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Coles County History

Charleston - Central City of the Great Cornbelt of Illinois

Archives and Libraries
- Charleston Public Library
- Booth Library
  - Eastern Illinois University Archives
  - 19th-Century Coles County, Illinois, Newspapers
    (microfilm listing of Booth Library holdings - Illinois State Historical Libraries)
  - Illinois Regional Archives Depository
    (Coles County information, archives held at Booth Library)
- Mattoon Public Library
- Tilford E. Dudley Digital Archives
  (EIU HA group student project, 2008)
- Dudley Family Collection
  (Coles County Historical Society, archives held at McFarland-Dudley House)
- Paul Sargent Collection
- Historical Organizations
  - Coles County Historical Society
  - Coles County Illinois Genealogical Society
- Historical Sources and Materials
  - African Americans in Coles County
    (a photographic exhibit by erstwhile Eastern Illinois professor 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
  - 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
  - Charleston Courthouse Square
    (EIU HA student project, 2004)
  - Dudley House
    - Gerry B. Dudley
      (Captain in WWI,EIU HA student project, 2001)
    - Tilford E. Dudley Digital Archives
      (EIU HA group student project, 2008)
  - Eastern Illinois (from Normal School to State Teacher's College to University)
    (EIU HA student overview of the university's history)
    - Eastern Illinois University's Old Main
      (EIU HA group student project, 2000)
    - Charles H. Coleman Digital Collection
      (EIU HA group student project, 2010)
  - Five Mile House
    (restoration of mid-19th century house, outside Charleston, history and archaeology)
    - A House for All Seasons
      (an architectural history of the Five Mile House)
  - Lincoln Log Cabin State Historic Site
    (living history 1840s farm of Thomas and Sarah Bush Lincoln, father and stepmother of Abraham Lincoln)
    - The Civilian Conservation Corps in Coles County
      (an online exhibit about the CCC work done at Lincoln Log Cabin and Fox Ridge, EIU HA student project by Dan Lund, 2013)
  - Charleston Murals: A Glimpse into the Past
    (EIU HA student project, 2001)
  - Thomas Lincoln Cemetery
    (EIU HA student project, 2006)
- Mattoon
  - Timeline
  - Special Events
    (baseball, parades, tornados, EIU HA student project, 2000)
    - History Activities
      (for younger visitors, EIU HA student project, 2000)
  - Mattoon Advertising Through the Ages
    (EIU HA student project)
  - Mattoon Bibliography
  - Mattoon History
    (EIU HA student project, 2000)
  - The Mad Gasser of Mattoon
    (EIU HA student project, 2001)

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Coles County History

last updated on January 25, 2013