Tornado

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Articles

Pages from our Past articles written by Bill Kemp

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Barns fast disappearing from Corn Belt countryside

One would be hard pressed to come up with a more iconic image of the Corn Belt than the old woo...

Article

Biographies

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Geneva, Carolyn Schertz

Carolyn Schertz Geneva was born on October 13, 1892 in Hudson. Illinois. She was the daughter o...

Biography

Blog

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McHistory: McLean County’s Connection to the Tri-State Tornado of 1925

Listen to the audio on WGLT's website hereMcHistory goes back in time to explore big momen...

Blog Post

Photo of the Week, 13: Tornado Season is Here

“Tornado Leaves Trail of Debris Strung Across Central Illinois" read the page 5 headline i...

Blog Post

Farming in the Great Corn Belt

Digital Exhibit

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Nature's Forces

The McLean County farmers’ ability to make good choices drove their success or failure. But wit...

Digital Exhibit

Finding Aids

Archival collection finding aids (full contents of collections available on site)

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McLean School (Mount Hope Township)

The village of McLean, IL was platted in 1856. School District No. 5 was laid out and organize...

Finding Aid

Making a Home

Digital Exhibit

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O'Neil Family

Mary Motherway O’Neil lost her husband from fever at the height of the Irish famine. Because sh...

Digital Exhibit