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:
The Star Reporter (McHenry County)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-131
Scope and Contents
This collection of The Star Reporter dates from 1965 to 1981. The issues from August 1976 to January 1980 are missing with the 1975-1981 run incomplete. The Reporter contains a wide variety of information on activities in McHenry County. In particular, the governmental aspect of the county is featured. Additional topics include population, public schools, transportation, and organizational information. The collection would be particularly...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1965-1981; Other: Date acquired: 09/29/1981
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Thomas B. Fearer (Pine Creek, Ogle County)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-343
Scope and Contents
The Thomas Jenipher Fearer Diaries date from 1864 to 1910 and consists of family history, bookkeeping ledgers, diaries and their transcriptions. The diaries document Fearer’s travels in Pine Creek, Ogle County, Illinois. The financial records contain payment of dues and costs for outings and food. There is also a transcription of George W. Young diary who was Thomas J. Fearer neighbor. Mr. Young writes about life on the farm, church, his neighbors, and nearby towns. Copies of the CD files...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1864-1910; Other: Date acquired: 05/28/2015
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Thomas Corcoran Papers (Ottawa)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-234
Scope and Contents
The Thomas Corcoran Congressional Papers document his career as an U.S. Representative. The material in the collection spans his four terms in Congress, beginning in January 1977 and ending in the fall of 1984. The collection is divided into eight series: Personal Files, Legislative/Bill Files, Subject Files, Committee Files, Constituent Correspondence, County Grants and Projects, News Secretary Files, and District Office Files.
The first series, Personal Files, is divided into five...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1977-1984; Other: Date acquired: 12/18/1984
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Thomas Sanfilip Collection
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-316
Abstract
Thomas Sanfilip donated his records, the Thomas Sanfilip Papers, to the Northern Illinois Regional History Center on December 2, 2011. Additional material were added in 2013.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1959-2010; Other: Majority of material found in 1970-2010; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/2011
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
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:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1890-1965; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1972
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Thursday Arts Club Records (DeKalb)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-250
Scope and Contents
The records of the Thursday Arts Club date from its formation in 1925 to 2000. The collection includes two histories, constitutions and by-laws, meeting minutes, yearbooks, correspondence and newspaper clippings. The records include a full set of meeting minutes dating from 1925 to 1989. Also contained in the meeting minute books are the by-laws and constitutions, including any revisions to the same. The yearbooks range from 1929 to 1990 and include officer names, programs and...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1925-2001; Other: Date acquired: 03/06/2000
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Trevor Elliot
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-328
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of digital photograph images taken by Trevor A. Elliott from 2005 to 2008. The images document Elliott’s experiences while deployed in Iraq with the United States Army as part of the 101st Airborne Division. The collection chronicles his daily activities as well as those of his fellow soldiers at various army bases, the daily life of Iraqi civilians and the Iraq landscape. Oftentimes, the images were taken with special care to focus upon composition for artistic...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 2005-2008; Other: Majority of material found in 2005-2008; Other: Date acquired: 12/18/2012
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Trinity Lutheran Church Records (Mt. Morris)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-104
Scope and Contents
A valuable addition to the history of Lutheranism in Illinois, the Trinity Lutheran Church Records document the growth and history of perhaps the oldest German Lutheran Church in the state. The collection is divided into eleven series: minutes; annual reports; correspondence; financial records; building records; office files; membership records; newsletters and bulletins; church organization records; Illinois Synod and other churches; and photographs, scrapbooks, and drawings.
Series I...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1857-2008; Other: Date acquired: 07/14/0980
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:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1961-1971; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1960
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
United Methodist Church of Batavia Records
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-160
Scope and Contents
The records for the United Methodist Church of Batavia concern the operation of the church in Batavia. Most of the documents in this collection date before 1950. Coverage, in most series, is incomplete. No other historical records are believed to exist. The first two folders of the collection contain written histories of the church and researcher’s notes.
The Quarterly Conference and Minutes series is the largest and most complete series in the collection. Quarterly Conference Reports...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1844-2011; Other: Date acquired: 03/29/1983
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
