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The Museum's Archive features a wide-range of primary and secondary
source material relating to the history of McLean County, from
1830 to the present. Materials include-but are not limited to-correspondence,
day books, diaries, photographs, postcards, maps, microforms,
newsletters, newspapers, oral histories, and unpublished manuscripts.
The Archive includes collections relating to local businesses,
churches, families, military units, organizations, schools, and
general subjects. With the exception of a select number of finding
aids, the collections cannot be accessed or searched online. The
Library/Archives Reading Room, though, includes an index to archival
holdings searchable by title, keyword, or author.
Please note that the McLean County Museum of History is a not-for-profit
institution, and as such has no direct institutional relationship
with either the County of McLean or the City of Bloomington. Thus,
we are not a repository for county or municipal records. Instead,
our collections are almost wholly dependent on donations by local
residents and others interested in preserving McLean County history.
If you are interested in donating material, please contact the
Librarian/Archivist.
The Museum would like to thank Sarah Butler and William Butler
for their generous support in underwriting the development and
digitization of our archive collection finding aids, which has
allowed us to make these available online.
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