African Americans in Pekin

Ongoing research into the family of Nance Legins-Costley (1813-1892) has recently uncovered additional information...

Over the next two weeks at “From the History Room” we’ll present the further...

A great deal of progress has been made in the effort to create the...

Last week we reviewed the history of the 29th U.S. Colored Infantry, which was...

By Jared Olar Library Assistant At this weblog we have written several times about...

By Jared Olar Library Assistant This week we continue the genealogical account of the...

By Jared Olar Library Assistant We continue now with the genealogical account of the...

The mystery of the Powerton Plant skeleton By Jared Olar Library Assistant The date...