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Digitized Items from the BPL Collection
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Below you will find links to view digitized items from the library collection. Old city directories, library related material, and historical items are included. All items are in PDF format.
City Directories
1860 Belleville City Directory
1868-1869 Belleville City Directory
1877 Belleville City Directory
1884 Belleville City Directory
1891-1892 Belleville City Directory, East St. Louis City Directory, and St. Clair County Gazetteer
- Part 1 (Belleville Directory - Page 1 - Hopp, Michael)
- Part 2 (Belleville Directory - Hoppe, Hugo - Z's)
- Part 3 (Classified Business Directory)
- Part 4 (East St. Louis City Directory)
- Part 5 (Birkner, Caseyville, Centerville Station, Cahokia, Darmstadt, Douglass, East Carondelet, Fayetteville, Floraville, Freeburg, French Village, Lebanon, Lenzburg, Marissa, Mascoutah, Millstadt, National Stock Yards, New Athens, O'Fallon, Old Harmony, Paderborn, Rentchler, Risdon, St. Libory, Shiloh, Smithton, Stookey, and Summerfield)
- Part 6 (St. Clair County Farmers and Land Owners Directory)
1894-95 Belleville City Directory
- Part 1 (Page 1 - Eckel, Hannah)
- Part 2 (Eckel, John - Natterer, Peter)
- Part 3 (Nauert, Lena - Z's)
- Part 4 (Page 353 - end) This section includes the Business Directory.
1896-97 Belleville City Directory
- Part 1 (Page 1 - Haas, Otto H.)
- Part 2 (Haas, Selma - Owens, Ida)
- Part 3 (P's - Z's)
- Part 4 (Business Directory - end)
1904-1905 Belleville City Directory
- Part 1 (Beginning - Falk, Louis)
- Part 2 (Faller, Fred - McCarthy, Hannah)
- Part 3 (McClain, Lizzie - Zwick, Mamie)
- Part 4 (Business Directory, Rural Route Directory, & Swansea)
1906-1907 Belleville City Directory
- Part 1 (Beginning - Falcetti, Matthew)
- Part 2 (Falconer, George P. - Magrum, Jacob)
- Part 3 (Mahaffey, Patrick - Z's)
- Part 4 (Business Directory)
1908-1909 Belleville City Directory
- Part 1 (Beginning - E's)
- Part 2 (F's - McKiernan, Wm.)
- Part 3 (McLaughlin, Sarah E. - Z's)
- Part 4 (Business Directory)
1912 Belleville City Directory
- Part 1 (Beginning - F's)
- Part 2 (G's - Natterer, Peter)
- Part 3 (Nebgen, Albert - Z's)
- Part 4 (Business Directory)
1925 Belleville City Directory
Library History
Bella Steuernagel's Belleville Public Library, 1836-1936: An Historical Sketch
Teen Read at West Branch
