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],
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Oversize Drawer 33

Folder 1: Dr. Giles Paddock Ransom Family Collection, RC 275: Insurance policy documentation, Arthur H. Nielsen, 1928

Folder 2

Item 1: Dr. Giles Paddock Ransom Family Collection, RC 275: Posters (2): Rockford ariel view, 1880
Item 2: Dr. Giles Paddock Ransom Family Collection, RC 275: Posters (2): Oil lamp inventory, circa 1880

Folder 3

Item 1: Dr. Giles Paddock Ransom Family Collection, RC 275: Group photographs (2): possibly Modern Woodmen of America (Rockford, Illinois), circa 1880
Item 2: Dr. Giles Paddock Ransom Family Collection, RC 275: Group photographs (2): Blackhawk Area Boy Scouts, Washington D.C. tour, 1928

Folder 4

Item 1: Dr. Giles Paddock Ransom Family Collection, RC 275: South Dakota land plat makes (4): Davison County, 1901
Item 2: Dr. Giles Paddock Ransom Family Collection, RC 275: South Dakota land plat makes (4): Davison County, 1901
Item 3: Dr. Giles Paddock Ransom Family Collection, RC 275: South Dakota land plat makes (4): State map, 1902
Item 4: Dr. Giles Paddock Ransom Family Collection, RC 275: South Dakota land plat makes (4): Aurora County, 1903

Folder 5: Dr. Giles Paddock Ransom Family Collection, RC 275: Mary Luthe's handmade Ouija board, circa 1910

Folder 6: Dr. Giles Paddock Ransom Family Collection, RC 275: Personal correspondence, Peter Peirer to Alvan Leland, 1840

Folder 7

Item 1: Dr. Giles Paddock Ransom Family Collection, RC 275: Certificates and diplomas (16): Postmaster appointment, Daniel J. Sherman, 1886
Item 2: Dr. Giles Paddock Ransom Family Collection, RC 275: Certificates and diplomas (16): Benefit certificate, Doctor Wilmont Ransom, 1889, 1892
Item 3: Dr. Giles Paddock Ransom Family Collection, RC 275: Certificates and diplomas (16): Envelope for benefit certificate
Item 4: Dr. Giles Paddock Ransom Family Collection, RC 275: Certificates and diplomas (16): Marriage certificate, Wilmont Ransom to Sylvia Sherman, 1889
Item 5: Dr. Giles Paddock Ransom Family Collection, RC 275: Certificates and diplomas (16): Medical Examiner certificate, Doctor Wilmont Ransom, 1894
Item 6: Dr. Giles Paddock Ransom Family Collection, RC 275: Certificates and diplomas (16): Physician's certificate, State of Iowa, Doctor Wilmont Ransom, 1896
Item 7: Dr. Giles Paddock Ransom Family Collection, RC 275: Certificates and diplomas (16): Chicago Policlinic certificate, Doctor Penn Ransom, 1899
Item 8: Dr. Giles Paddock Ransom Family Collection, RC 275: Certificates and diplomas (16): Certificate of authority as medical examiner, Brotherhood of American Yeomen, Doctor Wilmont Ransom, 1904
Item 9: Dr. Giles Paddock Ransom Family Collection, RC 275: Certificates and diplomas (16): Sanitarium License, Illinois Board of Administration, 1910
Item 10: Dr. Giles Paddock Ransom Family Collection, RC 275: Certificates and diplomas (16): College of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons Diploma, Daniel Leland Ransom, 1920
Item 11: Dr. Giles Paddock Ransom Family Collection, RC 275: Certificates and diplomas (16): Sanitarium License, Illinois Department of Public Welfare, 1920
Item 12: Dr. Giles Paddock Ransom Family Collection, RC 275: Certificates and diplomas (16): Passport, Doctor Wilmont Ransom, 1922
Item 13: Dr. Giles Paddock Ransom Family Collection, RC 275: Certificates and diplomas (16): Monte Sano Sanitarium & Hospital appointment certificate, Daniel Leland Ransom, 1923
Item 14: Dr. Giles Paddock Ransom Family Collection, RC 275: Certificates and diplomas (16): Medical Veterans of the War, Doctor Wilmont L. Ransom, 1923
Item 15: Dr. Giles Paddock Ransom Family Collection, RC 275: Certificates and diplomas (16): Board of Osteopathic Examiners certificate, Daniel Leland Ransom, 1926
Item 16: Dr. Giles Paddock Ransom Family Collection, RC 275: Certificates and diplomas (16): Membership certificate, Sons of the Revolutions, Doctor Wilmont Ransom, 1926

