Local History Files
The Local History Files is a collection of over 400 items including newspaper articles, photographs, documents, reports, correspondence, booklets, pamphlets, blueprints, maps, and more. This collection has been fully digitized to preserve the items and make them more accessible to our patrons. This collection is broken down into subcollections that cover a variety of topics pertaining to the communities in our district. The link below will take you to the Local History Files page, and from there you can access all the items in the collection.
Reference Materials
Our reference collection houses materials for in-house use only and cannot be checked out to take home. Much of the reference collection is comprised of local materials, including library board minutes, high school yearbooks, city directories, city ordinances, environmental studies, land atlas and plat books, and Illinois statutes. General reference materials include library cataloging guides, encyclopedias, Consumer Reports, JD Power used car guides, Rockwell McCanna Plant annual reports, and more.