Browse Collections (545 total)
Illinois State Historical Library Oral History Collection
A collection of oral history interviews and recordings compiled by the Illinois State Historical Library.
Albert Louis Loud Collection
Albert Louis Loud was born in Virden, Illinois, in 1886. He began his career as an engineer accompanying his brother in law, photographer and engineer…
Adolph Germer Collection
Adolph Germer (1881 - 1964) was a socialist, miner, union official for the United Mine Workers of America, and National Executive Secretary for the…
Fifer-Bohrer Collection
Florence Fifer Bohrer was born in Bloomington, Illinois, on January 24, 1877.She was the daughter of Joseph W. Fifer, who later became the governor of…
Adeline Geo-Karis Collection
Adeline Jay Geo-Karis was born in Tegeas, Greece, on March 29, 1918 and immigrated to the United States as a child. Geo-Karis, who held the rank of…
Illinois Sesquicentennial Commission Collection
The Illinois Sesquicentennial Commission was created in 1965 by the 74thIllinois General Assembly to commemorate the 150thanniversary of statehood in…
Abner J. Mikva Collection
Abner J. Mikva was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Prior to entering college at the University of Wisconsin Mikva served in the U. S. Army Air Corps…
Alphabetical list of Springfield, Ill. citizens or "snow birds".
Zimri A. Enos, son of one of Springfield's founders, Pascal Enos, documented the residents of Springfield and the location of their homes prior to the…
Temple Collection
The Temple Collection features images taken by the Wayne County Record newspaper staff. The newspaper, based in Fairfield, Illinois, ran from…
Monticello College Collection
Monticello College first began as the Monticello Female Seminary in 1838. Founded by Captain Benjamin Godfrey to provide education for women, the…
Chicago Drainage Collection
The Chicago Drainage Collection documents the construction of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal during the 1890s and early 1900s. The canal serves…
Lincoln Assassination Letters Collection
Read contemporary accounts of the assassination of President Lincoln and the mourning and political uncertainty that gripped the nation following his…
Deruy Collection
Lawrence Deruy served in the United States Army 79th Infantry during World War II. As part of his service, Deruy served in Germany as part of the…
Adin Baber Collection
The Adin Baber Collection includes photographs of the Adin and Mary Ellen Hanks Baber family. Adin Baber (1834-1902) married Mary Ellen Hanks, the…
Black-Abbot Family Collection
The Black-Abbot Family Collection contains images of several members of the Black and Abbot Families stemming from Helene Black Abbot and her husband,…
C. J. Jacoby Collection
Casper J. (or C. J.)Jacoby was born in 1855, one of eleven children of Henry and Katherine Peiter Jacoby of Brighton, Illinois.C. J. Jacoby attended…
On the Job in Illinois Collection
The On the Job in Illinois Collection chronicles men and women at work in a variety of industries throughout Illinois. The images appeared in an…
Cities and Towns Collection
The Cities and Towns Collection contains images of scenes from several cities throughout the state of Illinois.
Joseph Cannon Collection
Joseph G. Cannon was born in Guilford, North Carolina, the son of Dr. Horace Cannon and Gulielma Hollingsworth Cannon. After the death of his father…
Dwight H. Green Collection
Dwight H. Green served as governor from 1941 until 1949. Prior to his time as governor, Green worked as a United States Attorney for the Northern…
Lyman Trumbull Collection
Lyman Trumbull was born in Colchester, Connecticut on October 12, 1813, to Benjamin and Elizabeth (Mather) Trumbull. In 1837 he moved to Belleville,…
Alma Trumbull Collection
Alma Trumbull was the youngest daughter of United States Senator Lyman Trumbull and Mary Ingraham. Alma Trumbull did not live to adulthood.Photographs…
Margery Adams Collection
Margery Adams was a lifelong Springfield, Illinois, resident who donated her family home and property to the Illinois Audubon Society which now serves…