[Since I ask my students to do local field research into writing, I try to provide information on potential research sites.]
Chamber of Commerce Sites and City Hall Sites
- Illinois Chamber of Commerce: http://www.charlestonchamber.com/
- Charleston City Hall: http://www.charlestonillinois.org/
- Map of Charleston Businesses: http://www.communitylinkcafe.com/maps/charleston/mainmap_main.htm
- City Profile: http://www.villageprofile.com/illinois/charleston/charleston.html
- Mattoon Chamber of Commerce: http://www.mattoonchamber.com/
- Directory to All of Illinois’s Chambers of Commerce: http://www.2chambers.com/illinois3.htm
- List of Major Employers of Coles County: http://www.colestogether.com/employrs.htm
- Coles County: http://www.colestogether.com/
- Links to Major Businesses and other Useful Sites in Coles County and Illinois: http://www.colestogether.com/links.htm
Illinois Education Sites
- Illinois State Board of Education: http://www.isbe.state.il.us/
- Education in Charleston: http://www.charlestonchamber.com/charles/educate.html
- Community School District: http://www.charleston.k12.il.us/links.html
Localités/Localities
“The Eastern Illinois University History Department, in partnership with Consolidated Telephone Company (Lumpkin Foundation) and with the assistance of the Illinois Regional Archives Depository (IRAD) and the Graduate School/Vice President of Academic Affairs’ office of Eastern Illinois University, has established Localités/Localities, an ongoing project, which is part of our “doing local history initiative” and seeks:
- To establish and expand a web-based center for local history, including interactive storage and retrieval of historical tools and documents.
- To foster use of the Web as a teaching and research tool for history in academia, regional schools, and the local community;
- To further local and worldwide discussion of local history.”
