200 North Main St | Bloomington, Illinois | 309-827-0428
200 North Main St | Bloomington, Illinois | 309-827-0428
The Stevenson-Ives Library contains more than 15,000 books and periodicals with a focus on McLean County and Central Illinois history and genealogy.
The Museum's Archive features a wide-range of primary and secondary source material relating to the history of McLean County, from the 1820s to the present
The nearly 20,000 objects preserved at the Museum document the growth and development of McLean County from the prehistoric period through the present.
Detailed inventories of archival collections in the Museum.
Biographies of past Evergreen Cemetery Walk characters.
Digitized by the Internet Archive.
Hosted by the McLean County GIS Consortium, this series of historical maps often takes a few minutes to load.
Resources on genealogy in McLean County and beyond.
Discover local historic images pinned to a map, some overlaid into Google Street View!
Bill Kemp's column in the Sunday Pantagraph. Catch them in print or find them here!
Lesson plans based on Bill Kemp's articles in the Pantagraph.
Bloomington to Peoria Interurban Railroad Line
Before the Civil War, fugitive slaves journeyed northward to freedom on the Underground Railroad.
The Bloomington-Normal Black History Project was founded in 1982 and its collections span the 19th and 20th centuries.
Just after midnight on June 19, 1900, a great fire began sweeping through much of the city's downtown...
Digital Reproduction Policy
Addresses use of digital cameras and personal scanners in Library/Archives
Fees - Personal Use
If you want our staff to scan an image from our Archives for personal use, see this document.
Fees - Commerical Use
If you want our staff to scan an image from our Archives for commercial use, see this document.