This is a partial list of sources for this page and a good starting point for other researchers. Most of these are free to the public unless noted otherwise. Ask for help! Many of these databases and archives are made possible and useful by the people (staff, librarians, researchers, students, etc) who create and maintain them.
Sources:
Books: The book list is still incomplete. A partial list is available now, but it is a work in progress.
The Champaign County Historical Archives at the Urbana Free Library.
- Including: Financial records of the Ku Klux Klan of Champaign and Urbana, Illinois.
Champaign Public Library News-Gazette Archives and Online Tools.
Champaign-Urbana Theater History website by Perry C. Morris.
David Early's Local Klan Research.
eBlackCU: The eBlack Champaign-Urbana project is a collaborative portal on African-American history and culture that draws on multiple public and private collections of information on the African-American community in Champaign-Urbana.
Hoosier State Chronicles newspaper archives of the Indiana State Library.
Illinois State Library and the Illinois Digital Archives.
JSTOR digital library (payment service on most materials).
Tom Kacich columns from the Champaign News-Gazette. Examples:
- A bit behind, Champaign County finally paved its roads 100 years ago, 3/1/2021.
- KKK operated openly here in the '20s, 9/24/1997.
Library of Congress: Chronicling America Historic American Newspapers.
Museum of the Grand Prairie and the The Doris K Wylie Hoskins Archive. The Hoskins Archive materials can also be found on eBlackCU and the Champaign County Archives Local History Online (LHO), specifically if you search for Doris Hoskins.
Newspapers.com Archives for the Chicago Daily Tribune, the Mahomet Journal-Gazette and others (payment service).
Northwestern University's McCormick Special Collections and Archives.
ProQuest Research Library (payment service, but many features available for free with Champaign Public Library and other libraries).
University of Illinois and Illinois Library Resources:
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