Quick Links
- Population Projections for the State of Illinois and Component Regions to 2010Published by the Department of Business and Economic Development, 1967.
- Illinois Election Returns, 1818-1848Available in print in the library and online. (Online access requires University of Chicago CNetID.)
- Illinois Digital ArchivesShared repository for the digital collections of libraries, museums, historical societies and other cultural institutions in Illinois.
Illinois State Capitol
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About Historical Illinois Documents
Historical information and documents are listed throughout this guide. See the Executive Branch, Legislature & Law, and Economics & Statistics tabs. Additional historical resources are listed on this page.
Historical Illinois Documents in HathiTrust
Many historical, non-governmental publications about Illinois government are also available through Google Books and HathiTrust. A few examples are linked below:
- The Complete Works of Abraham LincolnEdited by John G. Nicolay and John Hay; published 1905
- The Government of Illinois: Its History and AdministrationBy Evarts Boutell Greene; published 1904
- Politics and Politicians: A succinct history of the politics of Illinois from 1856 to 1884By David W. Lusk; published 1884
- The Governors' Letter-books, 1840-1853Edited with introduction and notes by Evarts Boutell Greene and Charles Manfred Thompson; published 1911
Abraham Lincoln Resources
- Abraham Lincoln Presidential LibraryPublic, non-circulating research facility that contains material on all aspects of Illinois' history including published resources, manuscripts, newspapers, and Lincolniana.
- Lincoln Papers: Mr. Lincoln's Virtual LibraryFrom the Library of Congress
- Lincoln/Net This link opens in a new windowPartnership of the Illinois State Library and Northern Illinois University
- The Lincoln Collection of the Illinois State Historical LibraryAvailable in print in the library and online. (Online access requires University of Chicago CNetID.)
Bibliographies & Guides
- Tapping State Government Information SourcesBy Lori L. Smith. Published by Greenwood Press, 2003.
- Descriptive Inventory of the Archives of the State of IllinoisEdited by Robert E. Bailey and Elaine Shemoney Evans. Published by the Illinois State Archives, 1997.
- Monthly Checklist of State PublicationsPublished by the Library of Congress from 1910 - 1994.
- Illinois State Documents : A selective annotated bibliography for law librariansPublished by the American Association of Law Libraries, 1986.
- Illinois General Assembly Publications Index 1970-80Printed under the sponsorship of the Government Documents Roundtable of the Illinois Library Association, [1981?]
- Government Publications in IllinoisEdited by Geneva Finn. Published by the Illinois State Library, 1974.
- Guide to Public Vital Statistics Records in IllinoisPublished by the Illinois Historical Records Survey, 1941.
- State Documents for LibrariesBy Ernest J. Reece. Published by University of Illinois, 1915.
- Publications of the State of IllinoisVarious years from 1968 to the present available online and in print in the Library.
Historical Newpapers
- How Do I find Chicago newspapers?Guide to finding historical and current Chicago newspapers in the University of Chicago Library and beyond
- Chicago Tribune, 1849 - Present This link opens in a new window
- ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Chicago Defender (1910-2010) This link opens in a new window
- Newspapers and Periodicals of Illinois, 1814-1879Published by the Illinois State Historical Library, 1910.
Historical Maps & Atlases
- Digital Sanborn Maps (1867 - 1970)Online fire insurance maps for most Illinois cities and towns
- Political Atlas of IllinoisEdited by Paul Kleppner. Published by Northern Illinois University Press, 1988.
- Legislative Districts of IllinoisPublished by the State Board of Elections, 2002.
- Demographic Atlas of Illinois: Townships and places (1990 Census edition)"Shows geographic base maps of towns, cities and places; outline maps for census tracts and block groups; with state locator maps for all counties."
- Inside Illinois - Historical MapsPublished by the Illinois Office of the Governor
- Federal Township Plats of IllinoisMore than 3000 maps of Illinois townships hand-drawn between 1804 and 1891.
- Historical Maps OnlineDigital collection developed by UIUC, UIC, and the Newberry Library
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Google Books & HathiTrust
Illinois documents, particularly those from before 1923, are continually added to Google Books and Hathi Trust.
