Barrington Area History
The Barringtons
Local History Materials
Barrington Area Historical Street Atlas
Barrington Area Cemetery Listings
Barrington Area Historical Photos
Barrington Historical Timeline
Census: population figures for selected communities, 1950, 1960, 1970
Early History of Village and Surrounding Territory Told By Garrett H. Landwer to His Son, Willam M. Landwer (includes first settlers, naming of the town, the schools and the trains)
Explore Chicago Collections (A collection of over 100,000 digitized images from Chicago-area archives).
Community Records (A collection of materials from various community organizations).
Google Map of Historical Home and Building Photos from the Thompson Collection
Illinois Digital Archives (other historical photos and documents from the area)
Living Library - Area residents share their stories via online video. Part of the 2014 Barrington Reads community event.
Local History Files in the Library's Collection
Telling My Story (Write or tell your memories about life in our community for the library's local history collection. We've provided some questions to help you get started, along with other questions about life in the Barrington area. See the instructions to record an interview and burn to audio CD. Some audio files may be large and will take time to load).
Trib Local: Barrington Area (Photo Gallery: A History of the Barrington Area)
Barrington Courier-Review
Barrington Courier-Review (Current)
Barrington Review (Historical) Full-page reproductions from February 1, 1890-December 1939.
1890 | 1891 | 1892 | 1893 | 1894 | 1895 | 1896 | 1897 | 1898 | 1899 | 1900 | 1901 | 1902 | 1903 | 1904 | 1905 | 1906 | 1907 | 1908 | 1909 | 1910 | 1911 | 1912 | 1913 | 1914 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | 1919 | 1920 | 1921 | 1925 | 1926 | 1927 | 1928 | 1929 | 1930 | 1931 | 1932 | 1933 | 1934 | 1935 | 1936 | 1937 | 1938 | 1939 |
Barrington Courier Review (Historical). Full-page reproductions from 1940-. In-Library Use Only.
1940 | 1941 | 1942 | 1943 | 1944 | 1945 | 1946 | 1947 | 1948 | 1949 | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 2008 |2009 | 2010 | 2011 |2012 | 2013 | 2014 |
Index (News articles 1970-2004. Births, deaths, and marriages 1890-2006)
Barrington Lifestyles
Chicago Tribune
Chicago Tribune (1985-current)
Chicago Tribune (Historical) (Full-page reproductions from 1849-1986)
Daily Herald
Daily Herald (1995-current)
Index (1901-2007), Alphabetic Index