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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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Hoppe, Jim
Jim Hoppe is an avid lover of history and McLean County. He has written manuscripts about ...
Houghton School
Houghton School received its name because it was situated on the Stephen Houghton farm.  A...
Hubbard Family
The Hubbard family, consisting of Silas (father), Juliana (mother), Charles (son), and Han...
Hubbard Roycrofters Book
Elbert Green Hubbard (June 19, 1856 – May 7, 1915) was an American writer, publisher, arti...
Huber, Dale Railroad Ephemera
Dale Huber (1917-1985) was born April 15, 1917, in Gridley, Illinois. He married Opal Drak...
Humphrey
This collection contains funeral books for various members of the Humphrey family....
IAA & FS Service, Inc. Relocation
The State of Illinois headquarters for IAA & FS Services, Inc. was moved to Bloomingto...
Illinois Air Force Mothers
The Illinois Air Force Mothers Club began in 1970 to support Air Force personnel at bases ...
Illinois Central Railroad
The Illinois Central was a major carrier of passengers on its Chicago to New Orleans line ...
Illinois National Guard
This collection contains rosters, newspaper clippings, command report, narrative, and othe...
Illinois Shakespeare Festival
In 1978 the Illinois Shakespeare Festival was established. The Festival is held each summe...
Illinois Soldiers' and Sailors' Children's School (ISSCS)
The Illinois Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Children’s School Collection is organized into six box...
Illinois State Normal University Centennial
Founded in 1857 as Illinois’ first public university, Illinois State Normal University (to...
Illinois Traction Terminal
The Bloomington-to-Peoria interurban line was one of the more charming railroad jaunts in ...
Illinois Tractor
The Illinois Tractor Company was in business in Bloomington for a brief period, likely bet...
Illinois Wesleyan University
Illinois Wesleyan University was founded in 1850, with its first building erected in its c...
Independent order of Odd Fellows (IOOF) Cornerstones (1886 & 1900)
The Independent Order of Odd Fellows is a fraternal, service-based organization that had i...
Intercity High School Tournament
An Intercity High School basketball competition was begun in Bloomington and Normal in 196...
International Harvester Farming Equipment
The International Harvester Company manufactured agricultural and construction equipment, ...
International Tapetronics Corp
Formed in 1969 in Bloomington, Illinois the International Tapetronics Corporation (ITC) ta...
Irish Immigrants Collection
Irish immigrants first arrived in large numbers to McLean County in the early 1850s. Initi...
Irvin Bros
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Irvin, Clarence E.
Clarence Edgar Irvin owned and operated several Bloomington theaters.  He was the founder ...
Irvin, Lawrence
Lawrence E. Irvin, son of Patrick and Mary Irvin, was born May 27, 1911 at Lake Bloomingto...
Iseminger Family
The collection includes newspaper articles, receipts, prescriptions, recipes, bank checks,...
Iseminger Ford
Floyd Iseminger (1879-1980) was born and lived his entire life in Bloomington. He quit hig...
ISU Athletics
The collection includes Illinois State University football guides, basketball guides, foot...
Ives, Elizabeth Buffie
Born in Bloomington in 1897, Elizabeth Stevenson “Buffie” Ives was the first of two childr...
IWU Marketing Class Papers
Associate Professor of Business Administration Fred Hoyt has long asked his students to ea...
Jacobs Ralph
Ralph H. Jacobs was born in Elliott, IL in 1918. He attended Saybrook High School, graduat...
James S. Ewing Speeches
James S. Ewing (1835- 1918) was born in what is today Woodford County. He came to Blooming...
Jennie Rayburn Diaries
The collection consists primarily of Jennie’s diaries covering the years of her widowhood ...
John Howard Burnham Collection
Captain J.H. Burnham came to McLean County in 1858 as a student at the State Normal Univer...
Johnston, George W. and Alice M. Collection
George W. (1901-1988) and Alice M. (1905-1991) Johnston were both active in the American L...
Jones – White Family Collection
This small collection contains the records of the Jones & White family reunions and so...
Jones, Ethel Pearle Smith
This collection contains the prose, poetry and plays written by Ethel Pearle Smith Jones, ...
Judd-Lucas Family
The Judd Family lived in Colfax, Illinois during the 20th century. The Judd and Lucas fami...
Jung Family
Jacob Phillip Jung was born in Nauvoo, Illinois, the son of Christian and Elizabeth Brande...
Kansas Kickapoo
This small collection consists mainly of copies of letters and accounts between Milo Custe...
Kelley, George R.
The letters of George R. Kelley relate to the life and times of a McLean County serviceman...