Indiana Room
Monroe County Field Notes
Monroe County Field Notes is a virtual dig to uncover stories about 19th-century landmarks and people, from 1816–1876. It's fun and free to get involved and your research will help us diversify our community’s history! Start researching.
MCPL Digital
Digital copies of Bloomington area yearbooks, eventually expanding to other community historical records.
See also: Monroe County Yearbook Index.
Monroe County Obituary Index
Covers most of the Bloomington newspapers (1824 – current month).
Monroe County Community Collections
Early Monroe County historical and cultural records and documents.
Monroe County Index
A finding aid for items held in the Indiana Room including:
Vertical File folders, microfilm and more.
Monroe County Timeline
The authoritative and popular index of our county's historical and curiously interesting events.
See also: Library History Timeline.
At War and At Home
Examine what Bloomington and Monroe County were like before, during, and after the Civil War, 1855-1875.
Indiana Bedrock
Limestone industry archives related to Matthews Brothers Stone Company, an Ellettsville, IN, limestone quarry operating 1862–1978.
The Smithville News
A Digital Collection of Smithville's History 1897-1915.