Historic Illinois Book Collection on CD

The Historical Illinois Book Collection is a collection of 41 volumes relating to the history of Illinois and its people primarily in the 18th and 19th centuries. Several of the volumes have great period illustrations and portraits of relevant historical figures. All the titles contained on this CD are listed below.

1. A student's history of Illinois (1920) - Smith, George Washington - 276 pages
2. Chapters from Illinois history; (1901) - Mason, Edward G. (Edward Gay) - 322 pages
3. Centennial history of Illinois Volume 1 - The Illinois country, 1673-1818(1922) - Alvord, Clarence Walworth Editor- 524 pages
4. Centennial history of Illinois Volume 2 - The frontier state, 1818-1848(1922) - Alvord, Clarence Walworth Editor - 475 pages
5. Centennial history of Illinois Volume 3 - The era of the civil war, 1848-1870 (1922) - Alvord, Clarence Walworth Editor - 499 pages
6. Centennial history of Illinois Volume 4 - The industrial state, 1870-1893 (1922) - Alvord, Clarence Walworth Editor - 553 pages
7. Centennial history of Illinois Volume 5 - The modern commonwealth, 1893-1918 (1922) - Alvord, Clarence Walworth Editor - 544 pages
8. Centennial history of Illinois Volume 6 - Introductory Volume - Illinois in 1818 (1922) - Alvord, Clarence Walworth Editor - 362 pages
9. History of McDonough county, Illinois (1878) - Clarke, S. J. - 692 pages
10. Educational history of Illinois; growth and progress in educational affairs of the state from the earliest day to the present, with portraits and biographies (1912) - Cook, John W. (John Williston) - 744 pages
11. Historical encyclopedia of Illinois Volume 1 (1901) - Bateman, Newton; Selby, Paul; McCulloch, David; McCulloch, David - 616 pages
12. Historical encyclopedia of Illinois Volume 2 (1901) - Bateman, Newton; Selby, Paul; McCulloch, David; McCulloch, David - 843 pages
13. The History of Menard and Mason Counties, Illinois (1879) - Miller, Robert Don Leavey; Ruggles, James M; Fulk, Marie Rabbitt - 871 pages
14. Early Chicago and Illinois (1890) - Mason, Edward G. (Edward Gay) - 521 pages
15. Illinois Baptists : a history (1930) - Brand, Edward P. - 185 pages
16. History of Bardolph, Illinois (1911) - Epworth League - 136 pages
17. History of Bartonville, Illinois - Bartonville Bicentennial Commission. Heritage Committee - 90 pages
18. History of Chatsworth, Illinois - Haberkorn, L. J - 41 pages
19. History of Chicago, Illinois Volume 1 (1895) - Moses, John; Kirkland, Joseph - 785 pages
20. History of Chicago, Illinois Volume 2 (1895) - Moses, John; Kirkland, Joseph - 777 pages
21. History of Du Page County, Illinois (1882) - Blanchard, Rufus - 247 pages
22. Illinois constitutions (1919) - Verlie, Emil Joseph - 231 pages
23. Paris, Illinois (1904) - 72 pages
24. A woman's story of pioneer Illinois (1919) - Tillson, Christiana Holmes; Quaife, Milo Milton - 169 pages
25. The constitutional history of Illinois (1891) - Anthony, Elliott - 205 pages
26. History of Knox county, Illinois (1878) - 718 pages
27. History of Effingham county, Illinois (1883) - Perrin, William Henry - 612 pages
28. History of Cass County, Illinois (1882) - Perrin, William Henry - 357 pages
29. History of Fulton county, Illinois; (1879) - Chas. C. Chapman & Co - 1090 pages
30. History of Hardin County, Illinois (1939) - Hardin County (Ill.). Historical Committee for the Centennial - 76 pages
31. History of Jefferson County, Illinois (1883) - Perrin, William Henry - 556 pages
32. History of McHenry County, Illinois Volume 1 (1922) - 457 pages
33. History of McHenry County, Illinois Volume 2 (1922) - to page 959
34. History of New Haven, Illinois (1943) - Chastain, Jimmie - 65 pages
35. The history of Peoria, Illinois (1870) - Ballance, Charles - 271 pages
36. The history of Minier, Illinois (1967) - Graber, E. J; Minier, Ill. Centennial Committee - 87 paegs
37. History of DeKalb County, Illinois (1868) - Boies, Henry L. (Henry Lamson) - 530 pages
38. History of Knox County, Illinois (1878) - Chas. C. Chapman & Co - 718 pages
39. History of Douglas county, Illinois (1876) - Niles, Henry Clay - 79 pages
40. History of Cook County, Illinois : being a general survey of Cook County history, including a condensed history of Chicago and special account of districts outside the city limits : from the earliest settlement to the present time Volume 1 (1909) - Goodspeed, Weston Arthur; Healy, Daniel David - 850 pages
41. History of Cook County, Illinois : being a general survey of Cook County history, including a condensed history of Chicago and special account of districts outside the city limits : from the earliest settlement to the present time Volume 2 (1909) - Goodspeed, Weston Arthur; Healy, Daniel David - 812 pages

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