Saskia Art Images Collection
This collection purchased by CARLI contains 30,000 digital images of paintings, sculpture and architecture, as well as archaeological sites.

John Jochman Album (Benedictine University)
The John Jochman Album contains 345 images relating to the history of Benedictine University and the surrounding area of Lisle and Naperville, Illinois.

The Jack Bradley Photojournalism Collection (Bradley University)
The Cullom-Davis Library at Bradley University holds over 1,000 images in Special Collections which were donated by Jack Bradley, a retired photographer for the Peoria Journal Star.

Historical Collection (Chicago State University)
A History, Chicago State University, 1867-1979

Noah Hart Papers (Dominican University)
The Noah Hart Papers consist mainly of correspondence during the Civil War from Captain Noah Hart (1813-1891) to his wife Emily Julia Peck Hart (1824-1884). Of particular note are the letters of July and August 1864 regarding General Sherman's siege of Atlanta.

Booth Library Postcard Collection (Eastern Illinois University)
The Booth Library Postcard Collection has as its focus the rich history of Illinois communities. The collection is especially rich in both interior and exterior views of buildings for schools, institutes, colleges, and universities.

Ethnographic Arts Collection (Governors State University)
Objects in this collection were generously donated by former faculty, students and patrons for the purpose of direct instruction in art history classes and ethnic studies so that students might know first hand and be able to study and handle examples from various regions of the world.

GSU Sculpture Photographs Collection (Governors State University)
The Nathan Manilow Sculpture Park is located on the campus of Governors State University in University Park, Illinois. Established in 1969 and covering some 300 acreas, the park has grown into a major collection of 26 works situated on the prairie of the Governors State University campus.

Normal Editions Workshop (N.E.W.) Archive (Illinois State University)
Normal Editions Workshop (N.E.W.) is a non-profit research facility closely affliated with and located on the premises of the ISU College of Fine Arts.

The Argus, 2004- (Illinois Wesleyan University)
This collection of The Argus, Illinois Wesleyan University's student-run newspaper, begins with the Spring 2004 issues.

Historical Photographs (Illinois Wesleyan University)
These selections from photographs located in the University Archives illustrate some of the growth and changes to Illinois Wesleyan University since its founding in 1850.

John Wesley Powell Collection of Pueblo Pottery (Illinois Wesleyan University)
This collection of over 100 specimens of pottery and a few wooden and basketry objects was presented to Illinois Wesleyan University in the mid 1880's.

Letters Received by the Powell Survey 1869-1879 (Illinois Wesleyan University)
John Wesley Powell was a professor of natural sciences at Illinois Wesleyan University from 1865 to 1868. The manuscript collection presented here is formally titled "Letters Received by John Wesley Powell, Director of the Geographical and Geological Survey of the Rocky Mountain Region, 1869-1879."

Student Graphic Design Projects (Illinois Wesleyan University)
The Student Graphic Design Collection represents exemplary work done by students in graphic design courses at Illinois Wesleyan University.

Swahili Expressive Arts Collection (Illinois Wesleyan University)
The Swahili Expressive Arts Collection contains the work of Rebecca Gearhart, Ph.D., of the Sociology and Anthropology Department at Illinois Wesleyan University.

World War II Correspondence (Illinois Wesleyan University)
A collection of letters written by former IWU faculty member Fred "Bud" Brian to members of his family during his time in the Army Air Corps: 1943-1945. Many of these letters contain drawings and some have photographs and telegrams associated with them.

Railroads in the Midwest: Early Documents and Images (Knox College)
This collection describes in documents and photographs the development of the nation's railroads in from the mid-nineteenth century up through the early twentieth century.

Adele Fay Williams Collection of Drawings and Prints (Lewis University)
This is a collection of drawings and prints by Joliet writer and artist, Adele Fay Williams.

The Decaturian (Millikin University)
The Decaturian is Millikin University's student newspaper and has been published since the opening of the University in 1903 to the present. It is rich source of both Millikin University and Central Illinois history from the perspective of college students through more than a century of change.

Elizabeth Harrison-Chicago Kindergarten Movement (National-Louis University)
This collection focuses on the history of the Kindergarten Movement in Chicago, the history of education reform in the 19th and 20th centuries and National-Louis University's role in these developments.

