Illinois History Links

Abraham Lincoln

· Abraham Lincoln Historical Digitization Project

· Abraham Lincoln Online

African-Americans

· Database of Illinois Servitude and Emancipation Records

· The Underground Railroad in Illinois

Archives, Libraries, Agencies, and Repositories

· Chicago History Museum (formerly Chicago Historical Society)

· Illinois Department of Natural Resources

· Illinois Historic Preservation Agency

· Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library (formerly Illinois State Historical Library)

· Illinois State Archives

· Illinois State Historical Society

· Harper College Library

Chicago History

· ChicagoCrime.org

· Chicago History Museum (formerly Chicago Historical Society)

· Encyclopedia of Chicago

· Columbian Exposition of 1893 (a real-time visual simulation model by the Urban Simulation Team at UCLA)

Civil War

· Database of Illinois Civil War Veterans

· Illinois During the Civil War 1861-1865

· Illinois in the Civil War

· Cornell University Library's Making of America Digital Collection

General Illinois History

· Illinois Chronology

General U.S. History

· American Memory

· Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, 1774-present

Illinois and Michigan Canal

· The Illinois and Michigan Canal, 1827–1911

Illinois Newspapers

· Illinois Newspaper Project

· Quincy Historical Newspaper Archive

Labor History

· Chronology of Illinois Labor History

· Illinois During the Gilded Age 1866-1896

· Pullman Virtual Museum

Late 19^th Century

· Illinois During the Gilded Age 1866-1896

Maps

· American Memory : Illinois City and Town Maps

· Historical Maps Online

· Illinois Air Photo Imagebase

· Illinois County Boundaries 1790 - Present

· Digital Imaging & Media Technology Initiative

Native Americans

· The Illini Confederation: Lords of the Mississippi Valley

Old Northwest

· Prairie Fire: The Illinois Country before 1818

Original Online Documents

· 1818 Illinois Constitution

· 1818 Journal of the Illinois Constitutional Convention

· 1848 Illinois Constitution

· 1862 proposed Illinois Constitution

· 1870 Illinois Constitution

· 1922 proposed Illinois Constitution

· 1970 Constitution of the State of Illinois

· Illinois Blue Books, 1900-present

· Illinois Constitution – Documents from the Illinois State Library

· Illinois Public Domain Land Tract Sales

· Illinois During the Gilded Age 1866-1896

· Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763–1900

· Prairie Fire: The Illinois Country before 1818

· Illinois Digital Archives

· Illinois Harvest (Online documents posted by the University of Illinois)

Periodicals

· Illinois Periodicals Online

· Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society and Illinois Historical Journal (1979- )

Research Aids

· National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections (NUCMC)

· Library of Congress Online Catalog

· The Illinois History Resource Page

· ALHN Illinois - Links To Online Data

· Illinois Trails History & Genealogy

· Illinois Newspaper Project

Research and Citation

· Electronic Citation: International Standards Organization, Information and documentation – Bibliographic references - Electronic documents or parts thereof.

· Reading, Writing, and Researching for History: A Guide for College Students

Social History

· Homicide In Chicago 1870-1930

The French Regime in Illinois

· The Jesuit Relations: Index

· Chicago Portage National Historic Site

Women

· Votes for Women: Selections from the National American Woman Suffrage Association Collection, 1848-1921

· A Brief History of Woman Suffrage in Illinois

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Last updated August 29, 2008