During the first phase of the project, INP catalogers traveled throughout the state, cataloging and inventorying Illinois newspapers. Below are some photographs taken by INP catalogers during their journeys.
Arcola Public Library District (Douglas County)
Camargo Township District Library in Villa Grove (Douglas County)
Detail from the Centralia Morning Sentinel Building
Centralia Sentinel’s original hand press, now located at the Centralia Area Historical Museum
Collyer’s Eye. First newspaper microfilmed by the INP.
Fife Opera House in Palestine (Crawford County)
The library at Greenville College (Bond County)
Irene Black Historical and Genealogical Library in Bridgeport (Lawrence County)
Bound volumes of the Moawequa Call, Moawequa Call-Mail, and Moweaqua News at the Moweaqua Public Library District in Shelby County.
Article about the U of I Library from the Toluca Star, February 7, 1908
From the Union Banner published in Carlyle (Clinton County). The black rules signified mourning.
The Menard Time has been published by the Correctional Center in Menard, Illinois since 1934.
The Prison Philosopher was a column published in the Menard Time.
Arthur Public Library District (Douglas County)
Ashley Public Library, located in Washington County, houses the only known collection of the Ashley News. The INP borrowed this collection for microfilming.
Detail from the Centralia Morning Sentinel Building
Detail from the Centralia Morning Sentinel Building
Harold Washington Library, part of the Chicago Public Library system
Several issues of the Chicago Record were donated to the University of Illinois Library. Donor found the issues stuck behind a mirror on a dresser when he started refurbishing it.
Collinsville Memorial Public Library Center in Madison County
Columbia Public Library in Monroe County. We borrowed the Columbia Star and the Monroe County Clarion for microfilming.
Freeburg Area Library (St. Clair County)
The Greenup Township Public Library (Cumberland County)
Havana Public Library District (Mason County). We borrowed the Manito Review for microfilming.
Kansas Community Memorial Library (Edgar County)
November 5, 1880 issue of the Kinmundy Independent, from the Kinmundy Express newspaper office.
Marissa Historical and Genealogical Society in Saint Clair County.
Mascoutah Public Library (St. Clair County)
The Morrison-Talbott Library in Waterloo, Illinois (Monroe County). We borrowed the Clarion Journal for microfilming. They also gathered issues of the Monroe County Independent from the local publisher so we could microfilm a complete collection.
Bound volumes of the Moawequa Call, Moawequa Call-Mail, and Moweaqua News at the Moweaqua Public Library District in Shelby County.
Mt. Carmel Public Library (Wabash County)
Microfilm reels of the Mt. Vernon Register News at the C. E. Brehm Library in Mt. Vernon (Jefferson County)
Neoga Public Library District (Cumberland County)
Newman Regional Library District (Douglas County)
Newton Public Library District, located in Jasper County
The O’Fallon Historical Society in Saint Clair County
Historical Society of Quincy and Adams County. We borrowed the Quincy News and the Quincy Argus for microfilming.
The Rock Island Arsenal Museum. We borrowed the Arsenal Target for microfilming.
Scott Air Force Base in St. Clair County
Lovejoy Library at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Six Mile Regional Library District, located in Granite City (Madison County)
The Süd Illinois Zeitung,from the Clinton County Historical Society Museum
The Tampico Area Historical Society (Whiteside County)
Wabash County Museum in Mt. Carmel
We borrowed almost 20 different newspaper titles from the Western Illinois University Library Archives
The Wood River Public Library in Madison County
The Zion Historical Society (Lake County)
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