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Online
Index: Libertyville newspaper index 1894-1932
Full-Text:
- Lake County Independent
- Lake County Independent and Waukegan Weekly Sun
- Libertyville Independent
- Lake County Register
- Newspapers.com Library Edition (requires a CMPLD card for access outside the library). Includes:
- Little Fort Porcupine
- Waukegan Weekly Gazette
- Lake County Independent
- Libertyville Independent
- Lake County Register
- Libertyville News
- Daily Herald
- America’s News
Includes the Libertyville Review (1995-present), Vernon Hills Review (1995-present), Lake County News-Sun (1997-present), and Daily Herald (1995-present)
Microfilm
- Little Fort Porcupine (1845 – 1847 select issues)
- Waukegan Weekly Gazette (1850 – 1886 select issues)
- Lake County Independent (February 1894 – April 21, 1916)
- Libertyville Independent (April 28, 1916 – 1929)
- Lake County Register (January 7, 1922 – April 1, 1930)
- Independent-Register (April 3, 1930 – December 1987)
- The News-Sun (January 1988 – December 1999)
- Daily Herald (January 1999 – 2023)
- Libertyville News (1932 – 1941)
- Libertyville Review (Oct 1982-Dec 2004, at Cook Park Library)
- Vernon Review (July 1974-August 1985, incomplete, at Aspen Drive Library)
- Vernon Hills Review (September 1985-August 2004, incomplete, at Aspen Drive Library)
Newspapers
- Little Fort Porcupine (1845 – 1847 select issues)
- Waukegan Weekly Gazette (1850 – 1886 select issues)
- Lake County Independent (February 1894 – April 21, 1916)
- Libertyville Independent (April 28, 1916 – 1929)
- Lake County Register (January 7, 1922 – April 1, 1930)
- Independent-Register (April 3, 1930 – December 1987)
- The News-Sun (January 1988 – December 1999)
- Daily Herald (January 1999 – 2023)
- Libertyville News (1932-1941)
Local records
- High School Board of Education Board Minutes (1916-1926)
- Libertyville Township Highway Commissioners Record (1888-1972)
- Libertyville Township Town Record (1850-1965)
- School Trustees, Superintendent of Schools/ESR Record Book Minutes (1841-1866)
Research Online:
- Libertyville’s Historic Milwaukee Avenue Walking Tour – historical photos and background information on Milwaukee Ave. buildings
- Maps
- Newspapers available online:
- Libertyville newspapers (1894 – 1932)
- Newspapers.com Library Edition (requires a CMPLD card for access outside the library)
- America’s News Includes the Libertyville Review (1995-present), Vernon Hills Review (1995-present), Lake County News-Sun (1997-present), and Daily Herald (1995-present)
- Obituary Index (1894-2005)
- Online Exhibits – includes Made in Libertyville, Mail Order Houses, Growing Up in Libertyville in the 30s and 40s, and more
- Photos, Postcards, Documents – Over 3,900 items from the Libertyville Historical Society collection of the Illinois Digital Archives
- Telephone Books (select years 1904 – 1959)
In person:
- Books – search the local history book collection in our catalog for use in the library
- Local History File – Over 900 Subject and House Folders with newspaper clippings and other print materials
- Maps
- Sanborn Maps – Illinois (in-library use only)
- Map File Inventory
- Microfilm (see FAQs for inventory)
- Newspapers
- Libertyville Review (October 1982-December 2004, incomplete, at Cook Park Library)
- Vernon Review (July 1974-August 1985, incomplete, at Aspen Drive Library)
- Vernon Hills Review (September 1985-August 2004, incomplete, at Aspen Drive Library)
- Telephone Books (select years 1913-2017, 2021)
- Yearbooks
- Libertyville High School (1918-1942, 1944-2011, 2014, 2015, 2022 at Cook Park Library)
- Vernon Hills High School (2001-2012 at Aspen Drive Library)
- Mundelein High School (1962, 1963, 1965, 1967, 1968 at Cook Park Library)
- Carmel High School (1968, 1972, 1976-1979, 1981 at Cook Park Library)
- Highland Middle School (1953-56, 1958-1960, 1962, 1963, 1970 at Cook Park Library)
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