Browse Collections (545 total)
Temple Collection
The Temple Collection features images taken by the Wayne County Record newspaper staff. The newspaper, based in Fairfield, Illinois, ran from…
The World Mourns for Abraham Lincoln (1865)
Browse items in The World Mourns for LincolnThese letters of condolence were sent to the United States from throughout the world in the months after…
Thomas Rees Collection
Thomas Rees was the publisher of The State Journal-Register in Springfield, Illinois, from 1881-1933. Rees served as an Illinois State Senator from…
Treadway Collection
The Treadway Collection contains images of the Martin and Maria Treadway family. Martin served in the 3rd Illinois Cavalry during the Civil War. He…
Ulysses S. Grant Collection
Ulysses S. Grant was born in Point Pleasant, Ohio, in 1822. He attended West Point and served in the Mexican-American War under General Zachary…
United Spanish War Veterans Collection
This collection contains images of Illinois soldiers who served in Florida and Cuba during the Spanish-American War.
United Transportation Union Collection
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen began in mid-nineteenth century as the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. The organization's…
University of Illinois Professors Collection
This photo album contains portraits of students and professors at the Illinois Industrial University (now the University of Illinois at…
Vachel Lindsay Collection
Nicholas Vachel Lindsay, a major American poet, was born in 1879 at 603 South Fifth Street in Springfield, Illinois to Dr. Vachel Thomas Lindsay and…
Van Loo Family Collection
The August and Elma Van Loo family lived in Sheffield, Illinois. Elma and her twin sister, Velma, were born on July 4, 1908, to Henry and Annie…
Vicksburg Collection
The Illinois State Memorial at the Vicksburg National Military Park honors the 36,325 Illinois soldiers who served in the Vicksburg campaign. A…
Victor Georg Collection
Victor Emmanuel Georg, a German immigrant, was a nationally recognized artist and photographer who worked out of Chicago and Springfield. One of his…
Virden-Pana Coal Mine Wars
In September 1898 representatives of the United Mine Workers of America stopped a railroad car in Virden, Illinois, filled with potential African…
Wiley Family Collection
Photographs in this collection include portraits of several Wiley family members from McLean County, Illinois. These portraits include images of Lytle…
William C. Booth Collection
William C. Booth was a staff sergeant during World War I. These photos depict Boooth's service on the Western Front during the war and armistice…
William G. Stratton Collection
William Grant Stratton (1914-2001) was the 32nd Governor of Illinois, 1953-1961. First elected in 1952, Stratton, a Republican, was part of the GOP…
William Morrison Collection
William Morrison was a member of the Illinois House of Representatives from 1854-1860, serving as Speaker of the House from 1859-1860. During the…
William Rayburn Collection
William Rayburn was the founder of a religious sect that traces its beginnings to Williamsville, Illinois. Rayburn was a married minister in the…
Willis J. Spaulding Collection
Willis J. Spaulding was a native of Springfield, Illinois and largely responsible for the construction of Lake Springfield and the city-owned power…
Wilson and Gross Collection
The Wilson and Gross Collection contains several family photographs including group and individual portraits of members of both the Wilson and Gross…