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  • Projects Book Order and Financial Cards (Digital Surrogates)
    American Library Association Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital surrogates of book order and financial cards for International Relations Old Office projects contains book orders and financial cards, includes American Library in Paris, Books for China, Book for the Philippines, Books for Latin America, Books for Near East, Books for War Areas, Libraries in War Areas, Special Grants, International Relations Office Books and materials and supplies for projects. Note: the cards contain information concerning order date, order number, dealer, total expenditure and number of volumes.
  • Project Unica
    Rare Book & Manuscript Library  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Project Unica is an initiative of The Rare Book & Manuscript Library of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to produce high quality digital facsimiles of printed books that exist in only one copy. The concept of a "unicum" is difficult for the average library user to understand, since printed books, by their very nature, exist in more than one copy—that's the genius of Gutenberg's invention, after all. But fate and circumstance has sometime led to the destruction of every copy, save one, of a printed book. And the University of Illinois has quite a number of absolutely unique printed books. The aim of Project Unica is to digitize these supremely rare items and to provide a simple and efficient way of getting this valuable and unique information to scholars when and where they need it. The records of the books and the digital facsimiles are also available from institution's online catalog, Illinois Harvest, and OCLC.
  • Promotional Brochures (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital Surrogates of Promotional Brochures includes promotional materials designed for prospective students and industry, with information concerning aims and objectives of the college, growth and development needs and statistics, faculty rosters and committee personnel.
  • Public Library Association Statistics and Surveys (Digital Surrogates)
    American Library Association Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital surrogates of the Statistics and Surveys, including files on the Kentucky Bookmobile project (1945-54).
  • Public Relations Section Subject File (Digital Surrogates)
    American Library Association Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital copies of the subject files of the Library Leadership and Management Association Public Relations Section, contains correspondence relating to library publicity in national magazines, press releases for annual conferences (1953-56), the activities of the Public Relations Committee, Operation Library public relations campaigns and material relating to the motion picture Storm Center (1956), as well as issues of Public Relations (1988-89), conference agendas and minutes (1988-89), and photographs of LAMA/PRS at Dallas (1989).
  • Radio Program Listings (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital Surrogates of the printed bimonthly listings of programs for WILL, including normal daily schedules, program notes for musical presentations, educational lessons over the radio, and other features.
  • Railroad Maps
    Map Library  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    The construction of railroads shaped the United States in a way that no other nation has been shaped. Charters and land grants impacted the patterns and timing of settlement and farming by emigrants. The checkerboard pattern of railroad grant lands can still be seen on maps of areas in the United States West. The fortunes and destinies of towns and villages were determined by a railroad passing through or by-passing population clusters. Towns passed by often dried up or were moved to a more optimal railroad location. The transcontinental lines, once constructed and connected, tied the East to the West in a way that was faster than horse-drawn wagons and more direct than ships sailing around Cape Horn through the Straits of Magellan. Chicago was at the heart of the United States railroad network as a connection between the eastern United States, the Great Lakes, the Mississippi River, and the western lands beyond the Mississippi. Illinois was decidedly shaped by railroads converging on Chicago but also by deliberate construction paths such as the Y created by the Illinois Central Railroad (see illustration). Railroad maps served as trip-planning tools, company advertisements, and immigrant recruiters. This collection includes railroad maps of Illinois, the United States, and North America published during the 19th and 20th centuries. Railroad lines often appear on “general” maps, some of which can be found in the Historical Maps Online collection at (https://go.library.illinois.edu/HistoricalMapsOnline). Additionally, aerial photography, indexes which can be found in the Aerial Photograph Indexes digital collection (https://go.library.illinois.edu/AirPhotoIndexMaps), are an excellent way to examine railroad structures such as roundhouses and switching yards. Please contact the Map Library regarding these items via e-mail at charts@library.illinois.edu or by calling 217-333-0827.
