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 40 Collections and/or Records:
DeKalb County Home Economists Records (DeKalb County)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-300
Scope and Contents
The records of the DeKalb County Home Economists date from January 1983 to June 1999 and contains bylaws, membership lists, meeting minutes and organization mailings.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1983-1999; Other: Date acquired: 05/26/2010
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb Daughters of Veterans Records
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-127
Scope and Contents
The DeKalb Daughters of Veterans Records document the history of an organization formed to perpetuate the memories of the men who fought in the Civil War (1897-1909). Minutes, semi-annual reports, correspondence, membership and financial records reveal the Organization’s concerns with helping the widows and orphans of Civil War heroes throughout their history. A report of-the Fifth Annual Convention, National and State General Orders, and General Information complete the collection.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1885-1909; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1965
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb Drama Club Records
Collection — Volume 1
Identifier: RHC-RC-214
Scope and Contents
The DeKalb Drama Club records date from 1914 to 2014 with the majority of the records consisting of minutes and yearbooks. Within the minutes are constitutions and by-laws, treasurer reports, membership lists, newspaper clippings, and theater programs.
Included in the addenda are folders labeled club activities containing meeting minutes, programs, correspondence, newspaper clippings. The two folders entitled “Red Book” include historical information pertaining to the Drama Club. Also...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1914-2014; Other: Date acquired: 08/17/1993
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb League of Women Voters Records
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-118
Scope and Contents
The DeKalb League of Women Voters, organized soon after the formation of the national League, educated the first women voters of DeKalb County on the mechanics and policies of government. These records document the League’s efforts towards securing legislation of special interest to women, wiping out legal discrimination against women, and educating the general public on city, county, state, and national politics. Information is available on the League’s work to save the DeKalb city park...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1924-1998
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb Women's Club Records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RHC-RC-211
Scope and Contents
The DeKalb Woman's Club records contain meeting minutes dating from May 29, 1896 to May 3, 1996 with the minutes for 1907 to 1910 and 1922 to 1933 missing. Minutes for the Club's earlier organization, The Young People's Literary Circle, are included in the records and date December 23, 1889 to May 20, 1891. The annual calendars (yearbooks) included in the collection contain the constitution and by-laws, a membership list, and a schedule of the club’s programs and projects. There is a...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1889+; Other: Date acquired: 06/20/1992
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Delta Kappa Gamma Alpha Chapter Records (DeKalb County)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-296
Scope and Contents
The records for the Delta Kappa Gamma (ΔΚΓ), Alpha Chapter date from 1936 to 2009. Alpha Chapter records make up the bulk of this collection and include the society’s scrapbooks, yearbooks, meeting minutes, newsletters, programs from events, correspondence between members, treasurer and budget reports as well as reports from chairmen. The yearbooks range from 1936 to 2006. The scrapbooks contain news clippings of various members, photographs, programs from events, newsletter clippings and...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1936+; Other: Date acquired: 01/25/2010
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
District Two Illinois Nurses' Association Records
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-144
Scope and Contents
The district includes nurses from DeKalb, Grundy, Kane, Kendall, and Will Counties. Administrative records comprise the largest series and contain constitutions and by-laws, regular and board meeting minutes, annual reports, correspondence, committee and section records, and histories of the association and hospitals and nursing education programs within the district. The section records document specific nursing divisions within the association such as general duty or mental health...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1914-2004; Other: Date acquired: 08/28/1973
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
District VI Business and Professional Women's Club Records
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-148
Scope and Contents
This collection documents the history of District VI from its formation in 1945 through 1982. There is a nearly complete run of meeting minutes which include reports from clubs in the area. Also included are presidents’ council minutes (1973-1980), correspondence (l972-l980), and treasurer’s reports (1946-1981). Files on club chartering document the formation of the Rochelle and McHenry B.P.W. Clubs. Other records include club and district reports, club of the year awards, meeting...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1945-1982; Other: Date acquired: 04/12/1982
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
DuPage Area Older Women
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-299
Scope and Contents
The records of the DuPage Area Older Women’s League (OWL) date from 1965 to 2010 and include material from Hyde Park and Fox Valley Older Women’s League. The collection also contains a scrapbook of the Lombard YWCA.
Included in series I, DuPage Branch, are the group’s materials, most of which are subdivided by year: meeting minutes, agendas, program handouts, flyers, correspondence, newspaper articles, publications, by-laws, photographs, directories, convention material, grant applications,...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1989-2013; Other: Date acquired: 05/18/2010
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
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
