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A Touch of Glass
Terry Garbe established “A Touch of Glass” in 1974 in Bloomington. He moved the business to Normal in 1984 and continued in Normal unti...
Abraham, Paul J. Collection
Paul J. Abraham (1909-1989) was born in Flint, Michigan to Gregory and Elizabeth Nameth Abraham. He married Zelma D. Riley on April 17,...
Aldrich, Frank W.
While Frank Aldrich was a banker by trade, he was remembered by many, locally and internationally, because of his hobbies. In his obitu...
Almon Morrow
The collection consists mainly of correspondence from Almon Morrow, a private in the Union Army, to his wife, Ruth....
Annette, Mme
Perhaps the best local newspaper reporter at the turn of the century wrote for the Bulletin and published a column as simply “Mme. Anne...
Armstrong, Bea
Born in Hudson to William Campbell and Alma Belle Cope Blagg, Beatrice “Bea” Armstrong (1915-1993) grew up in Cooksville. She earned a ...
Augsperger, LaRue
LaRue Augspurger’s diary records her observations, experiences, and adventures at Mennonite Hospital’s nursing school. The entries are ...
Auth Family
The Auth family opened a grocery in Bloomington around 1931 and operated it for many years at 1401 W. Market Street, Bloomington. They ...
Baas, Bea Diaries
Berneice Emma “Bea” Baas began a career at State Farm Insurance in 1952 as a stock clerk in the warehouse on Empire St. She moved to th...
Bach, William
William R. Bach, son of William and Sophia (Koehler) Bach, was born December 10, 1871 in Bloomington, Illinois. He was an attorney in M...
Bagosy, John Jr.
John Bagosy, Jr (1949-2016) was born in Bloomington, IL. He served from 1966 to 1972 in the U.S. Army, including two tours of duty in V...
Baldini, John
The parents of John Baldini emigrated from Italy to the United States during the major influx of Southern and Eastern Europeans. The f...
Barth, Pat
Pat Barth donated this collection which contains materials from her early school days and other miscellaneous papers from her days grow...
Bartman, Fannie Mae
Fannie Mae Bartman was born in 1910 on a farm near New Holland, IL, to Koert and Sunkea Janssen Bartman. She graduated New Holland Hig...
Barton House Archaeology and Family History
Milton Barton worked for Jesse Fell (founder and developer of Normal) and reportedly planted many of the trees at ISU. Barton was part ...
Beel, Floyd E.—World War II Army Air Force Service
Floyd Everett Beel was born to Leown Iri and Emma Jane Calvert Beel in Decatur, IL, on February 9, 1922. He joined the United States Ar...
Behr, Lincoln A. Theater Program
Lincoln A. Behr was born in Bloomington June 18, 1896. Behr enjoyed going to the theater as a form of entertainment. Behr and Lyle Ba...
Beich Collection
Born in Wehlau, East Prussia in 1864, Paul Frank Beich received his early education at Culm where his father was headm...
Benjamin Farm Collection
This collection of farm management materials is from Kenneth and Paul Benjamin who farmed in Old Town Township of McLean County and spa...
Bent, Horatio C.
Horatio C. Bent was born June 24, 1881 to Horatio G. and Adah Crist Bent. Bent Elementary school in Bloomington was named for his fathe...
Bieber Family / General Telephone Company
The Schwiemann family is traced from 1878 to Charles Schwiemann’s death in 1945, and is linked through marriage to the Bieber family in...
Biederman Correspondence
Originally from Altenberg, Saxony, Germany, (Christian) Philipp Biederman (18 Jan 1814- Apr 1890) immigrated to the United States. But ...
Bloomington, Illinois Aviation 1920, 1930, 1940
Aviation buff Marion McClure donated these materials which he used in compiling a 1998 book entitled Bloomington, Illinois Aviation 192...
Bogart, Ron and Doris (Stevenson Items)
The items in this collection were presented by Ron and Doris Bogart to the McLean County Historical Society in honor of their family. T...
Boysen-Presit, Gail
Gail Boysen-Presit and her family moved from Rochester, Minnesota, to Bloomington, Illinois, where they lived during her elementary sch...
Bracken Family
William Kerrick Bracken (1865-1947) was a Bloomington lawyer and Lincoln historian. At his death, his collection of Lincoln books was e...
Breen, Rev. Frank L.
Rev. Frank L. Breen (1886- 1967) was a prominent local Protestant minister in Bloomington. He was responsible for organizing East Bay ...
Brigham, William B.
William Brigham was born in 1874 near Cooksville, IL. He married Emma Wissmiller in 1902, and died in 1959.Brigham attended Illi...
Brown, Fred S.
The Brown family lived near Yuton Station, in section 14 of Dry Grove Township. S.H. Brown was a farmer and stock raiser. He was one o...
Brown, George W.
The George W. Brown collection is a compilation of personal documents of the Brown family and those of the Society of Friends. Among i...
Brown, James Proctor
James Proctor Brown was born in 1911 in Morristown, Hamblen County, TN, and died in Bloomington, IL in 1989. He married Lucinda Zelia ...
Building a Home 505 Bowles
The house at 505 Bowles, Normal, IL was built from 1951 to 1953 by Raymond W. and Evelyn Pauline Esworthy on a lot purchased in 1950. A...
Burleigh, Cecil
Cecil Burleigh was born April 17, 1885 in Wyoming, New York. The family moved to Omaha, Nebraska, where at the age of 6 he showed a tal...
Butler, Edward
Edward C Butler was born on January 1, 1867, the son of Preston and Elizabeth Cavanaugh Butler, and died on December 29, 1952 at the ag...
Butler, Harry Collection
Harry Butler (1868-1931) lived his life in Bloomington. He attended Bloomington schools then opened his sheet metal and roofing busines...
Calendar Collection
This collection includes calendars from 1888 to present, most with connections to McLean County. Most calendars are promotional from l...
Capen Insurance / Capen Family
The Capen family emigrated from Dorchester, Dorset, England in 1630 and settled in New England. Henry Capen (1832-1906) was a businessm...
Carius, Larry
Washington, IL, native, Larry Carius worked for the McLean County Health Department (MCHD) for over forty years from 1968-2008. As food...
Carlock, W. B.
William B. Carlock was a prominent Bloomington attorney, member of the Free Masons and member of the McLean County Historical Society. ...
Carlock/Denman/Irvin/Porter
The Carlock/Denman/Irvin/Porter Collection contains chiefly personal correspondence, but also school records, calling cards, daily cale...
