Hoosier Character
Indiana Room Collections and Services
Get answers to your questions about local and family history.
Details about what's available at the Downtown Library and online, plus guides and parking information.
A finding aid for items held in the Indiana Room including:
Vertical File folders, microfilm and more.
Local and Family History eLibrary Collections
more local and family history eLibrary resources
Images from Bloomington area yearbooks, with more historical images to come!
See also: Monroe County Yearbook Index.
An index of death and funeral notices from most Bloomington newspapers (1824–2019).
The authoritative and popular index of our county's historical and curiously interesting events.
See also: Library History Timeline.
Plat, Sanborn, and other local maps available in the Indiana Room and online.
Examine what Bloomington and Monroe County were like before, during, and after the Civil War (1855–1875).
Early Monroe County historical and cultural records and documents.
Limestone industry archives and photos related to several companies, including Matthews Brothers Stone Company.
A digital collection of Smithville's history (1897–1915).