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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 1],
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Oversize Drawer 2],
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Oversize Drawer 3],
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Oversize Drawer 4-9: WORLD WARS I AND II POSTERS],
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Oversize Drawer 10],
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Oversize Volumes],
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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 14
- Folder 15
- Item 5: Sons of Norway, Valhall Lodge Number 168, RC 265: Posters: Walk-A-Thon, May 20, 1995
- Item 6: Sons of Norway, Valhall Lodge Number 168, RC 265: Posters: Sons of Norway Bake Sale, no date
- Item 7: Sons of Norway, Valhall Lodge Number 168, RC 265: Norwegian Table Prayer, no date
- Folder 1
- Item 1: Sons of Norway, Valhall Lodge Number 168, RC 265: Regional Inter-Modal Transportation Center and High Speed Rail Link Study, 1992
- Item 2: Sons of Norway, Valhall Lodge Number 168, RC 265: Blueprints for Lodge (4), no date
- Item 3: Sons of Norway, Valhall Lodge Number 168, RC 265: Landscape Drawing for New Lodge, March 22, 1997
- Folder 2: Sons of Norway, Valhall Lodge Number 168, RC 265: Grant Application/Tissue Drawings for Embellishments to New Lodge (15), 1996
- Folder 3: American Legion Post 864, RC 194: Post Award Certificates (3), 1954, 1960-1961
- Folder 4
- Item 1: DeKalb County Centennial..., RC 9: DeKalb at 150, Commemorative Newspaper Edition (Sections 1-6, 9) (7), 2006
- Folder 4a
- Item 2: DeKalb County Centennial..., RC 9: Newspaper clippings (12), 2006
- Folder 5
- Item 1: Sketches/Photographs from DeKalb Public Library: Chief Shabbona Portrait
- Item 2: Sketches/Photographs from DeKalb Public Library: Chief Shabbona and 1st Wife, Spotka
- Item 3: Sketches/Photographs from DeKalb Public Library: Black Hawk
- Item 4: Sketches/Photographs from DeKalb Public Library: Baron DeKalb
- Item 5: Sketches/Photographs from DeKalb Public Library: Private H. Comstock, Private A.G. Tremain, Merritt Simonds, Washington Pierce, Private Henry E. Ramer, William Cheetham
- Folder 6: Haish Headstone Blueprints (2), no date
- Folder 7
- Item 1: Historic Newspapers, National Events (45): The True Republican, (Chicago Fire), October 10, 1871
- Item 2: Historic Newspapers, National Events (45): DeKalb Chronicle, (First Edition), March 8, 1879
- Item 3: Historic Newspapers, National Events (45): DeKalb County Advertiser, March 30, 1898
- Item 4: Historic Newspapers, National Events (45): Chicago Record-Herald, (McKinley Shot), September 7, 1901
- Item 5: Historic Newspapers, National Events (45): DeKalb Chronicle, (End of WW I), November 7, 1918
- Item 6: Historic Newspapers, National Events (45): DeKalb Chronicle, (End of WW I), November 11, 1918
- Item 7: Historic Newspapers, National Events (45): DeKalb Independent, (End of WW I), November 11, 1918
- Item 8: Historic Newspapers, National Events (45): DeKalb Chronicle, (Lindbergh Baby Dead), May 12, 1932
- Item 9: Historic Newspapers, National Events (45): Chicago Daily Tribune, facsimiles of WWisconsinI front pages (12), 1939-1945
- Item 10: Historic Newspapers, National Events (45): DeKalb Chronicle, (Japanese Attack Pearl Harbor) (sic) (2), December 6, 1941
- Item 11: Historic Newspapers, National Events (45): DeKalb Chronicle, (FDR Dead), April 12, 1945
- Item 12: Historic Newspapers, National Events (45): DeKalb Chronicle, (V-E (Victory in Europe) Day), May 8, 1945
- Item 13: Historic Newspapers, National Events (45): DeKalb Chronicle, (V-J (Victory in Europe) Day) (2), August 14, 1945
- Item 14: Historic Newspapers, National Events (45): Chicago Tribune, (GOP Wins White House!)/Dewey Defeats Truman, November 3, 1948
- Item 15: Historic Newspapers, National Events (45): Chicago Tribune, (Alan Shepard in Space), May 6, 1961
- Item 16: Historic Newspapers, National Events (45): Chicago Tribune, (Glenn Orbits Earth), February 21, 1962
- Item 17: Historic Newspapers, National Events (45): Chicago Tribune, (Marilyn Monroe Dead), August 6, 1962
- Folder 8
- Item 1: Historic Newspapers, National Events (45): Northern Star, (John F. Kennedy Dead) (3), November 23, 1963
- Item 2: Historic Newspapers, National Events (45): Life, (John F. Kennedy Dead), November 29, 1963
- Item 3: Historic Newspapers, National Events (45): DeKalb Chronicle, (John F. Kennedy Dead), December 30, 1963
- Item 4: Historic Newspapers, National Events (45): Chicago Tribune, (Martin Luther King Jr. Dead), April 7, 1968
- Item 5: Historic Newspapers, National Events (45): Chicago Sun-Times, (Robert F. Kennedy), June 6, 1968
- Item 6: Historic Newspapers, National Events (45): DeKalb Chronicle, (Robert F. Kennedy), June 6, 1968
- Item 7: Historic Newspapers, National Events (45): Ramparts Magazine (Wall Poster-Tear Gas in the Pump Room!), August 28, 1968
- Item 8: Historic Newspapers, National Events (45): DeKalb Chronicle, (Moon Landing), July 21, 1969
- Item 9: Historic Newspapers, National Events (45): Chicago Tribune, (Moon Landing), July 25, 1969
- Item 10: Historic Newspapers, National Events (45): Chicago Tribune, (Nixon Resigns), August 9, 1974
- Item 11: Historic Newspapers, National Events (45): Wisconsin State Journal, (Nixon), August 9, 1974
- Item 12: Historic Newspapers, National Events (45): Newsweek, (Legacy of Vietnam), April 15, 1985
- Item 13: Historic Newspapers, National Events (45): Rockford Register Star, (Berlin Wall), November 11, 1989
- Item 14: Historic Newspapers, National Events (45): Northern Star, (Gulf War Begins), January 17, 1991
- Item 15: Historic Newspapers, National Events (45): Rockford Register Star, (Gulf War Ends), February 28, 1991
- Folder 9
- Item 1: Historic Newspapers, National Events (45): Rockford Register Star, Operation Desert Storm: How We Won the War, March 7, 1991
- Item 2: Historic Newspapers, National Events (45): Rockford Register Star, (Clinton Impeached), December 20, 1998
- Item 3: Historic Newspapers, National Events (45): Wall Street Journal, (Terrorists Strike US), September 12, 2001
- Item 4: Historic Newspapers, National Events (45): USA Today, (Terrorists Strike US), September 12, 2001
- Item 5: Historic Newspapers, National Events (45): Chicago Tribune, (Terrorists Strike US), September 12, 2001
- Item 6: Historic Newspapers, National Events (45): Chicago Sun-Times, (Terrorists Strike US), September 12, 2001
- Item 7: Historic Newspapers, National Events (45): Northern Star, (Terrorists Strike US), September 12, 2001
- Item 8: Historic Newspapers, National Events (45): Life, (John F. Kennedy 40th Anniversary), 2003
- Item 9: Historic Newspapers, National Events (45): Rockford Register Star. (Blagojevich 14-year Sentence), December 8, 2011
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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 LO-5],
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Oversize Drawer LO-11],
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Oversize Drawer LO-12],
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Oversize Drawer LO-13],
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