Mclean

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A Community in Conflict

Digital Exhibit

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1844

Despite predominant pro-slavery views during the 1830s through the 1850s, there were those who risked prosecution under the Fugitive Slave Act to help enslaved men, women, and children escape to freedom in the north.

Digital Exhibit

Articles

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

2 items

Four Burger brothers served in World War I

This past week marked the 100th anniversary of the American entry into World War I, though for ...

Article

Picture postcard speaks to power of donations

As a not-for-profit institution, the McLean County Museum of History relies to a considerable e...

Article

Blog

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McLean Harvest Festival September 26, 1952

The Village of McLean in the southwestern corner of McLean County used to stage an annual Harve...

Blog Post

Mount Hope Ladies Aid Moore’s Mill Marker, August 1968

The most famous gristmill in McLean County was the one operated by the Moore family of Mount Ho...

Blog Post

Farming in the Great Corn Belt

Digital Exhibit

4 items

1853 to 1899: Labor

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

Digital Exhibit

Farm Improvements

Farm improvements, such as fences, barns, sheds, and grain storage were expensive additions. Bu...

Digital Exhibit

New Technology: Bigger Equipment

As yields increased and technology improved, the equipment McLean County farmers used to transp...

Digital Exhibit

Outbuildings

During the 19th century, the height of a corn crib was generally limited to the height a farmer...

Digital Exhibit

Finding Aids

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Geneva, William B. & Carolyn Schertz

Carolyn Mabel Schertz was born October 13, 1892 in Hudson, Illinois, the daughter of David Sche...

Finding Aid

McLean School (Mount Hope Township)

The village of McLean, IL was platted in 1856. School District No. 5 was laid out and organize...

Finding Aid

Quinn, Jean Family

Jean Quinn was born Shirley Jean Quinn on November 3, 1927, the only child of Forrest and Ruth ...

Finding Aid

Village of McLean (Crain Research Project)

This collection includes a minimum of one page on each property in the Village of McLean. Infor...

Finding Aid

Making a Home

Digital Exhibit

1 item

Kenyon Family

Fully aware of the risks, Ezra T. Kenyon brought his wife Susan and sons Ezra W. and Dennis to ...

Digital Exhibit

Publications

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Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from McLean, McLean County, Illinois 1908

Publication

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from McLean, McLean County, Illinois 1914

Publication

Videos

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Lunch & Learn -- Arcadia: America's Playable Arcade Museum

Video