Welcome to the Melrose Park Public Library Historical Center
The Melrose Park Library Historical Center, located in the Melrose Park Library, is open to the public. If you are interested in learning more about the history of Melrose Park through words and pictures, please visit us in the Historical Center or use this site to listen to stories from longtime Melrose Park residents, look at pictures from the town's past, or learn more information about our community and its rich history.
Herald Newspaper Digital Archive (1941-1945)
The Melrose Park Public Library received a 2009 LSTA Digital Imaging grant for its project Proviso Township in War and Peace: The Digitization of the Herald, 1941-1945.Over 9,000 pages of the local newspaper from the WWII era were digitized. Visit the Illinois digital archives to view this Collection