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:
DeKalb Post Office Records
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-021
Scope and Contents
These records partially document the history of the DeKalb Post Office from 1888-1960. There are no records available for the earliest years of the office's existence (1849-1887). Financial records comprise a major series of the collection including postal account books (1888-1943), domestic money order cash books (1888-1938), and international money order cash books (1893-1920). Four letterpress books document the construction and furnishing of the post office building completed in 1906...
Dates:
created: 1888-1960; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1967
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Mighell & Wakefield Smithy, Grain, and Coal Company Records (Waterman)
Collection — Volume 1
Identifier: RHC-RC-022
Scope and Contents
The records contained in this collection document the Mighell and Wakefield Company’s financial accounts from the warehouse’s first year of operation, 1872, until 1911, when Wakefield reorganized the business into the Wakefield Grain Company. A series of eleven bound volumes contains entries made by T.G. Mighell before his partnership with George Wakefield (1851-1872); business ledgers of the Mighell and Wakefield Smithy, Grain, and Coal Company (1875-1890); and records from the Wakefield...
Dates:
created: 1851-1943; Other: Date acquired: 01/00/1966
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
H.H. Wagner Dry Goods Store Records (DeKalb)
Collection — Volume 1
Identifier: RHC-RC-023
Scope and Contents
These records document the history of the H. H. Wagner Dry Goods Store from 1866-1922. Since Mr. Wagner did not establish his business until 1875, it is presumed that the earliest records (1866-1875) are from the R. K. Chandler Dry Goods Store of which Mr. Wagner was an employee. Extensive inventories comprise a major series in the collection detailing the store’s merchandise and it’s monetary value. A second series including an employee daily wage ledger (1873-1875), account ledgers...
Dates:
created: 1866-1922; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1967
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Gurler Family Papers (DeKalb)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-025
Scope and Contents
The Gurler Family Papers contain 4 boxes of family letters and business transactions (1879-1932) which document a substantial portion of the Gurler brothers' private life and their professional associations (1894-1906). Also included in the collection is Gurler family genealogical material (1729-1968) and biographical accounts (1840-1940).
Box 1 contains 12 file folders including genealogical charts, biographical sketches, family letters, a copy of G.H. Gurler's publication, his army...
Dates:
created: 1840-1990; Other: Date acquired: 09/15/1977
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
H.W. Fay Portrait Collection
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-026
Scope and Contents
The Herbert W. Fay Collection contains 9 boxes of material directly related to and including Fay’s portrait collection. Box 1, housing material dated between 1864-1945, contains several file folders of general and personal correspondence and portrait loan agency clippings, all reflective of Fay s occupation as an historical portrait collector. Also included in this group are printed materials (broadsides leaflets, etc) related to Fay’s social and political interests and his participation in...
Dates:
created: 1864-1945; Other: Date acquired: 02/16/1966
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:
created: 1767-1966; Other: Date acquired: 06/28/1967
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Lipscomb Collection : 1968 Democratic National Convention (Chicago)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-028
Abstract
H. Alan Lipscomb became a Field Representative for the Northern Illinois University Swen Parson Library in August of 1968. He collected research material pertaining to the Democratic National Convention of 1968 and acquired the passes and credentials which gave him access to all convention activities.
Dates:
created: 1968; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1968
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Lovering Family Collection (Shabbona)
Collection — Volume 1
Identifier: RHC-RC-029
Scope and Contents
This collection partially documents three subjects: the George Lovering Lumber and Grain Company of Shabbona (1881-1912); William K. Lovering’s 1800 mile drive from Detroit, Michigan to Salt Lake City, Utah in a Scripps-Booth automobile (1916); and facets of Shabbona, Illinois’ history (1895-1940). Materials include financial account ledgers, business and personal correspondence, W. K. Lovering’s typed manuscripts under the pen name Bill Knell, photographs, catalogs, and programs. A very...
Dates:
created: 1876-1965; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1968
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Sterling-Rock Falls Ministerial Association Records
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-130
Scope and Contents
The Sterling Rock Falls Ministerial Association Records primarily comprise meeting minutes (1948-l978) detailing the organization’s concerns, financial situation, and projects. Organized to promote cooperation among Christian ministers from the greater Sterling-Rock Falls area, the records detail the group’s projects designed to educate citizens on local churches and their programs. Membership lists and lists of Chaplains working at the Colonial Acres Nursing Home and the Sterling Community...
Dates:
created: 1948-1978; Other: Date acquired: 03/02/1981
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
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:
created: 1965-1981; Other: Date acquired: 09/29/1981
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
