Maroa-Forsyth School Archives


School Student Libraians 19521952 School Student Librarians with Mr. Kitowski 1

Reference Library Materials


General Illinios and Macon/DeWitt County reference books housed in the Archives include:

Illinois Books

1958 State Basketball Tournament Championship booklet - from Dick Thomas (Class of 1958)
Illinois Basketball Coaches Association Hall of Fame Book (1998)
Life on the County Line - Charles I. Derr (1987)
Lincoln's New Salem - Benjamin P. Thomas (1934)
The Making of Illinois - Irwin F. Mather (1926)
The Old Courthouse - Donald Dosch (1979)
The Prairie State: Civil War to the Present - Robert P. Sutton (1976)
The Prairie State: Colonial Years to 1860 - Robert P. Sutton (1976)
This is Illinois - Jay Monghan (1949)
Township School Trustee and Treasurers in Illinois, 1819-1980 - Charles W. Clabaugh (1980)

Macon/DeWitt County Books

100 Years from the Decatur Herald and Review and the Decatur Daily Review (1978)
Aerial Illinois - DeWitt County (1955)
Aerial Illinios - Macon County, Books 1 and 2 (1954)
City of Decatur and Macon County, Vol. 1 - William E. Nelson (1910)
Combined 1874 Atlas, 1891 Plat Book and 1903 Atlas of Macon County, Illinois (reprint) (1996)
History of DeWitt County, Illustrated, Vol. I, II (1910)
History of Macon County, Illustrated (1880)
History of Macon County - O. T. Banton (1976)
Macon County, Images of America - Dan Guillory (2007)
Macon County Memories - Decatur Herald and Review (2015)
Macon County Platbooks for years 1951, 1955(?), 1967, 1972, 1977, 1978/79, 1980, 1981, 1987, 1997
Rural Schools of Macon County - Florence Scott White (1978)

Maroa History Books

The Developmental Plan for Maroa Township (1971)
Maroa Centennial Book (1954)
Maroa Sesquicentennial Book (2004)
Municipal Code of the City of Maroa (1901)
Voices from the Prairie - Martha Bunton Query (2015)

Unpublished Maroa Histories

History of Maroa by George Waller
The Maroa Churches by Ethel Longsdorff
Maroa Schools by Margarte Leach
Rural Maroa Schools by Virgil Wikoff and Grace Cornwell Wikoff
Maroa History and Social Life by Louise Gentle

Forsyth History Books

Forsyth and Its People - Mowry, Thrift, Benton (1910)
The History of Forsyth - Howard Walters and Russell Sawyer (1982)

School-Related Books

Sweet Sixteen Basketball Reunion Program
Dream Seasons - Scott Wentworth (2008)
Macon-Piatt School Directory (1998/99)
School Directory, Macon County (1939-1940)
Catalogue and course of study of the public schools of Maroa, Macon Co., Ill., June, 1901 (the School Archives does not have physical copy of this; this is a link to the digitized version)


Notes

1 Maroa High School. The Trojan 1952 [Yearbook]. Taylor Publishing Company, Dallas, Texas, 1952, p. 101. https://archive.org/details/maroalibrary_gmail_1952/page/n100/mode/1up


Historical items have been made available to the community for research and study purposes and to satisfy curiosity. Due to the nature of the colloquialisms, culture, attitude, and/or political climate of the various time periods represented, some content may be deemed “inappropriate" if viewed outside of its historical context. In addition, the newspapers, logos, branding, and other publication identifiers are the trademarks of the newspapers and other publishers. Our use of newspaper content contained in this archive in no way implies an affiliation with, or endorsement from, the publisher. Included photos have been identified from owner's notatations or through community members. If you believe there has been an error in identification of any materials, please email the Maroa-Forsyth School Archives.