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:
Harry A. Joslyn Collection (DeKalb County)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-183
Scope and Contents
The Harry A. Joslyn Collection (1860-1905) provides excellent documentation for the study of rural life in DeKalb County, Illinois during the second half of the nineteenth century. The bulk of the collection consists of a series of 39 diaries (1865-1905) written by Harry A. Joslyn of Cortland and Sycamore. Diaries for 1890 and 1891 are missing. Daily entries vary in length but generally include information on family life work activities, politics, weather, and social life.
Two additional...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1860-1905; Other: Date acquired: 08/08/1986
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Hauswald Family Account Books (Sycamore)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-253
Scope and Contents
In his family account books, Walter E. Hauswald, chronicles over seven decades of the family’s finances dating from 1932 through 2000. The account books for September 1991 through August 1994 are missing. Mr. Hauswald’s detailed accounts itemize the family’s income and expenses over the years. Income was received from stocks, bonds, interest, wages and pensions. Documented expenses included those for transportation, education, toiletries, entertainment, food, gifts, home and cottage...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1932-2000; Other: Date acquired: 08/21/2001
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Help-One-Another Circle (Harlem Township, Winnebago County)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-349
Scope and Contents
Help-One-Another Circle was established on March 12, 1919 in Harlem Township (Illinois). The club aimed to help the church and perform charity work. Help-One-Another Circle was established for these purposes as stated in the minutes from 1919: “1st. Its purpose to assist our hostess at our regular meetings with any work she might have for use to do.; 2nd. To build up afund whereby we might do any charitable work the Circle might see fit to do.” An additional purpose was added during the...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1919-1959; Other: Date acquired: 01/31/2013
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
H.H. Parke Collection (Genoa-Sycamore)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-043
Scope and Contents
The H.H. Parke Collection documents the life of one of the foremost men in American agriculture. Included in this collection are letters from family and friends during his college years (1900-1910); congratulatory letters to Mr. Parke for achievements in the agricultural sphere; and programs and reports of the American Farm Bureau. Of particular interest are biographical and autobiographical material of Almon Ford Parke, H.H. Parke and related family members. Publications of various farm...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1894-1973; Other: Date acquired: 11/06/1978
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:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1866-1922; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1967
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Hilmer Borggren Collection (Rockford)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-012
Scope and Contents
The Hilmer Borggren Collection contains a variety of materials collected by Borggren between 1932 and 1977. Borggren's role in the Scandinavian Fraternity of America, the Vasa Order of America, along with his experiences during World War II are revealed through the scrapbooks, the correspondence, programs, convention materials, songbooks, and photographs. Since Rockford comprises a large Scandinavian population, these records partially reveal the important social function of American...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1905-1977; Other: Date acquired: 08/08/1981
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Howard Center for the Family, Religion, and Society Records (Rockford)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-238
Scope and Contents
The Howard Center for Family, Religion and Society records date from 1956 to present and are divided into nine series: General Administrative Records, Ingersoll Prize Records, Publications, Conferences, Public Relations Records, The Center on Religion and Society Records, John Howard Papers, Allan Carlson Papers, and Michael Warder Papers. A majority of the records document the history of The Rockford Institute rather than The Howard Center.
The General Administrative Records series...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1911+; Other: Date acquired: 04/13/1999
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Huntley Park Neighborhood Association Records (DeKalb)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-241
Scope and Contents
The Huntley Park Neighborhood Association records document the coordinating efforts between the City staff and the Association. The Huntley Park Neighborhood folder consists of city council meeting minutes, memos, maps, bid information, correspondence, and historic preservation articles on brick streets. Also included in the records are curb survey data for South Second Street, newspaper clippings, and photographs documenting the curbs on South Second and South Third Streets. Of special...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1994-1996; Other: Date acquired: 08/23/1999
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
H.W. Colwill Collection (Creston)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-047
Scope and Contents
The H.W. Colwill Collection documents the business activity of the Creston Grain Elevator (1932-1977) and Leader Oil Company (l944-l967) in Creston, Illinois.
Series 1 consists of materials related to the personal activities of H.W. Colwill during the years 1930-1977. Included are correspondences, tax records, estate settlement records and grain speculation records (e.g., files under Rice, Lamson, Schulenburg). Also included are catalogs and advertisements.
Included in series two are...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1926-1977; Other: Date acquired: 11/10/1978
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:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1864-1945; Other: Date acquired: 02/16/1966
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