Carlton Collection
Box 1 includes items from family members including newspaper articles, a Civil War muster roll, G.A.R. booklets and event programs, Car...
Carpenter, Ruth
Ruth Talbott was born on August 9, 1909 in the small community of Potomac, Illinois. She was the daughter of Benjamin Alfred and Anna L...
Castle, Drew/E. M. Pike
This collection relates to Drew W. Castle (1895-1978) and Edward M. Pike (1838-1924). Pike served in the 33rd Illinois Infantry during ...
Centenarians
This is a collection of newspaper articles documenting McLean County residents who lived to be 100+ years old....
Charles (“Old Hoss”) Radbourn
Charles (“Old Hoss”) Radbourn was born in Rochester N.Y. December 11, 1854. In 1855, the Radbourn family moved to Bloomington, IL. Duri...
Chesebrough, David B.
David B. Chesebrough was born March 14, 1932 and died April 29, 2004. Chesebrough was a pastor in the American Baptist Church for 25 y...
Childers, James Railroad
James H. Childers (1903-65) was born in Tennessee and according to the census achieved a fourth grade education. He joined the GM&...
Civil War Era Correspondence
This collection contains hundreds of letters written during the Civil War by many people including: Reuben M. Benjamin, Joseph Burnett,...
Craig Family
This collection covers day-to-day events in Warren F. Craig’s life starting in the late 1930s to 2015 documented in ledger books, which...
Crissey, A Elwell
Arthur “Elwell” Crissey, sometimes called “Cris,” was born February 1, 1899, in Windsor, Missouri, the son of William Ernest and Dora (...
Crothers, Rachel
Rachel Crothers (1870/78 - 1958) was born in Bloomington to Drs. Eli Kirk Crothers and Marie Louise (DePew) Crothers. Rachel Crothers&#...
Cumpston, Robert
Robert D. “Bob” Cumpston (1930-2018) was born, lived and died on his family’s farm near Colfax, the son of Virgil and Doris Weeks Cumps...
Custer, Milo
Milo Custer was born in 1879 to Samuel and Lucinda Parker Custer. Before settling in Bloomington, Custer lived in Heyworth in southern ...
Dallinger-Rayfield Commitment Ceremony
The collection includes a wedding planner book complete with notes, orders and receipts, etc. plus ceremony liturgy, and day-of-ceremon...
Davis Correspondence
This collection contains photocopies of correspondence from / to David and Sarah Davis from / to many people, including Abraham Lincoln...
Delbridge, Mary E.
The Mary E. Delbridge Collection is organized into ten folders by date and subject with two scrapbooks, photographs, and yearbook filed...
DeMotte
Born in Illinois on 17 July 1838, Harvey C. DeMotte eventually became a prominent Bloomington resident. In 1856 he entered school at M...
Detloff
School documents, records, and textbooks belonging to Elmer Detloff...
Diaries Collection
Diaries from 1848-1960, information on diarists, and supporting documents....
Dietrich, George
George Dietrich (1816-1900) was born in Bevidere, New Jersey, to Pennsylvania parents of German descent. The seventh of nine children,...
Dietrich, Julius
Julius Dietrich was a well-liked, prominent resident of Bloomington for almost two decades. He was probably best known for being the ow...
Dillingham
The Dillingham collection consists both of public and private materials from a multi-generational family that lived much of their lives...
Dooley-Fairchild
The Dooley genealogy of William M. and Minerva Morris Dooley and their descendants from 1869 through 1957 was compiled by Raymond Nelso...
Dossett, David C.
Born in Campbell County, TN, David Dossett moved to Anderson County, TN, with his family when he was about fifteen years old. There he ...
Douglas-Jones Family
Luella Douglas (1887-1979) was born in Hamilton County, Illinois. She married Jesse Douglas in 1925, at Ottawa, Illinois. Ernest M. Jon...
Douglass, Emmett
Emmett Douglass was a country school teacher in Lexington around 1900 who later farmed. His wife was Ammy Rockel.The collection...
Dowell, Joe
Joseph Harry Dowell (1940-2016) was born January 23, 1940 in Bloomington, Indiana. Joe began writing songs at the age of thirteen and ...
Draft Horses Collection
The history of Norman horses in Normal is closely linked to the Dillon family, first known as E. Dillon & Co. and, later, as Dillon...
Duff Family
The collection deals almost exclusively with the family of Peter C. and Fannie Duff (1865-?), who lived at 107 W. Poplar in Normal. Pe...
Dunn, Betty Hinckle
Born in Peoria in 1909, Elizabeth “Betty” Hinckle grew up in Peoria and later in Bloomington. Her mother Imogen “Imo” Evans Hinckle was...
Dunn, Mark Collection
The collection includes research manuscripts, genealogical research, newspaper articles, and correspondence. ...
Dunn, Richard T.
Richard Thomas Dunn was born on August 21, 1918 in Normal, IL, to Richard Francis Dunn and Clara Huxtable. After graduating from Unive...
Edward Miller Farm
(Gustave) Edward Miller was born at Danvers in 1886. He wed Lauraline Neal (1900-1977) in 1918 and the couple raised son Robert F. Mill...
Ela, George and Frances
This collection contains photocopied letters (and digital documents of transcriptions) from Frances Harriet Rowell Ela (1835-1924) and ...
Engle Family Papers
The Engle Family Papers Collection consists of 2 boxes. It contains mostly school notebooks compiled by the sisters presumably at a col...
Ensenberger Furniture Store
The Ensenberger Furniture Store Collection sheds light on the activities of this Bloomington company from its initial founding in 1879 ...
Ensign, Preston Poster
Preston Ensign, 1912 - 2006, graduated from University High School and Illinois State Normal University. He began his career in 1935 ma...
Euleo Puppets
Sisters Eunice Speer and Leona S. Pitzer organized a puppet theatre in the late 1960s and named it “Euleo” from their own first names. ...
Evans, J. Harwood
John Harwood Evans (1899-1976) was born in McLean County and grew up in Bloomington. Born of Welsh immigrants, John W. Evans came to B...
Evans, Joseph Orme
Joseph Orme Evans (December 22, 1923-March 5, 2007) was a native of Bloomington, Illinois. He received a bachelor’s degree from the Un...
Ewing Family Correspondence
This collection centers around the correspondence of the family of Albert Gallatin Ewing. Along with correspondence regarding the perso...
Ewing, N. P. Family Farm Collection
The Ewing family, headed by Nathaniel Porter Ewing (4 Oct 1812 – 24 Jun 1876) and Nancy Elmira Young (24 Mar 1813 – 18 Mar 1897) came t...
