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[Foster Nurseries materials] (Foster Nurseries, 1903), by Ill.) Foster Nurseries (Normal, Geo. J. Foster, and Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. Ethel Z. Bailey Horticultural Catalogue Collection (page images at HathiTrust)

Filed under: City planning -- Normal (Ill.)

Background for planning : a part of the comprehensive plan, Normal, Illinois. (Chicago, 1961), by Carl L. Gardner & Associates (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

Filed under: Illinois -- Commerce

Trade and politics, 1767-1769 (Trustees of the Illinois State Historical Library, 1921), by Clarence Walworth Alvord and Clarence Edwin Carter (page images at HathiTrust)
Illinois exports. (Dept. of Commerce, International Trade Administration :, 1984), by United States. International Trade Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
Illinois Commerce Commission law : local transit commissions for cities of five hundred thousand or more : warehouse act. (Journal Printing Co., 1930), by Illinois and Illinois Commerce Commission (page images at HathiTrust)
An aid for analyzing markets in Illinois. Concentration of markets for general consumer commodities ... Domestic Regional Division. (U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1933), by United States Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce (page images at HathiTrust)
Directory of Illinois exporters. (Illinois Dept. of Commerce and Community Affairs, 1984), by Illinois. Dept. of Commerce and Community Affairs (page images at HathiTrust)
Foreign trade zones : another Illinois advantage. (Illinois Dept. of Commerce and Community Affairs, 1989), by Illinois. Dept. of Commerce and Community Affairs. International Business Division (page images at HathiTrust)

Filed under: Illinois -- Commerce -- Directories

Illinois state business directory, 1860- : in which the mercantile, professional, manufacturing and mechanical departments, are accurately compiled and alphabetically arranged under their respective headings; also, information respecting banks, insurance companies, railroads and other institutions (J.C.W. Bailey & Co., 1860), by Montague T. Platt and Smith & DuMoulin (page images at HathiTrust)
Guia de productos del estado de Illinois para el comercio internacional (Division of Export Expansion, Dept. of Business and Economic Development, State of Illinois, 1967), by Illinois. Division of Export Expansion (page images at HathiTrust)
Illinois: international trade directory. Guia de comercio internacional. Annuaire international de commerce. Internationales Handelsverzeichnis. ([Springfield], 1971), by Illinois. Department of Business and Economic Development (page images at HathiTrust)

Filed under: Illinois -- Commerce -- East Asia

Special Committee on Far East Trade. (State of Illinois, Commission for Economic Development, 1972), by Illinois. Commission for Economic Development (page images at HathiTrust)

Filed under: Illinois -- Commerce -- Information services

How to get started : a guide for Illinois businesses (The Office of the Illinois] Secretary, 2001), by Jesse. Secretary of State White and Illinois. Office of the Secretary of State (page images at HathiTrust)

Filed under: Illinois -- Commerce -- Periodicals

USA trade world. Illinois (Chicago District Office, in the 20th century), by Ill.) U.S. Export Assistance Center (Chicago and U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service. Chicago District Office (page images at HathiTrust)
Illinois journal of commerce. (Illinois Chamber of Commerce, 1919), by Illinois State Chamber of Commerce (page images at HathiTrust)
Report and recommendations to Governor and General Assembly. (State of Illinois, Commission for Economic Development., 1967), by Illinois. Commission for Economic Development (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

Filed under: Illinois -- Commerce -- Statistics

Exports from Illinois, 1966. ([Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of International Commerce, [1968], 1968), by United States. Bureau of International Commerce (page images at HathiTrust)

Filed under: Illinois -- Fairs

Recapitulation of the reports of the agricultural and industrial fairs receiving aid from the State of Illinois -1982 (State of Illinois, Dept. of Agriculture., in the 1950s), by Illinois. Bureau of County Fairs and Illinois. Division of County Fairs (page images at HathiTrust)
Rules and regulations governing state aid to agricultural and industrial fairs. (Springfield : [publisher varies], in the 20th century), by Illinois. Division of County Fairs and Illinois. Department of Agriculture (page images at HathiTrust)
Special events & twilight parade, premium book (Illinois State Fair], in the 20th century), by Illinois State Fair (page images at HathiTrust)
Compatible uses of county fairgrounds in Illinois (Office of Recreation and Park Resources, Cooperative Extension Service, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1975), by Robert D. Espeseth and Ronald A. Vine (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

Filed under: Bloomington (Ill.) -- Commerce

Bloomington and Normal : past and present, progress and prosperity : spring souvenir 1905. (Baldwin Publishing Co., 1905) (page images at HathiTrust)

