Browse Collections (545 total)
Springfield Association of Commerce and Industry Collection
In 1953, Illinois businessmen established the Springfield Association of Commerce and Industry (ACI) to promote the economic, civil, and social…
Southern Illinois in Photographs Collection
Photographs from the 1970s of daily life in southern Illinois.
Smith Collection
The Smith Collection includes several portraits of Smith family members from Decatur, Illinois.
Scripps-Speed Collection
The Scripps-Speed Collection is named for two prominent familes joined by the marriage of Dr. Joshua Speed and Virginia Ellen Scripps, daughter of…
Scott W. Lucas Collection
Scott Wike Lucas was an Illinois attorney and politician. Born in Cass County, Illinois, on February 19, 1892, Lucas attended public schools and…
Santa Fe Railroad Company Collection
In 1940, the city of Chicago completed a construction project connecting Western Avenue, Western Boulevard, 31st Street and 31st Boulevard. The…
Samuel Witwer Collection
Samuel Witwer grew up in Gary, Indiana before attending Dickinson College and then Harvard Law School. After finishing school, he moved Chicago to…
Samuel Alschuler Collection
Samuel Alschuler, judge of the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (1915-1936), was born in Chicago, Illinois, on November 20, 1959…
Sahara Coal Company Collection
This collection contains images of facilities and operations from the Sahara Coal Company of Harrisburg, Illinois.
Sadorus Family Collection
Henry Sadorus (1783-1878) and his family arrived in Champaign County, Illinois, in 1824, settling along the Kaskaskia River in what is today the town…
Rutledge Graves Collection
The Rutledge Family Graves Collection contains several photographs of headstones for several Rutledge family members including Ann Rutledge, David…
Rogers Family Collection
The Rogers Family Collection contains images of Rogers family members looking at items from their family collection. The Rogers family are descended…
Roger D. Bridges Collection
After receiving a Ph.D. in History from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Roger D. Bridges started his career as the Director of…
Roderick Mason Collection
Lowell B. Mason (1893-1983) was an attorney, Illinois State Senator (Republican) from the twenty-third district (1923-1930) and a member of the…
Robert McClory Collection
Robert McClory won election to the Illinois House of Representatives in 1950. He went on to serve in the Illinois Senate from 1952. In 1963 he began…
Robert L. Underbrink Collection
Robert Underbrink was a World War II veteran from Jacksonville, Illinois, He served with Company A. 37th Tank Battalion, 4th Armored Division in…
Robert Ingersoll Collection
Known as the "Great Agnostic," Robert Green Ingersoll was one of the most popular and controversial public speakers of the late nineteenth century. He…
Robert Ide Collection
In 1943, the Illinois State Historical Library (precursor of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library) purchased over 1,000 glass negatives and prints…
Robert Hartley Collection
Robert Hartley began his career as a journalist working for the Twin Falls Times-News in Idaho. Among his positions in the newspaper field, he served…
Richard Yates, Sr. Collection
Richard Yates, Sr., served as Illinois' thirteenth governor from 1861 through 1865. Prior to serving as governor, Yates was a member of the United…
Richard Yates, Jr. Collection
Richard Yates, Jr., the son of Governor Richard Yates, Sr., was elected Governor of Illinois in 1901. Governor Yates, Jr. worked to secure…
