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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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Travis, Joan M. Spiritualism
The Joan M. Travis Spiritualism Collection consists of items about the concept of spiritua...
Trimmer Family
John David Trimmer (1781-1826) and Elizabeth Lanterman Trimmer (1779-1847) and their child...
Tucker, Wilson
This collection contains biographical material, newspaper articles, bibliographies, severa...
Turners in Bloomington
William “Bill” Adams (1927-2013) grew up in a family which participated in the Turner orga...
Tyner Farm Collection
This collection contains documents relating to the Stubblefield and Tyner families as well...
Underground Railroad
In the decades before the Civil War an untold number of fugitive slaves journeyed northwar...
Underwood, Justice Robert C.
The Justice Robert C. Underwood collection contains newspaper articles, correspondence, sp...
Union Asbestos & Rubber Company (UNARCO)
In 1950, Chicago-based Union Asbestos & Rubber Company (UNARCO) established a manufact...
Union School (Allin Township)
Originally laid out with three sections in this county and about the same number in Tazewe...
Uniquely Bloomington
In May 1999, the City of Bloomington created a semi-independent commission with city fundi...
Unit 5 Schools
On May 8, 1948, voters approved the formation of a school district that is today legally k...
United Way of McLean County
In 1935, local community leaders founded the Community Chest of McLean County that later b...
University Christian Church
The collection contains booklets produced by the University Christian Church, directories,...
University High School
This collection covers the lab school beginning as part of ISNU through its success today ...
University High School Athletics
This collection includes fall, winter, and spring programs, as well as individual programs...
Urban Storm Water Task Force
In 1976, the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency formed a Task Force on urban stormwa...
Valley of Bloomington Scottish Rite
The Valley of Bloomington is part of the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction of the Ancient Acce...
Vanderwater, Leon Musical Program
Leon “Vandy” Vanderwater (1898-1998) was raised in Kankakee, IL and moved to Bloomington, ...
Vera Pearl Kemp Scrapbooks Collection
Vera Pearl Kemp was born December 19, 1895 at London, Kentucky, daughter of James and Cora...
Veterans of World War 1 Barracks
The Veterans of World War 1 organization was created in 1949, first in Ohio, and then, in ...
Vietnam Moving Wall
Several organizations present a "Moving Wall" -- a scaled down replica of the Vi...
Vietnam War
This collection contains letters, newspaper articles, and various manuscripts relating to ...
Village of McLean (Crain Research Project)
This collection includes a minimum of one page on each property in the Village of McLean. ...
Vladimir/Canterbury Sister City Committee
Local citizen visits to the Soviet Union, the Portland-based Ground Zero Pairing Project a...
Vogel, Joe Baseball Scrapbook
In many ways, the 1930s, 1940s, and into the 1950s represented the golden age of local bas...
Vogel, Steve WJBC
Steve Vogel worked at WJBC/WBNQ Radio in Bloomington beginning in 1972 in the news departm...
Voice for Choice
Founded in mid-1989, Voice for Choice was a local organization “devoted to ensuring the ri...
Vrooman
Carl Schurz Vrooman, son of Hiram and Sarah Buffington Vrooman, was born in Macon, Missour...
Vrooman Mansion - Theora Stark
The collection includes an array of materials relating to Mansion and to the Vrooman famil...
W. O. Davis Tributes Collection
William Osbourne Davis was the son of a Quaker farmer from Pennsylvania and began his care...
Waddell, Jack
Collection contains newspaper clippings, performance programs, photos, and ephemera tracin...
Walker School (Bloomington Township)
Located in Blooming Grove (Bloomington Township section 22), Walker School is generally re...
Walker, Frank Albert
In the mid-1850s, the Joseph Walker family established a farm on the northern edge of Norm...
Wallace, Glen / Diamond-Star Motors / Mitsubishi Motors
Glen Wallace was an employee of Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc. (MMNA) for more than...
Wantling, William
This four-box collection contains correspondence, professional work, academic work, and no...
Washburn, Dorothy M.
Born in 1904, Dorothy M. Washburn was a daughter of M/M George Washburn of Bloomington.  G...
Water
The file contains various reports, newspaper clippings, maps, and ephemera regarding the w...
Wayman AME Church Archaeology
In the summer of 1992, an archeological excavation was conducted at the Wayman A.M.E. (Afr...
Webb, Sidney
Sidney Webb was born on December 28, 1899 in Leicester, England. He came to America with h...
Wellmerling, Louis F.
This collection spans from 1927-1941 and contains many photocopied and original newspaper ...