Danvers

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Articles

A small selection of Pages from our Past articles written by Bill Kemp

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Halloween 1945 followed world war’s end

World War II still loomed large over American life during the Halloween season of 1945. The sur...

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May Christian, forever her own woman

“I was always too independent,” Bloomington resident Annie May Christian confided in a remarkab...

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Biographies

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Christian, Elizabeth Jane Mitchell

Elizabeth Jane Mitchell, called Lizzie, was born on July 16, 1842 at Stout’s Grove near Danvers...

Biography

Kimball, Luella

Not much is known about Luella Kimball, sometimes known as Luella Rankin. Luella was the fourth...

Biography

Blog

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Extra, extra, read all about it! Pantagraph’s graduation edition, May 1949

Danvers High School seniors are seen here pouring though The Daily Pantagraph’s 56-page graduat...

Blog Post

Grand Champion Gilt McLean County Fair, Aug. 6, 1958

That’s a proud Walter Gottschalk of Danvers at the 1958 McLean County 4-H Club Fair. He’s posin...

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Improvements Slated for Danvers, 1936

In June 1936, the Danvers Farmers Elevator Association announced plans to upgrade its facilitie...

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McHistory: Going to Danvers to Take the Cure

Listen to the audio on WGLT's website hereMcHistory goes back in time to explore big momen...

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Television comes to Danvers June 1949

Who remembers television coming to their home? In June 1949, The Pantagraph reported on the arr...

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Three hospitals; three styles of caps June 1958

The distinctive caps worn by graduate nurses at the three Bloomington-Normal hospitals were com...

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Farming in the Great Corn Belt

Digital Exhibit

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1822 to 1852

Frontier farmers were faced with the challenge of producing enough livestock and crops to suppo...

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1900 to 1945: Livestock

From 1900 until the end of WWII, McLean County farmers continued to raise a diverse variety of ...

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1900 to 1945: Tenants and Labor

The purchase of mechanized tools, like tractors and harvesters, increased equipment costs for t...

Digital Exhibit

Finding Aids

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Yoder, Wallace & Betty

Wallace Yoder’s mother was Harriett Katherine Ayers, daughter of Luther and Ida Ayers. She was ...

Finding Aid

Making a Home

Digital Exhibit

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Zook Family

Yost and Susan Hoestetler Zook arrived in 1850 with sons Adam and Jacob, and daughters Catherin...

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Publications

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Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Danvers, McLean County, Illinois 1894

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Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Danvers, McLean County, Illinois 1901

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Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Danvers, McLean County, Illinois 1910

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Working for a Living

Digital Exhibit

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Advancing Healthcare

Featuring:Dr. Loren M. Boon, (1917 – 1995), doctor...

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Applying Innovations

Local manufacturers found ways to utilize technologies developed during World War II.Featuring:...

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Practicing Medicine

Frontier healthcare providers were stretched thin and had few resources for healing patients.Fr...

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