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:
Lahti Family Collection (Sycamore)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-189
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1913-1997; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1987
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Leo B. Olson (DeKalb)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-338
Scope and Contents
The Leo B. Olson Collection consists of materials related to Leo Olson’s community involvement, professional activities, and military service from 1911 to 1990. The collection also includes a small amount of materials related to Olson’s family and the history of DeKalb County. His professional activities make up only a small portion of the collection. There is very little related to his time as communications director at DeKalb AgResearch. A digital image of Leo’s Bronze Medal display is...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1911-1990; Other: Date acquired: 07/31/2014
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 (Sycamore)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-321
Scope and Contents
Records from the Salem Lutheran Church date from its organization in 1870 to the present, although the bulk of the material dates from 1967 to 2000.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1870-2013
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Sycamore-DeKalb Panhellenic
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-285
Scope and Contents
The Sycamore-DeKalb Panhellenic records date from 1990 to 2003. They consist of member made scrapbooks which document Panhellenic events, activities and accomplishments. The scrapbooks contain memorabilia, newsletters, announcements, photographs, news clippings and programs. Included within the scrapbooks are annual announcement booklets which provide member and office lists, the constitution and bylaws, and featured programs.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1995-2005; Other: Date acquired: 07/00/2007
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Yvonne Johnson Collection (Sycamore)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-337
Scope and Contents
The Yvonne Johnson Collection dates from 1874 to 2015, with materials dating predominately between 1930 and 2015, and includes personal and professional materials related to Yvonne Johnson’s fifty-one year career as a science teacher. The collection provides a snapshot into American education through the eyes of an admired and successful educator. Documents include family history information, photographs, correspodence with students, certificates, educational and instructional materials,...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1874-2015; Other: Majority of material found in 1930-2015; Other: Date acquired: 07/31/2014
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