  • Rainbow Round Table Issuances and Publicity (Digital Surrogates)
    American Library Association Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Issuances and Publicity of the Social Responsiblities Round Table (SRRT) Gay and Lesbian Task Force, including A Gay Bibliography (1971-76, 1980), Gay Task Force News (1974-78), "Censored, Ignored, Overlooked, Too Expensive? How to Get Gay Materials into Libraries" (1979), publication and resource lists, news releases (1974-75, 1977-78), Gay Book Award Announcements (1980-81), articles about the Gay Task Force (1971-72, 1979), bibliographies, the GLTF clearinghouse inventory, Barbara Gitting's "Gays in Library Land. The Gay and Lesbian Task Force of the American Library Association: The First Sixteen Years" (1990), 25th Anniversary booklet (1995), and the GLTF Newsletter (1993-2005).
  • Rainbow Round Table Subject File (Digital Surrogates)
    American Library Association Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Subject File of the Rainbow Round Table, formerly the Gay Lesbian Bisexual Task Force (GLBTF), contains correspondence, meeting minutes and notes, includes Clearinghouse inventory, Correspondence of Wendy Thomas (1992-96), Minutes and Meeting Notes (1994-96), and Monthly Updates (1994, 1995).
  • Ralph T. Fisher Papers (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital Surrogates of Ralph T. Fisher Papers includes publications Fisher used in his research in Soviet Youth. Publication includes folder 3 of Three Years Behind the Iron Curtain by James Wilmeth.
  • RBML Historical Games
    Rare Book & Manuscript Library  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    The RBML Historical Games collection provides an eclectic look into board and card games from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Primarily targeted towards high- and middle-class families, they were used as conversation pieces, friendly fun, and to instigate socially acceptable interactions between young men and women. However, these games were about much more than play. They instilled ideas about religion, morality, history, language and frequently underlined the proper ways to navigate and contribute to society. This collection features many games of chance, a nod to the structured but random happenings of life.
  • RBML Manuscript Collection
    Rare Book & Manuscript Library  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    The Rare Book & Manuscript Library Digital Manuscripts Collection features exemplars of illuminated manuscripts and handwritten texts showcasing a variety of languages and cultures. These manuscripts offer a look into the development of binding and textual technologies that are idiosyncratic to the history of the book.
  • RBML Rare Periodicals Digital Collection
    Rare Book & Manuscript Library  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    The RBML Rare Periodicals features a comprehensive selection of serialized publications from our distinctive collections. Newspapers, gazettes, newsletters, legal publications are included in this collection, as well as a great variety of topics.
  • Reading with a Purpose Autographs
    American Library Association Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital copies of an autograph collection and correspondence of authors and reviewers for the Reading with a Purpose series received by L. L. Dickerson, Carl H. Milam, Helen Burling, Frederick K. W. Drury, Rose M. Nammacher, Everett Fontaine, Lawrence Shaw and Emily V. D. Miller, includes correspondence with Mary Antin, Henry T. Bailey, Bird T. Baldwin, Charles A. Beard, Claude G. Bowers, Gamaliel Bradford, Jesse Lee Bennett, Earnest E. Calkins, Barrett H. Clark, Royal Cortissoz, Samuel M. Crothers, W. Stearnes Davis, Thomas Dickinson, Aaron Director, Paul H. Douglas, Walter P. Eaton, Dorothy Canfield Fisher, Henry B. Fuller, Hamlin Garland, Herbert A. Gibbons, Fitzhugh Green, Sir Wilfred Grenfell, Albert B. Hart, Allen Johnson, Waldemar Kaempffert, Vernon Kellog, Paul de Kruif, Everett D. Martin, Daniel G. Mason, Alexander Meiklejohn, Sidney B. Mitchell, Raymond Moley, Paul S. Mowrer, Louis Mumford, William Lyon Phelps, Michael I. Pupin, Ole E. Rolvaag, Nicholas Roosevelt, William F. Russell, Harlow Shapley, Dallas L. Sharp, Herbert R. Stolz, Lorado Taft, Frank W. Taussig, J. Arthur Thomson, A. W. Vernon, Dudley C. Watson, Owen Wister, Marguerite Wilkenson, Avrahm Yarmolinsky, and Philip N. Youtz concerning publications in the series.
