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:
Will-DuPage Service Company Records
Collection — Volume 1
Identifier: RHC-RC-094
Scope and Contents
These records partially document the business activities of the Will-DuPage Service Company in Joliet, Illinois from 1927 to 1973. Included are minutes of the Board of Directors (1927-1970), auditor’s reports (1966-1972), balance books (1943-1967), a journal of purchases (1969-1970), and photographic documentation of company activities and membership (1955-1973). Of special note are records relating to the short-lived subsidiary of the Service Company, Will Du Enterprises, Incorporated. ...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1927-1973; Other: Date acquired: 04/15/1980
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Will-Grundy Building Trades Council Records
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-152
Scope and Contents
The Will-Grundy Building Trades Council records (1934-1979) are divided into three series: administrative records; pamphlets, brochures, publications, and manuals; and financial records. The administrative records comprise meeting minutes (1940-1977), annual directories, and pre-job information as well as a subseries composed of subject files. The subject files are alphabetically arranged and primarily consist of records on or about local labor unions and politics. None of the files are...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1934-1979; Other: Date acquired: 06/02/1982
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Willowdale Grange Records (Fairdale)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-080
Scope and Contents
The records in this collection document the history of the Willowdale Grange No. 1773 from 1914 to 1962. Minutes comprise the major series (1914-1962) and detail the organization’s projects, agricultural concerns, legislative programs, social affairs and membership statistics. The quarterly reports also document membership changes. Secretary’s account books record dues and exnenses. Correspondence, community service reports, annual programs, and a scrapbook further delineate the...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1914-1962; Other: Date acquired: 10/11/1979
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Win G. Knoch Papers (Naperville)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-179
Scope and Contents
The Win G. Knoch Papers contain three series that partially document the public and private activities of Win G. Knoch of Naperville, Illinois.
The first series, Biographical, contains extensive information on Knoch and his family’s history, 1893-1983. Also included is information on honors, awards, civic, professional, and charitable activities of Judge Knoch.
Series II, Correspondence Files, is the largest and most complex series in the collection. The series spans the years 1936-1983....
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1893-1983; Other: Date acquired: 10/01/1987
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Winnebago County Farm Bureau Co-op Records
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-079
Scope and Contents
The collection partially documents the business activities of two now defunct cooperatives of the Winnebago County Farm Bureau in Rockford, Illinois from 1946 to 1974. Included are minutes of the Board of Directors, by-laws, articles of incorporation, patronage records, and financial accounts. Documents dated before 1960 describe the Winnebago Producers Supplies. Included are minutes of the Board of Directors. The bulk of materials describes the Winnebago County Farm Bureau Cooperative,...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1946-1974; Other: Date acquired: 10/03/1979
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Winnebago County Mutual Insurance Company Records (Rockford)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-269
Scope and Contents
The records for the Winnebago Mutual Insurance Company date from 1974 to 1997 and include annual reports, board of meeting minutes, financial statements, correspondence, and publications. The board of meeting minutes include financial information and correspondence. While this collection contains information on a short time span for the company it does give the researcher information on how an insurance company operated and how claims were distributed.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1976-1996; Other: Date acquired: 04/28/2005
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Wirtz and Wirtz Company Records (DeKalb)
Collection — Volume 1-7
Identifier: RHC-RC-060
Scope and Contents
The volumes in the Wirtz and Wirtz Company Collection partially document the financial activities of a small furniture and undertaking business in DeKalb, Illinois from 1920 to 1970. The collection contains nine volumes of books, journals, and ledgers and six volumes of purchase and sales records. Also included in the collection are WWII Office of Price Administration files. The documentation offered in this collection is modest, but does cover fifty of the eighty-five years the business...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1920-1970; Other: Date acquired: 05/02/1979
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Woodbury-Forsythe Diaries (Sandwich)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-008
Scope and Contents
The Woodbury-Forsythe Collection traces the daily events in the lives of two Sandwich, Illinois families, the Forsythes and the Woodburys, over two generations. The diaries span the period 1876 through 1921, each year contained in a separate volume: Frances (Coleman) Forsythe’s diaries, 1876-1919; Nellie (Forsythe) Woodbury’s diaries, 1893-1921; and William Walden Woodbury’s diaries, 1892-1902. Also included are speeches, correspondence, programs, photos, and family genealogy. Although this...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1876-1928; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1973
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Woodstock Business and Professional Women's Club Records
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-121
Scope and Contents
A small collection, the Woodstock Business and Professional Women’s Club Records have limited research value. The by-laws, minutes, correspondence, and annual reports are incomplete, covering only a few years between 1948 and 1979. There are no records for the early years of the organization’s history. Nevertheless, the newsletters, scrapbooks, and newspaper clippings reveal the nature of the programs and projects undertaken by the club since 1934. The remaining materials contain a small...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1934-1980; Other: Date acquired: 12/17/1980
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
World War II Scrapbooks
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-303
Scope and Contents
The World War II Scrapbooks contain six scrapbooks of newspaper articles concerning World War II spanning 1940 to 1946. The articles originate from various newspapers both local and national, most of which are unidentifiable. Known source publications include Chicago Tribune, Life, and the Rockford Register Republic. Articles often reference individuals, organizations, or events relating to the Northern Illinois region. The...
Dates:
Other: Dummy Date
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
