Oversize Collection - Maps, Posters, Photographs, Calendars, Drawings | Northern Illinois University

Collection Overview

Title: Oversize Collection - Maps, Posters, Photographs, Calendars, Drawings

ID: RHC/RC/200

Extent: 75.0 Cubic Feet

Subjects: American Body and Cab Company, American Legion, American National Red Cross, American Wagon Company, Aurora (Ill.), Automobiles, Batavia (Ill.), Bradt Family, Burlington RR, Carroll County (Ill.), Cemeteries, Centennial, Chicago and North Western Railway Company., Climate, Coal trade, Commonwealth Edison Company, DeKalb (Ill.), DeKalb County (Ill), DuPage County (Ill), Elgin (Ill.), Embree Family, Evergreen Cemetery, DeKalb County, Geology--Northern Illinois, Glidden Family, Grand Army of the Republic., Great Depression., Grundy County (Ill.), Illinois., Illinois and Michigan Canal (Ill.), JoDaviess County (Ill), Kane County (Ill), Kendall County (Ill), Lake County (Ill), LaSalle County (Ill), Lee County (Ill), Maps, McHenry County (Ill), Meteorology, National guard, Newspapers, Northern Illinois University, Oakwood Cemetery, DeKalb, Ogle County (Ill), Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941., Postal service, Presidents--United States., Railroads, Rivers, Roads, Rockford (Ill.), Rock Island (Ill.), Rural free delivery, Schools, St. Charles (Ill.), Stephenson County (Ill), Sugar Grove (Ill.), United States. Army., United States. Navy, United States Centennial celebrations, etc - Bicentennial, V-J Day, 1945, Wagner Family, Whiteside County (Ill), Will County (Ill), Winnebago County (Ill), World War I, World War II, Young Men's Christian Associations

Forms of Material: Calendars, Posters

Languages: English

Scope and Contents of the Materials

The Oversize Collection consists of unbound items from various Regional History Center collections which are too large to store in regular archival boxes.

The Oversize Collection contains five major groups of documents: posters and broadsides, photographs and prints, maps, newspapers, and certificates.

The Embree Collection's railroad calendars and posters show the locomotives of various railroads from the late 1930's through the mid-1950's. The war poster collection contains 629 posters from World Wars I and II depicting recruiting, morale, propaganda, and production incentive. A pdf of the item level inventory of the World War I and II posters can be found in the inventory. Due to the fragile condition of these posters the researcher will view the color slide reproductions instead of the actual posters.

Oversize photographs and prints include scenes of northern Illinois and local residents.

The collection of regional maps includes nine pre-1832 maps of the Great Lakes region from the Nelson Collection and sixteen maps of Illinois from 1835-1911 showing the development of Illinois counties. There are also special purpose maps concerning Illinois rail lines, coal fields, highways, and climate. Maps of DeKalb show the development of the county and city from the 1842 forward.

The collection of newspapers is maintained for use in exhibits and provides front pages for such things as the Pearl Harbor attack, the Chicago Fire, the ends of World War I and II, the Kennedy Assassination, the Chicago Bears Super Bowl title, and so on. DeKalb city and county special anniversary issues are also available here.

Subject/Index Terms

American Body and Cab Company
American Legion
American National Red Cross
American Wagon Company
Aurora (Ill.)
Automobiles
Batavia (Ill.)
Bradt Family
Burlington RR
Carroll County (Ill.)
Cemeteries
Centennial
Chicago and North Western Railway Company.
Climate
Coal trade
Commonwealth Edison Company
DeKalb (Ill.)
DeKalb County (Ill)
DuPage County (Ill)
Elgin (Ill.)
Embree Family
Evergreen Cemetery, DeKalb County
Geology--Northern Illinois
Glidden Family
Grand Army of the Republic.
Great Depression.
Grundy County (Ill.)
Illinois.
Illinois and Michigan Canal (Ill.)
JoDaviess County (Ill)
Kane County (Ill)
Kendall County (Ill)
Lake County (Ill)
LaSalle County (Ill)
Lee County (Ill)
Maps
McHenry County (Ill)
Meteorology
National guard
Newspapers
Northern Illinois University
Oakwood Cemetery, DeKalb
Ogle County (Ill)
Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941.
Postal service
Presidents--United States.
Railroads
Rivers
Roads
Rockford (Ill.)
Rock Island (Ill.)
Rural free delivery
Schools
St. Charles (Ill.)
Stephenson County (Ill)
Sugar Grove (Ill.)
United States. Army.
United States. Navy
United States Centennial celebrations, etc - Bicentennial
V-J Day, 1945
Wagner Family
Whiteside County (Ill)
Will County (Ill)
Winnebago County (Ill)
World War I
World War II
Young Men's Christian Associations

Administrative Information

Repository: Northern Illinois University

Access Restrictions: There are access restrictions to the original Civil War documents contained in RC 275 (Drawer 33, Folder 14). Copies have been made of the originals and are avaialbe to researchers.

