Browse Collections (545 total)

Jerry Wallace was an Episcopal clergymen serving in congregations around the United States including Christ Church in Springfield, Illinois. Wallace…

The Daniel W. Vickery Collection includes several images of the Daniel W. Vickery family of Mason City, Illinois. Mr. Vickery was an early resident of…

The Treadway Collection contains images of the Martin and Maria Treadway family. Martin served in the 3rd Illinois Cavalry during the Civil War. He…

The John Strout Collection contains images of buildings in Springfield, Illinois. Photographs in the collection include pictures of homes and the…

Lindley M. Smith was an Assistant State Entomologist (1906-1914) and orchardist (1914-1966) in Ozark, Illinois. He was active in the Ozark Missionary…

The Smith Collection includes several portraits of Smith family members from Decatur, Illinois.

The Rutledge Family Graves Collection contains several photographs of headstones for several Rutledge family members including Ann Rutledge, David…

Franklin Roudybush was a member of the foreign service. He received assignments for several positions including consular attache in Strasbourg and in…

The Rogers Family Collection contains images of Rogers family members looking at items from their family collection. The Rogers family are descended…

Leland H. Rayson served in the Illinois House of Representatives from 1964-1977 as a representative from the 9th district. During his time in office…

William Rayburn was the founder of a religious sect that traces its beginnings to Williamsville, Illinois. Rayburn was a married minister in the…

Irvin M. Peithmann worked at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale beginning in 1931 as the manager of the university farm. Peithmann explored…

John J. Parish served in the Illinois State Senate from 1939-1953 representing the 42nd District which includes Centralia, Marion County,…

The Orendorff Family Collection follows the descendents of pre-Revolutionary war German immigrant, Christian Orendorff.Christian Orendorff, a German…

The Milstead Family Collection contains images of the descendents of Andrew and Mahala Milstead from Cass County, Illinois.

Henry Midden, Jr. worked as the maintenance engineer for the Illinois State Historical Library. This collection contains images of Midden with his…

Lowell B. Mason (1893-1983) was an attorney, Illinois State Senator (Republican) from the twenty-third district (1923-1930) and a member of the…

Robert McClory won election to the Illinois House of Representatives in 1950. He went on to serve in the Illinois Senate from 1952. In 1963 he began…

Emil Jones, Jr. served in the Illinois House of Representatives from 1972-1982 after working as a substitute teacher and insurance salesman. During…

The Graves Family Collection includes portraits of several members of the Willard Graves family. Willard Graves earned his fortune in South America…

The photographs in this collection include portraits of Guss Morley, James Manson, and several unidentified men and women.

Humphrey H. Hood was a physician, Civil War veteran & businessman from Litchfield, Illinois.Hood was a surgeon with the Union Army, mostly at Fort…

Lawrence Seymore (L. S.) Heath purchased a confectionary in Robinson, Illinois, in 1914. After observing his sons' success running the confectionary,…

Darlene Gustafson began her career as a teacher in Mercer County, Illinois. She taught at St. Francis School in Ottawa for one year. Ms. Gustafson…

John McAuley Palmer was born in Scott County, Kentucky in 1817. His family emigrated to Illinois in 1831, settling near Alton. Palmer entered…