Ewing, Thomas
Thomas Ewing was born in Lincoln, Illinois on September 19, 1935, the son of Samuel and Harriett Ewing in Atlanta, Illinois. He was edu...
Ezra M. Prince
Ezra Prince, a prolific local historian, was born in Maine in 1831. He attended Harvard University and moved to Bloomington in 1856 and...
Farrell Family
Ezra Thomas Farrell (1884-1962) and Sylvia G. Walston Farrell (1882-1964) farmed in Hudson, until about 1918, when they relocated to Gr...
Fell Collection
The Fell Collection includes information about the lives of brothers Jesse W. Fell, Kersey Fell, and Robert Fell, and their spouses. Th...
Fell Family
Jesse W. Fell was a Bloomington, IL businessman and landowner. He is also known for founding of Illinois State University as well as ma...
Fenelon, Dr. J. H.
Dr. J.H. Fenelon was a physician who practiced for more than 45 years in McLean County. During his time of practice in Bloomington, Dr....
Fifer-Bohrer Papers
Joseph Fifer was born near Staunton, Virginia, in 1840, and moved with his parents to Danvers, Illinois in 1854. His wife, Gertrude (L...
Finley, Ada Collection
Ada was born in Hudson, Illinois, to George and Josie Lentz on July 19, 1898. She married Stephen Eugene (Gene) Finley on September 8, ...
First National Bank of Normal
John W. Aldrich founded and became the first president of the First National Bank of Normal in October 1893. The By-Laws were adopted a...
Fleming Family
The Birney-Fleming family, of Scotch-Irish extraction, emigrated from Ulster, Ireland, to Harrison County, Ohio in 1812-14. Members of ...
Floyd, Arthur Softball Collection
Arthur Floyd (1900-1988) was an insurance agent for the Industrial Casualty Co. In private life he served as assistant to the State Com...
Folsom, Elizabeth Irons
Elizabeth Irons Folsom was born in Peoria, Illinois, in 1876. She moved to Bloomington as a young girl and graduated from Bloomington ...
Frazier-McCulley
Ron Frazier and Tom McCulley were one of the early openly gay couples in Bloomington. Together they raised Ron’s biological daughter, H...
Frink, Dwight E.
Dwight E. Frink was born in Bloomington February 16, 1874. He was educated in the ward schools of Bloomington and Illinois Wesleyan Un...
Fuller Family Collection
The Collection includes photos and records of the Fuller family, including those relating to William H. Fuller, Emma Pagel Fuller, Delm...
Fuller, Margaret Club
The Margaret Fuller Club met for the first time on January 30, 1893, at the home of Emma Brown in Bloomington, Illinois. A women’s lit...
Funk, George Washington
George W. Funk was the firstborn son of the Hon. Isaac Funk, Sr. and Cassandra Sharp, founders and pioneers of Funk’s Grove. He was bor...
Garst, Elmer Record Book
A grocer and amateur historian from Stanford, Elmer Garst compiled information about local births and deaths, ministers of local church...
Gaunt, John
This collection contains papers relating to the details of a Dry Goods business partnership in Hadensville, Ky., Burton & Gaunt (R....
Geneva, William B. & Carolyn Schertz
Carolyn Mabel Schertz was born October 13, 1892 in Hudson, Illinois, the daughter of David Schertz and Carrie Kaufman. The Schertz fami...
Gentes
Alfred and Lena Gentes were born in Illinois, both of German immigrants. Alfred was born around 1882. Lena was born May 22, 1879, and d...
George Weldon Funk Collection
George Weldon Funk was born to a prominent family in McLean, Illinois on October 30, 1895. His great-grandfather, Isaac Funk, had carve...
Gladys Washburn Mennonite School of Nursing
Born in 1904 to Sarah Myers and George A. Washburn, Gladys moved with her family from the Heyworth area to the Padua area when she was ...
Goben Family
Kim Goben was born on November 15, 1961 to James and Wini Goben. She attended Bloomington High School and later Lincoln College where s...
Goelzer Karr
This collection includes newspaper articles, a few business and professional correspondences, household receipts, World War II ration m...
Goforth
Jonathan (J. C.) Goforth moved his family from Canton, Illinois to Bloomington, Illinois in 1903. Although he and his...
Gose, Carol Mishler Scrapbooks
Carol Mishler Gose collected this material and wrote: “I remember being in sixth grade in the coat room at Franklin Grade School when ...
Gossard, Steve Railroad
Born in Galesburg in 1949, Steve Gossard moved to Normal to study at Illinois State University where he eventually earned a masters in ...
Goudy, Frederic W.
Frederic W. Goudy was born in Bloomington in 1865. Goudy spent his early years in Bloomington where he became interested in the arts, e...
Graves, Harley
Harvey Graves was born to Sam S. and Clara May Myers Graves in Randolph in 1911. He wed Lottie Whitenack in 1942 (died 1967); Lavon Eld...
Gravestone Photographs
This photograph collection consists of four box books of gravestone photographs and associated information photographed, written and co...
Gray, Vern
Vern Gray (December 19, 1897- June 28, 1972) was a former curator of the McLean County Historical Society. Gray became curator in Apri...
Gregor, Harold Collection
The son of Scottish immigrants, Harold Gregor was born in Detroit, MI, and earned his PhD from Ohio State University. He served as prof...
Hamilton, Violet
Hamilton was an active citizen of Normal and McLean County, where she wrote a Centennial Pageant for the town of Normal in 1965, was a ...
Hamm, Ruth Bitting
The Ruth Bitting Hamm collection contains several folders in four boxes. The items included are correspondence, maps, posters, photogr...
Harrison, Arlene G Elliott
Arlene Genevieve Elliott was born July 8, 1919 to William and Ida E. (Ward) Elliott. She had two sisters, Pauline and Margaret. The fam...
Hart, James
Born in Lawndale, Illinois, in 1882, James “Jimmie” Michael Hart was initially reared in Atlanta, Illinois. His Irish-born father work...
Hartzold Family
Henry Hartzold was born about 1862 in Lancaster, PA. He moved to McLean County in 1894, becoming a prominent farmer near Danvers. ...
Harvey Family
This small collection along with a large collection of photographs was found in the attic of a house in Normal, IL. James C. Harvey was...
Hasenwinkle, Ralph
Ralph Waldo Emerson Hasenwinkle was in the Spanish American War, Philippines, 1898-1899. He graduated from Yale University in 1904, and...