  • Reference and User Services Association Subject File (Born Digital)
    American Library Association Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital copies from the RUSA Subject File, including photographs of awards receptions (2004), CODES reception (2004), Awards Committee (2005), ABC-CLIO Online History, Brody Medal, MARS Award, Bessie Boehm Moore Thorndike Press Award (2003), Dun & Bradstreet Award for Outstanding Service to Minority Business Communities (2002-2004), Dun & Bradstreet Public Librarian Support Award (2003-2005), Dartmouth Medal (2002-2005), Gale Group Award for Excellence in Business Librarianship (2003-2005), Genealogical Publishing Company/History Section Award (2003-2005), and Margaret E. Monroe Library Adult Services Award (2000-2005).
  • Regents' Letterbooks (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital Surrogaates from Regents' Letterbooks, 1879-1894, contains correspondence from Regents John M. Gregory (1879-80), Selim H. Peabody (1880-91) and Thomas J. Burrill (1892-94) to trustees, students, parents, vendors, federal and state officials, applicants for positions and the public concerning staff appointments, student grades, speaking engagements, student government, military training, art and design, expositions, non-discrimination, sale and rental of University lands in Nebraska and Minnesota (1882-89), high school articulation, student life, football and other University affairs.
  • Reginald and Gladys Laubin Papers and Audio Recordings (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital Surrogates from the Reginald and Gladys Laubin Papers and Audio Recordings, contain digitized audio recordings of speeches, lectures, discussions, and dance performances; photographs; correspondence and a typewritten manuscript, concerning Native American culture and dances; Native Americans' conditions circa 1949-1966; as well as Reginald and Gladys Laubin's interest and work in learning, preserving, promoting and defending Native American culture throughout the United States. Digitized audio recordings include Reginald and Gladys Laubin at Beloit College January 14, 1966; Reginald and Gladys Laubin at Beloit College January 14, 1966 (tape 96.24.1093 - D-176300-A); Beloit College Symposium, Vine DeLoria, January 15, 1966 (tape 96.24.1095 -D-176299-A); and Beloit College Symposium, Vine DeLoria, January 15, 1966 (tape 96.24.1096 -D-176299-B). The manuscript is available online. An access copy of digitized audio recordings, photographs and letters is available upon request.
  • Registration Catalogs Files (Digital Surrogates and Born Digital Records)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Registration Catalogs Files (Digital Surrogates and Born Digital Records), 1867-1900, 2000-, contains digitized copies of the University catalog (1867-1900), including descriptions of University colleges and programs, courses of study, calendars, Board of Trustees roster and committees, faculty roster, list of enrolled students, University history and administrative organization, Campus buildings description, University-owned collections, as well as admission and graduation requirements. University catalog from year 2000 can be found at the University's Course Information website at: http://courses.illinois.edu/cis/. Contains Class Schedule, Course Catalog, General Education Requirements, and Programs of Study.
