History
Local and Regional History

• Abraham Lincoln Papers at the Library of Congress -- a collection of 20,000 documents including speeches, correspondence, and digitized images at the Library of Congress.
• Association for State and Local History
• Chicago Historical Society's History Files
• Colonel Davenport's House -- on the Arsenal Island
• Elections: Historical Election Archive --"the most complete on-line historical database of Upper Midwestern statewide and district-level election returns."
• Ethnic Mosaic of the Quad Cities--click on 'special collections', then scroll down.
• Illinois Alive!! - good source for Primary material on nineteenth century Illinois history.
• Illinois State Historical Library
• Illinois State Museum
• Iowa Pathways -- "an online learning environment that challenges students to create their own story of the state as they explore the people, places, events and ideas of Iowa. This award-winning Web site helps students choose topics that interest them as they examine relationships among Iowa concepts—past to present." from Iowa Public Television.
• Iowa State Historical Society
• Minnesota Historical Society Photo Collection Database 
• Quad Cities Memory Project