Haxel Railroading
Delmar Haxel, born in Bloomington in 1920, worked for the Illinois Central Gulf Railroad for thirty eight years. He served as supervis...
Hay Family Reunion
The first reunion of the descendants of Jacob Hay (1818-1882) and Sarah Philpps Hay (1818-1897) was held September 19, 1937, at Miller ...
Hayden Murray
Born in 1906, Charlotte Murray wed Bloomington-born Thomas Hayden in 1933, after he had lost his first wife. The couple farmed east of ...
Helen Littleton Burns Postcard Collection
This remarkable collection is comprised of postcards sent to and collected by Helen Littleton Burns, or members of her family, mostly b...
Helm, Grover C. (National Bank of Bloomington)
This collection consists of a series of scrapbooks put together by Grover C. Helm, who wrote most of the newspaper advertisements and b...
Hibarger, Bessie Family
This collection includes:Over 600 letters, mostly personal and handwritten among family members but also some business correspon...
Higgins-Jung-Kleinau Co
Hamer J. Higgins (1840-1902) began apprenticing as a marble cutter at Haldeman’s Marble Works on East Front Street in downtown Blooming...
Hilton and Schwoerer Farms
Guy Hilton bought a 160-acre tract next to his father’s farm in Section 11 of Dry Grove Township, and established a dairy herd in 1917....
Historic American Buildings Survey Collection of Edgar Lundeen
Edgar Lundeen (1898 – 1986) was an architect who practiced in Bloomington IL throughout his career. He studied architecture at the Univ...
Historical Markers
Historical markers such as plaques, cornerstones, and others have been used since at least the early-to-mid 1800s in Illinois. Among th...
Hitch, Fred
Frederick A. Hitch (1882-1947) resided in Bloomington his entire life. After graduating from Illinois Wesleyan University in 1905, he e...
Hodge Fuller Collection
Rachel Hodge Fuller (1904 – 1987) was the daughter of E.N. and Naomia Correa Hodge. Rachel Hodge Fuller lived in Bloomington, Illinois ...
Hodge-Read Family
Most of this collection is correspondence between the Hodges (1830-1880), land and estate documents (1815-1890), and receipts. There i...
Holder, John
The Holder collection consists primarily of materials from John’s time of service in the U.S. Navy from 1942 to 1945. The collection is...
Hoppe, Jim
Jim Hoppe is an avid lover of history and McLean County. He has written manuscripts about various aspects of WWI, and has discussed and...
Hubbard Roycrofters Book
Elbert Green Hubbard (June 19, 1856 – May 7, 1915) was an American writer, publisher, artist, and philosopher. Raised in Hudson, Illino...
Humphrey
This collection contains funeral books for various members of the Humphrey family....
Irvin Bros
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Irvin, Clarence E.
Clarence Edgar Irvin owned and operated several Bloomington theaters. He was the founder of Irvin Amusement Inc. In 1914 he built the...
Irvin, Lawrence
Lawrence E. Irvin, son of Patrick and Mary Irvin, was born May 27, 1911 at Lake Bloomington, Illinois. He attended Trinity High School ...
Iseminger Family
The collection includes newspaper articles, receipts, prescriptions, recipes, bank checks, tax bills, legal papers, land deeds, US and ...
Ives, Elizabeth Buffie
Born in Bloomington in 1897, Elizabeth Stevenson “Buffie” Ives was the first of two children born to Lewis Green and Helen Davis Steven...
James S. Ewing Speeches
James S. Ewing (1835- 1918) was born in what is today Woodford County. He came to Bloomington as a boy in 1840 and lived here nearly al...
Jennie Rayburn Diaries
The collection consists primarily of Jennie’s diaries covering the years of her widowhood (1925-1942) when she was 66-84 years of age. ...
John Howard Burnham Collection
Captain J.H. Burnham came to McLean County in 1858 as a student at the State Normal University. At the outbreak of the Civil War, he e...
Jones – White Family Collection
This small collection contains the records of the Jones & White family reunions and some history of the Jones family of Towanda, Il...
Jones, Ethel Pearle Smith
This collection contains the prose, poetry and plays written by Ethel Pearle Smith Jones, and some biographical information. The prose ...
Judd-Lucas Family
The Judd Family lived in Colfax, Illinois during the 20th century. The Judd and Lucas families were united when Earl J. Judd, son of Ea...
Jung Family
Jacob Phillip Jung was born in Nauvoo, Illinois, the son of Christian and Elizabeth Brandenburger Jung, natives of Germany. In 1869 he...
Kansas Kickapoo
This small collection consists mainly of copies of letters and accounts between Milo Custer of Heyworth, Illinois, and George J. Remsbu...
Kelley, George R.
The letters of George R. Kelley relate to the life and times of a McLean County serviceman during World War II. In 1938 George worked ...
Kemp, Bill
William F. “Bill” Kemp has served as Librarian/Archivist for the McLean County Museum of History since 2003. In December 2005, he began...
Kennedy, Merlin
The collection includes the personal papers of Mr. Kennedy, and his wife Beulah (1923-2002). They include documents from his time serv...
Kirkpatrick Collection
Jonathon H. Kirkpatrick was born in North Liberty, Ohio in 1844. He moved to Bloomington with his widowed mother and seven siblings. ...
Klein, Lois Welsh School Textbooks
This is a collection of Lois Welsh’s (now Klein) books from a one room school in Gridley Township and later a consolidated grade school...
Klemm, C.W. Family
The C. W. Klemm collection contains a variety of genealogical information about the Klemm, Howard, Gehrmann and Brown Families, newspap...
Klemm’s Department Store
C. W. Klemm came to Bloomington in 1873 after having spent five years in Springfield, IL in the employ of the C.A. Gehrman Company, whi...
Knight, Robert N.
Robert N. Knight, also known as “Mr. Junior High School,” was a much loved and admired prin-cipal at Bloomington Junior High School for...
Koos Family
This collection contains financial, medical, and military information, correspondence, and scrapbooks for the parents, grandparents, si...
Koos, Greg Collection
The Greg Koos collection contains published and unpublished works by Greg Koos, former executive director of the McLean County Museum o...
Kuerth, Hester Adams Cookbook
Hester Adams Kuerth (1891-1982) was a fifty-year member of the McLean County Home Extension. She was also a member of the Gridley Amer...
Labor Fatalities Collection
List of on-the-job fatalities in McLean County....
