Skip to main content

Illinois (state)

 Subject
Subject Source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
Scope Note: Coordinates: Lat: 40 00 00 N degrees minutes Lat: 40.0000 decimal degrees Long: 089 00 00 W degrees minutes Long: -89.0000 decimal degrees

Note: Inhabited by 8000 BCE; Mississippian people flourished ca. 1300 CE; had largest pre-Columbian community N of Mexico; various Algonquian tribes were here when French & English settled 17-18th centuries; went to USA in 1778 in Revolution; pro-Union in Civil War. http://www.getty.edu/vow/TGNFullDisplay?find=Illinois&place=state&nation=United+States&prev_page=1&english=Y&subjectid=7007251

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Wife of an Illinois Sawmill Worker's diary

 Collection
Identifier: SMC-344
Scope and Contents

One manuscript diary from 1892, written by the wife of a sawmill worker. Diary includes short notes on daily workers' activities and weather. Diary contains all comings and goings of the residence, along with a record of purchases, sales, and employee payments. Writer participated in and donated to her church's aid society. Residence somewhere between Chicago and Champagne, IL.

Dates: 1892