Archives and Center for Historical Research
Location & Hours:
The History Center is located at 800 N. Main Street (just South of Stacy's Tavern Museum).Please use the West entrance.The Center is open to the public every Wednesday from 1:00-4:00p.m. and by appointment. For questions or to make an appointment, phone 630-790-9670 or email: Archives@gehs.org.
Services:
*Individual search/reference assistance
*Referral to and networking with other local history sources
*Access to archival collections, photo processing, computer research assistance
House Plaquing
The Glen Ellyn Historical Society has adopted the following criteria for the recognition and plaquing of historically and/or architecturally significant structures in Glen Ellyn. The word "structure" refers to various types of buildings, e.g., houses, churches, stores and schools.
Archive Materials
Visitors can easily find a variety of materials which tell the story of Glen Ellyn and its development: photos, real estate records, vertical file folders, books, and box collections, to name a few. Residents can research their house histories, early Glen Ellyn families and surnames. Students and researchers may find a wide range of topics such as suburban community studies: local government development and family life.
Resources Available:
*Varied genealogical resources such as interment records for Forest Hill Cemetery, lineage records for early Glen Ellyn families.
*Growing photograph collection
*Early bound volumes of the Glen Ellyn News
*Yearbooks from Glenbard West & Glenbard South
*Early DuPage County Atlases
*Glen Ellyn phone books beginning in the 1920's
*Local community history books
*Real estate records
*Obituary file
*Vertical file
*Map collection
*Periodicals
*Box collections
*Municipal codes for 1929-1949, 1953 and 1965