LaBounty, Perry & Edith
Perry LaBounty was born in Ashkum, Illinois in 1888 and died in Bloomington, Illinois in 1971. LaBounty had a long and successful caree...
LaBounty, William P.
William P. LaBounty was born September 1, 1930, educated in Bloomington schools, and IWU, enlisted in the Air Force in 1953 spending mu...
Lantz, Raymond Stanley
The collection materials consist of Lantz’s memorabilia, photographs and booklets from his Army service in the South Pacific, memorabil...
Lanz, Laura
This collection contains essays by Laura from high school, her high school report cards, biographical information written by Dorothy Be...
Latino History Project Collection
The McLean County Latino History Project seeks to research and record the culture and experience of Latinos who have settled in McLean ...
Lennon, Barbara E.
The Barbara Egger Lennon Collection contains many newspaper clippings, personal and professional correspondence, and certificates of ac...
Lennon, John Brown
The John Brown Lennon collection contains newspaper articles, personal and professional correspondence, certificates of membership and ...
Lillard Collection
This collection contains genealogical research materials for the Lillard family and a World War I chaplain’s diary....
Lincoln, Abraham Recollections and Newspaper Articles
This collection consists primarily of newspaper recollections of Abraham Lincoln made by McLean County residents. Lincoln scholars are...
Lincoln, Abraham— Miscellaneous Publications
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) was the 16th president of the United States from 1861 until his assassination. Prior to his role in nationa...
Litta, Marie
The Marie Litta Collection consists of materials relating to the life, career, and death of the famous Bloomington soprano. The bulk of...
Livingston Family Collection
In 1927, a writer in the Pantagraph opined, “Probably no other family in Bloomington has played such a prominent part in the mercantile...
Longfellow Club
The Longfellow Club dates to April 6, 1882 when Miss Alice Suddeth, assisted by Miss Mae Sherwin (principal of Franklin School), invite...
Lundeen, Edgar and Rachael
This collection includes Hundreds of letters, genealogical work for the families of Edgar and Rachael Lundeen, newspaper articles, exce...
Major Collection of Letters from Liberia
The Major Collection of Letters from Liberia consists of twelve letters written by formerly enslaved people living in Liberia to their ...
Manahan, Eugene
Lester Eugene Manahan was born to Benton and Lillie Manahan in Arrowsmith, Illinois, August 30, 1919. Eugene graduated from Saybrook ...
Mandel-Cohn Collection
This collection covers multiple generations of the Mandel-Cohn family and includes personal correspondence; wills and estate documents;...
Mark & Margaret Kalahar Hayes
Mark Bruno Hayes (1889-1959) was born in Bloomington, Illinois and earned a pharmacy certificate from the Illinois School of Pharmacy i...
Markowitz, Judy
The Judy Markowitz Collection primarily consists of material from Markowitz’s time as mayor, including campaign materials, emails, lett...
Mason Family
This collection includes biographical materials; personal, family and business correspondence; church records; estate documents; real e...
Mau, McCoy, & Haskell
Helmuth and Augusta Mau came to the United States from Germany in the 1890s. The Maus settled in Bloomington, and Helmuth worked as a ...
May Christian Collection
Annie May Christian (she went by May for most of her life) was born in Decatur, Illinois, in 1866 to Matthew and Elizabeth (Mitchell) C...
Mayer, Marjorie (Wood)
Marjorie Wood (1913-2008) was born in Melvin, IL and reared in rural Colfax. She wed Eugene Mayer in August 1968; he died in 1997. She ...
McCarty Family
This collection includes personal letters, diaries, genealogies and other family materials....
McEwen Brothers Blacksmith Shop
According to an article in The Pantagraph of July 17, 1942, John and William McEwen established their blacksmith shop in Cheno...
McFee, John
John McFee was a well-known farmer, who also bred Berkshire swine. He lived four miles west of Bloomington. According to the articl...
McKeon
The collection includes Marguerite McKeon and Geraldine McKeon’s personal correspondence from friends and family, many in Canada. Women...
McKinzie Family
This collection primarily contains letters from sons John and James to their parents especially while the sons were at college or medic...
McLean County Bar Association Memorials
The tradition of the McLean County Bar Association since 1897 has been to memorialize deceased lawyers and explain their contributions ...
McLean County Museum of History Asian Indian History Project
The McLean County Asian Indian History Project was begun in the early 2000s to research and document the culture and experience of Asia...
McLean County Poor Farm
For more than 90 years, the McLean County Poor Farm, located south of Bloomington, housed some of the area’s poorest and most unfortuna...
McMackin Family
This collection includes an array of family correspondence, business receipts, legal documents including land deeds, newspaper clipping...
McNulta, John Collection
The collection includes a photocopy of the Appointment to Captain document from the Illinois State Militia, autographs dated 1881, vari...
McNulta, John Time Capsule
Contents of glass time capsule, originally compiled by members of the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR).Labeled “Souvenirs of the...
Mennonite Hospital Newsletter
The establishment of Bloomington's Mennonite Hospital dates to 1919. By 1940, the hospital operated a nursing home and a nursing c...
Merwin
A Bloomington native, Loring C. Merwin served as publisher of the Pantagraph for over three decades. He worked at the family-owned news...
Middleton, Richard & James Gill
This collection contains newspaper clippings, genealogical research, annual reports, WWII forms, ID cards, correspondence (WWII and Civ...
Millard, Lt. Mark
This collection consists of materials collected by Helen Millard, mother of Mark Millard. The materials consist of letters, photos (not...
Miller, George
George H. Miller (1856 - 1927) was one of eight children born to German immigrants in Bloomington; he grew up on the family farm near B...
Montgomery, Alfred
Alfred Montgomery (1858-1922) was born in Logan County, Illinois, and moved to Bloomington in 1893 from Mason City, Iowa. He was known ...
Moon Family
The Moon family collection contains a diverse amount of material, ranging from correspondence to autograph books to diaries. The collec...
Moratz, Paul O.
This collection contains a miscellany of items, such as newspaper articles, building specifications, correspondence, Paul Moratz public...
Morgan, Charles
Charles Morgan, a carpenter by trade, started his diaries in 1896. In his earliest days he was an itinerant farm worker and wanderer. ...
Morgan, Raymond “Doc”
“He was a humble person, a fine golfer and a great gentleman.” So opined Bloomington Country Club’s John Brokaw in 1952 after losing th...
Morrell-Moreland Family
The collection includes correspondence (mostly personal), will and probate documents, financial records, newspaper articles, college no...
Morrissey, John O.
