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:
Finch-Marshall Railway Collection
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-054
Scope and Contents
The railway collection falls into two logical series of record groups assembled by Mr. C.W. Finch and Mrs. James B. Marshall. The first series, Chicago Great Western and Chicago and North Western Railroads, reflects the collecting interests of Finch and Marshall as it contains the specific information originating from these particular railroad companies. Included in this series are research papers and correspondence, railway agreements, contract and lease abstracts, manuals, newsletters,...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1887-1999; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1976
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
First Congregational Church Records (DeKalb)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-017
Scope and Contents
The records in this collection document the growth and development of the First Congregational Church of DeKalb from 1856-1991.
The first series, Administrative Records, includes historical information, constitutions and annual reports, church meeting minutes and correspondence, bulletins and the church newsletter. The nearly complete span of weekly church bulletins documents day-to-day activities and concerns.
Series two, Membership, contains church directories, membership lists, and...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1856-2002; Other: Date acquired: 03/00/1973
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
First Congregational Church Records (Sterling)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-155
Scope and Contents
This collection documents the history of the First Congregational Church from its founding in 1857 through 1982. The records are organized into six series covering different facets of church operation. Series one, administrative records, comprises historical information, constitutions and by-laws, church record books containing meeting minutes (1857-1961), trustee meeting minutes (1949-1955), annual reports (1940-1981), resolutions and legal agreements, and correspondence (1949-1965). ...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1857-1982; Other: Date acquired: 08/19/1982
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
First Methodist Church of Kirkland Records
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-146
Scope and Contents
The records in this collection partially document the history of the First United Methodist Church of Kirkland and several other congregations that evolved or merged to become First United Methodist. The records span the years from 1859 to 1985. Included are records of baptisms, marriages, pastors, probationers, and members (1859-1926, 1954-1974); Administrative Board minutes (1948-1951, 1973-1982); treasurer’s reports (1956-1981); various church organizations (1902-1966); and...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1859-1985; Other: Date acquired: 04/03/1986
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
First National Bank of Wilmington Records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RHC-RC-201
Scope and Contents
The First National Bank of Wilmington Records consists of a complete run of minutes dating from December 2, 1863 to December 31, 1945. Four ledgers, three journals, a mortgage loan register, a daily statement volume, and a volume of correspondence add support material while the historical information concludes the collection.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1863-1988; Other: Date acquired: 01/18/1990
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
First Presbyterian Church of Rockford
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-325
Abstract
The First Presbyterian Church of Rockford Records contain five series of records: (l) Historical and Administrative Records, (2) Membership Information, (3) Financial Records, (4) Church Groups and Committees, (5) Audio-Visual.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1854-2010; Other: Majority of material found in 1854-2010; Other: Date acquired: 09/17/2012
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Flora Grange No. 1762 Records (Boone County)
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RHC-RC-263
Scope and Contents
The records for the Flora Grange consists of meeting minutes, communications, membership records, and scrapbooks. The meeting minutes date from August 17, 1956 through November 2000 with the earliest records missing from the collection. The meeting minutes contains information on the activities of the Flora Grange, the Flora Junior Grange, and the Boone County Fair and fairgrounds. The scrapbooks give a great deal of information on the activities of the Flora Junior Grange during the...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1894-2002; Other: Date acquired: 05/26/2004
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Florence Houghton Marshall Collection (DeKalb County)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-261
Scope and Contents
The materials in this collection primarily deal with subjects of interest to genealogists, and date from the mid-1800’s to 1990’s. A sizeable portion of the collection relates to materials on DeKalb County, especially cemetery records. There are also a number of publications dealing with genealogical and historical subjects in greater Illinois. In addition there are materials of general interest to local historians. Florence Marshall’s correspondence with others seeking help with their...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1800s-1990s; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/2003
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Fordtran Family Collection
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-330
Scope and Contents
The Fordtran Family Collection contains materials of the Fordtran/Wherley/Barkley family. The items were among the personal effects of Lola Belle (Barkley) and Eugene Fordtran. Material related to Rockford High School is a large part of the collection and includes student published periodicals and newsletters when Fred and Marie Barkley (1908-09) and Dorthy Wherley (1945) attended the school. The collection also contains records related to Lola Belle (Barkley) Fordtran’s attendance at...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1908-circa 1965; Other: Majority of material found in 1930s and 1940s; Other: Date acquired: 01/30/2013
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Forest City Wholesale Grocery Company Records (Rockford)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-132
Scope and Contents
The Forest City Wholesale Grocery Company Records partially document the history of a regional grocery wholesaler from 1907 to 1974. Although the collection lacks materials describing the company’s organization in 1902, a nearly complete set of Directors’/ Stockholders’ meeting minutes (1907-1974) reveal corporate policy throughout most of the company’s existence. The minutes contain information on elections of officers, stock issues, dividend payments, and the annual financial condition...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1907-1974; Other: Date acquired: 02/15/1981
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
