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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unpublished manuscripts.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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