  • Rehabilitation Education Service Athletics Administrative Subject File (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Rehabilitation Education Service Athletics Administrative Subject File (Digital Surrogates), 1948-1995, contains annual reports, correspondence, press releases, and event programs concerning the operation, activities and accomplishments of the Division of Rehabilitation Education Service's Department of Recreation and Athletics. Digitized material includes topics as sports achievements, special programs' goals and accomplishments, research projects, athletic awards, special events, budgets, fundraising, staff and faculty designation, developments and trends in sports adaptation for students with disabilities, as well as professional and academic profiles of faculty leading the University's special programs, like Timothy J. Nugent, Bradley N. Hedrick, Martin I. Morse and Paige Lindahl-Lewis. Digitized material corresponds to Box 1 and Box 3 of the physical material held by the University Archives. Materials were digitized by the Digital Content Creation Unit in 2011
  • Rehabilitation Education Services Wheelchair Athletics Records (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital Surrogates from the Rehabilitation Education Services Wheelchair Athletics Records, 1980, contain newspaper clippings, reports, academic articles, correspondence and statements, concerning the history and evolution of wheelchair, and wheelchair athletics at UIUC. Major contributors include Professor Timothy J. Nugent, Director of Rehabilitation Education Services, and the Rehabilitation Education Center. Materials were digitized by the Digital Content Creation Unit in 2011.
  • Report of Farm Mechanics Extension Records (Digital Surrogate)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Report of Farm Mechanics Extension Records (Digital Surrogate), 1923-1924, contains a digitized report including survey data, circulars, and photographs concerning research and the introduction of new technologies and equipment to agricultural communities in Illinois through exhibits and subprojects on preventing soil erosion through the use of mangum terraces; promoting the use of horses, tractors, and gas engines; storing and growing corn; and implementing equipment to facilitate new ways of using rooms in houses as work spaces.
  • Rhetoric Placement Exams (Born Digital Records)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Born Digital Records from the Rhetoric Placement Exams, 2001-2002 contain correspondence, guidelines and supporting materials of the Department of English about Rhetoric Placement Exams' organization, graders designation, and scoring.
  • Rhoda Barry Papers (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Papers of Rhoda Barry, student at the University of Illinois Library School; series consists of a term paper titled, "A Century of Books: 1814-1914; A Preliminary Survey of Literature Suitable for Children in South Africa." Paper was prepared for Professor Marie M. Hostetter for Course 303, and was approved by Professor Hostetter for use as a master's paper.
  • Richard K. Cook Papers (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital Surrogates of the Richard K. Cook Papers includes correspondence and manuscripts concerning absolute calibration of microphones.
  • Ricker Materials Collection
    Ricker Library of Architecture and Art  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Opened in January 2022, the Ricker Materials Collection (RMC) is a sample library of new, innovative, and common physical materials including wood, fibers, paper, textiles, ceramics, concrete, foam, and much more. The RMC provides a space for people to touch, feel, and explore materials while learning about new and old manufacturing innovations and contextualizing material culture. Typically found in industries that specialize in fashion, product design, architecture, and interior design, materials collections are crucial sandboxes for making decisions about how a final product or space will look and feel. This collection was developed for the Art & Design and Architecture schools at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and continues to grow according to the research needs and interests of students, faculty, staff, and our local community. The RMC is located inside the Ricker Library of Architecture & Art and is open during regular business hours. If you would like to schedule a group visit or request a specific item for the RMC, please contact Siobhan McKissic, the Design & Materials Research Librarian at siobhan2@illinois.edu.
  • Ricker Reader/Ricker Notes (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Duplicated copies of Ricker Reader, (1953-1982), including Ricker Notes, (1982-2004), the Department of Architecture paper, edited and published by Architecture students with faculty advisor and including feature articles, news, poetry, drawings, book reviews and quotations. Of special interest are articles on graduate study and Louis Sullivan (March, 1964).
