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.  917.73592  BLO

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, 2000.  720.977 BLO

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.  917.73592 DIE

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

Home Town in the Corn Belt: A Source History of Bloomington Illinois 1900-1950 in Five Volumes.  Compiled by Clara Louise Kessler, 1950.  Locked Case 977.3592 KES

Picturesque Bloomington.  Published by Pantagraph Printing & Stationery Company, 1907.  Contains views of public buildings, businesses, residences, prominent citizens, parks, etc.  977.359 PIC

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

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.  977.359 WET