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Coles County History

Archives and Libraries
- Charleston Public Library
- Eastern Illinois University Archives
- Illinois Regional Archives Depository
  (Coles County information, archives held at Booth Library)
- Mattoon Public Library
- 19th-Century Coles County, Illinois, Newspapers
  (at Booth Library and Illinois State Historical Libraries)
- Tilford E. Dudley Digital Archives
- Dudley Family Collection
  (Coles County Historical Society, archives held at McFarland-Dudley House)
Historical Organizations
- Coles County Historical Society
- Coles County Illinois Genealogical Society
Historical Sources and Materials
- African Americans in Coles County
  (a photographic exhibit by Eastrn Illinois' Dr. Wilson Ogbomo)
- Architecture in Coles County
- Chronicle of the Coles County Region
  (pdf of Research and Review article timeline)
- Coles County at War
  (World War I)
- Coles County Legal History Project
  (CCLHP, database, documents, maps, law and society)
- Copperheads in Coles County
  (documents and questions)
- Illinois Trails: History and Genealogy
  (Coles County Resources)
- Mapping Coles County
- 19th-Century Coles County, Illinois, Newspapers
  (microfilm listing and anecdotes regarding first newspapers)
- Using Coles County Historical Society Photographs to Learn About the Past
- On the Home Front:
  (Coles County in World War II)
- Using City Directories to Determine Community Identity
- How to: A Historic House Survey
Charleston
Mattoon
- Timeline
- Special Events (baseball, parades, tornados)
  - (Mattoon) Baseball of Old
  - History Activities (for younger visitors)
- Mattoon Advertising Through the Ages
- Mattoon Bibliography
- Mattoon History
- The Mad Gasser of Mattoon

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last updated on August 29, 2005