  • River Maps
    Map Library  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    The importance of rivers to the state of Illinois cannot be underestimated. The entire state is in the Mississippi River’s drainage basin. Rivers have historically been core to the transportation of people and goods in and out of the state. Changes in river location have changed the shape of the state. For example, a nineteenth-century Mississippi River course change cut off Kaskaskia, the first state capital, from the rest of the state. The state song for Illinois acknowledges the importance of rivers in its first line: By thy rivers gently flowing, Illinois, Illinois. The rivers that bound and flow through Illinois are ever-changing, through both natural and man-made processes. The maps in this collection document some of those changes. Many of the maps, particularly those from the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries, are large-scale showing the river in great detail. Besides the maps included in this collection of materials, aerial photographs that include rivers in Illinois as well as of parts of the Mississippi, Ohio, and Wabash rivers on the state’s borders can be found in sets of photographs for Illinois counties in the Map Library. Indexes for these sets are available online through the Digital Collection Aerial Photographic Index Maps (https://go.library.illinois.edu/AirPhotoIndexMaps). Older, smaller-scale maps that include rivers of Illinois and the upper Midwest may be viewed in the Historical Maps Online collection (https://go.library.illinois.edu/HistoricalMapsOnline). Please contact the Map Library regarding these items via e-mail at charts@library.illinois.edu or by calling 217-333-0827.
  • RKO Studios Orson Welles Collection (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    RKO Studios Orson Welles Collection contain radio and motion pictures scripts, contracts, correspondence, reports, budgets, call sheets, shooting schedules, preview evaluations, literary material, copyright material, publicity material, exhibition material, set designs, and notes concerning the production of films by Orson Welles for RKO Radio Studios relating to hiring and payment of actors; studio personnel; film budgets; relations with actors and producers; unfinished films; script editing process; film set design; copyright acquisitions. Types of scripts include narration, estimating, outline, and continuity scripts. This series also includes contracts, correspondence, floorplans, and sketches pertaining to facilities and employees of Orson Welles’ Mercury Theatre (1937-1946). Significant projects include Citizen Kane, The Magnificent Ambersons, Journey into Fear, Cyrano De Bergerac, and unfinished film projects such as Smiler with a Knife, Heart of Darkness, Way to Santiago, and It’s All True. Significant material includes a statement of purpose for Citizen Kane written by Orson Welles.
  • Robert Christy Hallowell Diary (Digitized Content)
    Illinois History and Lincoln Collections  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    The digitized content of the Robert Christy Hallowell Diary consists of the 1864 journal of principal musician Robert C. Hallowell, who served in the 39th Illinois Volunteer Infantry. The diary contains descriptions of skirmishes and daily military life between February to September 1864. It also details Hallowell's travels after he was discharged. Robert C. Hallowell was from Leroy, Illinois. He served in the Illinois infantry as a principal musician from September 1861 to September 1864. He also owned several properties in Leroy, which he rented out. The digitized content contains Hallowell’s diary, which discusses military travels, skirmishes, and activities. It also describes the travels of Hallowell and his friend, R.C. Randolph, who after being discharged visited Washington, D.C, Baltimore, Maryland, and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, before returning to Leroy. While traveling, the two visited tourist destinations, churches, and a Republican parade. Some pages of the diary have also been used to record financial gains and spending. The Illinois History and Lincoln Collections unit at the University of Illinois Library manages the physical items of the Robert Christy Hallowell Diary and Business Records (MS 683). The collection was partially digitized in 2020. For more information, contact an archivist at ihlc@library.illinois.edu.
  • Robert D. Carmichael Papers (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital Surrogates of the Robert D.Carmichael Papers includes an autobiography "On the Growth of My Life for Eighty Years."
  • Robert E. Cushman Papers (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital Surrogates of the Papers of Robert Eugene Cushman (1889-1969), political science instructor (1915-19). Contains seven digitized letters (June 7 and 8, 1918) concerning future employment, financial matters, publishing solicitations and personal matters.
  • Robert E. Stake Papers (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
  • Rodrick Lee "Rick" Schmidt Papers (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Consists of photographs from a college album depicting student life from 1971-75.
