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Timeline

The newsletter of the Peoria Historical Society is published bi-monthly.  Each issue updates members of upcoming Society events, educational programs, in kind donations, and gifts in memoriam to the Society.  Printing of Timeline is sponsored by Caterpillar Inc.  Distribution of Timeline is sponsored by National City Bank.

 
Arts Alive!  Art & History

Arts Alive! was published monthly by Central Illinois Business Publishers, Inc. and mailed to a key list of patrons of the arts in central Illinois.  Each issue featured the Art & History column by Marilyn Leyland, Peoria Historical Society secretary. 

To read Marilyn's articles on Peoria history, visit the following links at the online archives of  Arts Alive!:

  December Brings Traditions, Opportunities December, 2005
  Women Serving and Preserving History November, 2005
  Changing Views of the River October, 2005
  Learning from Schools . . . and History September, 2005
  Greenhut:  Whisky Baron and Arts Patron August, 2005
  Sousa and Friends Played in Peoria July, 2005
  Building on the Past to Create What's NEXT June, 2005
  Inspiration, Economic Benefit Flow from Prehistoric Times May, 2005
  The Peoria Library's Role in History April, 2005
  Following Sherman to Atlanta March, 2005
  Frederick Douglass and Peoria's Black History February, 2005
  Peorians Contribute to the Music World January, 2005
  Candlelight Reflects Leaders, Heroes December, 2004
  Peoria State Hospital: Bewitched, Bereft, Beloved November, 2004
  Peoria Remembers Lincoln's Speech October, 2004
  Nature, Art, and History:  Alive in Cemeteries September, 2004
  Celebrating Peoria's Story on Stage and Track August, 2004
  Domestic Arts Flourish Today July, 2004
  Dirksen:  The Artful Politician June, 2004
  Springdale Cemetery:  A Resurrected Treasure May, 2004
  Cannon Recalls an Enduring Legacy April, 2004
  Stepping Back to School with Historic Peoria Women March, 2004
  Following Grant, Lincoln, and Early Peorians February, 2004
  Historical Women Come Alive in Peorian's New Book January, 2004
     

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611 SW Washington Street, Peoria, Illinois 61602
Phone:  309-674-1921   Fax: 309-674-1882