Allerton Public Library maintains a Local History Collection in the Max Hency Local History Room at the Library. The Library collects photographs, maps, print materials and non-print materials (including oral histories) focusing on Piatt County, Illinois. Local History Room closes 15 minutes prior to Library closing. Computers in Local History Room are for Historical and Genealogical research … Continue reading

Search Digital Archive Here Search online through 100+ years of local newspapers, yearbooks and other documents in the Digital Newspaper Archive. No library card required. The Allerton Public Library District digital archives project began in late spring 2013 through a generous donation of $100,000 from the Robert Milligan Trust. As copies of the local newspapers … Continue reading

Additional Galleries Sam Roane Photograph Collection Jessie Morgan Photograph Collection Harold Scott Photograph Collection Irene Tindle Photograph Collection Lula Mae Gaskill Retirement Party – 1983 Monticello Sesquicentennial Celebration – July 1987 Allerton Public Library 95th Birthday – 1992 Allerton Public Library 100th Birthday – 1997

Over a Century of Service [1897 – 2018] At the April 1895 Monticello town meeting, the possibility of a combination Town Hall-Library Building was discussed. Opinion was divided, partly because the proposed building was also to contain an Opera House. Certain prominent landowners opposed the building and the question was heatedly discussed. After much debate, … Continue reading

The Library has over 40 recorded Oral Histories from community members and several Historical Film-clips available for viewing.