Local Information Online Library Resources


At War and At Home

access anywhere — Examine what Bloomington and Monroe County were like 1855–1875—before, during, and after the Civil War.


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Bloom Magazine Index

access anywhere — Locate articles in Bloom Magazine.

Compiled by Indiana Room staff and volunteers in partnership with Bloom.

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Community Organizations

access anywhere — The Library's database of nonprofit organizations in Monroe County.

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Herald-Times Full Text

accessible with library card — Full-text articles (1988–current) from the Herald-Times newspaper.  Also includes full-text articles from a variety of news magazines, including The Atlantic, Field & Stream, The National Review, Smithsonian, and more.

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Hoosier State Chronicles

access anywhere — Monroe County newspapers 1869–1932. Searchable by keyword. Part of the Indiana State Library's Digital Historic Newspaper Program.


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Indiana Bedrock

access anywhere — Photographs, letters, newspaper articles, business records and other ephemera related to Matthews Brothers Stone Company, an Ellettsville, Indiana limestone quarry operating 1862–1978.


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Monroe County Community Collections

access anywhere — Monroe County city and county ordinances, documents, yearbooks, plat maps, and historical items from local businesses and organizations.


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Monroe County Index

access anywhere — A finding aid for holdings in the Indiana Room Main Library and the Monroe County History Center. Includes county history, public records, coroner's reports, oral histories, and vertical file.


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Monroe County Obituary Index

access anywhere — Includes obituaries from old and current local newspapers in Monroe County. Compiled by MCPL staff and volunteers.

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Monroe County Timeline

access anywhere — The authoritative and popular index of our county's historical and curiously interesting events. A partnership between Monroe County Public Library, Monroe County History Center, and IU Archives.


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Monroe County Yearbook Index

access anywhere — Search by name for faculty, staff, and students in area yearbooks.

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The Smithville News

access anywhere — A digital collection of Smithville's history from 1897 - 1915.


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Alexander Memorial Veterans List

access anywhere - List of those honored by the Alexander Memorial on the courthouse lawn: Monroe County veterans of the Mexican War, Spanish-American War, Civil War, and World War I. Also includes Revolutionary Patriots buried in Monroe County.

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Counties of Morgan, Monroe, and Brown, Indiana

access anywhere - Digital historical and biographical 1884 book. Published by Charles Blanchard.

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Historic Treasures of Bloomington

access anywhere — Digitized version of the 1922 volume compiled by Forest M. Hall. From the cover: "True tales of deeds with interesting data in the life of Bloomington, Indiana university and Monroe County." Published by Indiana University Press.

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History of Lawrence and Monroe Counties

access anywhere - Digitized version of the 1914 volume devoted to the "people, industries, and institutions" of the two counties. Published by B.F. Bowen, Indianapolis.

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Monroe County History Center

access anywhere — Website of the History Center, located in Bloomington. Documents, photos, artifacts, records, and many other items of local significance held at MCHC indexed here.

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Monroe County Maps

access anywhere — List of Monroe County maps 1820-present, available for viewing in the Indiana Room.

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Monroe County Newspapers on Microfilm

access anywhere — List of newspapers on microfilm held in the Indiana Room. Also see The Smithville News, Bloomington News-Letter and Indiana State Library's Hoosier State Chronicles.

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Rootsweb for Monroe County

access anywhere — Research Monroe County history on Rootsweb, the Internet's oldest and largest genealogy community. Powered by ancestry.com.

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