The IDHH has continued to grow, with new collections added each quarterly harvest!
This month we’re featuring two new collections from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Library, both of which feature historic maps: the Railroad Maps collection and the River Maps collection. These historic maps and accompanying materials demonstrate how railroads connected cities across the nation as well as how the geographical landscape of Illinois and the neighboring states has changed over the decades.
Here are a few of our favorite items from these two new collections:
Hunting and fishing resources of northwestern Wisconsin reached by the Chicago & North-Western Railway. Created by Poole Brothers. 1903. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Library. Railroad Maps. Courtesy of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Library.Railway terminal map of Chicago. Created by Rand McNally and Company. 1914. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Library. Railroad Maps. Courtesy of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Library.Karte der Canäle und Eisenbahnen in den Vereinigten Staaten von Nordamerica, 1842. 1842. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Library. Railroad Maps. Courtesy of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Library.Map showing watershed of Des Plaines River above Joliet, August 1914. Created by Chicago Sanitary District Board of Trustees. 1914. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Library. River Maps. Courtesy of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Library.
Mississippi River recreation areas [front]. Created by United States Army Corps of Engineers. 1991. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Library. River Maps. Courtesy of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Library.
Mississippi River recreation areas [back]. Created by United States Army Corps of Engineers. 1991. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Library. River Maps. Courtesy of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Library.
