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Historical Documents

eBooks (PDFs open in a new tab)

Cover featuring line art of farm life circa 1900.
1900 – 1975 Village of Divernon Diamond Jubilee Memory Book.
Cover featuring line art of a woman draped in the United States flag with a bounty of food.
1918 State Council of Defense of Illinois Official Recipe Book.

Postcards (Full-size images open in a new tab)

A woman drives a flock of geese in front of a barn while a little girl and boy pose for the camera next to a sheep and dog.
A farmer drives a turn of the century harvester pulled by four mules, through a wheat field.
Northside of Divernon Square in 1915, shopfronts stand along a tree-lined street.
Sundown Corner: Boblitt and Ford Towing Service building, advertising Cold drinks and beer.
A large group of men with lunch pails pose in front of a brick building which has signs that read: Madison Coal Company, Mine number 6.
Four empty train cars stand in front of several buildings including one factory with two smoke stacks. A wooden structure over the tracks had signs that read: Madison Coal Company, mine number 6.
A train pulls in on the track outside the Divernon train station.
Two men stand in front of the Divernon train station.
Post Card back with two labeled spaces reading, "Correspondence Here" and " Name and Address Here."

On-Site Materials

Yearbooks

The library has a collection of Divernon High School Yearbooks ranging from 1964 – 2007 available to browse on-site. Please contact the library for more information.

Cookbook

Blue book cover with black text and an illustration of a chef holding a steaming chicken on a platter. Text reads, Divernon's favorite recipes, compiled by the Florence Sayer class of the first Presbyterian church, Divernon Illinois.

Thank you to the family of Hubert Rowland, who have so generously donated this piece of our township’s history.