Local History Program Coordinator at the Pekin Public Library. I oversee the library’s local history room collection, write a weekly local history column/weblog for the library, and present local history programs at the library and in the community.
An undated article clipping from the Pekin Daily Times in the files of the...
Among Central Illinois’ African-American veterans of the Civil War was Pvt. Edward W. Lewis...
The current issue of the Tazewell County Genealogical & Historical Society Monthly features a...
Plans are underway for a permanent stone monument in downtown Pekin to honor the...
Is this the year you are going to start your genealogy journey? Or perhaps...
The two Illinois State Historical Markers for the Freedom & Remembrance Memorial that were...
One of Pekin’s traditions of “Christmas of times past” is the downtown Santa House,...
Ongoing research into the history of the African-American Shipman family of Tazewell County has...
Over a year after Tazewell County was erected by the Illinois General Assembly in...
In June and July this summer “From the History Room” devoted some attention to...
Monday-Thursday, 9.00 a.m. - 8.00 p.m.
Friday, 9.00 a.m. - 6.00 p.m.
Saturday, 9.00 a.m. - 5.00 p.m.
