Books (Sycamore)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-253
Scope and Contents
In his family account books, Walter E. Hauswald, chronicles over seven decades of the family’s finances dating from 1932 through 2000. The account books for September 1991 through August 1994 are missing. Mr. Hauswald’s detailed accounts itemize the family’s income and expenses over the years. Income was received from stocks, bonds, interest, wages and pensions. Documented expenses included those for transportation, education, toiletries, entertainment, food, gifts, home and cottage...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1932-2000; Other: Date acquired: 08/21/2001
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
H.H. Parke Collection (Genoa-Sycamore)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-043
Scope and Contents
The H.H. Parke Collection documents the life of one of the foremost men in American agriculture. Included in this collection are letters from family and friends during his college years (1900-1910); congratulatory letters to Mr. Parke for achievements in the agricultural sphere; and programs and reports of the American Farm Bureau. Of particular interest are biographical and autobiographical material of Almon Ford Parke, H.H. Parke and related family members. Publications of various farm...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1894-1973; Other: Date acquired: 11/06/1978
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Kishwaukee Community Hospital Records
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-327
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of scrapbooks relating to the Kishwaukee Community Hospital from 1924 to 1975. The scrapbooks contain newspaper articles that detail the activities of both the DeKalb Public Hospital and the Sycamore Public Hospital, as well as their auxiliary groups. An additional box includes reports, meeting minutes, and memos documenting the creation of the hospital and its activities.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1924-1975; Other: Date acquired: 02/25/2009
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
