Browse Collections (545 total)
Kent Keller Collection
An Illinois native, Kent E. Keller began his working career as a school teacher and principal in Ava, Illinois, before becoming a lawyer and…
Santa Fe Railroad Company Collection
In 1940, the city of Chicago completed a construction project connecting Western Avenue, Western Boulevard, 31st Street and 31st Boulevard. The…
Banks-Mercer Family Collection
The Banks-Mercer Family Collection features portraits of members of the Banks and Mercer families of Fulton County, Illinois. Nathaniel Butler Banks…
Barrickman and Rowe Family Collection
The Barrickman and Rowe Family Collection highlights the family of Mary S. Barrickman Rowe. Barrickman Rowe's father, Christian "C.J." Barrickman…
Blackford Collection
This collection features photographs relating to the Blackford Family of Findlay, Ohio. Price Blackford (1804-1851) of Pennsylvania married Abigail…
Roger D. Bridges Collection
After receiving a Ph.D. in History from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Roger D. Bridges started his career as the Director of…
Buckmaster-Curran Family Collection
The Buckmaster-Curran Collection features early Illinois families descended from Colonel John Durkee of Norwich, Connecticut, who fought in the…
Burkhalter Family Collection
James L. Burkhalter moved to Illinois from Pennsylvania in 1856. In 1858 he married Martha Ellen Adle in Galesburg and began raising a family. At the…
Butterfield Collection
Boston-born James A. B. Butterfield fought for the Union in the Second Illinois Cavalry during the Civil War. Sergeant Butterfield died on May 6,…
Brown-Barnett Family Collection
Kentucky-native James J. Brown (ca. 1828-1862) married Sarah A. Barnett in Illinois on November 19, 1857. The couple had two sons, John (b. October…
Adlai Stevenson II Collection
Adlai Stevenson II was the 31st Governor of Illinois, serving from 1949 until 1953. He received the Democratic nomination for president 1952 and 1956,…
Adlai Stevenson III Collection
Adlai Stevenson III served as an at-large member of the Illinois House of Representatives from 1964-1967. He went on to become the state Treasurer…
French-Wicker Family Collection
The French-Wicker Collection features Illinois Governor Augustus C. French, his son-in-law Cassius M. Wicker, and their families and colleagues.…
Ada Rice Collection
Ada Rice was the wife of Dan Rice, a Chicago-native businessman who successfully bred and raced thoroughbred horses from the 1940s to the 1970s. In…
Day Family Collection
This collection includes family portraits of members of the Illinois-based Day family including William and Margaret E. Keyes Day, their children, and…
Duncan-Kirby Family Collection
The Duncan-Kirby Collection contains photographs featuring the family of Edward Payson Kirby and his wife Julia Duncan Kirby. Edward P. Kirby served…
Benjamin Grierson Collection
Benjamin H. Grierson began his working career as a music teacher in Jacksonville, Illinois, in the 1850s. He enlisted in the Army as a private in the…
Samuel Alschuler Collection
Samuel Alschuler, judge of the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (1915-1936), was born in Chicago, Illinois, on November 20, 1959…
Springfield Association of Commerce and Industry Collection
In 1953, Illinois businessmen established the Springfield Association of Commerce and Industry (ACI) to promote the economic, civil, and social…
Rachel Richardson Collection
The Rachel Richardson Collection features the family and colleagues of Illinois Speaker of the House William Granville Cochran. Cochran served as…
Keyes Collection
Images in the Keyes Collection include a Keyes descendants family portrait and a hired man working on a farm.This collection features individuals also…
Amza Lewis Fitch Collection
Captain Amza Lewis Fitch served in the Civil War in the 13th New York Heavy Artillery and the Navy. Fitch and his family lived in Oak Park, Illinois,…
Hanley Family Collection
The Hanley Family Collection includes images of Mary Ann Hanley Nelson and her family. Photographs in this collection include portraits of her husband…
Cameron Family Collection
The Cameron Family collection contains images of John and Elizabeth Cameron from Hancock County, Illinois. The family moved to Hancock Township,…
Campbell Family Collection
The Campbell Family Collection includes images of siblings Leo and Agnes Campbell. Leo Campbell fought in Cuba during the Spanish-American War. His…