Browse Collections (545 total)
Orendorff Family Collection
The Orendorff Family Collection follows the descendents of pre-Revolutionary war German immigrant, Christian Orendorff.Christian Orendorff, a German…
Otto Kerner Collection
Otto Kerner, Jr., served as the governor of Illinois from 1961-1968. Prior to his election as governor, Kerner was the United States Attorney for the…
Otto Krampikowsky Collection
Otto J. Krampikowsky was a Chicagoan who served in World War I. His collection contains numerous images from the war and the armistice period.
Palatine Commercial Corporation Collection
The Palatine Commercial Corporation began in 1917 as a co-operative of stores catering to the Polish American community. The organization soon opened…
Parks Family Collection
Photographs in this collection include images of daily life for several individuals including women going to work the fields in Germany at the end of…
Paul Powell Collection
Paul Powell served in the Illinois House of Representatives from 1935 through 1964, representing the fifty-first and then fifty-ninth districts.…
Peithmann Collection
Irvin M. Peithmann worked at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale beginning in 1931 as the manager of the university farm. Peithmann explored…
Peter Cartwright Collection
Peter Cartwright was a Methodist circuit rider and member of the Illinois General Assembly. Cartwright served the Methodist Church in Kentucky,…
Polish-American Team Collection
Images in this collection include team and athlete photos of members of the Polish-American delegation to the 1934 Polish Athletic Games in Warsaw.…
Purcell Family Collection
The Purcell Family Collection contains images of Charles E. Purcell of Kewanee, Illinois, and his son in law, William H. McFerson of Quincy, Illinois.…
Rachel Richardson Collection
The Rachel Richardson Collection features the family and colleagues of Illinois Speaker of the House William Granville Cochran. Cochran served as…
Ragen Collection
The Ragen Collection features images of Joseph Ragen in his professional life. Ragen began his career as a prison warden in 1931 at the Menard County…
Rawalt Collection
The Rawalt family descended from Revolutionary War soldier John Rawalt and his wife Ann McMahon, who lived in New York and Pennsylvania. Their son,…
Reed Collection
The Reed Collection contains images of family members in the Reed, Thurman, and Conlee families from Maquon in Knox County, Illinois, and the…
Reeder Collection
Named for collection donor Warren A. Reeder of Hammond, Indiana, the images in this collection highlight the city of Danville, Illinois in the 1900s.…
Richard J. Daley Collection
Richard J. Daley served as the mayor of Chicago from 1955-1976. Prior to his mayoral election, Daley served in the Illinois House of Representatives…
Richard Ogilvie Collection
Governor Richard B. Ogilvie spent his career as a lawyer working in private practice and for the federal government including serving as a special…
Richard Yates (Wabash College) Papers
Browse the Richard Yates (Wabash College) Finding Aid Richard Yates Sr. (1815-1873) was governor of Illinois (1861-1865) and U.S. Senator from the…