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:
Lahti Family Collection (Sycamore)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-189
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1913-1997; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1987
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Lanan Family Farm Records (Kingston)
Collection — Volume 1-2
Identifier: RHC-RC-111
Scope and Contents
These records partially document the history of the Lanan Farm in Kingston, Illinois from 1848-1978. Although few records in this collection deal with the early history of the farm, several land indentures and grants provide details of farm land transfers in the mid-nineteenth century. The major series of the collection is a complete set of farm account books (1915-l978) detailing various business transactions of the Lanan farm. These volumes contain extensive information on annual...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1848-2006; Other: Date acquired: 09/16/1980
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Latham Castle Papers (Sandwich)
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RHC-RC-073
Scope and Contents
The Latham Castle collection primarily documents the career of Latham Castle as Attorney General for the State of Illinois, 1953-1959. Supplementary but sparse material concerns his subsequent appointment as Federal Judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. An oral history interview dated February 23, 1976, spans his lifetime and career.
The materials are arranged both topically and chronologically whenever possible. Box 1 contains file folders of printed material, ...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1952-1976; Other: Date acquired: 07/30/1979
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Laura Cooper Collection (Byron)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-044
Scope and Contents
Laura Cooper’s diaries, located in box one, date from 1892 to 1893, 1938 to 1942, 1944 to 1948, and 1954 to 1965. The diaries offer a chronicle of one woman’s day-to-day activities over a number of years including comments on family, deaths of relatives and town members, church activities, and other common situations such as meals and weather.
Box two of the collection contains reminiscences of Mrs. Cooper about Byron’s Congregational Church (1897-1924); weekly bulletins, programs,...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1892-1965; Other: Date acquired: 11/06/1978
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
League of Women Voters of the Rochelle Area
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-315
Scope and Contents
The League for Women Voters of the Rochelle Area organized in 1971 and became an official League in 1973. They work to provide information on relevant, voter oriented topics, as well as hold open forums for candidates, train future candidates, and register voters. The League often takes a two-year study on a particular issue. The materials within the collection document the Rochelle League’s formation and eventual acceptance into the National League of Women Voters. News articles relevant...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1971-2011; Other: Date acquired: 11/21/2011
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Leo B. Olson (DeKalb)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-338
Scope and Contents
The Leo B. Olson Collection consists of materials related to Leo Olson’s community involvement, professional activities, and military service from 1911 to 1990. The collection also includes a small amount of materials related to Olson’s family and the history of DeKalb County. His professional activities make up only a small portion of the collection. There is very little related to his time as communications director at DeKalb AgResearch. A digital image of Leo’s Bronze Medal display is...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1911-1990; Other: Date acquired: 07/31/2014
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Leonard J. Jacobs Collection (Cornhusking)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-193
Scope and Contents
The Leonard J. Jacobs Collection consists of research material used by Leonard Jacobs in the writing of his book, Corn Huskers' Battle of the Bangboards. The first twenty folders of the collection contains correspondence between Jacobs and the men who competed in the corn husking competitions and other general correspondence from people interested in corn husking. An article entitled, "King of the Hill: Illini Huskers, 1924-1941," written by Leonard J. Jacobs...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1922-1992; Other: Date acquired: 04/10/1989
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
LeRoy Community Grange No. 1873 Records (Boone County)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-260
Scope and Contents
The LeRoy Community Grange records date from 1933 to 2000 and include secretary’s books, a treasurer’s account book, cash/day books, and dues account books. A complete run of meeting minutes from January 20, 1939 to December 5, 1941 and January 28, 1944 to December 11, 1993 comprise a majority of the records. Unfortunately the secretary’s books that contain the meeting minutes from 1933 to 1938 and from 1942 to 1943 are missing. The information contained in the secretary’s books vary from...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1933-2000; Other: Date acquired: 01/11/2004
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Library Whist Club Records (DeKalb)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-225
Scope and Contents
The records for the Library Whist Club date from 1898 to 2006 and include membership lists, minute books, correspondence, and whist game rules. The minute books date from January 26, 1903 through November 3, 1930. The early minutes are not included in the collection. A history of the club can be gleaned from the constitution, minutes, and newspaper articles while the rules of the game can be found in the publications.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1898-1993; Other: Date acquired: 07/05/1995
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Lindenwood Grain Co-Op Records
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-011
Scope and Contents
The Lindenwood Collection traces the economic development of an agricultural co-operative from 1919 to 1956. The materials are arranged in a series of three record groups all providing a comprehensive account of the co-op’s fiscal operations.
The first series consists of the co-operative’s general business files, 1921-1947; included in this series are correspondence, receipts, tax returns, and annual reports. Also included are several folders of material concerned with the implementation of...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1919-1956; Other: Date acquired: 06/23/1978
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