Folder 8

Item 1: Dr. Giles Paddock Ransom Family Collection, RC 275: Civil War documents (8; copies): Abstract of provisions for men in the Columbus, Kentucky hospital (2 copies) Report of the sick and wounded at Columbus, Kentucky, March 1862; July 1862
Item 2: Dr. Giles Paddock Ransom Family Collection, RC 275: Civil War documents (8; copies): Report of the sick and wounded at Columbus, Kentucky, March 1862; July 1862
Item 3: Dr. Giles Paddock Ransom Family Collection, RC 275: Civil War documents (8) [copies]: Invoice of Medicines, Instruments, Hospital Sores, Beddings, October-December 1862
Item 4: Dr. Giles Paddock Ransom Family Collection, RC 275: Civil War documents (8) [copies]: Telegram transcriptions received at Columbus, Kentucky (transcribed by Doctor Wilmont Ransom), 1862
Item 5: Dr. Giles Paddock Ransom Family Collection, RC 275: Civil War documents (8) [copies]: Bounty advertisement, E.S. Weeden
Item 6: Dr. Giles Paddock Ransom Family Collection, RC 275: Civil War documents (8) [copies]: Laws and Decisions, Volume 1, Number 1

Folder 9

Item 1: Dr. Giles Paddock Ransom Family Collection, RC 275: Newspaper pages (7): The Youth's Companion , August 10, 1865
Item 2: Dr. Giles Paddock Ransom Family Collection, RC 275: Newspaper pages (7): Ashtabula Jeffersonian , November 26, 1870; March 4, 1871; May 20, 1871; August 6, 1871
Item 3: Dr. Giles Paddock Ransom Family Collection, RC 275: Newspaper pages (7): Barnv?nnen , November 1876
Item 4: Dr. Giles Paddock Ransom Family Collection, RC 275: Newspaper pages (7): The Sun , January 31, 1878

Folder 10

Item 1: Dr. Giles Paddock Ransom Family Collection, RC 275: Newspaper pages (4): Rockford Register Gazette , December 6, 1924; October 28, 1910
Item 2: Dr. Giles Paddock Ransom Family Collection, RC 275: Newspaper pages (4): Rockford Morning Star , September 18, 1955
Item 3: Dr. Giles Paddock Ransom Family Collection, RC 275: Newspaper pages (4): Beloit Daily News , September 12, 1914

Folder 11: Dr. Giles Paddock Ransom Family Collection, RC 275: Cabin plan of the "President Lincoln" Steamer, 1909

Folder 12: Dr. Giles Paddock Ransom Family Collection, RC 275: Hand drawn constellation map, Doctor Wilmont Ransom, no date

Folder 13

Item 1: Dr. Giles Paddock Ransom Family Collection, RC 275: Family tree (2): Ransom - Jenks -Sherman - Leland Family Tree, compiled by K. White, Curator, 2010
Item 2: Dr. Giles Paddock Ransom Family Collection, RC 275: Family tree (2): Abridged family tree, complied by K. White, Curator, 2011

Folder 14

Item 1: Dr. Giles Paddock Ransom Family Collection, RC 275: Civil War documents [originals] (8): Abstract of provisions for men in the Columbus, Kentucky hospital (2 copies), March 1862: restricted access (research copies are avaialable in Drawer 33, Folder 8)
Item 2: Dr. Giles Paddock Ransom Family Collection, RC 275: Civil War documents [originals] (8): Report of the sick and wounded at Columbus, Kentucky, July 1862: restricted access (research copies are avaialable in Drawer 33, Folder 8)
Item 3: Dr. Giles Paddock Ransom Family Collection, RC 275: Civil War documents [originals] (8): Invoice of Medicines, Instruments, Hospital Sores, Beddings, October-December 1862: restricted access (research copies are avaialable in Drawer 33, Folder 8)
Item 4: Dr. Giles Paddock Ransom Family Collection, RC 275: Civil War documents [originals] (8): Telegram transcriptions received at Columbus, Kentucky (transcribed by Doctor Wilmont Ransom), 1862: restricted access (research copies are avaialable in Drawer 33, Folder 8)
Item 5: Dr. Giles Paddock Ransom Family Collection, RC 275: Civil War documents [originals] (8): Bounty advertisement, E.S. Weeden: restricted access (research copies are avaialable in Drawer 33, Folder 8)
Item 6: Dr. Giles Paddock Ransom Family Collection, RC 275: Civil War documents [originals] (8): Laws and Decisions, Volume 1, Number 1: restricted access (research copies are avaialable in Drawer 33, Folder 8)