Browse Collections (545 total)
Alphabetical list of Springfield, Ill. citizens or "snow birds".
Zimri A. Enos, son of one of Springfield's founders, Pascal Enos, documented the residents of Springfield and the location of their homes prior to the…
Abner J. Mikva Collection
Abner J. Mikva was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Prior to entering college at the University of Wisconsin Mikva served in the U. S. Army Air Corps…
Ada Rice Collection
Ada Rice was the wife of Dan Rice, a Chicago-native businessman who successfully bred and raced thoroughbred horses from the 1940s to the 1970s. In…
Adeline Geo-Karis Collection
Adeline Jay Geo-Karis was born in Tegeas, Greece, on March 29, 1918 and immigrated to the United States as a child. Geo-Karis, who held the rank of…
Adin Baber Collection
The Adin Baber Collection includes photographs of the Adin and Mary Ellen Hanks Baber family. Adin Baber (1834-1902) married Mary Ellen Hanks, the…
Adlai Stevenson II Collection
Adlai Stevenson II was the 31st Governor of Illinois, serving from 1949 until 1953. He received the Democratic nomination for president 1952 and 1956,…
Adlai Stevenson III Collection
Adlai Stevenson III served as an at-large member of the Illinois House of Representatives from 1964-1967. He went on to become the state Treasurer…
Adolph Berger Collection
Adolph Berger, a German physician who practiced medicine in Lebanon, Illinois, was born about 1820 and educated at Heidelberg, Germany. While a…
Adolph Germer Collection
Adolph Germer (1881 - 1964) was a socialist, miner, union official for the United Mine Workers of America, and National Executive Secretary for the…
Adolph Wittemann Collection
Brothers Adolph and Herman Wittemann founded the Albertype Company, a publisher of postcards, in 1887. The company, located in Brooklyn, New York,…
Albert Louis Loud Collection
Albert Louis Loud was born in Virden, Illinois, in 1886. He began his career as an engineer accompanying his brother in law, photographer and engineer…
Alkire-Ross-Leach Collection
The photographs in the Ross-Alkire-Leach Family Collection revolve around the families of sisters Adeline Ross Alkire and Mary E. Ross Leach and their…
Alma Trumbull Collection
Alma Trumbull was the youngest daughter of United States Senator Lyman Trumbull and Mary Ingraham. Alma Trumbull did not live to adulthood.Photographs…
Alvin C. Larson Collection
Photographs from Alvin C. Larson's service in the 1st Infantry, Illinois National Guard. The images in this collection include photographs of the 1st…
American Baptist Churches of the Great Rivers Region Collection
The American Baptist Churches of the Great Rivers Region provides oversight for American Baptist churches in Missouri and Illinois excluding Cook,…
Amza Lewis Fitch Collection
Captain Amza Lewis Fitch served in the Civil War in the 13th New York Heavy Artillery and the Navy. Fitch and his family lived in Oak Park, Illinois,…
Arthur Dubin Collection
Arthur Detmers Dubin (1923-2011) was a Chicago architect, transportation expert, and train enthusiast. Photos in this collection highlight his…
Arthur J. Bidwill Collection
Arthur J. Bidwill served in the Illinois state Senate from 1935-1972. During his time in office he served as the Senate President Pro-Tempore from…
Arthur Wines Collection
The Arthur Wines Collection is named for Arthur Frederick Wines, the third of eight children born to Frederick H. Wines and Mary Frances Hackney…
Banks-Mercer Family Collection
The Banks-Mercer Family Collection features portraits of members of the Banks and Mercer families of Fulton County, Illinois. Nathaniel Butler Banks…
Barrickman and Rowe Family Collection
The Barrickman and Rowe Family Collection highlights the family of Mary S. Barrickman Rowe. Barrickman Rowe's father, Christian "C.J." Barrickman…
Benjamin Grierson Collection
Benjamin H. Grierson began his working career as a music teacher in Jacksonville, Illinois, in the 1850s. He enlisted in the Army as a private in the…