Good Roads Movement

Scope and Contents The Bertha Glidden Bradt Collection contains textual and pictorial records relating to Bradt family genealogy and history dating 1830-1954, the Glidden family manuscripts, and materials from S.E. Bradt’s role in the development of Illinois highways. More than 1,000 volumes are included with the collection and are located in the reading room. A complete listing of the volumes can be found in the Shelflist. The Bradt family records contain personal items belonging to Mrs. S.E. Bradt and the...

Scope and Contents The records for the Flora Grange consists of meeting minutes, communications, membership records, and scrapbooks.  The meeting minutes date from August 17, 1956 through November 2000 with the earliest records missing from the collection.  The meeting minutes contains information on the activities of the Flora Grange, the Flora Junior Grange, and the Boone County Fair and fairgrounds.  The scrapbooks give a great deal of information on the activities of the Flora Junior Grange during the...

Scope and Contents The collection consists of reports and publications concerning the Good Roads Movement. Contained in the collection are pamphlets on the Good Roads Movement, manuals on road and bridge laws, reports of the Illinois Highway Commission (1910-1912), and Reports of the Illinois State Highway Department (1913-1916). Also included are a few scattered issues of the Illinois Highways, National Good Roads Magazine, and Better Roads and Streets publications. Of special interest to researchers are...