University Archives and Special Collections Research

The Special Collections in Booth Library contains a wide variety of a growing number of documents, collections, and artifacts related to Charleston, Mattoon, Coles County, and its environs. To find materials on local history, browse call number ranges for Illinois counties. For example:

Individual cities and towns can also be located by call number, for example: 

Searches using subject headings and subject heading strings in the Booth Library Catalog can also yield useful results.
Here are a few examples:

Subject heading = Charleston (Ill.) - History

Subject heading =Coles County (Ill.) - History

Subject heading = Illinois - Description and travel