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 32 Collections and/or Records:
Elgin League of Women Voters Records
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-137
Scope and Contents
The records for the League of Women Voters of Elgin date from 1929-2001 and contain meeting minutes, monthly bulletins, annual reports, correspondence, topical files, state and national files, and scrapbooks. The collection contains a wide variety of information on League programs and projects during the 1960's. In particular, topical files describe the League's work in welfare, housing discrimination, equal opportunity, the development of human resources, the Kane County food stamp...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1929-2001; Other: Date acquired: 09/21/1981
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Elgin Trades Council Records
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-153
Scope and Contents
This collection represents a small portion of the records generated by the Elgin Trades Council; records pre-dating 1965 have been lost. The materials are divided into five series. The first series contains the records of the Council -- constitutions, meeting minutes (1967-1979), and general correspondence (1968-1978). The remaining four series contain documentation on related organizations.
Series two and three contain records from the E1gin Association of Commerce, the Aurora Labor and...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1967-1979; Other: Date acquired: 06/23/1982
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Forrest Hare Papers (Algonquin Township)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-207
Scope and Contents
The Forest Hare Papers date from 1960 to 1982 with the majority of the papers dealing with Forrest Hare's two terms as the Algonquin Township Tax Assessor. Records include information on assessment and property taxes in the McHenry County area, political candidates election brochures, Hare's testimonies on several house bills, and newspaper clippings.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1960-1982; Other: Date acquired: 10/23/1991
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Gene L. Hoffman Papers (Elmhurst)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-208
Scope and Contents
The Gene L. Hoffman Papers date from 1966 to 1990 and cover Hoffman's years as the Illinois State Representative from the 40th District. Each series includes letters, minutes and reports from various committees, proposed and actual house and senate bills and their amendments, memos, litigation files, newsletters, and newspaper articles.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1966-1990; Other: Date acquired: 12/04/1991
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Geneva-St. Charles League of Women Voters Records
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-149
Scope and Contents
The Geneva-St. Charles League of Women Voters (LWV) records date from 1947 to 1979. Included are by-laws, meeting minutes, annual reports, treasurer’s records, correspondence, subject files, and scrapbooks. A separate series contains records from the Kane County Council LWV (1921-1972) and surveys and reports dealing with different aspects of Kane County. Since the League began as the Geneva LWV in 1947, combined with St. Charles in 1949, split into two Leagues in 1960, and recombined...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1921-1980; Other: Date acquired: 05/11/1982
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Howard Center for the Family, Religion, and Society Records (Rockford)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-238
Scope and Contents
The Howard Center for Family, Religion and Society records date from 1956 to present and are divided into nine series: General Administrative Records, Ingersoll Prize Records, Publications, Conferences, Public Relations Records, The Center on Religion and Society Records, John Howard Papers, Allan Carlson Papers, and Michael Warder Papers. A majority of the records document the history of The Rockford Institute rather than The Howard Center.
The General Administrative Records series...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1911+; Other: Date acquired: 04/13/1999
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
John Grotberg Papers (St. Charles)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-240
Scope and Contents
The John E. Grotberg Papers document his political career up to the time of his death on November 15, 1986. The collection is divided into six series: Personal Files, Campaign Files, State Representative Files, Legislative Files, Subject Files, and District Office Files.
The first series, Personal Files, consists of seven subseries: Biographical, Correspondence, Speeches, Newsletters/Press Releases, Committees, Legislation, and Audio-video. The first subseries consists of biographical...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1949-1992; Other: Date acquired: 04/24/1979
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Joliet Region League of Women Voters Records
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-143
Scope and Contents
The Joliet Region League of Women Voters Records provide documentation on governmental and social concerns for the Joliet and Will County areas as well as information on League activities from 1950 to 1981. The only major gap in the materials occurs between 1955 and 1961. The collection is arranged in the following manner: l) histories-local, state, and national, 2) meeting minutes, 3) yearbooks and membership handbooks, 4) topical files, 5) publications, 6) newspaper clippings,...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1950-1981; Other: Date acquired: 03/05/1982
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
League of Women Voters of the Rochelle Area
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-315
Scope and Contents
The League for Women Voters of the Rochelle Area organized in 1971 and became an official League in 1973. They work to provide information on relevant, voter oriented topics, as well as hold open forums for candidates, train future candidates, and register voters. The League often takes a two-year study on a particular issue. The materials within the collection document the Rochelle League’s formation and eventual acceptance into the National League of Women Voters. News articles relevant...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1971-2011; Other: Date acquired: 11/21/2011
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
