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:
Forest City Wholesale Grocery Company Records (Rockford)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-132
Scope and Contents
The Forest City Wholesale Grocery Company Records partially document the history of a regional grocery wholesaler from 1907 to 1974. Although the collection lacks materials describing the company’s organization in 1902, a nearly complete set of Directors’/ Stockholders’ meeting minutes (1907-1974) reveal corporate policy throughout most of the company’s existence. The minutes contain information on elections of officers, stock issues, dividend payments, and the annual financial condition...
Dates:
created: 1907-1974; Other: Date acquired: 02/15/1981
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:
created: 1926-2015; Other: Date acquired: 04/02/1981
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:
created: 1897-1982; Other: Date acquired: 05/28/1981
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Marengo Grange Records
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-135
Scope and Contents
The records from the Marengo Grange No. 1922 include a complete set of monthly meeting minutes (1951-1979) describing local farmers efforts to serve the community and improve their agricultural conditions. In addition to the local grange records the collection also contains journals of proceedings, programs, and rosters (1950-1980) belonging to the Illinois State and National Grange organizations.
Dates:
created: 1950-1980; Other: Date acquired: 07/01/1981
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
E.J. "Zeke" Giorgi Papers (Rockford)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-136
Scope and Contents
The Giorgi Papers are organized into three series: (1) constituent correspondence (1967-1981), (2) topical files (1965-1979), and (3) topical newsclipping files (1969-1975). The topical files contain information Giorgi gathered from various sources and comprise the largest series. Major subjects covered include the Board of Higher Education, energy, environmental protection, equal rights amendment, Governor Walker’s news releases, health care, law enforcement, the lottery, the mental...
Dates:
created: 1965-1981; Other: Date acquired: 11/02/1981
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Elgin League of Women Voters Records
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-137
Scope and Contents
The records for the League of Women Voters of Elgin date from 1929-2001 and contain meeting minutes, monthly bulletins, annual reports, correspondence, topical files, state and national files, and scrapbooks. The collection contains a wide variety of information on League programs and projects during the 1960's. In particular, topical files describe the League's work in welfare, housing discrimination, equal opportunity, the development of human resources, the Kane County food stamp...
Dates:
created: 1929-2001; Other: Date acquired: 09/21/1981
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Rockford Building and Construction Trades Council Records
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-138
Scope and Contents
The Rockford Building and Construction Trades Council records (1937-1981) are arranged in the four series established by the R.B.C.T.C. office: minutes of meetings, topical correspondence files, wage scales and contracts, and financial records. With some exceptions this collection is complete in tracing the history of the Council from its founding in 1937: records from 1968 to the present have been retained in the R.B.C.T.C. office and will be added to the collection when no longer needed...
Dates:
created: 1937-1981; Other: Date acquired: 10/06/1981
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
City of DeKalb Collection
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-139
Scope and Contents
The City of DeKalb Collection is organized into two record series. The first series, City Records, consists of budgets, comprehensive development plans, revised ordinances, and committee records. Documentation on the urban renewal project in 1968-1969 can be found in the Urban Renewal Study Committee records. Demographic and economic information on the area is available in the development plans and in a survey done in 1947.
Records from the DeKalb Chamber of Commerce comprise series two....
Dates:
created: 1913+; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1965
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb Public Speaking and Discussion Club Records
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-030
Scope and Contents
The materials in the collection partially document the activities of the Public Speaking and Discussion Club from 1932 to 1966, with most records falling within the period 1938-1959. There are only scanty financial records. Minutes for the period 1938-1959 are nearly complete.
Dates:
created: 1932-1966; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1960
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Platte River Development Association Records (Monroe Center)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-031
Scope and Contents
The Platte River Development Association Collection contains material documenting the activities of an unincorporated oil company dating 1920 to 1926 and a privately owned supply company dating 1911-1919. It contains the general business records of the old Platte River Development Association and the new Platte River Drilling Association. It contains the general business records of the old Platte River Development Association and the new Platte River Drilling Association. Included are both...
Dates:
created: 1911-1926; Other: Date acquired: 07/05/1978
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