John O’Connell Morrissey was born April 13, 1896. He was educated in Bloomington schools, and attended University of Illinois but left...
Munce
Mary Jeanette Munce was born to Clara DeMotte Munce and Charles C. Munce in 1907 in Bloomington. She earned a bachelors from Illinois W...
Murray & Carmody Funeral Home
Frederick E. Murray, undertaker, opened his funeral or memorial home at 914 N. Main Street, Bloomington, Illinois, in 1932. According t...
Myers, John F.
Born in 1834 in Kentucky, John Frances Myers came to McLean County as an infant and grew up on a farm. He attended Illinois Wesleyan U...
Nancy J. Peairs Ramos Scrapbook Collection
Nancy Jane Peairs documented her years at Unit 5 in two scrapbooks. They mainly included Junior High and Senior High school. There was ...
O’Hara, William J.
William J. O’Hara (1896-1986) was born in the Hudson area, the son of Owen and Johanna O’Neil O’Hara. A lifelong farmer, he also served...
Old Settlers Association of Eastern McLean County
From 1885 to 1915, self-described “old settlers” of eastern McLean County held an annual picnic celebrating the bygone pioneer era. At ...
Oldendorf, Sandra Brenneman
This collection covers the Brenneman ancestry as well as Sandra Brenneman Oldendorf’s personal interests. A handwritten family history ...
Orendorff
The collection focuses upon William Orendorff (March 26, 1792 – May 12, 1869), one of the first settlers of Blooming Grove, Illinois (1...
Orendorff Family Collection
The Orendorff family was among the first settlers in McLean County, when brothers William and Thomas Orendorff traveled to Blooming Gro...
Orendorff, Ella
The Ella Orendorff Collection consists primarily of newspaper clippings about the Orendorff family who were among the first settlers in...
Orme, William W.
The collection includes correspondence; land deeds; and assorted documents from Orme’s legal practice and his Treasury Department assig...
Outlaw, Damon G.
Damon Garst Outlaw was born April 26, 1912 in Stanford, Illinois to Roy Orville and Alpha Blanch Garst Outlaw. He attended Center Schoo...
Packard Family Collection
The Packard family was from Bolton in Quebec, Canada. Brothers Charles (MD), Walter, Jesse, Frank and Major all moved to Bloomington in...
Paddock, Joseph William
Joseph Paddock was born in Pana, Illinois, the family moved to Evanston where Joseph went to grade school and high school. He enrolled ...
Parker Bros. Coal Co.
Founded in Bloomington in 1868, Parker Brothers continued under Parker family ownership for over one hundred years. Although the family...
Patton Cabin
The Patton Cabin was built by John Patton in 1829, making it the oldest extant building in McLean County today. It was built near a Kic...
Perkins-Martin Family
Catherine Anne Perkins Martin (1900-1885) was born in Stanstead, Canada October 15, 1800 and married Eleazar Martin in 1826. Eleazar Ma...
Phoenix Family and Nursery
Materials in the Phoenix collection cover the history of the Phoenix family and its nurseries in Bloomington-Normal. The collection co...
Pistole, Richard
Richard “Dick” Pistole was born in Heyworth, IL. After graduating from Heyworth High School, Pistole became instrumental in spreading t...
Porter, Ida
Ida Porter was a soprano who could sing in English, German, French, and Italian; both classical and modern concert songs, cavatinas, an...
Pratt, Awadagin
Awadagin Pratt was born in Pittsburgh in 1966. He began studying piano at the age of six. When he was nine, his family moved to Norma...
Purnell, Paul
This collection contains documents, newspaper clippings, and other two-dimensional objects that Mr. Purnell compiled throughout his lif...
Putman, Dale and Ruth of Pleasant Hill
Pleasant Hill was founded in the 1840s by Isaac Smalley. He held aspirations that Pleasant Hill would grow due to the Chicago and Alto...
Quinton
The J. R. Quinton Collection consists of one box with thirty-eight folders. It primarily contains letters written by J. Richard Quinton...
Railroad Fatalities
The collection includes copies of newspaper articles and obituaries of individuals killed in railway accidents. These include individua...
Ramsey
Although the collection donated to the Museum provides limited information, the Ramsey family lived in Hudson and its surrounding rural...
Reeder, Ida
Most of this collection consists of loose items from a travel scrapbook from Ida Reeder, a long time nurse with State Farm. The scrapbo...
Reiner - Bennett
Bloomington-born William C. Reiner (1882-1945) worked as an upholsterer for the Alton Railroad for 40 years, also running his own uphol...
Reis, Evelyn
Evelyn Reis, also known as Evy, was born on September 17, 1918 in Chenoa, Illinois. She is a writer and poet. She is also known for w...
Reitan, Carol
This collection includes a selection of materials donated by Carol A. Reitan largely involving her civic life as mayor and her two sena...
Reuben Moore Benjamin Collection
Reuben Moore Benjamin was born in June of 1833 in Columbia County, New York. Benjamin graduated from Amherst in 1853 and attended Harva...
Rhymer, Paul
Vic and Sade was a radio show (1932 – 1945) and short lived television show (1957) created by Paul Rhymer (1905 – 1964) in 1932 while w...
Rice, Charles Edward
Charles Edward Rice (October 5, 1949-October 17, 2008) was an Army veteran of the Vietnam War, a talented musician, and a close friend ...
Ringo Family
Claude Ringo (1911-2005) was born in Saybrook, IL, to Atlee and Belva Pearle Swaim Ringo. In 1933, he married Marjorie I. Ringo (1911-2...
Rolley, Elias W.
Elias William Rolley was drafted into the U.S. Army Coast Artillery Corps (CAC), became a commissioned officer, and was stationed throu...
Ronald Bogart – Adlai Stevenson I
This collection contains autographs of members of the Stevenson family, a biography of Adlai E. Stevenson, an appeal bond, corresponden...
Ropp, Gordon L. State Representative
Gordon L. Ropp was born in Normal on April 5, 1933. He served as State Representative from 1979-1993 representing the 44th and later th...
Ross, David C.
David Claypool Ross (1851-1938) was a teacher, lawyer, lecturer and businessman, living in Bloomington during much of his adult life. A...
Rowlands Family
Howell Rowlands was born on April 15, 1847, in Llanbrynmair, North Wales, and immigrated to McLean County in 1867 with his brother Tom ...
Runge
The Runge Collection consists both of public and private materials primarily from the 1930s and 40s related to their running of a farm ...