Ayer Art Collection (Newberry Library)
This collection of over 500 images hints at the rich visual material on American Indian history and culture found within the Library's world-renowned Ayer Collection.

Great Lakes Collection (Newberry Library)
This collection features nearly 550 images of Illinois and the Great Lakes from the French period of exploration and settlement to the early 20th Century.

North American Indian Photographs (Newberry Library)
The images in this collection were selected from over 6,000 North American Indian photographs held in the Newberry Library's world-renowned Edward E. Ayer Collection.

Pullman Digital Collection (Newberry Library)
This digital selection includes images of 1,299 Pullman car drawings, ca. 1870-1969, with the bulk of the drawings created for heavyweight and lightweight cars, ca. 1906-1969.

Historical Photograph Collection (North Park University)
This photograph collection presents digital images of North Park University and the Evangelical Covenant Church. The University's photographs depict North Park campus and its institutions, North Park Theological Seminary, North Park College, a Junior College prior to 1956 and University starting in 1997, and North Park Academy, which closed its doors in 1969.

Swedish-American Historical Quarterly (North Park University)
Swedish-American Historical Quarterly is an academic journal published continuously since 1950 by the Swedish-American Historical Society. Full of historic illustrations and substantial articles by researchers, noted authors, and leading academics, the Swedish-American Historical Quarterly documents and interprets the Swedish-American presence in North America.

Daily Egyptian Diversity News Archive (Southern Illinois University Carbondale)
A collection of news articles selected from the Southern Illinois University Daily Egyptian student newspaper from the 1930's onward relating to Black and Latino students, campus visitors and faculty. This searchable database of transcribed articles is an ongoing, cooperative project sponsored by the Vice Chancellor for Diversity and the Morris Library Special Collections Research Center.

The Doc Horrell Photo Collection (Southern Illinois University Carbondale)
The Special Collections Research Center in Morris Library holds the entire collection of photographs made by Southern Illinois photographer C. William "Doc" Horrell documenting the region's coal mines and those who worked in them.

Mordecai Gorelik Papers (Southern Illinois University Carbondale)
This collection of over 800 scene designs, costume renderings and illustrations by Broadway designer Mordecai Gorelik, was made possible by through a grant from the United States Institute for Theatre Technology.

SCRC (Special Collections Research Center) General (Southern Illinois University Carbondale)
The SCRC of Morris Library has significant photographic collections that enhance and support each of its collection areas. These photographs are historically descriptive and documentary in nature.

American Civil War Collection (Southern Illinois University Edwardsville)
This digital collection is an assemblage of handwritten letters, songsheets, and military orders. Spanning the entire period of the American Civil War (1861-1865), these items gathered together provide a unique and insightful glimpse into the era.

KMOX Popular Sheet Music (Southern Illinois University Edwardsville)
This digital sheet music collection contains popular titles in the public domain dating from the early 20th Century.

William R. Townsend Civil War Diary (Southern Illinois University Edwardsville)
The images in this collection comprise the complete Civil War diary of Union soldier William R. Townsend. The diary covers the period from April 11, 1863, to February 2, 1864 and contains descriptions of camp life, battles, furlough and leisure activities, civilian interaction, and other information.

Bowen Country Club (University of Illinois at Chicago)
The photographs of Bowen Country Club Collection in this database are from a larger collection of photos depicting the Hull-House settlement house.

Carberry Collection of Caribbean Literature (University of Illinois at Chicago)
The project is an effort to preserve some 600 fragile book jackets of the H.D. Carberry Collection of Caribbean Studies in Special Collection of the library of the University of Illinois at Chicago and to provide access for scholars and general readers through the digitization of its images.

Century of Progress World's Fair, 1933-1934 (University of Illinois at Chicago)
A Century of Progress International Exposition was the world's fair held in Chicago during the summers of 1933 and 1934 to commemorate the incorporation of the city in 1833. Presented here are publicity and other documentary photographs from the Exposition.

Chicago Urban League Photos (University of Illinois at Chicago)
A group of sociologists, social workers, and philanthropists founded the Chicago League in 1916 to address the rapidly increasing needs of the African American community during a time of voluminous migration.