Use Restrictions: Property rights in the collection belong to the Regional History Center; literary rights are dedicated to the public.

Acquisition Method: The Oversize Collection consists of unbound items from various Regional History Center collections which are too large to store in regular archival boxes.

Box and Folder Listing

Browse by Oversize Drawer:

[Oversize Drawer 1],
[Oversize Drawer 2],
[Oversize Drawer 3],
[Oversize Drawer 4-9: WORLD WARS I AND II POSTERS],
[Oversize Drawer 10],
[Oversize Drawer 11],
[Oversize Drawer 12],
[Oversize Drawer 13],
[Oversize Drawer 14],
[Oversize Volumes],
[Oversize Drawer 15],
[Oversize Drawer 16],
[Oversize Drawer 17],
[Oversize Drawer 18],
[Oversize Drawer 19],
[Oversize Drawer 20],
[Oversize Drawer 21],
[Oversize Drawer 22],
[Oversize Drawer 23],
[Oversize Drawer 24],
[Oversize Drawer 25],
[Oversize Drawer 26],
[Oversize Drawer 27],
[Oversize Drawer 28],
[Oversize Drawer 29],
[Oversize Drawer 30],
[Oversize Drawer 31],
[Oversize Drawer 32],
[Oversize Drawer 33],
[Oversize Drawer 34],
[Oversize Drawer 35],
[Oversize Drawer 36],
[Oversize Drawer 37],
[Oversize Drawer LO-1: WORLD WARS I AND II POSTERS (15): (#s 28, 29, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 85, 153, 154, 189, 190, 191)],
[Oversize Drawer LO-5],
[Oversize Drawer LO-6],
[Oversize Drawer LO-7],
[Oversize Drawer LO-11],
[Oversize Drawer LO-12],
[Oversize Drawer LO-13],
[Oversize Drawer LO-14],
[Oversize Drawer LO-15],
[All]

Oversize Drawer 12

Folder 1

Item 1: DeKalb County Maps (10): Township Survey Maps: Clinton, Shabbona, Victor, Paw Paw (4), 1842
Item 2: DeKalb County Maps (10): Highway Road Maps (5), 1930-1958
Item 3: DeKalb County Maps (10): Plat map of DeKalb County, no date

Folder 2

Item 1: DeKalb County Maps (10): DeKalb County (3), 1864, 1942, no date
Item 2: DeKalb County Maps (10): Road Map of DeKalb Company (2), 1868, circa 1940
Item 3: DeKalb County Maps (10): Topographical (5), 1917, 1937-1941

Folder 3

Item 1: Ogle County Maps (12): Township Map, Indicates Forested Areas, circa 1930s
Item 2: Ogle County Maps (12): Ogle County Historical Society Maps (4), no date
Item 3: Ogle County Maps (12): County Highways, 1971
Item 4: Ogle County Maps (12): Road Map and Uniform House Numbering System, 1973
Item 5: Ogle County Maps (12): Indian Burial Grounds
Item 6: Ogle County Maps (12): Ogle County, 1857
Item 7: Ogle County Maps (12): Topographical Map, Ogle County
Item 8: Ogle County Maps (12): Illinois Northern Utilities Company
Item 9: Ogle County Maps (12): Sectional Map

Folder 4

Item 1: Miscellaneous County and City Maps (15): Precinct Map of Aurora, 1975
Item 2: Miscellaneous County and City Maps (15): Belvidere Contour, 1944
Item 3: Miscellaneous County and City Maps (15): Historic Bureau County, no date
Item 4: Miscellaneous County and City Maps (15): Elgin Contour, 1946
Item 5: Miscellaneous County and City Maps (15): Town of Rock Island, 1937
Item 6: Miscellaneous County and City Maps (15): Illinois & Michigan Canal (Rock-Island to Dixon), no date
Item 7: Miscellaneous County and City Maps (15): Stephenson County, 1922
Item 8: Miscellaneous County and City Maps (15): Sycamore (2), 1949, no date
Item 9: Miscellaneous County and City Maps (15): Winnebago County Highways, 1917
Item 10: Miscellaneous County and City Maps (15): Rockford Township, 1936
Item 11: Miscellaneous County and City Maps (15): McHenry Contour, 1946
Item 12: Miscellaneous County and City Maps (15): LaSalle County, 1965
Item 13: Miscellaneous County and City Maps (15): Evanston
Item 14: Miscellaneous County and City Maps (15): Chicago Harbor & Bar, 1858

