Digital Collections of the Chicago Public Library | Cook County, IL
Illinois
Cook CountyDecatur Public Library Local History Collection | IL
Impressive archive with 77 digital collections (and counting?). All local yearbooks up to 1977 are available. They promise to add new content WEEKLY!
Macon County
Historic Illinois County Atlases
Collection contains several dozen atlases, most of which were produced in the 19th century. These county and state-wide atlases were compiled from county records and surveys. The atlases include county histories, colored maps, indexes, and some drawings.
Digital Special Collections (University of Illinois)
Digitized manuscripts, photographs, maps, and other special collections research materials, as well as personal and organizational digital archives.
Galena Area Historic Photos | Jo Daviess County, IL
The photographs in this collection range from portraits and views from the mid to late 19th century to photos of disasters and other events from the late 20th century. Collection is held by the Galena Public Library.
Jo Daviess County
CARLI Digital Collections
Digitized materials from Illinois Libraries including printed and manuscript materials, images, and sound recordings.
League of Women Voters Records | Champaign County, IL
Records consists of the Official Secretary Records Volume 1 (1922-1933), and include notes on meetings, resumes of presentations by guest speakers, reports of officers and committees, newspaper clippings, and material on the Junior League of Women Voters.
Champaign CountyIllinois History and Lincoln Collections
The Illinois History and Lincoln Collections (IHLC), a unit of the Special Collections Division at the University of Illinois Library at Urbana-Champaign, collects, preserves, and provides access to both print and manuscript materials documenting the history of Illinois and the life and legacy of Abraham Lincoln.
Robinson Newspaper Archive, 1856-2023 (Alternate UI) | Crawford County, IL
Crawford County
Crawford County Historical Society | IL
Website of the Crawford County Illinois Historical Society.
Gail Borden Public Library Digital Archive | Elgin, Cook County, IL
Elgin is located in both Cook and Kane counties.
1983 US Navy Recruit Training Command Yearbook | Great Lakes, Lake County, IL
Lake County
The Arlington Day, 1966-1970 | Arlington Heights, Cook County, IL
The Elk Grove Herald, 1969-1977 | Arlington Heights, Cook County, IL
Illinois Digital Newspaper Collections
Free access to digital historic newspapers back to 1831
Arlington Heights People and Places | Cook County, IL
Historical images of Arlington Heights people and places.
La Salle County Genealogy Guild | IL
Obituaries, vital records, military records, photos, cemetery transcriptions.
LaSalle CountyIllinois Digital Newspaper Collections: LaSalle County
- Free Trader-Journal (1917-1920)
- Free Trader-Journal and Ottowa Fair Dealer (1920-1922)
- The Ottawa Free Trader (1840-1890)
Earlville Newspaper Archive, 1868-2018 | LaSalle County, IL
Reddick Public Library Newspaper Archive, 1852-2014 | Ottawa, LaSalle County, IL
Robinson Newspaper Archive, 1856-2023 | Crawford County, IL