Discover the rich history of the Village of Bellwood & Proviso recorded in the pages of our community's newspapers (and yearbooks). Read "history as it happened" as you search the names, events, and other items of interest found in this archive.
Proviso Township Herald newspaper
Online copies of historical local newspaper from 1941-1945, covering communities of Bellwood, Melrose Park, Maywood, Forest Park, Stone Park, Hillside and Westchester, digitized by the Melrose Park Public Library.
Proviso Star Progress November 1939-December 1956 and The Star Sentinel 1957-1973
Online copies of historical local newspaper covering the communities of Bellwood, Berkeley, Broadview, Hillside, Maywood, Melrose Park and Westchester. This is an ongoing digitzization project of Bellwood Public Library.
Proviso West Yearbook Archive
We have started to make our local high school's yearbooks, The Mural, available on line! Currently 1961-1964 is available.