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.

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Last week we recalled the visit of U.S. President Gerald R. Ford to Pekin...

This week we reach the point in the history of the Pekin Public Library...

Last week we told of the founding of the Friends of the Pekin Public...

The Pekin Public Library, with the help of the Tazewell County Genealogical & Historical...

For those who were unable to attend Pekin’s first-ever Juneteenth celebration at the Pekin...

As we have recalled the story of the construction of the new Pekin Public...

As construction proceeded in 1973 on the new Pekin Public Library and Dirksen Congressional...

Up to this point in our series on the history of the Pekin Public...

In the previous installment of our ongoing series on the history of the Pekin...

Continuing our series on the history of the Pekin Public Library, this week we...