Ryburn, Orendorff, Hollis Families
This one box collection holds a variety of items including: family correspondences from the Ryburn family to the Orendorffs, a collecti...
Sage, Harold K.
This collection includes consists of two separate subjects. Box 1: Harold K. Sage’s files of correspondence related to his Abraham Linc...
Salch, David State Farm
David Salch was an insurance salesman who grew up in Bloomington, Illinois. His parents were helped establish the western branch of Sta...
Sanders, Josephine ("Irene Delroy") / Pike-Sanders
This collection includes scrapbooks, posters, and photographs from Irene Delroy’s career. It also includes correspondence, genealogica...
Satterfield Farm
William Franklin Satterfield, called Frank, was born on October 3, 1890 at Marion, Illinois and died September 16, 1967 in Bloomington....
Schultz, Herman C.
Herman C. Schultz (1912-1995) was born in McLean County, Illinois. He was inducted into the United States Army on April 23, 1941 in Wi...
Scott, Garrett
The Garrett Scott 2003 Re-Election Campaign Collection primarily consists of material around the time of the Town of Normal’s primary a...
Scott, Judge John Milton
John Milton Scott was born on August 1, 1823 in Belleville, St. Clair County, Illinois. In 1848 Scott was admitted to the bar, and he t...
Sebastian-Bishop
The starting point for this collection is Donna Sebastian, who donated the materials and who completed a significant amount of genealog...
See Family
Frank See was born in Virginia to Nimrod See and Margaret Sherman. He was a 34-year-old farmer at Stanford, Illinois, on July 2, 1900, ...
Sharp, Dorothy
This small collection contains photos, a scrapbook, programs, newspaper clippings and an ID card, mostly relating to plays that Dorothy...
Sinclair, Harold
During his life, Sinclair published a trilogy—American Years (1938), Years of Growth (1940), and Years of Illusion (1941)—which is a pa...
Slack, Kent Collection 33rd Illinois Volunteer Infantry Research
Kent Slack was an intern at the McLean County Museum of History in 1981. His project included researching Company C of the 33rd Illino...
Smith, Sidney
Robert Sidney "Sid" Smith (1873-1935) was born in Bloomington, Illinois, on February 13, 1873. His father Thomas H. Smith was...
Smitson-Brown
Helen Smitson (1898-1978) was the daughter of David C. Smitson (1860-1940) and Mary Elizabeth Brown Smitson (1859-1925). Helen had two ...
Sohl, Jerry
This collection contains biographical material, newspaper articles, bibliographies, examples of Sohl fiction. Gerald Allan “Jerry” Sohl...
Soule Family
George Soule came to America on the Mayflower in 1620 a servant to Edward Winslow’s family. Descendant Lafayette Soule (1823-1918) wed ...
Spanish-American War Veterans
Includes rosters, newspaper articles, burial records, programs and proceedings from annual veterans’ encampment meetings, war history a...
Steak N Shake
Steak n Shake was founded by Gus Belt in Normal in 1934. He converted a gas station / chicken restaurant into the first Steak n Shake ...
Steele, Nelle Theater
Nelle Hefner Steele (1902-1985) was born in Lexington and began teaching in 1933 in rural schools with 8-15 students. Later she taught ...
Steele, Ruth Teaching
The Ruth Steele Teaching Collection includes the patterns for various holiday displays and posters: Easter, Christmas, Valentine, Presi...
Steichen, Gerard C
Born in Spring Valley, IL, in 1951, Girard C. Steichen earned a BA in philosophy at University of Wisconsin in 1974 and an MA in German...
Stern Family
The Stern family moved to Bloomington about 1905, where Jacob Stern opened Stern’s Furniture Co. The firm was located at 504-06 North M...
Sterzbach, Robert WWII
This collection holds the correspondence between Robert Sterzbach and Alyne Tracy from January 1944 to June 1945....
Stevens, Julia Palmer
Julia Parnelle Palmer Stevens was born January 3, 1835, in Madison County, Illinois, the daughter of Louis Palmer. She died on Septembe...
Stevens, Saltzman Minnie
The Minnie Saltzman Stevens Papers consists of personal and legal papers belonging to the noted Bloomington-born Wagnerian soprano. ...
Stevenson Boyhood Home
Adlai E. Stevenson II (1900-1965) was Governor of Illinois 1949-1953, and the Democratic Party Nominee for U. S. President in 1952 and ...
Stevenson, Adlai E II Miscellaneous
This collection contains newspaper articles, correspondence, campaign materials, political cartoons, FBI memos, play scripts, and other...
Stevenson, Adlai E II Newspaper Clippings
The collection includes primarily newspaper articles from a number of years of Adlai Stevenson II’s life (1943-1970) from a variety of ...
Stevenson, Adlai E. II
Adlai Ewing Stevenson II was born in Los Angeles, California on February 5, 1900. He is the grandson of Adlai E. Stevenson I who serve...
Stevenson, J.B. Letter Book
J.B. (James Bell) Stevenson (1838-1890) was the third of at least seven children of John Turner Stevenson (1808-1857) and Eliza Ann Ewi...
Stewart, Dr. Archibald Evan
This collection contains correspondence to Archibald Stewart from May 1858 to 1894. Correspondence is from his mother, Jane Stewart, hi...
Streid, Robert
Robert Eugene Streid, born July 28, 1916, was a lifetime Chenoa resident farmer educated in the Chenoa schools and at Illinois State Un...
Stubblefield – Funk Reunion Minutes
Robert Stubblefield and Isaac Funk were very early settlers of McLean County in what is today Funks Grove Township. The Stubblefield - ...
Stubblefield Family Collection
The Stubblefield family originated in England, with brothers Edward, William, and John emigrating to Halifax County, Virginia. John’s ...
Sublett, Michael D.
Michael D. Sublett, born 1943 in Kansas City, Missouri, received his Bachelor’s Degree from the University of Missouri in 1966. He wen...
Suggs, Frank
A professor of music at Illinois State University starting in 1969, Frank Suggs promoted African American music both on campus and in t...
Suicides
If you or someone you know is suicidal, call or text 988. All calls are confidential. Help is available 24 hours a day, 7 days ...
Tate, H. Clay
“Building a Better Home Town,” by H. Clay Tate was published in 1954. He wrote from his experiences as editor of The Daily Pantagraph a...
Thirty-third Illinois Infantry Regiment of Volunteers Company C.
This collection contains clerical records including: muster in and out rolls; inventory of supplies and clothes; casualty reports; orde...
