Researching with Primary Sources (using Elmhurst and Elmhurst
College as sample topics)
Preliminary Research
Read general histories/secondary
sources to focus on a particular
topic.
Use
I-Share
to find what Elmhurst College and 70 other academic and research
institutions in Illinois own.
Use
SWAN to find
what Elmhurst Public Library and over 75 other local public, community
college and special libraries own.
Use
WorldCat
to find what is owned by more than 44,000 libraries worldwide.
Elmhurst (city) histories
- Treasures of Elmhurst History
(2007), R 977.324 T784
- Visionary: an Elmhurst
Retrospective (2006), R 977.324 S852v
- The First Ladies of Elmhurst:
Prominent Women of the Twentieth Century (2001), 977.324 S897
- Elmhurst's Sesquicentennial:
Reflections of the Past, 1836-1986 (1986), SPECC 977.324 E48L
- Elmhurst: Scenes from Yesterday
(1986), 977.324 E48
- Elmhurst: Trails from Yesterday
(1977), 977.324 R962e
- "Old Elmhurst": Being the
Personal Recollections of a Native (1973), 977.324 B329o
- Elmhurst, Prairie to Tree Town
(1968), 977.324 B489e
Elmhurst College histories
- An Ever-Widening Circle: the
Elmhurst College Years (1995), 378.77324 C989e
- The First One Hundred Years
(1971), 378.77324 F527
- Elmhurst: Developmental Study
of a Church-Related College (1966), 378.77324 D397e 1990
DuPage County histories
- DuPage at 150 and Those Who
Shaped our World (1989), 977.324 M822d
- DuPage Roots (1985),
977.324 T475d
- DuPage Discovery 1776-1976
(1976), 977.324 D929
Newspapers are a good source for
getting details about particular
events and public sentiment at the time of those events.
Elmhurst (city) newspapers
- Elmhurst Doings (EC has current 2
months, EPL has 2001-date)
- Elmhurst Independent (EC has current
2 months, EPL has 2002-date)
- Elmhurst Press (EC has current
2 months, EPL has 1918-date)
Elmhurst College news sources
- Leader (1991-date available in
Bound Periodicals - lower level)
- formerly Elmhurst
College Leader (1979-1990 available in Bound Periodicals)
- formerly Elmhurst College
Newpaper (available in Archives)
- formerly Elm Bark (available
in Archives)
- Prospect (2000-date
available in Bound Periodicals)
- formerly Elmhurst College
Magazine (1988-1998 available
in Bound Periodicals, earlier years in Archives)
Chicago Newspapers
Identifying and Locating Primary Sources
Finding an Appropriate Primary Source Repository
Local:
Archival and
Manuscript Repositories in Metropolitan Chicago and the Calumet Region
of Northwest Indiana
National/International:
Repositories
of Primary Sources
Elmhurst Archives Links
Citing Archival/Primary Sources in Turabian Style
Hollins
University Writing Center - Turabian Style Documentation - see
"Citing Information from Primary Sources"
Reading,
Writing and Researching for History: A Guide for College Students -
"Advanced Citation"
Page created 3 January 2007 and last
updated 29 February 2008 by Elaine
Fetyko Page, College Archivist