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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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Abraham Lincoln (9) Agriculture (34) Animals (3) Architecture and Historic Preservation (19) Art (40) Black History (13) Businesses (148) Clubs and Hobbies (43) Education (84) Entertainment (62) Environment and Parks (9) Health and Medicine (22) Immigration (11) Labor (5) Labor Unions (8) Livestock (5) Military and Police (71) Museum Exhibits and Events (16) Music & Singing (31) Native Groups (5) Nature & Weather (6) Organizations (104) People (339) Places (100) Politics and Government (90) Religion (30) Sports (24) Technology (3) Transportation (21) Women's History (31) Writing, Books, & Poetry (12)
WGLT Program Guides and Annual Reports
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Wheeler Family
The Wheeler family papers were given to the McLean County Historical Society by Harriet W....
Whitmer, Peter
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Whittaker Family
Reginald Whittaker, born April 23, 1925, lived all his life in Normal. His parents were Wa...
WIHN
This collection spans from 1970 to 1977.  The collection contains balance sheets, newspape...
Wilcox Tile Factory
An Ohio native, John Wilcox (1858-1920) came to McLean County as a child.  During adulthoo...
William B. Price—McLean County Courthouse
The Mclean County Courthouse, located in the main square (200 N. Main Street) of downtown ...
William D. Walters, Jr.
Professor Emeritus of Geography, Walters taught at Illinois State University for many year...
Williams Oil-o-Matic
Charles U. Williams came to Bloomington in the late nineteenth century.  He was an itinera...
Williamson, Doug WJBC Forum
Doug Williamson, born in Bloomington 8-8-1943, lived in Bloomington-Normal most of his lif...
Wilson, Edith
Goldie Edith Peyton Wilson was a resident of Gridley, where she farmed with her husband Ly...
Wilson, Edward M.
Edward Mayne Wilson was born August 16, 1866, in Dale Township, McLean County. His parents...
Wilson, Harrold B. Collection
Harrold Braden Wilson was born June 13, 1904, in Weldon, Illinois, and died June 3, 1991, ...
Withers Home
When Sarah B. Withers died in 1897, she left her home at 305 West Locust Street in Bloomin...
WJBC Radio
The WJBC Radio Collection consists of eight boxes and 41 folders containing materials rang...
WLS Barn Dance
WLS Radio’s National Barn Dance was one of the most popular and longest running programs o...
Wolcott, J.L.
The J.L. Wolcott Collection contains photocopies of newspaper articles and advertisements ...
Woman's Club of Bloomington-Normal
The Woman’s Club of Bloomington-Normal collection consists of two boxes.  The dates of the...
Wood, Lois Postcard
This is a collection of over 250 postcards collected by Lois Wood over the years to show l...
Woodward, Horace E.
Woodward, known by his friends as “Hod,” was born on August 21, 1878 to Walter M. and Elle...
World War I Collection
The World War I Collection is divided into five sections, organized from general to specif...
World War I: State Council of Defense
During the summer of 1918, the State Council of Defense of Illinois organized local commit...
World War II Collection
World War II erupted in September 1939 with the German invasion of Poland and ended with J...
World War II Home Front Oral Histories
The Interviewers were senior students of W. Michael Weis, Ph.D., Professor of History at I...
World War II Interview Papers Collection
World War II erupted in September 1939 with the German invasion of Poland and ended with J...
World War II Magazine Collection
The World War II Magazine Collection contains publications that were kept or found by resi...
World's Columbian Exposition
The World's Columbian Exposition was a world's fair held in Chicago in 1893 to c...
Wyckoff, Martin
Martin Anders Wyckoff was born in Normal, Illinois April 20, 1950, to Delmar and Elizabeth...
Yeast, Laurence (Larry) J.
Laurence (Larry) Yeast was born in McLean County June 11, 1915.  Yeast was a Bloomington H...
Yoder, Wallace & Betty
Wallace Yoder’s mother was Harriett Katherine Ayers, daughter of Luther and Ida Ayers. She...
Young Men’s Club
Materials in the collection include club introductory information, several versions of the...
Young, Fred H.
Fred H. Young (1892-1980) was born September 21, 1892, in Normal, and graduated from Illin...
YWCA
The YWCA organization was founded in England in 1855, but women were active in the organiz...
Zobrist, Charles J.
This collection contains material relating to the life and career of World War I veteran C...

That's all 674 finding aids.

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