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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.
As we have proceeded through our series on the history of the...
Jared L. Olar
With the completion and dedication of the new Pekin Public Library and...
Jared L. Olar
Last week we recalled the visit of U.S. President Gerald R. Ford...
Jared L. Olar
This week we reach the point in the history of the Pekin...
Jared L. Olar
Last week we told of the founding of the Friends of the...
Jared L. Olar
The Pekin Public Library, with the help of the Tazewell County Genealogical...
Jared L. Olar
For those who were unable to attend Pekin’s first-ever Juneteenth celebration at...
Jared L. Olar
As we have recalled the story of the construction of the new...
Jared L. Olar
As construction proceeded in 1973 on the new Pekin Public Library and...
Jared L. Olar
Up to this point in our series on the history of the...
Jared L. Olar
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