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:
United Rubber, Cork, Linoleum, & Plastic Workers of America (Local 704)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-313
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of the records of the United Rubber, Cork, Linoleum, & Plastic Workers of America (URW), Local 704, from 1964 to 2002. The records include administrative files, contracts, grievances and arbitrations, publication, financial records, and some ephemera. The collection documents the role of the Local 704 at the Richardson Company later renamed Spaulding Company; DeKalb, Illinois. The collection documents very little of the start of the Local 704, but contains much of...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1964-2002; Other: Date acquired: 06/00/2011
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:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1882-1920; Other: Date acquired: 07/00/1972
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Vanderhoof Family Papers (Campton Township, Kane County)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-228
Scope and Contents
The Vanderhoof Family papers document the activities of several generations of the Vanderhoof Family from Campton Township, Kane County, Illinois. The papers are divided into four series: Diaries and Correspondence, School Papers, Farm and Business Records, and Photographs. The first series includes diaries written by Aurelia Hawley (1898), Robert Alexander (1902), Frank Vanderhoof (1872-1904), and Kate Vanderhoof (1899-1962). Diaries for Kate Vanderhoof are complete from 1899 to 1955...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1853-1962; Other: Date acquired: 06/20/1997
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Veterans of World War I, Greater Rockford Barracks No. 48 and Ladies Auxiliary(Rockford)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-195
Scope and Contents
The Veterans of World War I Records date from 1953-1987 and document the activities of the Greater Rockford Barracks No. 48 and the Ladies Auxiliary. Each series contains constitutions and by-laws, correspondence, minutes, financial reports, membership lists, bulletins or general orders, annual convention material, and other documentation of the activities of the organizations. In many instances the minutes include a financial report and a roll call list. Contained in boxes 7, 8, and 9 are...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1953-1987; Other: Date acquired: 05/31/1989
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
VietNow National Records (Rockford)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-247
Scope and Contents
The VietNow National records date from 1986 to 2017 and contain an almost complete run of the newsletters published by the organization. The rest of the organization records remain at the national headquarters in Rockford, Illinois.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1986-2017; Other: Date acquired: 08/04/2000
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Westclox Incorporated Records (LaSalle)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-116
Scope and Contents
A valuable source for the study of late nineteenth and twentieth century industrial firms, the Westclox, Incorporated Records document the establishment and history of this clock manufacturer from 1885 to 1971. The collection comprises six major record series: minutes; correspondence; financial records; department reports; company newsmagazines; and visual material.
Board of Directors minutes, resolutions, and reports (1887-1937) constitute the first series in the collection. These...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1885-1971; Other: Date acquired: 11/03/1980
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Westfield Grange Records (Winnebago County)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-088
Scope and Contents
These records document the establishment, development, and eventual demise of Westfield Grange No. 1764, Winnebago County, Illinois. Included are a complete set of due account/roll books, and a partial, informative set of minute books, treasurer’s ledgers, and subordinate quarterly reports which document the Grange’s business and economic functions for its entire history (1911-1972). Complementary information about the various social and business concerns is included in the committee...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1911-1972; Other: Date acquired: 03/05/1980
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
W.F. and John Barnes Company Records (Rockford)
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RHC-RC-123
Scope and Contents
The W. F. and John Barnes Company records collection represents a small portion of the documents usually generated by a large industrial firm. Nevertheless, as the only surviving records of this important machine tool corporation, the collection is vitally important to the preservation of the industry’s history.
Records in the collection date from 1878 to 1963 with the bulk of the materials between 1940 and 1962. The first series contains company histories, legal agreements and leases,...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1878-1963; Other: Date acquired: 02/05/1981
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Wheatland Plow Match Association Records
Collection — Volume 1
Identifier: RHC-RC-110
Scope and Contents
The records in this collection partially document the history of the Wheatland Plow Match Association from 1898-1978. Complete materials from the first fifty-five years at the organization’s existence, 1877-1921, are missing. Nevertheless, the surviving records, particularly the meeting minutes, provide information on the Association’s discussions about each match program, the possibility of changing plow rules, decisions on the amount of prize money to be awarded, and nominations and...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1898-2012; Other: Date acquired: 09/25/1980
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Wheatland-Salem United Methodist Church Records
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-119
Scope and Contents
A church fire in November 1927 destroyed a portion of this organization’s historical manuscripts. Nevertheless, the remaining records provide sufficient documentation for a thorough study of the Wheatland Salem United Methodist Church’s history. Of primary importance are the church minutes dating from 1860 to 1963 (1916-1947 are missing.) describing organizational changes, building or expansion problems, and general church business. In addition, quarterly conference records (1920-1967)...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1860-1981
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
