Ellsworth

Resources are listed in alphabetical order. More information can always be found by using our website search bar, or contacting a member of our staff.

Articles

Pages from our Past articles written by Bill Kemp

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Moraine View park opened in 1959

There are few lovelier corners of McLean County than Moraine View State Recreation Area. Situat...

Article

Blog

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Lone Star School Dawson Township, undated

Lone Star School teacher Florence Lauritson (in white, standing) is seen here with her students...

Blog Post

Farming in the Great Corn Belt

Digital Exhibit

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1853 to 1899: Labor

The railroad arrived in 1853, bringing with it an influx of immigrants willing to provide labor...

Digital Exhibit

Finding Aids

Archival collection finding aids (full contents of collections available on site)

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Armstrong, Bea

Born in Hudson to William Campbell and Alma Belle Cope Blagg, Beatrice “Bea” Armstrong (1915-19...

Finding Aid

Making a Home

Digital Exhibit

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The Kickapoo

Seven hundred years ago the Mississippian culture faded. The descendants of the Mississippians ...

Digital Exhibit

Publications

Digitized books and pamphlets. To see all books in our collection, search our library catalog.

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The Story of McLean County and its Schools

Publication

Speakers Bureau

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The Unconquerable: Kickapoo of Central Illinois

Speakers Bureau