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League of Women Voters of the Rochelle Area

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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

Lipscomb Collection : 1968 Democratic National Convention (Chicago)

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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: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1968; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1968

Lucinda O. Wanner Collection (Glen Ellyn)

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Identifier: RHC-RC-163
Scope and Contents The Lucinda O. Wanner Collection arrived at The Dirksen Center in no apparent order. After repeated sorting, the processing staff concluded that the best arrangement system would be based on the following series of documents and artifacts: Audiovisual, Certificates, Correspondence, Memorabilia, Miscellany, Personal, Photographs, and Reference. All the series except Memorabilia and Reference are arranged chronologically. The Memorabilia series consists of two boxes of loose artifacts and...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1900-1976; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1983

Nineteenth Century Political Cartoons Collection

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Identifier: RHC-RC-249
Scope and Contents The political cartoons in this collection date from 1808 through 1869. There are seventy-four different cartoons, with a number of duplicates for a total of nintey-two. Several of the cartoons have been hand colored. Also included is one folder containing background material on some of the artists and cartoons represented here, taken from various sources. These cartoons were drawn by a number of prominent artists of the period including: William Charles (1803-1820), David Claypool...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1808-1869

Ray "Dutch" Scott Papers (DeKalb)

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Identifier: RHC-RC-075
Scope and Contents

The materials in the collection partially document Ray A. “Dutch” Scott’s 1974 campaign for Illinois State Senator. Included are correspondence, position papers, and projects describing Scott’s Democratic platform and his involvement in local community services prior to the 1974 campaign.  Also included are state and local legislative publications, reports, and memorandums dating 1967 to 1976.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1964-1977; Other: Date acquired: 08/27/1979

Robert McGaw Papers (Rockford)

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Identifier: RHC-RC-150
Scope and Contents The Robert McGaw Papers document events in Rockford, Illinois from 1972-1981. Few of McGaw’s personal papers, financial records, campaign material, speeches, or position papers are included in the collection. It is a small collection divided into two series: Correspondence and Subject Files, and News Clippings. The Correspondence and Subject Files series consists of material dating 1972-1981. It is predominantly correspondence arranged by topic. Subjects covered include: Community...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1972-1981; Other: Date acquired: 05/27/1982

Rockford Building and Construction Trades Council Records

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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: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1937-1981; Other: Date acquired: 10/06/1981

Rockford League of Women Voters Records

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Identifier: RHC-RC-178
Scope and Contents This collection documents the activities of the Rockford League of Women Voters from its founding in 1922 to the present. Included in Series I, is historical materials, by-laws, minutes of meetings, correspondence, and newsletters. Among the broad range of topics covered in the Series II are nuclear power, China, education, ERA, flood control, housing, and the status of women. Most of the files fall within the 1960-1985 time period. Series III contains scrapbooks spanning the years from...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1922+; Other: Date acquired: 10/08/1985

Rockford United Labor AFL-CIO Records

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Identifier: RHC-RC-145
Scope and Contents The Rockford United Labor AFL-CIO records are arranged in four series: administrative records, committee records, subject files, and publications and printed materials.  The collection traces the history of the organization from its founding in 1957.  Records dating from 1977 to the present remain with the organization, but will be transferred to the Center when they become inactive. The first series contains by-laws, minutes, correspondence, membership information, and financial records. ...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1940-1978; Other: Date acquired: 03/11/1982

The Socialist Movement in Rockford, Illinois:1901 - 1921 by Robert W. Carlson, 1974

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Identifier: RHC-VFM-18-18.36
Dates: Other: Majority of material found in 1974

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