Links
Can't find what you're looking for here on Past Tracker? There are several other online resources that you can access to discover more about Illinois' history. Provided below are links to other sites that may help you in your search.
The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library, part of the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency
- A digital record of American history and creativity hosted by the Library of Congress.
- Documents in Law, History and Diplomacy hosted by Yale Law School.
- A consortium of digital collections from libraries, universities, and historical societieswith many links and useful information.
History of the Printed Newspaper
- A resource database website containing links for external sites based off the history of newspapers, printing press, and the future of newspapers.
- A free public gateway combining search, aggregation, and discovery services. They provide organized and thematic access to digitized and born-digital resources about Illinois, created by Illinois scholars, and from the digital collections of the University of Illinois Library.
- The Eastern Illinois University History Department would also like to thank the Illinois State Archives for giving us the permission to reproduce the documents contained in their publications, Windows to the Past: A Selection of Illinois County Records from 1818 to 1880, Hard Time in Illinois, 1930-1940: A Selection of Documents from the Illinois State Archives, The Illinois and Michigan Canal, 1827-1911: A Selection of Documents from the Illinois State Archives, Illinois at War, 1941-1945: A Selection of Documents from the Illinois State Archives, From the Ashes, 1872-1900: A Selection of Documents from the Proceedings Files of the Chicago City Council, and Early Chicago, 1833-1871: A Selection of City Council Proceedings Files from the Illinois State Archives.
- A digital collection focused on documents about the Gilded Age in Illinois and maintained by Northern Illinois University.
- An archive of free digital books and texts; contains many early twentieth century workson Illinois.
Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents
- a collection of letters and journals by Jesuit priests in the seventeenth century. The latter volumes contain information on Illinois.
Journal of the illinois State Historical Society
- Link to Western Illinois University's digitized laws of Illinois from prior to statehood to present. Includes digitized law volumes.
Library of Congress Resources for Illinois
- Lincoln/Net presents historical materials from Abraham Lincoln's Illinois years (1830-1861), including Lincoln's writings and speeches, as well as other materials illuminating antebellum Illinois. This is a project of Northern Illinois University.
- A web-based center for history starting at the local level.
- A digital collection of primary documents pertaining to social history maintained by the University of Michigan.
- A research and teaching resource for students and educators about the New Deal.
- A collection of digitized documents about Illinois from the beginnings of white settlement to 1818.
- A digital newspaper collection managed by the Public Library of Quincy, Illinois.
- A history of jazz before 1930.
- A collection of digital archives and photos maintained by the partnership between Roselle History Museum and the Rosellle Public LIbrary.
Smithsonian - Every Picture Has a Story
- This website has a variety of lesson plans focusing on the more than 13 million photos in their collection.
Teaching with Primary Sources at EIU
Teaching with Primary Sources at Illinois State
University of Chicago Library: Digital Activities & Collections
- University of Houston’s online digital history textbook; contains many useful documents pertaining to Illinois and lesson plans/ideas for educators.
University of Illinois: Historical Newspaper Digitized Collection
University of Illinois Springfield's Digital Collection
Western Illinois University Archives
- A collection of digitized documents, archives and information. Also contains information regarding their Mormon collections.
