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 355 Collections and/or Records:
Thurow Family Records (Plano)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-010
Scope and Contents
The Thurow Family Collection contains materials collected by Walter M. Thurow tracing three generations of family history in Plano, Illinois from the late 1800s to 1965. Box 1 consists of fifteen folders of typescript World War I records, letters, diaries, and local histories of the American Legion in Kendall County, Illinois. Contained in box 2 are legal documents including deeds, certificates, land leases, contracts, and ten envelopes of family and geographic photographs. Of special...
Dates:
created: 1890-1965; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1972
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Lindenwood Grain Co-Op Records
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-011
Scope and Contents
The Lindenwood Collection traces the economic development of an agricultural co-operative from 1919 to 1956. The materials are arranged in a series of three record groups all providing a comprehensive account of the co-op’s fiscal operations.
The first series consists of the co-operative’s general business files, 1921-1947; included in this series are correspondence, receipts, tax returns, and annual reports. Also included are several folders of material concerned with the implementation of...
Dates:
created: 1919-1956; Other: Date acquired: 06/23/1978
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Hilmer Borggren Collection (Rockford)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-012
Scope and Contents
The Hilmer Borggren Collection contains a variety of materials collected by Borggren between 1932 and 1977. Borggren's role in the Scandinavian Fraternity of America, the Vasa Order of America, along with his experiences during World War II are revealed through the scrapbooks, the correspondence, programs, convention materials, songbooks, and photographs. Since Rockford comprises a large Scandinavian population, these records partially reveal the important social function of American...
Dates:
created: 1905-1977; Other: Date acquired: 08/08/1981
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Unitarian Fellowship Records (DeKalb)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-013
Scope and Contents
The Unitarian Fellowship of DeKalb Collection documents the history of a liberal religious society from 1961-1971. Unfortunately, records providing information on the society’s first months of existence in 1960 are missing from the collection. Nevertheless, a complete set of minutes (1961-1971) comprehensively details the concern of the Unitarians with educating the community about their beliefs and promoting a strong, dedicated membership. Newsletters, correspondence, treasurer’s reports,...
Dates:
created: 1961-1971; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1960
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Prairie View Grange Records (Pecatonica)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-014
Scope and Contents
The Prairie View Grange No. 1786 Collection documents the establishment and history of a farming organization in Pecatonica, Illinois from 1915 to its dissolution in 1970. The main series of the collection consists of a partial set of minute books (1931-1970) containing information about the members’ concern with agricultural problems. These books also relate how social events relieved the loneliness and isolation typical of the farming life. A major weakness in the collection is the lack...
Dates:
created: 1915-1970; Other: Date acquired: 08/25/1980
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb Milk Consumers Association Records
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-015
Scope and Contents
The records contained in this collection document the activities of the Milk Consumers Association Incorporated, of DeKalb, Illinois. The materials reflect on Association business from 1922 through its 1966 dissolution, with the bulk of the materials covering the years 1950-1966.
Types of records include minutes (1950-1965), correspondence, bills, payroll records, I.R.S. materials, banking records, monthly balance sheets, hauling routes, stock inventories, stock certificates, and final...
Dates:
created: 1922-1971; Other: Date acquired: 04/06/1978
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Uplinger Lumber, Grain, and Coal Company Records (Kingston)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-016
Scope and Contents
The records contained in this collection document the history of the Uplinger Lumber, Grain and Coal Company from its first year of operation, 1882, until 1920, just before the business ceased to exist. Daily sales records for this period are almost complete and a series of ledgers recording accounts receivable (1884-1916) complements the sales records. Scale (load weight) records are available for most years between 1906 and 1916. All of these records are in bound form and in poor physical...
Dates:
created: 1882-1920; Other: Date acquired: 07/00/1972
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:
created: 1856-2002; Other: Date acquired: 03/00/1973
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb Kiwanis Collection
Collection — Volume 1
Identifier: RHC-RC-018
Scope and Contents
These records partially document the history of the DeKalb Kiwanis Club from 1921-1966. Although there are no meeting minutes following 1930 and the financial reports are incomplete, the Club’s correspondence and newsletters provide extensive information on the organization’s activities and functions from 1921-1962. Elmer Embree’s correspondence and official reports while he was Lieutenant Governor of the Illinois-Eastern Iowa District (1934-1935) comprise a major series of the collection....
Dates:
created: 1921-1996; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1967
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Mendota Business and Professional Women's Club Records
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-120
Scope and Contents
This collection comprises a small portion of the records created by the Mendota Business and Professional Women’s Club; most of the documents pre-dating 1954 have been lost. Minutes, correspondence, treasurer’s records, and membership statements and lists detail club activities and membership statistics from 1954 to 1976. Nine scrapbooks (1937-1975) provide a brief look at the club’s contributions to community concerns and affairs, but contain little detail on monthly meetings. Information...
Dates:
created: 1937-1979; Other: Date acquired: 12/12/1980
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
