About Localities

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Eastern Illinois University

• Charles Coleman Digital Archive
• EIU Archives
• The History of Old Main
• The Home Management House Babies
• Lord of the Manor

Charleston, Illinois

• A House for All Seasons: Five Mile House
• Brownshoe Factory
• Charleston Businesses
• Charleston Courthouse Square Architectural Survey
• The Charleston Murals
• Charleston Public Library
• Charleston Schools
• The Civilian Conservation Corps in Coles County
• Dudley Family Collection
• The Dudley House
• Gerry B. Dudley
• Presbyterians in Charleston
• Prohibition in Charleston
• Ranch Homes in the Atomic Age
• Tilford E. Dudley Digital Archive
• WWI Veteran Grave Tour- Mound Cemetery

Mattoon

• Advertising In Mattoon
• Baseball in Mattoon
• Black Barbers in Mattoon
• The Mad Gasser of Mattoon
• Mattoon Bibliography
• Mattoon Public Library
• Mattoon Railroads in the 19th Century
• Railroad Activity
• Mattoon Street Fairs
• Mattoon Timeline
• Theaters in Mattoon

Coles County

• Architecture in Coles County
• Coles County at War: World War I
• Coles County Legal History Project
• Copperheads in Coles County
• Fox Ridge State Park
• The Greenwood School
• Mapping Coles County
• Nahum Bigelow: The Mormon Conflict Through The Eyes of a Coles County Family
• On the Home Front: Coles County in World War II
• Paul Sargent
• Photographic Images and the History of African Americans in Coles County
• Thomas Lincoln Cemetery
• Using Coles County Historical Society Photographs

Illinois

• Fort Sheridan
• Illinois Newspapers and Post Offices
• Land Between the Waters: French History of Illinois
• Regional Folk Music

Localities

• About Localities
• Localities: The Journal

Additional Resources

• Coles County History Resources and History Organizations
• Illinois History Links
• Chicago History Links
• Using City Directories to Determine Community Identity
• Using Postcards as Historical Evidence

In 1997, members of The Eastern Illinois University History Department, in partnership with Consolidated Telephone Company (Lumpkin Foundation) and with the assistance of the Illinois Regional Archives Depository (IRAD) and the Graduate School/Vice President of Academic Affairs office of Eastern Illinois University, established Localités/Localities, a project which sought:

• To establish and expand a web-based center for local history, including interactive storage and retrieval of historical tools and documents.

• To foster use of the Web as a teaching and research tool for history in academia, regional schools, and the local community.

• To further local and worldwide discussion of local history.

Initially funded for five years, the project established a website where original materials were created and deposited regarding EIU, Charleston, Mattoon, Coles County, and Illinois history, as well as the Coles County Legal History Project database.

The project also comprised two conferences drawing international scholars on local history, and resulted in a collection of articles published in EIU’s Research and Review series. In 2014, the website was revamped and retitled Localities.

Past Localities Editorial Board:

• Terry Barnhart, History, Eastern Illinois University (EIU)

• Newton Key, History, EIU

• Debra Reid, History, EIU, Past Tracker

• Malgorzata J. Rymsza-Pawlowska, History, EIU, Digital Humanities

• Nora Pat Small, EIU

Special thanks to past Technology in History and Presidential Graduate Assistants, including: Brock Stafford (2016-2017), Amy Ramsland (2015-2016), Daniel Hess (2014-2015), James Willaert (2013-14), Joshua Mason (2003-04), Nathan Kremler (2002-03), Sarah Johnson (2001), Michael Kröll (2000), Anna Pfeifer, Andreas Dür, and Laura Kent (1998-99), and past Historical Administration students, under the direction of Terry Barnhart, who create much of the Coles County and Illinois history materials. Further thanks to Christopher Waldrep, Michael Kröll, and Newton Key, who helped create the Coles County Legal History Project.