  • Roger Adams Papers and Audio Recordings (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital Surrogates from the Roger Adams Papers and Audio Recordings contain research reports, articles, institutional correspondence, resolutions, meeting minutes, symposium papers, and newspaper clippings, concerning research, products, and organizational decisions of the International Sugar Research Foundation. Subjects include industrial sweeteners, diet-related diseases, sucrochemistry, nutrition habits, and food technology. This Series also includes digitized audiorecordings of interviews with Roger Adams conducted by John B. Mellecker, Historian of Chemists on November 20th 1964 and Febrary 12th, and March 15th 1965, and ca. July and October 1965. Original documents can be found at record series 15/5/23,box 49, and tape from the interview is located at box 9. An access copy of all material is available upon request
  • Roger Ebert's Film Festival Audiovisual Materials (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital Surrogates of the Roger Ebert's Film Festival Audiovisual Materials includes video recordings made during the annual Ebertfest held in Champaign Illinois. Recordings include introductions to films, Q&A sessions, and panel discussions concerning independent films, film criticism, film production, directing, acting, and film awards. Significant appearances include Roger Ebert, Chaz Ebert, Brie Larson, Shailene Woodley, Patton Oswald, Tilda Swinton, and Tim Blake Nelson.
  • Rosalie F. Gehant Scrapbook (Digital Surrogate)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Rosalie F. Gehant Scrapbook (Digital Surrogate), 1912-1916, contains digitized I-Books (1912-15), letters, memorabilia (buttons, cigars, fans, pins, purses, tickets), newspaper clippings, photographs, postcards, and programs concerning Alpha Delta Pi Sorority; Alpha Sigma Phi fraternity; concerts; commencement (1916); dances and theater plays; Dixon, IL; The Dope Sheet (1914); family; First Methodist Episcopal Church; Homecoming (1913); May Day (1913); Harry L. Owen (BS Engineering 1916); Post Exam Jubilee (1915-16); Water Carnival (1913); YWCA; and other campus activities and events.
  • Rose Oltusky Edelson Papers (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Papers of Rose Oltusky Edelson (AB LAS 1922) include artifacts, books, correspondence, dance cards, a flapper dress, jewelry, newsclippings, photographs, programs, publications, and sheet music from both her time as a student and her life after relating to A Century of Progress (the 1933 Chicago World Fair), Alpha Epsilon Phi, Alumnae News, Campus Scout, Chicago politics, commencement, Daily Illini, Follies, Illinois loyalty pledges, Jane Addams memorial, Memorial Stadium, Mortar Board, National Council of Jewish Women, Press Club Riot, Roosevelt College, ROTC, World War I, World War II, and the Young Women's Patriotic League. Notably, Oltusky wrote the music for "Fight Illini! The Stadium Song" and her papers include a number of manuscript copies and published editions of the work.
  • Round Barn Architectural Drawings (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Digital Surrogates from the Round Barn Architectural Drawings showing cutaway elevation and floor plan copies of Gilbert W. Lynch's tracings (1981) of Horace Duncan's 1911 plan for a round barn on R.R. 5, Arcola, Illinois.
  • Samuel A. Kirk Papers (Digital Surrogates)
    University of Illinois Archives  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    Papers of Samuel A. Kirk (Digital Surrogates), includes papers related to special education of the mentally handicapped from box 2.
  • Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps
    Map Library  ·   Digital Special Collections
    Description
    The University Library’s collection of Sanborn fire insurance maps includes maps for Illinois towns; rural settings are not included. Sanborn maps were produced to assist insurance underwriters in determining fire insurance rates for individual buildings by examining the buildings' construction methods, heat and lighting sources and manufacturing uses, and the same attributes of nearby buildings. The maps primarily provide information on the downtown areas of cities and adjoining residential areas. They are a record of urban development from the 1880s through the first half of the twentieth century. Family historians may find them interesting in documenting family homes and businesses. The maps in the collection are duplicates of the maps held at the Library of Congress. Maps in this image collection pre-date 1923. For information about later coverage, please go to the Map Library’s Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps https://www.library.illinois.edu/max/collections/sanborn-fire-insurance-maps-new/ webpage. Contact the Map Library with questions regarding coverage and access via e-mail at charts@library.illinois.edu or by calling 217-333-0827.