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Local History Collection Illinois and Local History at the Dixon Public Library Illinois and Local History at the Dixon Public Library Welcome to our Illinois and Local History Collection At the Dixon Public Library, we are very proud of our Illinois and Local History Collection, which covers Dixon, Lee County, and Illinois. It’s not limited to history though, with books on subjects as diverse as sports, wildlife, politics, and travel in the collection. Over the four and a half years we have gathered together over 3300 items, including 1550 distinct titles. Over 650 of these are available to be checked out, and the rest can be consulted at the library. We have more work to do and are excited by what there is still left to find. We are in the process of building an online collection of local history resources at the Illinois Digital Archive. Our Dixon College online collection can be found at https://tinyurl.com/dpldixoncollege and our Dixon History online collection is located at https://tinyurl.com/dpldigitaldixon. If you have any local history materials you would like to donate to the library, I would be very happy to see if they would fit into the collection. What follows is a complete list of the titles that we have currently available, along with notes on how they may be used. Antony Deter, Director A note on using this guide Items are listed by call number. Those items with call numbers starting with LH (Local History) are available to be checked out. These are available on the east side of the 1900 building. Those beginning with LHR (Local History Reference) can be consulted in the library but may not be checked out. Many of these are available for consultation on shelves next to the LH collection. Items marked in the Notes column as “Adult desk”, including yearbooks, city directories, telephone books, plat books, pamphlets, and manuscripts can be consulted at the adult circulation desk on request. Items marked “Vault” may also be requested but it will take a few minutes to retrieve them for you. Items marked “Digital” are included in one of our online collections. Dixonian Yearbooks are not individually listed in this guide. The library has copies of all yearbooks from 1914-2017, except that we are missing the one 1916 for which we only have a photocopy. One of each yearbook is kept at the adult desk. Call Number Title Author Year Type Notes The I-Files: true reports of unexplained LH 001.942 Rat Rath, Jay 1999 Book phenomena in Illinois Monsters of Illinois: mysterious creatures in LH 001.944 Tay Taylor, Troy 2011 Book the Prairie State LHR 010.91 Som Some books on Rock River Valley Dixon Public Library 1941 Pamphlet Adult desk 3 volumes near Dixon Library index of the Dixon Telegraph, Lee County LHR 011.35 Dix 2000 Manuscript microfilm 1851-1947 Genealogical Society reader Southern Illinois University, Paul LHR 011.8 Ill Illinois 101 recommended reading list 2020 Pamphlet Adult desk Simon Public Policy Institute Newspapers in the Illinois State Historical Illinois State LHR 016.071 New 1998 Book Library Historical Library Dixon Public Library presents the great artists: LHR 016.7 Dix Da Vinci, Renoir, Van Gogh, Homer, a selected Dixon Public Library 1980 Pamphlet Adult desk bibliography Printed sources: a guide to published LH 016.929 Pri Ancestry 1988 Book genealogical records LH 016.973 Fil A bibliography of American county histories Filby, P. William 1985 Book Descriptive bibliography of Civil War LHR 016.9737 Bur Burton, William L. 1966 Book manuscripts in Illinois LH 016.9773 Gui A Guide to the history of Illinois 1991 Book LHR 017 Dix Graded List of Books Dixon Public Library 1941 Pamphlet Adult desk The lady and the library loafer: gender and 2 copies, adult LHR 020.9 Van Van Slyck, Abigail A. 1996 Pamphlet public space in Victorian America desk Advertisement for bids, instructions to bidders, specifications and proposal for Robert Hofmann and LHR 022 Adv 1958 Document Adult desk proposed improvements, Dixon Public Library, Associates Dixon, Illinois (Permanent Retention item) Air conditioning specifications Dixon Public LHR 022.8 Air Library, Dixon, Illinois (Permanent Retention Dixon Public Library Document Vault item) Career opportunities as a library LHR 023.3 Car Sauk Valley College 1965 Pamphlet Adult desk aid/technician City of Dixon, Illinois public library funds: 1963- LHR 025.1 Cit report upon examination of financial Lindgen, Burton E. Documents 19 issues, vault 1986 statements (Permanent Retention item) Dixon Public Library Board of Trustees 1924- 33 volumes, LHR 025.1 Dix Dixon Public Library Documents minutes (Permanent Retention item) 2021 vault Library trust fund of the City of Dixon, Illinois: Clifton, Gunderson & 1987- LHR 025.1 Lib financial statements and accountants' report Documents 26 issues, vault Co. 2011 (Permanent Retention item) Scripts & correspondence for Dixon Public LHR 025.52 Scr Dixon Public Library 1948 Documents Vault Library program on WSDR Genealogical research and resources: a guide LH 026.92 Gil Gilmer, Lois C. 1988 Book for library use Assessment report for Dixon Public Library: