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:
Joliet Region League of Women Voters Records
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-143
Scope and Contents
The Joliet Region League of Women Voters Records provide documentation on governmental and social concerns for the Joliet and Will County areas as well as information on League activities from 1950 to 1981. The only major gap in the materials occurs between 1955 and 1961. The collection is arranged in the following manner: l) histories-local, state, and national, 2) meeting minutes, 3) yearbooks and membership handbooks, 4) topical files, 5) publications, 6) newspaper clippings,...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1950-1981; Other: Date acquired: 03/05/1982
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Jolly Neighbors Club Records (Prophetstown)
Collection — Volume 1-2
Identifier: RHC-RC-112
Scope and Contents
The Jolly Neighbors Club Records document the establishment and history of a local woman’s social organization formed to alleviate the isolation of rural life. A nearly complete set of minute books (1915-1980) details the business and social activities of each club meeting. Several program calendars and a program book supplement the minute books with lists of hostesses and activities for each meeting. Three scrapbooks contain photographs and newspaper announcements documenting picnics,...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1915-1980; Other: Date acquired: 09/22/0198
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Jordan Hardware Company Records (Ottawa)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-166
Scope and Contents
Records in the Jordan Hardware Company collection date from 1852 to 1981.
Centennial Records document the hardware company's 100th anniversary in 1940. They include letters of congratulation and information on a commemorative plaque. Also in this series is a written history of the company, a set of receipts and invoices that trace the name and ownership of the company, and articles written about Jordan Hardware.
Financial Records date from 1852 to 1981 and are the largest part of the...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1852-1983; Other: Date acquired: 03/15/1984
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Joseph B. Ebbesen Papers (DeKalb)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-168
Scope and Contents
The Ebbesen Papers span the years 1975 to 1984 and primarily document his role as a legislator in the Illinois General Assembly. The materials are divided five series: the 79th G.A. (1975-1976); the 80th G.A. (1977-1978); the 81st G.A. (1979-1980); the 82nd G.A. (1981-1982); and a miscellaneous collection of papers (1975-1982). Within each series are subseries containing house and senate bills, subject files, constituent correspondence, publications, and press releases. The bills are...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1975-1984; Other: Date acquired: 03/13/1981
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Joseph Llewellyn Company Collection
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-202
Scope and Contents
The Joseph C. Llewellyn Company Collection consists of linen drawings for the DeKalb County Infirmary, DeKalb County Jail and Sheriff's Residence in Sycamore, DeKalb Township High School including a 1921 addition, Ellwood School, and the club house for the Kishwaukee Country Club.
Included in the collection are specifications, receipts, contractual agreements, correspondence, and photographs for the six sets of drawings.
Researchers should note that the Llewellyn Company Collection does...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1903-1923; Other: Date acquired: 09/19/1990
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Joyce Holmberg Papers
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-294
Scope and Contents
The Joyce Holmberg Papers date from 1982 to 2002. The records include documents, news articles, copies of Senate bills, and photographs. Of special interest are the information on the legislation sponsored by Holmberg and her radio commentaries for WNIU, a radio station at Northern Illinois University.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1983-2002; Other: Date acquired: 03/20/2009
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Judge A.G. Kennedy Papers (DeKalb)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-124
Scope and Contents
The A. C. Kennedy Papers consist of a very small segment of the records maintained by Judge Kennedy. Included are correspondence from various clients (1941-1944) affidavits filed by Kennedy, and business and personal invoices (1941-1944). The records arrived with the Dennis J. Collins Papers and represent the years Kennedy and Collins were law partners.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1941-1944; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1973
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Judy Nelson Mills Papers (Rockford)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-298
Scope and Contents
The Judy Nelson Mills Papers consists of two series: soldiers’ correspondence and book research. The first series includes letters written to Mills by Vietnam soldiers. The second series consists of research materials gathered by Mills in the late 1990s and early 2000s when thinking of writing a book using the correspondence. This series includes three subseries: Soldiers, Book, and Cassettes. Both series contain photos from soldiers, some from during the war and some from after. The...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1965-2001; Other: Date acquired: 04/13/2010
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
J.W. Sandrock Farm Records (Reynolds Township, Lee County)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-233
Scope and Contents
The J.W. Sandrock Farm records date from 1937 to 1990 and contain reports for the farm located in Reynolds Township, Lee County, Illinois. There is a gap in the records from 1975 to 1988. The Farm Account Books include inventories, summaries, purchases, and sales of land, farm improvements, machinery and equipment, crops, and livestock. The Illinois Farm Business Records located in boxes 2 and 3 may also contain farm business analysis and annual reports of the Illinois Farm Bureau Farm...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1937-1992; Other: Date acquired: 07/09/1998
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Kable Printing Company Records (Mt. Morris)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-020
Scope and Contents
The Kable Printing Company records document the business operations of the Kable Brothers Company and its successor the Kable Printing Company of Mt. Morris, Illinois from 1903-1974. These records primarily consist of ledgers and account books. Six series can be defined: General Financial Data, Labor and Personnel Records, Inventories, Stock Certificates, Internal Publications, and Photographs.
Series one, General Financial Records, is made up of appraisals, capital equipment records,...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1898-1974; Other: Date acquired: 02/16/1979
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
