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Evergreen Cemetery Walk – Miller

In the 1990s, Amy Miller was a member of the Bloomington-Normal Junior Women’s Club, a service organization that works towards completi...

Exhibit: "A Matter of Life and Death"

This collection of Medical oral histories was gathered by the McLean County Historical Society in 1994 – 1995 for an exhibit on McLean ...

Exhibit: 9-11: McLean County Responds

Staff prepared these materials for the short-term 2002 exhibit “9-11: McLean County Responds.” This collection includes the exhi...

Exhibit: A Deadly Deception: The Asbestos Tragedy in McLean County

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Exhibit: A Turbulent Time: Perspectives of the Vietnam War

Guest curator Ross Kennedy and staff member Susan Hartzold prepared these materials for the 2008-2010 exhibit “A Turbulent Time: Perspe...

Exhibit: Come & Get It! The Way We Ate 1830-2008

This collection contains research compiled by Dr. Robert Dirks, guest curator and professor emeritus from Illinois State University as ...

Exhibit: Greening of the Prairie: Irish Settlement in McLean County

Staff, interns, and volunteers researched and prepared the temporary exhibit “The Greening of the Prairie: Irish Immigration and Settle...

Exhibit: Growing up in the Fifties

The McLean County Museum of History presented this exhibit in 2001. This collection contains transcripts and releases for the oral hist...

Exhibit: Journey through the Great Depression

Staff worked with guest curator Illinois State University professor Sandra D. Harmon to create this exhibit.Research materials s...

Exhibit: Just Corn: The 'Amaizing' Story

The Museum exhibit, “Just Corn: The ‘Amaizing’ Story,” opened in 1997. It was curated by then-Museum Executive Director Greg Koos. A co...

Exhibit: Made in McLean County

The McLean County Museum of History presented this exhibit in 1999. This collection contains the reference materials gathered by the ex...

Exhibits: Miscellaneous

This collection contains outlines for temporary exhibits featured at the McLean County Museum of History for which no separate boxed co...

Gray, Vern

Vern Gray (December 19, 1897- June 28, 1972) was a former curator of the McLean County Historical Society. Gray became curator in Apri...

Koos, Greg Collection

The Greg Koos collection contains published and unpublished works by Greg Koos, former executive director of the McLean County Museum o...