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Finding Aids

Detailed inventories of archival collections in the Museum, organized alphabetically and able to be filtered by topic, from the 1820s to the present.

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Myers, John F.
Born in 1834 in Kentucky, John Frances Myers came to McLean County as an infant and grew u...
Nancy J. Peairs Ramos Scrapbook Collection
Nancy Jane Peairs documented her years at Unit 5 in two scrapbooks. They mainly included J...
Ninety-fourth Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment
This collection contains documents, both official and personal, related to the Ninety-Four...
Normal Anti-Liquor Ordinance Petition
In November 1866, a petition for an ordinance prohibiting the sale of liquor in the town o...
Normal Avenue Neighborhood Club
The Normal Avenue Neighborhood Club was formed in the Spring of 1931 by Irene Buzzard and ...
Normal Community Garden Club
In the summer of 1939 nine women were invited to meet at the home of Mrs. Wm. (Hattie) Dic...
Normal Community High School
This collection contains course catalogs, PTA booklets, school publications, programs from...
Normal History Club
In the late 1800s, life in a small university town did not offer many opportunities for ar...
Normal Literary Center Collection
An adult study group, the Normal Literary Center was founded in 1896 and celebrated its 10...
Normal Municipal
This collection includes Town of Normal publications—both general and department-specific—...
Normal Summer Theatre
The High School Summer Theatre Program—now sponsored by the Town of Normal’s Department of...
Normal Theater
The Normal Theater was built by Sylvan and Ruth Kupfer, who owned the 209 North Street lot...
Not In Our Town
The Not In Our Town (NIOT) movement began in Billings, MT, in 1992 to “stop hate, racism a...
O’Hara, William J.
William J. O’Hara (1896-1986) was born in the Hudson area, the son of Owen and Johanna O’N...
Occupational Development Center
The Occupational Development Center (ODC) provided employment and training for individuals...
Old House Society
The Old House Society is a nonprofit organization in McLean County devoted to the preserva...
Old North Normal Historic District Association
Old North Normal is the oldest intact area of continuous residential development north of ...
Old Settlers Association of Eastern McLean County
From 1885 to 1915, self-described “old settlers” of eastern McLean County held an annual p...
Olde Towne Neighborhood Association
The Olde Towne Neighborhood Association was formed in 1997 as a non-profit organization. T...
Oldendorf, Sandra Brenneman
This collection covers the Brenneman ancestry as well as Sandra Brenneman Oldendorf’s pers...
One O’Clock Schoolers Club
The One O’Clock Schoolers Club is a social club whose members reside in or resided in the ...
Orendorff
The collection focuses upon William Orendorff (March 26, 1792 – May 12, 1869), one of the ...
Orendorff Family Collection
The Orendorff family was among the first settlers in McLean County, when brothers William ...
Orendorff, Ella
The Ella Orendorff Collection consists primarily of newspaper clippings about the Orendorf...
Orme, William W.
The collection includes correspondence; land deeds; and assorted documents from Orme’s leg...
Outlaw, Damon G.
Damon Garst Outlaw was born April 26, 1912 in Stanford, Illinois to Roy Orville and Alpha ...
Packard Duck Pin Bowling Alley
W.C. Packard originally entered the tenpin business in Ohio and later moved to Evanston, I...
Packard Family Collection
The Packard family was from Bolton in Quebec, Canada. Brothers Charles (MD), Walter, Jesse...
Paddock, Joseph William
Joseph Paddock was born in Pana, Illinois, the family moved to Evanston where Joseph went ...
Pantagraph
The first newspaper in the area was the weekly Bloomington Observer and McLean County Advo...
Pantagraph Comics
The Pantagraph added a locally developed "Wilson and Phyllis" cartoon to their S...
Pantagraph Printing
The Pantagraph Printing and Stationery Company originated as the printing department of th...
Parker Bros. Coal Co.
Founded in Bloomington in 1868, Parker Brothers continued under Parker family ownership fo...
ParkLands Foundation
ParkLands Foundation was chartered in 1967 as a private, non-profit corporation under Illi...
Patrinmar Bridge Club
The Patrinmar Bridge Club was a club for Catholic women, established in 1928 by the Rev. S...
Patton Cabin
The Patton Cabin was built by John Patton in 1829, making it the oldest extant building in...
Patton Family
The collection includes over 200 personal letters, mostly sent to Sarah H. Daugherty/ Sara...
People’s Bank
The Peoples Bank was first incorporated in March 22, 1869, with George W. Parks as Preside...
Perkins-Martin Family
Catherine Anne Perkins Martin (1900-1885) was born in Stanstead, Canada October 15, 1800 a...
Philomathean Reading Circle
The Philomathean Reading Circle served as an all-in-one history, literary, art, travel, an...