Livingston County

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Articles

Pages from our Past articles written by Bill Kemp

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Springtime once meant return of prairie flowers

Novelist, poet, essayist and farmer Wendell Berry has said that we live in a time of “punishmen...

Article

Blog

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First Baby of the New Year January 1, 1965 Edition

Shirley Agner (left) holds her as-yet unnamed newborn son, who arrived on the scene at 12:37 a....

Blog Post

Holiday Hoops Pontiac, Dec. 30, 1948

The Pontiac Holiday Tournament is the nation’s oldest such Christmastime classic, dating as it ...

Blog Post

The Duke in Pontiac June 11, 1957

This is a photo of one of Duke Ellington’s many visits to this stretch of Central Illinois. Ell...

Blog Post

Finding Aids

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

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Gentes

Alfred and Lena Gentes were born in Illinois, both of German immigrants. Alfred was born around...

Finding Aid