Browse Collections (545 total)
Lincoln Sheet Music Collection
Browse items in the Lincoln Sheet Music Collection Sheet music from the Lincoln Collection of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library celebrating and…
Lincoln Tomb Robbers Collection
Portraits of the men who tried to steal the body of Abraham Lincoln on the night of November 7, 1876.
Lindley Smith Collection
Lindley M. Smith was an Assistant State Entomologist (1906-1914) and orchardist (1914-1966) in Ozark, Illinois. He was active in the Ozark Missionary…
Lukins-Eckard Collection
Portraits from the family of James Eckard and his wife, Hettie Lukins Eckard.
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,…
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…
Mary Edwards Brown Collection
Mary Edwards Brown was the grandniece of Mary Todd Lincoln and onetime custodian of the Liincoln Home in Springfield.
McCormick Theological Seminary Collection
The first classes at the McCormick Theological Seminary took place in a log cabin in Indiana in 1829. During the Civil War the school relocated to…
Midden Family Collection
Henry Midden, Jr. worked as the maintenance engineer for the Illinois State Historical Library. This collection contains images of Midden with his…
Milstead Family Collection
The Milstead Family Collection contains images of the descendents of Andrew and Mahala Milstead from Cass County, Illinois.
Miscellaneous Collection
A selection of photographs from a wide range of collections. Images in the Miscellaneous Collection include broadsides, oversized photographs, cased…
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…
Moweaqua Collection
The city of Moweaqua, Illinois, located in Shelby County, was a coal mining town in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. In December 1932 a large…
Mrs. Frank J. (Nellie) Sherman Collection
Nellie Sherman was a professional genealogist and historian.Mrs. Sherman attended Eastern Illinois State Teachers College and was a graduate of…
Native American Collection
This collection includes images of Indian chiefs and camp life.
Nauvoo Collection
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints established their headquarters in Nauvoo, Illinois in 1839. Construction on a temple in Nauvoo began…
Noah Mason Collection
Noah M. Mason began his career as a teacher in Oglesby, Illinois, serving as the Oglesby Superintendent of Schools from 1908-1936. During that time he…
Nora Belle Hewitt Collection
The Nora Belle Hewitt Collection includes portraits of several members of the Edwards and Hewitt families. James A. Edwards and Lucinda S. Burton…
Northern Illinois University-School of Education Collection
The Northern Illinois University School of Education received its charter in 1895 as the Northern Illinois State Normal School with classes beginning…
Noyes W. Miner Papers (SC 1052)
Reminiscences written to be given as a lecture on Abraham Lincoln. He states that every thing he says will be taken from personal memories and facts…
Octavia Roberts Collection
Octavia Ridgely Roberts was born in Springfield, Illinois, in 1875. She was one of five children of Charles D. Roberts, a men’s clothing…
Old American Consulate-Paris Collection
Photographs in this collection include interior and exterior images of the old American consulate in Paris located at 1 rue des Italiens as it…
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…