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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 2 Collections and/or Records:

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

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