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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.
This week we reach the point in the history of the Pekin...
Jared L. Olar
July 8, 2021
Last week we told of the founding of the Friends of the...
Jared L. Olar
July 1, 2021
The Pekin Public Library, with the help of the Tazewell County Genealogical...
Jared L. Olar
June 30, 2021
For those who were unable to attend Pekin’s first-ever Juneteenth celebration at...
Jared L. Olar
June 28, 2021
As we have recalled the story of the construction of the new...
Jared L. Olar
June 24, 2021
As construction proceeded in 1973 on the new Pekin Public Library and...
Jared L. Olar
June 17, 2021
Up to this point in our series on the history of the...
Jared L. Olar
June 10, 2021
In the previous installment of our ongoing series on the history of...
Jared L. Olar
June 3, 2021
Continuing our series on the history of the Pekin Public Library, this...
Jared L. Olar
May 28, 2021
As we have recalled the early history of the Pekin Public Library,...
Jared L. Olar
May 18, 2021
Among the big changes that came to the Pekin Public Library when...
Jared L. Olar
May 13, 2021
In our series on the history of the Pekin Public Library, we...
Jared L. Olar
May 6, 2021
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