Thoms and O’Neil Families
The collection contents indicate the Thoms family lived in the area as early as 1883, with Carl and Augusta Glawe Thoms having migrated...
Tick, Irving Bloomington Human Relations Commission
Irving Stanton Tick (1928-2011) was born in Bloomington, Illinois and was a 1951 graduate of the University of California at Los Angele...
Tick, Irving Family
Irving “Irv” Tick (1928-2011) and Joan “Jobie” Marie (Sayler) Tick (1929-2021) were both longtime residents of Bloomington, engaged in ...
Toastmasters (Smedley) Collection
Born in Waverly IL in 1878, Ralph C. Smedley graduated Illinois Wesleyan University in 1903 and a year later became educational directo...
Tucker, Wilson
This collection contains biographical material, newspaper articles, bibliographies, several science fiction periodicals featuring Tucke...
Turners in Bloomington
William “Bill” Adams (1927-2013) grew up in a family which participated in the Turner organization in Bloomington. In the early 1980s,...
Tyner Farm Collection
This collection contains documents relating to the Stubblefield and Tyner families as well as the Tyner family farm....
Underwood, Justice Robert C.
The Justice Robert C. Underwood collection contains newspaper articles, correspondence, speeches, campaign and election materials, and ...
Vanderwater, Leon Musical Program
Leon “Vandy” Vanderwater (1898-1998) was raised in Kankakee, IL and moved to Bloomington, IL in 1921 to work for the Cable Piano Compan...
Vera Pearl Kemp Scrapbooks Collection
Vera Pearl Kemp was born December 19, 1895 at London, Kentucky, daughter of James and Cora Pearl. She attended Nazareth Music College i...
Village of McLean (Crain Research Project)
This collection includes a minimum of one page on each property in the Village of McLean. Information typically includes photograph(s) ...
Vogel, Joe Baseball Scrapbook
In many ways, the 1930s, 1940s, and into the 1950s represented the golden age of local baseball in Bloomington-Normal and the surroundi...
Vogel, Steve WJBC
Steve Vogel worked at WJBC/WBNQ Radio in Bloomington beginning in 1972 in the news department, eventually becoming News Director. He ho...
Vrooman
Carl Schurz Vrooman, son of Hiram and Sarah Buffington Vrooman, was born in Macon, Missouri, October 25, 1872. When Carl was three year...
Vrooman Mansion - Theora Stark
The collection includes an array of materials relating to Mansion and to the Vrooman family. It is organized according to the history o...
W. O. Davis Tributes Collection
William Osbourne Davis was the son of a Quaker farmer from Pennsylvania and began his career as a teacher and farmer. Jesse Fell asked ...
Waddell, Jack
Collection contains newspaper clippings, performance programs, photos, and ephemera tracing Jack Waddell’s operatic career (mostly in G...
Walker, Frank Albert
In the mid-1850s, the Joseph Walker family established a farm on the northern edge of Normal. Frank Albert Walker (d. 1939) was about s...
Wallace, Glen / Diamond-Star Motors / Mitsubishi Motors
Glen Wallace was an employee of Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc. (MMNA) for more than twenty-five years. Wallace moved to Normal i...
Wantling, William
This four-box collection contains correspondence, professional work, academic work, and notes of William Wantling as well as material c...
Washburn, Dorothy M.
Born in 1904, Dorothy M. Washburn was a daughter of M/M George Washburn of Bloomington. George was a principal in the family’s flower ...
Webb, Sidney
Sidney Webb was born on December 28, 1899 in Leicester, England. He came to America with his parents in 1904. He served in World War I ...
Wellmerling, Louis F.
This collection spans from 1927-1941 and contains many photocopied and original newspaper clippings relevant to the activities of Mayor...
Wheeler Family
The Wheeler family papers were given to the McLean County Historical Society by Harriet W. Hoffman of Pontiac, Illinois. The documents ...
Whitmer, Peter
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Whittaker Family
Reginald Whittaker, born April 23, 1925, lived all his life in Normal. His parents were Walter and Caddie Whittaker. He attended Normal...
William B. Price—McLean County Courthouse
The Mclean County Courthouse, located in the main square (200 N. Main Street) of downtown Bloomington, Illinois, was completed in 1903....
Williamson, Doug WJBC Forum
Doug Williamson, born in Bloomington 8-8-1943, lived in Bloomington-Normal most of his life and taught in District 87 for 30 years. Hi...
Wilson, Edward M.
Edward Mayne Wilson was born August 16, 1866, in Dale Township, McLean County. His parents were Adoniram Judson Wilson and Ellen E. (Co...
Wilson, Harrold B. Collection
Harrold Braden Wilson was born June 13, 1904, in Weldon, Illinois, and died June 3, 1991, in Bloomington. He first married Alice Carlso...
Withers Home
When Sarah B. Withers died in 1897, she left her home at 305 West Locust Street in Bloomington, Illinois to the trustees of the Second ...
Wolcott, J.L.
The J.L. Wolcott Collection contains photocopies of newspaper articles and advertisements for Wolcott’s undertaking business, his diari...
Wood, Lois Postcard
This is a collection of over 250 postcards collected by Lois Wood over the years to show life in Bloomington-Normal and surrounding com...
Woodward, Horace E.
Woodward, known by his friends as “Hod,” was born on August 21, 1878 to Walter M. and Ellen N. Woodward in Franklin, New Hampshire. At ...
World War II Home Front Oral Histories
The Interviewers were senior students of W. Michael Weis, Ph.D., Professor of History at Illinois Wesleyan University. Interviewees ha...
World War II Interview Papers Collection
World War II erupted in September 1939 with the German invasion of Poland and ended with Japan’s surrender in September 1945. The US, s...
Wyckoff, Martin
Martin Anders Wyckoff was born in Normal, Illinois April 20, 1950, to Delmar and Elizabeth Anders Wyckoff. He is a graduate of Normal C...
Yeast, Laurence (Larry) J.
Laurence (Larry) Yeast was born in McLean County June 11, 1915. Yeast was a Bloomington High School graduate and served in the Civilia...
Yoder, Wallace & Betty
Wallace Yoder’s mother was Harriett Katherine Ayers, daughter of Luther and Ida Ayers. She was born about 1913-15, married Lester Yoder...
Young, Fred H.
Fred H. Young (1892-1980) was born September 21, 1892, in Normal, and graduated from Illinois Wesleyan University in 1915. He started ...
Zobrist, Charles J.
This collection contains material relating to the life and career of World War I veteran Charles J. Zobrist. Born February 16, 1895, in...