Folder 5

Item 1: Miscellaneous County and City Maps (8): City of Chicago/Chicago Expo, 1891, 1893
Item 2: Miscellaneous County and City Maps (8): Kane County, 1965
Item 3: Miscellaneous County and City Maps (8): Illustrated Map of Chicago, 1931
Item 4: Miscellaneous County and City Maps (8): Sycamore Coal Delivery Maps (4), 1898
Item 5: Miscellaneous County and City Maps (8): Ottawa City Map, circa 1950-1957

Folder 6-7: Rockford Maps: Rockford Population Percentages (30), circa 1930-1952

Folder 8

Item 1: Rockford Maps (7): Social Class Survey of Rockford Annexations Since 1945 (2)
Item 2: Rockford Maps (7): Social Class as of 1945
Item 3: Rockford Maps (7): Zoning Map
Item 4: Rockford Maps (7): Rockford District Map (2), 1952, 1946
Item 5: Rockford Maps (7): City Boundaries

Folder 9

Item 1: Ogle County Map Locating Early Trails, Mill Sites, and Groves, 1960
Item 2: Map Showing Grist Mills in Ogle County, no date

Folder 10

Item 1: Sabin-Van Arsdale Collection, RC 32: Maps (6): Polo, Illinois
Item 2: Sabin-Van Arsdale Collection, RC 32: Maps (6): Perryville, Illinois
Item 3: Sabin-Van Arsdale Collection, RC 32: Maps (6): South Beloit, Illinois
Item 4: Sabin-Van Arsdale Collection, RC 32: Maps (6): Oakwood Cemetery Plots, 1884
Item 5: Sabin-Van Arsdale Collection, RC 32: Maps (6): Evergreen Cemetery Plots, 1936

Folder 11

Item 1: Sabin-Van Arsdale Collection, RC 32: Maps: Byron, Illinois, 1928
Item 2: Sabin-Van Arsdale Collection, RC 32: Maps: Township, #22N-25N, #40N-42N (23)

Folder 12: Sabin-Van Arsdale Collection, RC 32: Maps: Township, #22N-25N, #40N-42N (21)

Folder 13

Item 1: County Rural Delivery Service Maps, no date (11): Boone, no date
Item 2: County Rural Delivery Service Maps, no date (11): Bureau, no date
Item 3: County Rural Delivery Service Maps, no date (11): Carroll, no date
Item 4: County Rural Delivery Service Maps, no date (11): Cook, no date
Item 5: County Rural Delivery Service Maps, no date (11): DeKalb, no date
Item 6: County Rural Delivery Service Maps, no date (11): DuPage, no date
Item 7: County Rural Delivery Service Maps, no date (11): Grundy, no date
Item 8: County Rural Delivery Service Maps, no date (11): Henry, no date
Item 9: County Rural Delivery Service Maps, no date (11): JoDaviess, no date
Item 10: County Rural Delivery Service Maps, no date (11): Kane, no date
Item 11: County Rural Delivery Service Maps, no date (11): Kendall, no date

Folder 14

Item 1: County Rural Delivery Service Maps, no date (11): Lake, no date
Item 2: County Rural Delivery Service Maps, no date (11): LaSalle, no date
Item 3: County Rural Delivery Service Maps, no date (11): Lee, no date
Item 4: County Rural Delivery Service Maps, no date (11): McHenry, no date
Item 5: County Rural Delivery Service Maps, no date (11): Ogle, no date
Item 6: County Rural Delivery Service Maps, no date (11): Putnam, no date
Item 7: County Rural Delivery Service Maps, no date (11): Rock Island, no date
Item 8: County Rural Delivery Service Maps, no date (11): Stephenson, no date
Item 9: County Rural Delivery Service Maps, no date (11): Whiteside, no date
Item 10: County Rural Delivery Service Maps, no date (11): Will, no date
Item 11: County Rural Delivery Service Maps, no date (11): Winnebago, no date
Item 12: Texaco Atlas