Filed under: Chicago (Ill.) -- Commerce

Chicago: Past, Present, Future, by John Stephen Wright (page images at MOA)
Annual report of the trade and commerce of Chicago. (Chicago, 1860), by Chicago Board of Trade (page images at HathiTrust)
Chicago and the sources of her past and future growth. A paper read before the Chicago Historical Society, Tuesday evening, January 20th, 1880. (Jansen, McClurg & co., 1880), by William Bross (page images at HathiTrust)
Chicago, past, present, future relations to the great interior, and to the continent (Horton & Leonard, printers, 1870), by John S. Wright (page images at HathiTrust)
Report to the mayor and aldermen of the city of Chicago ([Press of H. G. Adair], 1909), by Chicago (Ill.). Harbor Commission, George Gerard Tunell, George Cushing Sikes, J. Paul Goode, and John M. Ewen (page images at HathiTrust)
Chicago municipal markets commission. ([H. G. Adair, printer], 1914), by Chicago (Ill.). Municipal markets commission and James H. Lawley (page images at HathiTrust)
Industrial and commercial background for planning Chicago. (The Chicago Plan commission, 1942), by Chicago Plan Commission (page images at HathiTrust)
Chicago: the great industrial and commercial center of the Mississippi Valley. (The Civic-industrial committee of the Chicago association of commerce, 1912), by George E. Plumbe (page images at HathiTrust)
Export traffic; a study of exports from Chicago and its tributary area [and] projected exports from Chicago by 1965. ([Chicago], 1959), by Chicago Association of Commerce and Industry. Business Research and Statistics Division (page images at HathiTrust)
Report on Lake Calumet harbor development, Chicago Regional Port District. (Chicago, 1955), by Cather & Company De Leuw (page images at HathiTrust)
History of Chicago : historical and commercial statistics, sketches, facts and figures, republished from the "Daily Democratic press" ; What I remember of early Chicago, a lecture, delivered in McCormick's hall, January 23, 1876 (Tribune, January 24th) (Jansen, McClurg & Co., 1876), by William Bross (page images at HathiTrust)
Annual report of the Board of Trade of the City of Chicago. (Chicago., 1858), by Chicago Board of Trade (page images at HathiTrust)
Chicago: past, present, future. ([Horton & Leonard, printers], 1868), by John S. Wright (page images at HathiTrust)
Chicago: past, present, future. Relations to the great interior, and to the continent. ([Horton & Leonard, printers], 1870), by John S. Wright (page images at HathiTrust)
Chicago commerce, manufactures, banking and transportation facilities. (S. Ferd. Howe, 1884) (page images at HathiTrust)
Chicago (Democrat Press Book and Job Print. Office, 1853) (page images at HathiTrust)
North West, its commerce and manufactures. (Church, Goodman & Cushing, book and job printers, 1862), by I. D. Guyer (page images at HathiTrust)
Year book of the commercial, banking, and manufacturing interests of Chicago, 1885-6 : with a general review of its business progress. (S. Ferd. Howe, 1986) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Speculation and the Chicago Board of Trade. (MacMillan, 1921), by James Ernest Boyle (page images at HathiTrust)
Commerce, manufactures, banking and transportation facilites, 1884. ([s.n.], 1884), by Chicago (Ill.) (page images at HathiTrust)
The port of Chicago, Illinois (For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., 1940), by United States. Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors (page images at HathiTrust)
Report to the mayor and adlermen of the city of Chicago ([Press of H. G. Adair], 1909), by Chicago (Ill.). Harbor Commission, George Cushing Sikes, George G. Tunell, George C. Sikes, J. Paul Goode, and John M. Ewen (page images at HathiTrust)
Commodity transportation via the Illinois River and the Port of Chicago (Dept. of Business and Economic Development], 1967), by Ruth A Birdzell, University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign campus). Bureau of Economic and Business Research, and Illinois. Dept. of Business and Economic Development (page images at HathiTrust)
Volume and trend of traffic to and from the Central West (s.n., 1908), by George G. Tunell and Chicago (Ill.). Harbor Commission (page images at HathiTrust)
Economic analysis of housing and commercial property markets in the City of Chicago, 1960-1975. (Real Estate Research Corp., 1963), by Real Estate Research Corporation and Chicago (Ill.). Community Renewal Program (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Chicago : world trader. (League of Nations Association, Midwest Office, 1937), by Rachel Marshall Goetz, Ursula Batchelder Stone, and League of Nations Association (U.S.). Midwest Office (page images at HathiTrust)
History of the boards of trade and the railway review (Berg & McCann, 1879), by Samuel Macauley Jackson (page images at HathiTrust)
Chicago, past, present, future : relations to the great interior, and to the continent (1868), by John Stephen Wright (page images at HathiTrust)
Retail and wholesale trade of eleven cities ; Atlanta, Ga., Baltimore, Md., Denver, Colo., Fargo, N.D., Kansas City, Mo., Providence, R.I., San Francisco, Calf., Seattle, Wash., Springfield, Ill., Syracuse, N.Y., Chicago, Ill. (Washington, D.C. : [publisher not identified], 1928., 1928), by Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America. Domestic Distribution Department, United States Bureau of the Census, and Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America. Committee on Collection of Business Figures (page images at HathiTrust)

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