Willett Hofmann LHR 027.4 Ass lower level east light well water infiltration 2017 Document Vault Associates, Inc. (Permanent Retention item) Correspondence regarding Dixon Public LHR 027.4 Cor Library donating books for the World War I 1918 Documents Adult desk war effort Dixon Public Library: Library Services and Construction Act grant project #1-90-0189- LHR 027.4 Dix Clifton Gunderson 1990 Document Vault 406 : financial statements (Permanent Retention item) Dixon Public Library lower floor, main floor, & LHR 027.4 Dix 2009 CD-ROM Vault attic floor plans CAD file & PDF LH Index card LHR 027.4 Han The Dixon Public Library Hancher, Gretchen 2000 Letter card box, adult desk The Dixon Public Library (letter card with LH Index card LHR 027.4 Han Hancher, Gretchen 2000 Letter card description on back) box, adult desk 1986- LHR 027.4 Lib Library lines Dixon Public Library Newsletter Vault 2008 Dixon Public Library, Dixon, Illinois presents LHR 027.4 Scr 1993 Documents Vault "Writers live at the library" 2 issues, adult LHR 027.42 Dix Dixon Public Library presents Dixon Public Library 1986 Pamphlet desk Dixon Public Library welcomes Secretary of LHR 027.42 Dix State and State Librarian, Jesse White: project Dixon Public Library 2001 Pamphlet Adult desk next generation LHR 027.42 Pro Programming and marketing video services Dixon Public Library 1992 Pamphlet Adult desk Project manual for Dixon Public Library: 2017 Willett Hofmann LHR 027.42 Pro elevator modernization project (Permanent 2017 Pamphlet Vault Associates, Inc. Retention item) Additions and alterations to Dixon Public LHR 027.47 Add Library, Dixon, Illinois. (Permanent retention Dixon Public Library 1970 Documents 2 copies, vault item) Application for authority to dispose of local LHR 027.47 App records. Dixon Public Library (Permanent Dixon Public Library 2014 Documents Vault retention item) Building assessment for Dixon Public Library Willett Hofmann & 1 at adult desk, LHR 027.47 Bui 2018 Documents (Permanent retention item) Associates, Inc. 1 in vault Building improvement report: progress on the LHR 027.47 Det capital plan for fiscal years 2016/17 and Dixon Public Library 2018 Document Adult desk 2017/18 2 copies, LH LHR 027.47 Dix Dixon Public Library children's library 1949 Photograph Index card box, adult desk LHR 027.47 Dix Dixon Public Library Dixon Public Library 1983 Pamphlet Adult desk LHR 027.47 Dix Dixon Public Library Dixon Public Library 2000 Pamphlet Adult desk Dixon Public Library, Dixon, Illinois, May 1, 2 copies, adult LHR 027.47 Dix 1995-April 30, 1996: 1895-1995, 100 years’ Dixon Public Library 1996 Pamphlet desk service to the community LHR 027.47 Dix ILLINET interlibrary loan traffic Dixon Public Library 2001 Documents Vault Northern Illinois LHR 027.47 Dix Dixon Public Library: citizen survey Human Services 1988 Document Adult desk Consultants Foundation boring report: Dixon Public Testing Engineers, LHR 027.47 Fou Library addition, Dixon, Illinois. (Permanent 1966 Document Vault Inc. retention item) Illinois historic sites survey and inventory: LHR 027.47 Ill 1954 Documents Adult desk Dixon Public Library Minutes of Library Board and City Council LHR 027.47 Min meeting taken on July 13, 1960. (Permanent 1960 Document 2 copies, vault retention item) Plans for new addition to present library LHR 027.47 Pla Dixon Public Library 1966 Document Vault addition. (Permanent retention item) Project manual for handicapped accessibility McLane & McLane LHR 027.47 Pro modifications to the Dixon Public Library, 1985 Document Vault Architects Dixon, Illinois. (Permanent retention item) Project manual for Dixon Public Library: 2017 Willett Hofmann & LHR 027.47 Pro elevator modernization project. (Permanent 2017 Document Vault Associates, Inc. retention item) Script for slide presentation: Dixon Public LHR 027.47 Scr Dixon Public Library 1988 Pamphlet Adult desk Library Specifications for the re-roofing of Dixon LHR 027.47 Spe Public Library addition. (Permanent retention Dixon Public Library 1991 Document Vault item) Annual report Dixon Public Library, Dixon, 1961 to 2 volumes, LHR 027.477 Dix Dixon Public Library Documents Illinois. (Permanent retention item) date vault 027.477336 Bank purchases bonds for Dixon Public LH Photograph LHR 1969 Photograph Ban Library addition box, vault 027.477336 100 years service to the community, 1895- LH Photograph LHR 1995 Drawing One 1995 box, vault Papers pertaining to the purchase of the land 027.477336 used for the parking lot of the Dixon Public 1939- LHR Documents Vault Pap Library and other documents relating to 1965 library real estate 027.5773 Illinois State Library heritage project 1839- LH Emery, Tom 2013 Book 2 copies Eme 2013 Friends of the Dixon LHR 027.7 Fri Friends of the Dixon Public Library scrapbook 1983 Scrapbook Vault Public Library LHR 028.533 Sto Story hour scripts Dixon Public Library 1981 Documents Adult desk Good to see you! glad to help?: a guide to the 3 copies, adult LHR 028.709 Sau historical collection of the Dixon Public Saunders, Janet 1980 Pamphlet desk Library LHR 030 Nin The 1955 Almanac Lee Almanac Co.
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