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:
Bertha G. Bradt Collection (DeKalb)
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RHC-RC-046
Scope and Contents
The Bertha Glidden Bradt Collection contains textual and pictorial records relating to Bradt family genealogy and history dating 1830-1954, the Glidden family manuscripts, and materials from S.E. Bradt’s role in the development of Illinois highways. More than 1,000 volumes are included with the collection and are located in the reading room. A complete listing of the volumes can be found in the Shelflist.
The Bradt family records contain personal items belonging to Mrs. S.E. Bradt and the...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1830-1954; Other: Date acquired: 10/19/1978
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Beta Sigma Phi Records (DeKalb/Sycamore)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-350
Abstract
The Beta Omega Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi held their first meeting in April 1938 and was chartered in March 1939. Beta Sigma Phi was first organized in DeKalb in October 1945. The DeKalb/Sycamore Chapters of Beta Sigma Phi been composed of one or more chapters since its founding in the area in 1938, including chapters Beta Omega (Sycamore, est. 1939), Xi Gamma Upsilon (Sycamore, est. 1956), Xi Zeta Alpha Exemplar (DeKalb, est. 1963), Preceptor Gamma Epsilon (DeKalb), and Illinois Epsilon Phi...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1939-2012; Other: Date acquired: 05/27/2016
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Biester-Davis Papers (Belvidere-Elgin)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-035
Scope and Contents
The materials in this collection document the perspective held by two individuals regarding the practice of law, national politics, prohibition and various issues of moral integrity during the years 1885-1887.
File folder 1 contains genealogical and biographical material relating to the Davis family. Also included is a typescript copy of the Biester letters to Davis. File folder 2 contains the holograph copies of the Biester letters to Davis. File folder 3 contains a letter and several...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1885-1887; Other: Date acquired: 06/22/1978
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Big Woods Congregational Church
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-311
Scope and Contents
The Big Woods Congregational Church (BWCC) collection represents a modest portion of the historical records pertaining to the church’s establishment in 1835 and growth throughout the years. Types of records include church histories, membership and pastor lists, building renovations plans, land purchases, and Big Woods’ withdrawal from the United Church of Christ (UCC) and joining the National Association of Congregational Christ Churches (NACCC) in 1975. There are numerous church histories...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1836-2006; Other: Majority of material found in 1920-1996; Other: Date acquired: 05/17/2011
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Blackhawk Trails Club Records (Rockford)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-133
Scope and Contents
Constitutions and by-laws, minutes, newsletters, bulletins, and club rosters document the organization and development of the Blackhawk Trails Club. The complete series of minutes and newsletters detail the club’s business and recreational activities. Included in the newsletters, Talk O’ The Trails (1931+), are gossip items, poetry, philosophical themes, presidents’ messages, and news items. The bulletins supplement these records with additional writings on club...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1926-2015; Other: Date acquired: 04/02/1981
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Bonus Grange Records (Boone County)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-281
Scope and Contents
The Bonus Grange records date from 1910 to 2002 and include meeting minutes, annual and quarterly reports, membership and treasurer’s records, and photographs. The meeting minutes are complete from the Grange’s organization in 1910 to its dissolution in 2001 except for the July 1927 through 1932 time period. The information contained in the minute record books vary from volume to volume but may include the roll call and election of officers, number of members attending the meeting,...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1910-2002; Other: Date acquired: 11/13/2006
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Boone County Pomona Grange Records
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-134
Scope and Contents
Minute books (1897-1982) document the business meetings of the Boone County Pomona Grange detailing topics of discussion programs, plans for proposed projects, and subordinate grange activities. Records of meetings between 1904 and 1910 are missing; it appears the group may have disbanded and reorganized during this time period. The roll book and dues account books (1897-1967) provide statistics on membership and dues fluctuations. Treasurer’s and secretary’s annual reports further describe...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1897-1982; Other: Date acquired: 05/28/1981
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Bryant Family Collection (Princeton)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-027
Scope and Contents
The Bryant Family Collection is a three generation chronicle of the Bryant Family and their migration from Massachusetts to Illinois and Kansas. The materials collected document the family history from 1767-1912.
Boxes one and two contain photostat, microfilm, and typescript copies of Bryant family letters and diaries assembled from various sources. Box one, folder one contains the family genealogy chart, prepared in the archives based on information available in the collection. Also...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1767-1966; Other: Date acquired: 06/28/1967
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Burlington Railroad Strike Collection (Aurora)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-217
Scope and Contents
The Burlington Railroad Strike records were collected by the donor in the course of his Ph.D. dissertation research. The records from the Burlington Railroad were donated to Mr. Flynn by a company official. These records include special agent reports, legal documents, and correspondence. The Burlington Railroad Strike records also consist of oral history interview transcriptions that the donor conducted during his research.
James R. Flynn completed his dissertation entitled, "The...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1916-1982; Other: Date acquired: 11/08/1993
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Byron Grange No. 1810 Collection
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-210
Scope and Contents
The Byron Grange Collection dates from 1921 to 1992 with the majority of the collection consisting of meeting minutes. The remainder of the collection includes a rollbook, due books and program books, a scrapbook containing newspaper articles concerning the Home Economics Day, correspondence, an award of honor granted by the national grange, and 2 badges used the master and gate keeper.
An addendum was added which consists mainly of Illinois State Grange rosters and journal proceedings...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1921-1992; Other: Date acquired: 05/11/1992
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
