The Cook Memorial Public Library District Local History reference collection includes nearly 350 books on the history of Libertyville, Lake County, other Chicago collar communities, and the state of Illinois. The majority of the works are only available in print in the lower-level of the Cook Park library.
However, some of the books are accessible online through major content consolidators like Google Books, Internet Archive, HathiTrust, and the Library of Congress.
Here’s just a selection:
Libertyville
Libertyville: Then and Now by Laura Hickey, Arlene Lane, & Sonia Schoenfield
Libertyville Illustrated, Kehm, Fietsch & Miller Co. Press, 1897.
Our Town : the Story of the Growth and Development of a Typical American Town by Lowell Albert Nye, 1942.
Historical Libertyville-Mundelein from 1835, Libertyville-Mundelein Historical Society, c. 1976.
Mundelein
Mundelein by Shawn P. Killackey
Mundelein Seminary by Gail Kahover
Other area books from Arcadia Publishing
Lake County
Historical and Statistical Sketches of Lake County, State of Illinois by Elijah Middlebrook Haines, 1852.
A History of Lake County, Illinois, edited by John Halsey, 1912.
The Past and Present of Lake County, Illinois, Wm. Le Baron, 1877.
Portrait and Biographical Album of Lake County, Lake City Pub., 1891.
Illustrated atlas of Lake County, Illinois, H. R. Page & Co., 1885.
Illinois
Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois, ed. by Newton Bateman, 1902.
Illinois Place Names compiled by James N. Adams, 1989.
Don’t forget to check out our Local History page for other resources that are available from home – building histories, maps, newspapers, photographs & postcards, telephone books and more!
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