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Coles County History

Charleston - Central City of the Great Cornbelt of Illinois

Archives and Libraries
- Charleston Public Library
- Eastern Illinois University Archives
- Illinois Regional Archives Depository
  (Coles County information, archives held at Booth Library)
- Mattoon Public Library
- 19th-Century Coles County, Illinois, Newspapers
  (at Booth Library and Illinois State Historical Libraries)
- 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
- 19th-Century Coles County, Illinois, Newspapers
  (microfilm listing and anecdotes regarding first newspapers)
- 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)
- 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 April 13, 2012