55 posts

September 23rd, 2019

McHistory: Bloomington’s Unsung Baseball Great

Listen to the audio on WGLT's website hereMcHistory goes back in time to explore big moments and small stories from McLean County history. McHistory episodes can be heard p...
1 mins read by Bill Kemp

August 14th, 2019

McHistory: Bloomington-Normal’s Last Switchboard Girls

Listen to the audio on WGLT's website hereMcHistory goes back in time to explore big moments and small stories from McLean County history. McHistory episodes can be...
1 mins read by Bill Kemp

July 25th, 2019

McHistory: Illinois’ First Female State Senator

Listen to the audio on WGLT's website hereMcHistory goes back in time to explore big moments and small stories from McLean County history. McHistory episodes can be heard ...
1 mins read by Bill Kemp

July 25th, 2019

McHistory: Bloomington’s Favorite Son

Listen to the audio on WGLT's website hereMcHistory goes back in time to explore big moments and small stories from McLean County history. McHistory episodes can be heard periodical...
1 mins read by Bill Kemp

June 11th, 2019

McHistory: Civil Rights Before The Movement

Listen to the audio on WGLT's website hereMcHistory goes back in time to explore big moments and small stories from McLean County history. McHistory episodes can be heard per...
1 mins read by Bill Kemp

May 28th, 2019

McHistory: The Roots of Feminism

Listen to the audio on WGLT's website hereMcHistory goes back in time to explore big moments and small stories from McLean County history. McHistory episodes can be heard periodically o...
1 mins read by Bill Kemp

May 10th, 2019

McHistory: When Local Abolitionists Risked Their Lives

Listen to the audio on WGLT's website hereMcHistory goes back in time to explore big moments and small stories from McLean County history. McHistory episodes can b...
1 mins read by Bill Kemp

March 15th, 2019

McHistory: Bloomington’s War on Dogs

Listen to the audio on WGLT's website hereMcHistory goes back in time to explore big moments and small stories from McLean County history. McHistory episodes can be heard period...
1 mins read by Bill Kemp

February 28th, 2019

McHistory: Passing the Civil Rights Act

Listen to the audio on WGLT's website hereMcHistory goes back in time to explore big moments and small stories from McLean County history. McHistory episodes can be heard pe...
1 mins read by Bill Kemp

February 26th, 2019

McHistory: Bloomington-Normal Under Jim Crow Law

Listen to the audio on WGLT's website hereMcHistory goes back in time to explore big moments and small stories from McLean County history. McHistory episodes can be...
1 mins read by Bill Kemp

January 12th, 2017

McHistory: 33 years on the streetcar

Listen to the audio on WGLT's website hereMcHistory goes back in time to explore big moments and small stories from McLean County history. McHistory episodes can be heard perio...
1 mins read by Bill Kemp

December 19th, 2016

McHistory: Painter and Scoundrel

Listen to the audio on WGLT's website hereMcHistory goes back in time to explore big moments and small stories from McLean County history. McHistory episodes can be heard periodica...
2 mins read by Bill Kemp

November 28th, 2016

McHistory: Bloomington's Settlement House

Listen to the audio on WGLT's website hereMcHistory goes back in time to explore big moments and small stories from McLean County history. McHistory episodes can be heard p...
1 mins read by Bill Kemp

July 11th, 2016

McHistory: When socialism really was socialism

Listen to the audio on WGLT's website hereMcHistory goes back in time to explore big moments and small stories from McLean County history. McHistory episodes can be h...
2 mins read by Bill Kemp

July 1st, 2014

McHistory: Bloomington Dramaturge Explored Gender Roles

Listen to the audio on WGLT's website hereMcHistory goes back in time to explore big moments and small stories from McLean County history. McHistory episodes can ...
1 mins read by Bill Kemp

April 30th, 2014

McHistory: Going to Danvers to Take the Cure

Listen to the audio on WGLT's website hereMcHistory goes back in time to explore big moments and small stories from McLean County history. McHistory episodes can be heard pe...
1 mins read by Bill Kemp

March 26th, 2014

McHistory: Bloomington Suffragist Lobbies in Springfield

Listen to the audio on WGLT's website hereMcHistory goes back in time to explore big moments and small stories from McLean County history. McHistory episodes can...
2 mins read by Bill Kemp

February 26th, 2014

McHistory: Experiences in the Spanish American War

Listen to the audio on WGLT's website hereMcHistory goes back in time to explore big moments and small stories from McLean County history. McHistory episodes can be he...
1 mins read by Bill Kemp

December 18th, 2013

McHistory: World War II in McLean County

Listen to the audio on WGLT's website hereMcHistory goes back in time to explore big moments and small stories from McLean County history. McHistory episodes can be heard perio...
1 mins read by Bill Kemp

December 18th, 2013

McHistory: Bloomington Copperhead Ostracized For Pro-Slavery Views

Listen to the audio on WGLT's website hereMcHistory goes back in time to explore big moments and small stories from McLean County history. McHistory ep...
1 mins read by Bill Kemp

November 13th, 2013

McHistory: Winter of Deep Snow

Listen to the audio on WGLT's website hereMcHistory goes back in time to explore big moments and small stories from McLean County history. McHistory episodes can be heard periodically...
1 mins read by Bill Kemp

October 11th, 2013

McHistory: Workin' In A Coal Mine

Listen to the audio on WGLT's website hereMcHistory goes back in time to explore big moments and small stories from McLean County history. McHistory episodes can be heard periodically o...
1 mins read by Bill Kemp

September 26th, 2013

McHistory: Humor In A Governor's Veto From 60 Years Gone By

Listen to the audio on WGLT's website hereMcHistory goes back in time to explore big moments and small stories from McLean County history. McHistory episodes c...
1 mins read by Bill Kemp

September 11th, 2013

McHistory: Voices Of The Past Come Alive

Listen to the audio on WGLT's website hereMcHistory goes back in time to explore big moments and small stories from McLean County history. McHistory episodes can be heard period...
1 mins read by Bill Kemp

September 11th, 2013

McHistory: Civil War Letter Home After Battle

Listen to the audio on WGLT's website hereMcHistory goes back in time to explore big moments and small stories from McLean County history. McHistory episodes can be heard p...
1 mins read by Bill Kemp