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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
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
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Oversize Drawer 4-9: WORLD WARS I AND II POSTERS],
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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)],
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- Oversize Drawer 13
- Folder 1
- Item 1: Township Voting District Maps (11): York (2), 1959-65
- Item 2: Township Voting District Maps (11): Bloomingdale, 1959
- Item 3: Township Voting District Maps (11): Addison, 1959
- Item 4: Township Voting District Maps (11): Winfield, 1959
- Item 5: Township Voting District Maps (11): Lisle, 1959
- Item 6: Township Voting District Maps (11): Naperville, 1959
- Item 7: Township Voting District Maps (11): Milton (2), 1959-65
- Item 8: Township Voting District Maps (11): Rockford (2), 1958
- Folder 2
- Item 1: Township Voting District Maps (13): Harlem (2), 1958
- Item 2: Township Voting District Maps (13): Downers Grove, 1965
- Item 3: Township Voting District Maps (13): Rockford Ward Maps (10)
- Folder 3
- Item 1: Winnebago County Various Maps: Rockford Voting Maps (9), 1932-65, no date
- Item 2: Winnebago County Various Maps: Rockton Township Districts, 1952
- Item 3: Winnebago County Various Maps: Winnebago County, 1958
- Folder 4
- Item 1: E.B. Gilbert Family Collection, RC 277: Eli B. Gilbert Certificate, Appointed Captain in S.B. Association, 1888
- Item 2: E.B. Gilbert Family Collection, RC 277: DeKalb City Maps, 1910, 1949
- Item 3: E.B. Gilbert Family Collection, RC 277: Group Photos, Great Lakes Naval Training Center, includes Curtis Jackson, 25th and 27th Regimental Choir, 1945
- Item 4: E.B. Gilbert Family Collection, RC 277: Charter of the Union League of American, DeKalb Council #1, 1863
- Folder 5: E.B. Gilbert Family Collection, RC 277: Nashville Weekly Union (7), October 5, 1863
- Folder 6: Illinois Central Railraod Timetables (8), February 1915-April 1916
- Folder 7-9: Sabin-Van Arsdale Collection, RC 32: American Wagon Company/White Motor Company Chassis Blueprints (30), 1923-1930
- Folder 10
- Item 1: Sabin-Van Arsdale Collection, RC 32: Patrons of Husbandry Certificates (3), 1909, 1930, 1937
- Item 2: Sabin-Van Arsdale Collection, RC 32: Grand Army of the Republic Poster, circa 1908
- Item 3: Sabin-Van Arsdale Collection, RC 32: Stark County News, 12th Annual Reunion of the 112th Illinois Volume, September 20, 1877
- Folder 11: Gordon Read Collection, RC 258: Photo of A Company, 1st Inf. TR. BN. Tent Camp #1, Camp Joseph H. Pendleton, California, May 26,1951
- Folder 12: Silver Star Grange Records, RC 257: Poster, AM I PROUD!...I'm fighting famine... by canning food at home, 1946
- Folder 13
- Item 1: Genesee Grange Records, RC 102: Charter, April 1, 1931
- Item 2: Northern Illinois Granges Collections, RC 262: Charters: Black Oak #1910 (Fair Haven, Carroll County), October 1, 1940
- Item 3: Northern Illinois Granges Collections, RC 262: Charters: Black Oak Juvenile #54 (York, Carroll County) (duplicate), August 6, 1955
- Item 4: Northern Illinois Granges Collections, RC 262: Charters: Carroll County Pomona #87 (Carroll County), September 1, 1952
- Item 5: Northern Illinois Granges Collections, RC 262: Charters: Carroll County Pomona #87 (Carroll County) (duplicate), January 22, 1952
- Item 6: Northern Illinois Granges Collections, RC 262: Charters: Genesee #1849 (Whiteside County), April 1, 1931
- Item 7: Northern Illinois Granges Collections, RC 262: Charters: Hanover Scenic #1935 (Hanover, JoDaviess County), April 1, 1964
- Item 8: Northern Illinois Granges Collections, RC 262: Charters: Jordan #1880 (Jordan, Whiteside County), July 1, 1935
- Item 9: Northern Illinois Granges Collections, RC 262: Charters: Palmyra #1912 (Palmyra, Lee County), October 1, 1940
- Item 10: Northern Illinois Granges Collections, RC 262: Charters: Whiteside County Pomona #83 (Whiteside County), October 1, 1931
- Item 11: Northern Illinois Granges Collections, RC 262: Certificates: Rock Creek #1908, Honor Grange, December 31, 1942
- Item 12: Northern Illinois Granges Collections, RC 262: Certificates: Whiteside Pomona #83, Contribution Toward Grange Headquarters, 1941
- Item 13: Northern Illinois Granges Collections, RC 262: Posters: Founders of the Patrons of Husbandry, 1915
- Item 14: Northern Illinois Granges Collections, RC 262: Posters: Grange Brings Together . . ., no date
- Item 15: Northern Illinois Granges Collections, RC 262: Posters: Truly American, no date
- Folder 14
- Item 1: DeKalb Interfaith Network for Peace and Justice, RC 264: Flyer, We bear witness to the persecuted church in El Salvador..., no date
- Item 2: DeKalb Interfaith Network for Peace and Justice, RC 264: Drawings by Nicaraguan Children (2), no date
- Item 3: DeKalb Interfaith Network for Peace and Justice, RC 264: Poster, Citizens Lobby for a Unied States/Soviet Nuclear Weapons Freeze, Washington, DC, March 7-8, 1983
- Folder 15
- Item 1: Sons of Norway, Valhall Lodge Number 168, RC 265: Photographs: Ambulance Presented by Sons of Norway, 1918
- Item 2: Sons of Norway, Valhall Lodge Number 168, RC 265: Photographs: Collage - Autumn Preview I, Oct-86
- Item 3: Sons of Norway, Valhall Lodge Number 168, RC 265: Photographs: Collage - Autumn Preview II, 1987
- Item 4: Sons of Norway, Valhall Lodge Number 168, RC 265: Photographs: Collage - Kingdom Come at New American Theater, April 28, 1987
- Folder 16
- Item 1: Sons of Norway, Valhall Lodge Number 168, RC 265: Articles on Lodge Moving: Rockford Register Star, January 9, 1995
- Item 2: Sons of Norway, Valhall Lodge Number 168, RC 265: Articles on Lodge Moving: Parks Journal, March 15, 1995
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Oversize Drawer 4-9: WORLD WARS I AND II POSTERS],
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Oversize Drawer 11],
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Oversize Drawer 37],
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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)],
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Oversize Drawer LO-5],
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