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*'''Parking: ''' [http://www.illinois.gov/alplm/library/aboutus/visit/Pages/Parking.aspx ALPLM parking]. | *'''Parking: ''' [http://www.illinois.gov/alplm/library/aboutus/visit/Pages/Parking.aspx ALPLM parking]. | ||
*'''Public transportation: ''' | *'''Public transportation: ''' All [http://www.smtd.org/displayPage.asp?pID=30 SMTD bus routes] stop within 5 blocks of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library. Routes 1, 3, 6, 16, and HS (Historic Sites) stop next to the Library. | ||
'''Internet sites and databases:''' <br> | '''Internet sites and databases:''' <br> | ||
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Holdings consist of photos, broadsides, oral histories, 12 million manuscripts items such as letters and diaries of Civil War soldiers, the personal papers of legislators and governors, and the records of businesses, 5,000 newspapers, 72,000 books and pamphlets, 3,000 maps, and 1,200 periodical series. This includes family genealogies; county histories; cemetery inscriptions; atlases and plat books; indexes and transcriptions of census, vital records, and naturalization records for many counties. Records of the [[Union Veterans' and Lineage Society Records|Grand Army of the Republic ]], the Civil War Union veteran's society, are also included. The online collection has a statewide [http://www.illinoishistory.gov/lib/obit_finder.htm obituary search] for newspapers held at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library. They also have [http://www.illinois.gov/alplm/library/collections/printedmaterials/Pages/default.aspx Searchable Surname Index] of biographical sketches in county histories.<ref>[http://www.illinois.gov/alplm/library/collections/printedmaterials/Pages/default.aspx Printed Materials] in ''Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum'' (accessed 7 April 2015).</ref> | Holdings consist of photos, broadsides, oral histories, 12 million manuscripts items such as letters and diaries of Civil War soldiers, the personal papers of legislators and governors, and the records of businesses, 5,000 newspapers, 72,000 books and pamphlets, 3,000 maps, and 1,200 periodical series. This includes family genealogies; county histories; cemetery inscriptions; atlases and plat books; indexes and transcriptions of census, vital records, and naturalization records for many counties. Records of the [[Union Veterans' and Lineage Society Records|Grand Army of the Republic ]], the Civil War Union veteran's society, are also included. The online collection has a statewide [http://www.illinoishistory.gov/lib/obit_finder.htm obituary search] for newspapers held at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library. They also have [http://www.illinois.gov/alplm/library/collections/printedmaterials/Pages/default.aspx Searchable Surname Index] of biographical sketches in county histories.<ref>[http://www.illinois.gov/alplm/library/collections/printedmaterials/Pages/default.aspx Printed Materials] in ''Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum'' (accessed 7 April 2015).</ref> | ||
The ALPLM also offers research assistance by appointment, collection guides, and interlibrary loans of printed material. | The ALPLM also offers research assistance by appointment, collection guides, and interlibrary loans of printed material. | ||
=== Guides === | === Guides === | ||