Reference & Resarch Materials
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Champaign County related books and which Illinois libraries have them:
Brink, McDonough & Co., HISTORY OF CHAMPAIGN COUNTY, ILLINOIS, Philadelphia, 1878.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library
Condit, C. C., THE HISTORY OF THE VILLAGE OF RANTOUL, CHAMPAIGN COUNTY, ILLINOIS, COMPILED BY C. C. CONDIT AND MRS. JESSIE MCHARRY RICE, Rantoul Public Library, 1951. Subject: Rantoul, Illinois History
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library
Urbana Free Library
Cunningham, Joseph O., Lothrop, J. S., Busey, Paul, HISTORY OF CHAMPAIGN COUNTY, ILLINOIS, D.A.R., Urbana, IL, 196?. Subject: Champaign County, Illinois History and Biographies. Contains history of Champaign County, Illinois: Two relics of pioneer days remain, Lincoln papers in Champaign County Court House, Lincoln once spoke at Early County Church, the Walker Opera House, Old calendar describing city when it was just a town, first marriage license was issued in 1833, queer social life, cows often interrupted early meetings licking off salt on outer wall, pioneer preacher sold rum to eke out salary, a tale wherein an M. E. Pastor traps the devil in a dance hall at Homer, mark site of first permanent settlement of whites in county, Rantoul in the pioneer days, Foosland, a monument to the agressiveness of three or four pioneer families, Mrs. Sadorus tells of pioneer days in Champaign county, history and directory of Champaign County, Illinois, excerpts from newspaper artiels published by The Urbana Courier, Daily Illini, Champaign News-Gazette. Also includes excerpts from History of Champaign County, Illinois, Joseph C. Cunningham, published by Munsell, Chicago, IL, 1905 and History and Directory of Champaign County, J. S. Lothrop, published 1971.
Danville Public Library
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library
Urbana Free Library
Cunningham, Joseph O., Bateman, Newton, Selby, Paul, eds., HISTORICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ILLINOIS and HISTORY OF CHAMPAIGN COUNTY, Bell and Howell, Cleveland, OH, 1967. Subject: Champaign County history and biographies, Illinois history and biographies.
Illinois State Library
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library
HISTORY OF CHAMPAIGN COUNTY, ILLINOIS WITH ILLUSTRATIONS DESCRIPTIVE OF ITS SCENERY, AND BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF SOME OF ITS PROMINENT MEN AND PIONEERS, Bell and Howell, Cleveland, OH, 1967. Subject: Champaign County history and biographies.
Illinois State Library
Western Illinois University Library (microfilm)
Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville (microfilm)
Newberry Library
Urbana Free Library
River Bend Library System
State Historical Library
Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
J. R. Stewart, ed., A STANDARD HISTORY OF CHAMPAIGN COUNTY ILLINOIS: AN AUTHENTIC NARRATIVE OF THE PAST, WITH PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO THE MODERN ERA IN THE COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL, CIVIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, A CHRONICLE OF THE PEOPLE, WITH FAMILY LINEAGE AND MEMOIRS, Bell and Howell, Cleveland, OH, 1957. Subject: Champaign County, Illinois history, includes an index.
Champaign Public Library
Danville Public Library
Parkland Community College Library
Urbana Free Library
River Bend Library System
Illinois State Library
State Historical Library
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library
Newberry Library (microfilm)
Behrens, Robert H., A HERITAGE STRONG AND TRUE: A SHORT HISTORY OF THE FAMILY MADDOCK OF CHAMPAIGN COUNTY, ILLINOIS, Champaign, IL, 1969.
State Historical Library
ILLINOIS COUNTY HISTORIES (books 63-67 - microfilm); HISTORICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ILLINOIS, HISTORY OF CASS COUNTY, CHAMPAIGN COUNTY DIRECTORY, 1870, BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW OF CASS, SCUYLER AND BROWN COUNTIES, ILLINOIS, BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF CHAMPAIGN COUNTY, ILLINOIS, PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM OF CHAMPAIGN COUNTY, ILLINOIS, Americana Unlimited, Tucson, AZ, 1979. Subject: Champaign County, Illinois history and biographies, Illinois history, Cass County, Illinois history, Schuyler County, Illinois history, Brown County, Illinois history.
Arlington Heights Library
State Historical Library
Vaker, Willis C. and Miller, Patricka L., A COMMEMORATIVE HISTORY OF CHAMPAIGN COUNTY, ILLINOIS: 1833-1883, Illinois Heritage Association, Champaign, IL, 1984. Subject: Champaign County history, description and travel, and biographies, includes an index.
Illinois Central Library
Illinois State University
Konx College
Newberry Library
University of Illinois at Chicago Library
University of Chicago Library
Poplar Creek Public Library System
College of St. Francis Library
Lewis and Clark Library System
Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville
Champaign Public Library
Lincoln Trail Library System
Parkland Community College Library
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library
Urbana Free Library
Arlington Heights Library
Cook Public Library
Highland Park Public Library
Palatine Public Library
Park Ridge Public Library
Rockford Public Library
Rock Island Public Library
Lincoln Library, Springfield
State Historical Library