CITY 2000 (University of Illinois at Chicago)
On a quest to create a lasting record of life in Chicago In the Year 2000 more than 200 photographers spent 366 days canvassing the city and chronicling its people, places and personality. The project's eclectic mix of styles and approaches blended into an historical document that will inform those in the future long after it teaches us about ourselves.

College of Medicine Class Photos (University of Illinois at Chicago)
Among the holdings in the UIC University Archives are dozens of composite photographs from past graduating classes of the College of Medicine and its predecessors.

Hull-House Yearbook (University of Illinois at Chicago)
This database contains digital images of the photographs in the Hull-House Yearbooks from the collection of the University of Illinois at Chicago's Special Collections Department. They span the years 1906-1941.

The Image of Research (2008) (University of Illinois at Chicago)
The Image of Research collection draws on entries to the first annual interdisciplinary competition, sponsored by the UIC Graduate College and the University Library. Students were invited to submit an image with aesthetic appeal that the student created as part of their research.

The Image of Research (2009) (University of Illinois at Chicago)
The Image of Research collection draws on entries to the second annual interdisciplinary competition, sponsored by the UIC Graduate College and the University Library. Students were invited to submit an image with aesthetic appeal that the student created as part of their research.

Puerto Rican Cultural Center Collection (University of Illinois at Chicago)
The Puerto Rican Cultural Center Digital Collection illustrates the rich history of the Juan Antonio Corretjer Puerto Rican Cultural Center (PRCC) in Chicago. The PRCC is a non-profit community based organization established in 1973 by the Puerto Rican and the Latina/o community in Chicago to address both the social and cultural needs of the community. Materials in the collection include printed documents (newspaper, flyers, programs and books), photographs, and ephemera produced and published by the Puerto Rican Cultural Center.

Seven Settlement Houses-Database of Photos (University of Illinois at Chicago)
In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the settlement houses of Chicago led the nation in addressing problems of urbanization, immigration, and industrialization.

Sierra Leone (University of Illinois at Chicago)
In 1791, a new British organization called the Sierra Leone Company wanted both to provide free blacks with land in Africa and to establish a profitable trade in African goods. This collection consists of items related to the British administration of Sierra Leone, including public and private papers of British officials in the colony of Sierra Leone, 1792-1825.

Campus Archival Documents (University of Illinois at Springfield)
This collection includes documents pertaining to the history of Sangamon State University (1970-1995) and its successor, the University of Illinois at Springfield (1995-present).

Campus News Archives (University of Illinois at Springfield)
Includes the newsletter SSU Journal (1973-1982), the newsletter SSU/UIS Weekly (1984-2002), and the SSU Alumni Association magazine Sangamon (1973-1976).

Local History Resources (University of Illinois at Springfield)
This collection features selected resources relating to the history of Springfield and central Illinois drawn from Archives/Special Collections in Norris L Brookens Library at the University of Illinois at Springfield.

Manuscripts and Special Collections (University of Illinois at Springfield)
This collection features selected manuscript, printed material, and archival collections drawn from Archives/Special Collections in Norris L Brookens Library at the University of Illinois at Springfield.

Outstanding Student Masters' Theses (University of Illinois at Springfield)
This collection includes Masters' Theses that won or were nominated for the annual UIS Outstanding Thesis Award, starting in 2005.

The Encounter Student Newspaper (University of Saint Francis)
Welcome to The Encounter Student Newspaper Collection from the University of St. Francis in Joliet, IL. This collection contains digital images of The Encounter from 1976 through 2008.

USF Catalog Covers (University of Saint Francis)
The USF Library Archives is pleased to provide this collection of digital images produced from the Catalogs collection in our repository. This collection contains the digital images of the covers of the university's catalogs from 1925-2008.

USF Library History (University of Saint Francis)
This collection contains digital images of photographs, letters, newspaper articles, pamphlets and brochures pertaining to the evolution of the USF Library and the construction of the current building.

Digital Image Collection (Western Illinois University)
Western Illinois University Libraries is proud to present this database of historic images from the west central Illinois region.

Historical Society Newsletters (Western Illinois University)
This collection will feature Historical Society newsletters from the west- central Illinois counties of Hancock (1987-), McDonough (1982-) [including Colchester Area Historical Society (1995-)], Rock Island (1966-), and Schuyler (1969-).