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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 20
- Folder 1
- Item 1: Good Roads Movement, RC 243: Illinois Railroad Map, 1903
- Access Restriction: missing as of 5/31/2018
- Item 2: Good Roads Movement, RC 243: Construction Map, 1922
- Access Restriction: missing as of 5/31/2018
- Folder 2
- Item 1: DeKalb Ag Research Records, RC 190 (8): DeKalb Ag Research Advertisement Poster (5), 1957, no date
- Item 2: DeKalb Ag Research Records, RC 190 (8): Flowchart (2), 1966-1967
- Item 3: DeKalb Ag Research Records, RC 190 (8): Seed Corn Bag
- Folder 3: Unidentified Photograph of Store Fronts, no date
- Folder 4
- Item 1: First Congregational Church of DeKalb Records, RC 17: Architectural Drawings(14), 1951-1973
- Item 2: First Congregational Church of DeKalb Records, RC 17: 33 1/3 Recordings of Church Dedication (3)
- Folder 5: Historical Map & Guide to the Illinois & Michigan Canal National Heritage Corridor
- Folder 6: Joliet Public Playgrounds, 1936
- Folder 7
- Item 1: Posters (7): Rockford Chautauqua, August 14 to 27, 1899
- Item 2: Posters (7): DeKalb County Farm Auction, February 21, 1878
- Item 3: Posters (7): The Soldier's Record World War I
- Item 4: Posters (7): Iowa Railroad Land Company, no date
- Item 5: Posters (7): Ault & Banks Turkey Farm, Kirkland, no date
- Item 6: Posters (7): Timberland! For Sale at Hickory Point!, October 1, 1860
- Item 7: Posters (7): Baron DeKalb: A Chronology of his Life & Military Career
- Item 8: Map showing the position of Chicago in Connection with the northwest & the principal lines of railroads, canals, navigable streams and lakes, together with the most important towns, and their distances from Chicago
- Item 9: Letter to Jeremiah Herrick, May 12, 1817
- Item 10: Act to Originate the County of Carroll, February 22, 1839
- Item 11: Ulster County Gazette (2), January 4, 1800
- Folder 8
- Item 1: P.E.O. Sisterhood, Chapter DX, DeKalb, RC 221: Charter
- Item 2: P.E.O. Sisterhood, Chapter DX, DeKalb, RC 221: Chapter IV History for Chapter DX
- Item 3: P.E.O. Sisterhood, Chapter DX, DeKalb, RC 221: Member Photographs
- Folder 9: Kishwaukee Symphony Orchestra, RC 223: Calligraphy Artwork (6), April 1978
- Folder 10: Scenic and Historic Illinois Map, 1949
- Folder 11: Rockford League of Women Voters, RC 178: Think Globally, Act Locally Poster, 1994
- Folder 12
- Item 1: DeKalb Rotary Club, RC 230: Photograph: Rotary Club Visit to the American Steel and Wire Company (2), May 5, 2022
- Item 2: DeKalb Rotary Club, RC 230: Daily Chronicle-50th Anniversary of DeKalb Rotary Club Issue, March 27, 1971
- Folder 13: Collection of Christmas Pictures by Harry Felder, Compliments of GTE Automatic Electric, no date
- Folder 14: Unied States Geological Survey Maps: Forreston, Kings, LaSalle, Mendota, Minonk, Mt. Carroll, Oregon, Rochelle, Savanna (9); DeKalb (1), 1942;1980
- Folder 15: DeKalb County Fine Arts Association, RC 205: Ellwood House and Grounds, Topographical Map, 1968
- Folder 16
- Item 1: DeKalb Landmarks Commission Collection, RC 239: Haish Sites Aerial Photograph (2), 1975
- Item 2: DeKalb Landmarks Commission Collection, RC 239: Haish Flat Floorplan (2)
- Item 3: DeKalb Landmarks Commission Collection, RC 239: Huntley Park Map, 1982
- Item 4: DeKalb Landmarks Commission Collection, RC 239: Evergreen Cemetery Project, Maps (11), 1990-1991
- Folder 17
- Item 1: Huntley Park Neighborhood Association, RC 241: Photograph Posters Showing Old Curbs and Replacement (3), 1995
- Item 2: Huntley Park Neighborhood Association, RC 241: Color Coded Diagram Showing Condition of Curbs, no date
- Item 3: Huntley Park Neighborhood Association, RC 241: Maps of South Second Street Brick Bids, August 1995
- Folder 18: DeKalb Women's Club, RC 211: Photograph: IFWC, 66th Annual Convention, May 9-11, 1961
- Folder 19
- Item 1: David Fiore Railroad Collection, RC 288: CGW 1916 Right-of-Way and Station Maps from Forest Park to Bellwood, Elmhurst to Lombard, and Winston Tunnel (14), 1916
- Item 2: David Fiore Railroad Collection, RC 288: CGW Chicago Transfer Yard Diagrams (2), 1907, circa 1924
- Folder 20
- Item 1: AAUW, Rockford Branch, RC 248: Posters: Women's Movement of the 1980s, Judy Carter and Maureen Reagan, April 23, 1980
- Item 2: AAUW, Rockford Branch, RC 248: Posters: Ellen Goodman: A Matter of Values, October 19
- Item 3: AAUW, Rockford Branch, RC 248: Women in History Contest Poster, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989
- Folder 21
- Item 1: Camp Grant: Panoramic View, Rockford, 1918
- Item 2: Camp Grant: Company E, 162 Inf., Back from France, no date
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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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