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Online Resources Available for Research
The Hinsdale Historical Society has a local history archive as part of the Roger and Ruth Anderson Architecture Center located at Immanuel Hall. It contains a variety of materials related to the history of Hinsdale and DuPage County, as well as Chicago and Illinois. Some of the resources available are published histories and maps, many of which are available online.
Digitized by various libraries and archives around the country, these resources are accessible through websites like Archive.org, the Illinois Digital Archives, and Google Books. For those conducting historical and genealogical research, these online resources provide quicker and more thorough searches than through traditional methods.
First of all, one can conduct research from the comfort of his/her home (although visiting small historical archive like ours certainly has its own rewards). Secondly, instead of relying on the index – if there even is one – one can enter any search term, and it will be located within the document. Of course, common word names, like Bush or Grove, will get more hits for non-related stories and topics, but one might also find references not included in the index. Most of these websites will also allow for downloads of the whole book or map, as a PDF or other document type.
Here’s a list, by publication date, of some of the local history resources that can be found online. Some can be found on more than one website, although only one link is included here, based on what is considered to have better search capabilities. For those items that can also be found in the Hinsdale Historical Society Archives or at the Hinsdale Public Library, those are marked accordingly.
1851
Map of the Counties of Cook and DuPage, the east part of Kane and Kendall, the north part of Will, State of Illinois; Compiled by James H. Rees, Land Agent; Printed and Engraved at Ferd. Mayer’s Lithograph, New York
1857
A History of the County of Du Page, Illinois; by C. W. Richmond & H. F. Vallette; Steam Presses of Scripps, Bross and Spears, Chicago
1870
Van Vechten's map of Cook & Du Page Counties also the norther portion of Lake County, Indiana; Published and Sold by J. Van Vechten; Chas. Shober Steam Printing House, Chicago
1874
Combination Atlas Map of DuPage County, Illinois; by Thompson Bro's & Burr, Elgin, Illinois
HHS – 2 copies (original), 4 copies (repro)
1874
Chicago and Its Suburbs; by Everett Chamberlin; Published by T. A. Hungerford & Co., Chicago, Illinois
HHS – 2 copies
1876
History of DuPage County, Illinois; by the Board of Supervisors of Du Page County, Illinois; Knickerboker & Hodder, Publishers, Aurora, Illinois
HHS – one copy
1882
History of DuPage County, Illinois; by Rufus Blanchard; O.L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers, Chicago, Illinois
HHS – one copy
1884
History of Chicago from the Earliest Period to the Present Time in Three Volumes, Volume I – Ending with the Year 1857; by A. T. Andreas; A. T. Andreas, Publisher, Chicago.
HHS – one copy
1890
Snyder's real estate map of Cook and Dupage Counties, Illinois; Published by F. M. Snyder, Chicago, Illinois
1892
Encyclopedia of Biography of Illinois, Volume I; The Century Publishing and Engraving Company, Chicago
HHS – one copy
1894
Portrait and Biographical Record of DuPage and Cook Counties, Illinois, Lake City Publishing Co., Chicago, Illinois
HHS – two copies
1895
Picturesque Hinsdale, Wm. H. Baker & E. J. Phelps, photographers; Wm. H. Baker, Chicago
HHS – 3 copies
1895
History of Chicago, Illinois, Volume I & II; Hon. John Moses & Maj. Joseph Kirkland, Editors; Munsell & Co., Publishers, Chicago & New York
Archive.org (Volume I)
Archive.org (Volume II)
HHS – one copy (of each volume)
1898
Snyder's Real Estate Map of Cook, Du Page and part of Will Counties, Illinois; by Max Rondonell; William L. Mitchell, Chicago, Illinois
1901
Wau-Bun: The Early Day in the Northwest; by Mrs. John H. Kinzie of Chicago, Edited with Notes and Introduction by Eleanor Kinzie Gordon; Rand, McNally & Company, Publishers, Chicago and New York
HHS – one copy
1904
20th Century Atlas of Du Page County, Illinois; Middle-West Publishing Co., Chicago, Illinois
HHS – 3 copies
1912
Book of the Western Suburbs: Homes, Gardens, Landscapes, Highways and Byways, Past and Present; by Marian A. White; published by J. Harrison White; Chicago, Illinois
HHS – two copies
1913
Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois and History of Du Page County (Historical and Biographical), Volume II, Illustrated
Newton Bateman, LL. D. & Paul Selby, A. M., editors; Munsell Publishing Company, Chicago, Illinois
HHS – 3 copies
1923
Chicago's Highways Old and New: From Indian Trail to Motor Road, by Milo M. Quaife; D. F. Keller & Company, Chicago, Illinois
HHS – one copy
1924-25
Du Page County, Illinois, Directory; McDonough & Company, Chicago, Illinois
1948
Du Page County: A Descriptive and Historical Guide, 1831-1939; Marion Knoblauch, editor; Irvin A. Ruby, Distributor, Elmhurst, Illinois
HHS – 2 copies
1949
Village on the County Line: A History of Hinsdale, Illinois; by Hugh G. Dugan; Friends of the Library, Hinsdale, Illinois
HHS – 5 copies
HPL – R 977.324 DUG
1957
Hinsdale Sanitarium and Hospital, by Hugh G. Dugan
HHS – 7 copies
1985
DuPage Roots; Richard A. Thompson, editor
DuPage County Historical Society
HHS – 2 copies
HPL – R 977.324 THO
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