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:
DuPage County Farm Bureau Records
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-087
Scope and Contents
The records in this collection document a substantial portion of the DuPage County Farm Bureau history from its inception in 1913 through 1970. Records include incorporation certificates, minutes from the board of directors, membership reports, financial accounts, photographs, publications, and scrapbooks of the DuPage County Farm Bureau Women’s Committee. Also included in the collection are records describing national and state farm bureau policy developments and activities from 1950 to...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1913-1976; Other: Date acquired: 01/23/1980
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
East Oswego Farmers Club Records
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-141
Scope and Contents
Records in this collection span the entire history of the East Oswego Farmers Club from 1919 to 1959. Types of records include a complete set of meeting minutes and a small amount of correspondence.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1919-1959; Other: Date acquired: 07/00/1984
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Eaton-Luff Collection (Lindenwood)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-045
Scope and Contents
The Eaton-Luff Collection primarily consists of business records for the Jones-Luff dealers in general merchandise located in Lindenwood, Illinois. These records include goods, freight and bank receipts dating from 1887-1896. Goods and freight receipts offer a fair record of the types of products handled by Jones and Luff as well as those companies the firm traded with regularly.
In addition, the collection contains one folder of personal and business letters of the Luff family...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1868-1907; Other: Date acquired: 09/07/1973
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
E.C.Schweitzer Company Records (Leland)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-301
Scope and Contents
The records of the E.C. Schweitzer business consist primarily of day books and account ledgers. The day books date from 1907 to 1938, and the accounts books range from 1887 to 1912, with some gaps in between. Also included are bills and a single correspondence. Of special interest is a paper sign for E. Erickson’s Sons Company. There is also a bill from E. Erickson’s and Son dated 1911 in this collection.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1877-1938; Other: Date acquired: 06/17/2010
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
E.J. "Zeke" Giorgi Papers (Rockford)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-136
Scope and Contents
The Giorgi Papers are organized into three series: (1) constituent correspondence (1967-1981), (2) topical files (1965-1979), and (3) topical newsclipping files (1969-1975). The topical files contain information Giorgi gathered from various sources and comprise the largest series. Major subjects covered include the Board of Higher Education, energy, environmental protection, equal rights amendment, Governor Walker’s news releases, health care, law enforcement, the lottery, the mental...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1965-1981; Other: Date acquired: 11/02/1981
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Elgin Community College Board Records
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-226
Scope and Contents
The records of the Elgin Community College Board date from 1974 to 1995 with the majority of the records dating 1979 to 1983. This period coincides with Mrs. Schock’s term on the Board of Trustees. The records include annual reports, board minutes, tape recordings of board meetings, one and five year plans for the Liberal Arts and Sciences and Vocational and Technical Education Colleges, policies and handbooks, class catalogs and schedules, the student newspapers, newspaper clippings,...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1974-1995; Other: Date acquired: 04/01/1996
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
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
Eli B. Gilbert Family Collection (DeKalb)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-277
Scope and Contents
The Eli B. Gilbert Family Collection spans five generations, all of whom have resided at 210 N. 1st Street in DeKalb. Materials in this collection date from the 1830's to the 1990's, although the bulk of the collection dates from the 1860's through the mid-1940's. About half the collection consists of photographic materials including ambrotypes, cartes-de-visite, and glass plate negatives. Scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, correspondence, a large number of legal documents, and genealogical...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1844-1996; Other: Date acquired: 01/25/2007
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Elizanne Lewis Collection (Rockford)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-339
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of an oral history interview conducted on September 19, 2014. The interview mostly covers Elizanne Lewis's memories of being in the Girls Scouts, and was done in conjunction with the Northern Illinois Council of Girl Scouts. The interview mainly centers on Elizanne’s career in the Girl Scouts from 1928 to 1939, detailing why and when she joined, activities, different levels, badges, and the Golden Eaglet award. The interview also contains information about general...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1928-2014; Other: Majority of material found in 1930s-1940s; Other: Date acquired: 09/14/2014
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
