Bloomington Heritage

The Library has an extensive collection of materials dealing with both general and specific aspects of Bloomington's history. The titles listed here are of general interest.

Bloomington Illustrated.
Published by H. R. Page & Co., 1889. Contains photographs of local buildings & streets. (977.359BLO)

Bloomington-Normal Lost: An Account of Our Vanishing Architectural Heritage.
Text by Martin A. Wyckoff, photography by Marty Siegel & Ken Kashia; published by Old House Society of McLean County, 2nd ed., 2000. The Library also has the 1982 edition. (720.977BLO)

Bloomington’s Deutsche in Wort und Bild [Bloomington’s German Population in Word and Picture]. 
By Julius Dietrich, translated by Else Schmidt, edited by Nola Marquardt; published by McLean County Genealogical Society, 1993, translation of 1893 edition. Gives historical sketches of the German Baptist, Catholic, Lutheran, and Methodist congregations in Bloomington.(917.73592DIE)

History of Bloomington and Normal in McLean County, Illinois.
Compiled & published by John H. Burnham, 1879. (977.3592BUR)

Home Town in the Corn Belt: A Source History of Bloomington Illinois 1900-1950 in Five Volumes. 
Compiled by Clara Louise Kessler, 1950. Separate volume contains Index. (Locked Case 977.3592HOM)

Illustrated Bloomington and Normal Illinois; Views of the Public Buildings, Business Houses, Residences, Prominent Citizens, Parks, etc.
Published by Pantagraph Printing and Stationery Co., 1896 (917.73592 ILL)

Picturesque Bloomington.
  Published by Pantagraph Printing & Stationery Company, 1907. Contains views of public buildings, businesses, residences, prominent citizens, parks, etc. The Library also has the 2005 edition published by the Old House Society. This publication shows the growth of Bloomington since Illustrated Bloomington and Normal Illinois was published. (977.359PIC)

This Blooming Town: A Sketch of Bloomington, Illinois.
By Ivan Huber Light, 1956. (977.3592LIG)

We the People Tell Our Story.
Compiled & edited by Mildred Pratt, Bloomington-Normal Black History Project, 1987. Publication sponsored by the Illinois Humanities Council and the National Endowment for the Humanities. (977.359WET)