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Archives and Special Collections

Local History Room

August Displays

Since the Local History Room is now open, come in and check out our table displays for this month.

Lincoln Square Theatre

One of this month's digital displays includes a feature on the Lincoln Square Theatre. Explore the history of this Decatur icon.

Tolly's Market

One of Decatur's much loved stores was Tolly's. Follow Tolly's through the decades.

Be a Part of Decatur History!

Black Lives Matter

Do you have photos or documents of Decatur's Black Lives Matter protests?
The Archives and Special Collection Department (Local History Room) would like your help to document the Black Lives Matter experience in Macon County for future generations. Contact us at localhistory@decaturlibrary.org

COVID-19

Are you writing down your experience during the pandemic, taking photographs? Have you received documents pertaining to COVID-19?
The Archives and Special Collection Department (Local History Room) would like your help to document the COVID-19 experience in Macon County for future generations. Contact us at localhistory@decaturlibrary.org

Explore Your Family Tree

Newspaper Archive

Find full-text articles on local news, issues, events, people and much more from current and archived issues of the Herald & Review. Updated daily, it includes obituaries, editorials, announcements, sports, real estate and more.

Family and Military Databases

Interested in doing genealogical research? We can help with that! We can help locate birth and obituary records for Macon County as well as military service, and much more. Check out these databases

Oral History Collection

We continue to add to our oral history collection. Check out all the new additions!

Local History is OPEN!

The Local History Room is open!
Our current hours are Monday-Friday
10 a.m. - 2 p.m. or you can contact us at localhistory@decaturlibrary.org

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130 N. Franklin St Decatur, IL 62523
Phone: (217) 424-2900