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 354 Collections and/or Records:
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
Dennis J. Collins Papers (DeKalb)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-005
Scope and Contents
The materials in the collection partially document three areas of Collins’ professional activities. The collection contains general correspondence concerning Collin’s personal business dealings from 1931 to 1974, correspondence and topical literature related to Collins’ duties as State Representative (1931-1943) and State Senator (1943-1973), and correspondence from Collins’ legal practice with most materials involving specific legal cases.
This collection represents a modest portion of...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1931-1974; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1973
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Denton Family Papers (Maple Park)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-191
Scope and Contents
The Denton Family Papers document the Denton Family from 1895 to 1965. The majority of the collection consists of correspondence between family members, ledgers, school work, and family and military photographs. Also contained in the papers is Mrs. Elfie Denton's 1935-1936 daybook, a 1936 calendar she used as a daybook, and a notebook of poems and stories collected by Dorothea Denton entitled, “My Crazy Book.” A short family tree, newspaper clippings, and legal documents help in...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1895-1965; Other: Date acquired: 04/10/1989
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
Dixon Chamber of Commerce Records
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-173
Scope and Contents
The Dixon Chamber of Commerce records are organized into three series: Minutes & Committees, Programs & Events, and Subject Files & Publications. The collection documents the Chamber’s activities from 1920-1980, although two earlier documents are included in Box one, folder one: a copy of the original incorporation papers (1887) and the resolution that changed the organization’s name (1915).
The first series, Minutes & Committees, contains Board of Directors Minutes...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1887-1980; Other: Date acquired: 04/25/1984
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Dr. James Alba Johnston Collection (Byron)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-181
Scope and Contents
The Dr. James Alba Johnston Collection documents medical practice and theory from 1875 to1949. Little biographical information on Dr. Johnston is included in the collection.
Material related to Dr. Johnston and his practice can be found in Series I: Business and Personal Papers. This material includes some correspondence, certificates appointing him company doctor for several firms, drug inventories, ledgers and cash books, and public health notices. Advertisements for medical products,...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1875-1949; Other: Date acquired: 05/29/1987
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Duck Soup Coup (DeKalb)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-344
Scope and Contents
The collection contains the business records of the Duck Soup Coup Co-op of DeKalb, IL from 1974-2015, when the store closed. The records consist primarily of the company’s administrative, financial, personnel, and membership records. Also included are meeting minutes, newsletters, and photographs as well as advertising and marketing records and documents regarding business partnerships and example business models from other health food co-op organizations.
Researchers should note the...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1974-2015
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
DuPage Building & Construction Council Records
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-058
Scope and Contents
The DuPage Building & Construction Trades Council records date from 1955 to 1984, though the bulk of the material covers the years 1968 to 1979. A complete run of monthly Council meeting minutes (1966-1979) and of weekly Business Representatives meeting minutes (1970-1979) are in the collection. The majority of the records are subject and correspondence files that deal with a variety of topics: politics and labor legislation, wage rates, jurisdiction disputes, pickets, and the...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1955-1984; Other: Date acquired: 02/12/1986
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
