Collection Overview
Title: Gen-E-Dek Club Records (DeKalb), 1949-1992
ID: RHC/RC/215
Extent: 4.25 Linear Feet
Date Acquired: 09/08/1993
Languages: English [eng]
Scope and Contents of the Materials
The records for the Gen-E-Dek Club date from 1949 to 1992. The majority of the collection consists of treasurer's books which contain meeting minutes, treasurer's reports, correspondence, paid receipts, bank statements with cancelled checks, 250 raffle winning tickets and profits, and activity flyers. The treasurer's books along with the scrapbooks comprise a fairly comprehensive history of the club's activities.
Administrative Information
Access Restrictions:
There are no restrictions on access to the collection.
Use Restrictions:
Property rights in the collection belong to the Regional History Center; literary rights are dedicated to the public.
Acquisition Source:
Peggy Cherry
Acquisition Method:
Peggy Cherry, treasurer for the club, donated the Gen-E-Dek Club Records to the Northern Illinois Regional History Center on September 8, 1993.
Box and Folder Listing
- Box 1
- Folder 1: By-laws, 1975-1990
- Folder 2: Membership, 1977-1990
- Folder 3: Officers, 1976, 1983-1984
- Folder 4: Officer Installation Service, no date
- Folder 5: Cards, no date
- Folder 6: Songbook
- Folder 7: Cash Journals, 1970-1971
- Folder 8-14: Treasurer's Books, 1971, 1977-1983
- Box 2
- Folder 1-6: Treasurer's Books, 1984-1988
- Box 3
- Folder 1-4: Treasurer's Books, 1989-1992
- Folder 5: Check Registers, 1970-1973, 1975-1977, 1977, 1983-1985
- Folder 6-11: Conventions, 1970-1972, 1976, 1978
- Box 4
- Folder 1-2: Conventions, 1978, 1982
- Folder 3-6: Convention Photographs, 1971, 1978, 1988-1989
- Envelope 7: Photographs: Bus Trip (4), no date
- Envelope 8: Photographs: Convention, Peoria, IL (9), 1983
- Envelope 9: Photographs: Halloween Party and Hay Ride (23), October 13, 1990
- Envelope 10: Photographs: Filly Derby Convention (2), 1971
- Envelope 11: Photographs: Group Photograph (2), 1978, no date
- Envelope 12: Photographs: Installation of Officers (7), January 1990
- Envelope 13: Photographs: Masquerade Party (12), September 1986
- Envelope 14: Photographs: Midwestern Party Mixer (1), no date
- Envelope 15: Photographs: Open Meeting (3), January 1977
- Envelope 16: Photographs: Jean Paulson (1), no date
- Envelope 17: Photographs: Pensioner's Dinner (3), no date
- Envelope 18: Photographs: President's Plaque (1), no date
- Envelope 19: Photographs: Secret Pal Dinner (9), February 1977
- Envelope 20: Photographs: Secret Pal Party (7), February 15, 1983
- Envelope 21: Photographs: Signing Christmas Card (1), December 1, 1971
- Envelope 22: Photographs: Women with Ronald Reagan (1), October 1956
- Envelope 23: Photographs: Unidentified Parties (6), December 1989, February 1990, April 1990
- Envelope 24: Photographs: Unidentified Party (7), no date
- Envelope 25: Photographs: Unidentified Photographs (41), no date
- Box 5
- Cassette Tape 1: Convention, Red Lion Omaha (1 VHS tape), 1988
- Cassette Tape 2: Convention, Fort Wayne, Indiana (2 VHS tape), October 6-8, 1989
- Volume 1-4: Scrapbooks (4 volumes), 1949-1952, 1952-1954, 1957-1962, 1963-1968
- Volume 5-6: Photograph Albums (2 volumes), 1971-1980, 1989-1990
- Oversize 1
- Item 1: Club Presidents (plaque), 1949-1985