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Booklets, Brochures and Forms

Application for Practical Digital Preservation on a Shoestring AR D 175
Archival Professional Development Scholarship Application AR D 150
Discovering Family and Local History AR D 119
Five Tips for Writing a Successful ISHRAB Grant Proposal AR D 169
Guidelines for Genealogical Research AR D 123
Historical Records Grant Program AR D 151
Historical Records Grant Program Application Packet AR D 172
Illinois Archives Month Poster AR D 147
Illinois History, Geography and Government Quiz AR D 129
Illinois Patriot Information Form AR D 138
Illinois Patriot Information Form - Large Print AR D 144
Illinois State Archives AR D 121
Illinois State Archives 100 Years of History AR D 170
Illinois State Historical Records Advisory Board Directory of Illinois Archival Repositories AR D 143
Local Records Representative Territories AR D 152
Managing Social Media & the State and Local Records Acts: A Quick Guide for Social Media Policy and Management AR D 167
Managing Your Records and the Local Records Act: A Quick Guide for Disposing of Local Records LR 34
Mapping Your Past AR D 120
Record of Ancestry AR D 115
Records Management Reference Manual For Illinois State Government Agencies AR D PUB 5
Sustainable File Formats for Electronic Records A Guide for Government Agencies AR D 156

For the Record Newsletter

Volume 36, 2022 Number 1, Winter  •  Number 2, Spring
Volume 35, 2021 Number 1, Winter  •  Number 2, Spring  •  Number 3, Fall
Volume 34, 2020 Number 1, Winter  •  Number 2, Summer  •  Number 3, Fall
Volume 33, 2019 Number 1, Winter  •  Number 2, Spring  •  Number 3, Fall
Volume 32, 2018 Number 1, Winter  •  Number 2, Spring  •  Number 3, Fall
Volume 31, 2017 Number 1, Winter  •  Number 2, Spring  •  Number 3, Fall
Volume 30, 2016 Number 1, Winter  •  Number 2, Spring  •  Number 3, Fall
Volume 29, 2015 Number 1, Winter  •  Number 2, Spring  •  Number 3, Fall
Volume 28, 2014 Number 1, Winter  •  Number 2, Spring  •  Number 3, Fall
Volume 27, 2013 Number 1, Winter  •  Number 2, Spring  •  Number 3, Fall

Order Hard Copy Publications

Federal Township Plats, 1804–1891 (2002), 102 Illinois counties with each county on a CD-ROM. (contains plat images in MrSID format)
$20 (per county, please specify county name)
The Margaret Cross Norton Working Papers, 1924–1958 (1993), 8 – 35mm microfilm rolls with An Inventory and Index (1993), 7 microfiche (1,055 pages).
$60
Chicago City Council Proceedings Files, 1833–1871: An Inventory (1987), 989 pages and Chicago City Council Proceedings Files, 1833–1871: An Index (1987), 93 microfiche (18,714 pages).
$35
Illinois Public Domain Land Sales (1985), explanatory booklet 7 pages, and 144 microfiche.
$25
Abraham Lincoln in Illinois: A Selection of Documents from the Illinois State Archives (2008). Teacher's manual (87 pp.) and 35 document facsimiles with transcriptions.
$10*
Hard Times in Illinois, 1930–1940: A Selection of Documents from the Illinois State Archives (2002). Teacher's manual, 119 pages, and 50 document facsimiles.
$10*
The Illinois and Michigan Canal, 1827–1911: A Selection of Documents from the Illinois State Archives (1998). Teacher's manual, 115 pages, and 50 document facsimiles with transcriptions.
$12*
Illinois at War, 1941–1945: A Selection of Documents from the Illinois State Archives (1994). Teacher's manual, 119 pages, and 50 document facsimiles.
$12*
From the Ashes, 1872–1900: A Selection of Documents from the Proceedings Files of the Chicago City Council (1990). Teacher's manual, 123 pages, and 50 document facsimiles with transcriptions.
$10*
Early Chicago, 1833–1871: A Selection of City Council Proceedings Files from the Illinois State Archives (1986, 1999). Teacher's manual, 117 pages, and 50 document facsimiles with transcriptions.
$14*

* Publications are free to Illinois educational institutions. Please make requests on letterhead stationery.

Make checks payable to: Secretary of State.
Please send requests to:
Illinois State Archives
Publications Unit
Margaret Cross Norton Building
Capitol Complex
Springfield, IL 62756

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